FEMTC 2011
Thunderhead Engineering is hosting the inaugural Fire and Evacuation Modeling Technical Conference to encourage continued communication and collaboration.
Dates: August 15-16, 2011
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Day: 1
01 - FEMTC 2011 Opening Remarks
Daniel Swenson - Thunderhead Engineering
02 - Using the SFPE Guidelines for Substantiating a Fire Model for a Given Application
Craig E. Hofmeister and Stephen M. Hill - Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc.
03 - FDS 6 Development and V&V
Kevin McGrattan - National Institute of Standards and Technology
04 - Quality Assessment in FDS: A Bridge to Reliable Simulations
Randy McDermott - National Institute of Standards and Technology
05 - PyroSim and Pathfinder Product Updates
Brian Hardeman - Thunderhead Engineering
06 - Implementation of HVAC Network Model in FDS
Jason Floyd - Hughes Associates, Inc.
07 - Putting the Smoke into Smokeview: Recent Updates and Enhancements
Glenn Forney - National Institute of Standards and Technology
08 - Water Mist in FDS
Simo Hostikka - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
09 - Incorporating Elevators and Escalators into Emergency Evacuation Models
Richard W. Bukowski - Rolf Jensen and Associates
10 - FDS+Evac Evacuation Model: Recent Developments
Timo Korhonen - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
11 - Design of Smoke Ventilation System for the Kolkata Metro Station Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Shishir Gupta - Mechartes Researchers Pvt. Ltd.
12 - Underground Parking Garages – Changing perceptions on smoke control criteria and combining an Integrated HVAC System for Smoke control and Ventilation
Donna Netanel - S. Netanel Engineers and Consulting Ltd. and OffStream Studios
13 - Online Fire Research Information Resources
Amanda Robbins - BRANZ and National Institute of Standards and Technology
14 - Probabilistic CFD and Evacuation Simulation for Fire Life Safety Assessment
Cornelius Albrecht, Dietmar Hosser - iBMB Fire Protection Division, University of Braunschweig
15 - Modeling Case Study: Hudson Yards, New York
John Barrot - ARUP
16 - SFPE Pyrolysis Model Parameters Guide
Marc L. Janssens - SwRI Fire Technology Department
17 - Validation of FDS Prediction on Fire-Induced Flow: A Follow-up to Previous Study
James Quintiere - Department of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland
Day: 2
01 - Case Study to Evaluate the Effect of Building Code Violations on the Outcome of a Fatality Fire
Noel Putaansuu - MDE, Seattle, WA
02 - “Ready-to-Use” Building Layouts and Combustible Packages for 3-D Fire Simulations
Alberto Alvarez - WPI – Fire Protection Engineering Department
03 - Analytical Investigation of Fire Loads for Steel-Framed Open-Deck Parking Structures
Stephen Pessiki - Lehigh University
04 - A Practical Method for Designing a Virtual Sprinkler Spray
Zachary Magnone - Tyco Fire Protection Products
05 - Evaluation of Thermal Radiation Models for Fire Spread between Objects
Rob Fleury - ARUP, Sydney
06 - Coupled Heat Transfer Processes during Fires – A New Model and its Application to Nuclear Facilities
Volker Hohm - Trebes GmbH & Co. KG
07 - Performance Based Fire Engineering to Mitigate Non-Compliance in Exit Provisions
Shyam Dayanandan - Computational Engineering Solutions LLP
08 - Fire Modeling with CAD/GEI Techniques
Mr. Y.F. Pin - Parson Brinckerhoff Ltd, Hong Kong
09 - Evaluating the Predictive Capability of Fire and Egress Models
Rick Peacock - National Institute of Standards and Technology
11 - Use of Evacuation Case Studies to Validate a 3D Agent-Based Pedestrian Microscopic Simulation Tool for Egress
Eric Rivers - Arup, New York
12 - Human Behavior under Fire Situations
Elisabete Cordeiro - University of Coimbra, Portugal
13 - The Utility of a Panic Model on Simulating Crowd Disasters
Tingguang Ma - Department of Fire Protection and Safety Technology, Oklahoma State University
14 - Evacuation Modeling Dependence on Input Parameters
Brian Salyers - Holmes Fire
15 - The Benefits of the Application of a “Monte Carlo” Methodology to Evacuation Modeling
Simon Ham - FiSEC Lincoln Office
16 - Evacuation Simulation of Shipboard Fire Scenarios
Camille Azzi - Ship Stability Research Centre (SSRC), University of Strathclyde
