Flammability Reduction Group

Staff Spotlight

Welcome Dr. Andre Thompson! Andre recently joined the Flammability Reduction Group in the Engineering Laboratory at NIST as an NRC post-doc.  Over the next 2 years, Andre will conduct research on innovative technologies for lightweight, engineered fire safe products used on the exterior and in the structure of buildings located in Wildland Urban Interface communities.  Andre’s research will include evaluating and developing compliance enabling chemistries and conducting bench-scale and full-scale fire performance testing.  Prior to joining us, Andre was at the College of Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering Department) at the University of Michigan, where he received a PhD for conducting research on the effects of temary additives on the evolution of structure formation in aqueous poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide )-poly(ethylene oxide) block copolymer micelles.

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September 28, 2018

Dr. Isaac Leventon recently returned from Nancy, France, where he attended the 2018 European Symposium on Fire Safety Science (ESFSS 2018) to deliver a lecture titled, “The Impact of Bromine- and Phosphorous-Based Flame Retardants on Flame Stability and Heat Feedback from Laminar Wall Flames” and to participate in the IAFSS workshop: Agenda 2030 for a Fire Safe World.

Dr. Leventon’s presentation focused on experimental measurement of the controlling mechanisms of flame spread over a combustible solid and on the impact of two flame retardants (known to act, primarily, through two distinct mechanisms) on material burning behavior and fire growth. This presentation also highlighted the current capabilities of measurement apparatus in use or in development by the NIST Flammability Reduction Group and the direction of the Group’s ongoing and future research.    >>READ MORE