​​​​​​Research Interests

• Fire modeling, including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and zone modeling 
• Direct numerical simulation (DNS) and large eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent reacting flows
• High-performance (parallel) scientific computing 
• Cyber-infrastructure
• Application of data assimilation to fire and combustion 
• Physical modeling of fire-related phenomena: buoyancy-generated turbulence; turbulent combustion; soot formation and oxidation; combustion-generated toxic products; radiation heat transfer; wall surface heat transfer; water-based fire suppression systems; pyrolysis, material flammability and flame spread; flash fires, fireballs, and explosions; wildland fire propagation