Nicholas A. Dembsey
- Professor
Instructor for:
FP520 - Fire Modeling
FP587 - Fire Science Laboratory
FP580T - Fire and Materials
Other Teaching
Interests:
Combustion
Heat Transfer
Civil Engineering
Materials
Research Interests
(specific topics see Curriculum Vitae):
Fire Science:
fire “properties”
of materials via bench scale experimentation, modeling and computation;
compartment fire
dynamics via residential scale experimentation and computation;
evaluation and development
of fire models
Technology
Translation:
performance fire
codes, engineering design tools, engineering forensic tools
FPE Activities:
Faculty Coordinator:
WPI Fire Science Laboratory
Chair:
American Composites Manufacturers Association, Fire Committee
Editorial Board Member: Fire Technology Associate Editor, Fire and Materials
Professional
Societies:
American Composites
Manufacturers Association
Combustion Institute
International Association for Fire Safety Science (Member of Governing Committee)
National Fire Protection Association
Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
Society of Fire Protection Engineers Fellow
Society of Plastics Engineers