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Erik L. Johnsson (Fed)

Erik (Rik) L. Johnsson is a mechanical engineer in the Fire Measurements Group of the Fire Research Division (FRD) of the Engineering Laboratory (EL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Mr. Johnsson has B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has been in the NIST Fire Research Division since 1991. Mr. Johnsson is responsible for providing engineering design and analysis and planning and performing a wide range of experiments. Working in the Fire Measurements Group, his work has had an emphasis on development and improvement of diagnostic techniques. During his tenure, Mr. Johnsson has made significant contributions to a variety of projects including: carbon monoxide production and prediction, underventilated enclosure fires, auto-ignition temperatures of fuels, soot and OH imaging with acoustically-locked methane diffusion flames, detection of halon suppressant replacements using infrared absorption, particle contamination of semiconductor wafers, kitchen range-top pre-ignition detection for cooking-related fires, advanced temperature measurements for fire research, smoke meter development, large fire laboratory calorimetry and experiment data acquisition, heat flux calibration facility development, and motor coach tire fires. Mr. Johnsson has authored or co-authored over 40 papers. He has held memberships in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society), and Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering Honor Society).

Publications

NIST Outdoor Structure Separation Experiments (NOSSE) with Wind

Author(s)
Alexander Maranghides, Shonali Nazare, Eric Link, Kathryn Butler, Erik L. Johnsson, Matthew Bundy, Artur A. Chernovsky, Frank Bigelow, Steven Hawks, William (Ruddy) Mell, Anthony Bova, Thomas Milac, William Walton, Bob Raymer, Frank Frievalt
The NIST Outdoor Structure Separation Experiments are part of the NIST Structure Separation Experiments project, which is designed to assess structure-to

Wind-driven Fire Spread to a Structure from Firewood Piles

Author(s)
Erik L. Johnsson, Kathryn Butler, Marco G. Fernandez, Shonali Nazare, Alexander Maranghides
A series of field experiments was conducted to examine the effects on fire spread toward a structure for firewood piles under conditions that may be encountered

Wind-Driven Fire Spread to a Structure from Fences and Mulch

Author(s)
Kathryn Butler, Erik L. Johnsson, Alexander Maranghides, Shonali Nazare, Marco G. Fernandez, Rachel McIntyre, William Saar, Mariusz Zarzecki, Wei Tang, Eric Auth, Michael Pryor, Colin McLaughlin
A series of field experiments was conducted to examine the effects on fire spread toward a structure for combustible fences and mulch under conditions that may

Wind-Driven Fire Spread to a Structure from Fences and Mulch

Author(s)
Kathryn Butler, Erik L. Johnsson, Alexander Maranghides, Shonali Nazare, Marco G. Fernandez, Rachel McIntyre, William Saar, Mariusz Zarzecki, Wei Tang, Eric Auth, Michael Pryor, Colin McLaughlin
A series of field experiments was conducted to examine the effects on fire spread toward a structure for combustible fences and mulch under conditions that may

NIST Outdoor Structure Separation Experiments (NOSSE): Preliminary Test Plan

Author(s)
Alexander Maranghides, Shonali Nazare, Eric Link, Matthew Bundy, Artur A. Chernovsky, Erik L. Johnsson, Kathryn Butler, Steven Hawks, Frank Bigelow, William (Ruddy) Mell, Anthony Bova, Derek McNamara, Tom MIlac, Daniel Gorham, Faraz Hedayati, Bob Raymer, Frank Frievalt, William Walton
The Structure Separation Project is a multi-level project to assess structure-to-structure fire spread in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) communities. The
Created July 30, 2019, Updated December 8, 2022