Full Scale Enclosure Fire Measurements at the NIST Large Fire Laboratory
NIST will conduct detailed, full-scale fire experiments with various fuels, measuring carbon, temperature, and velocity, then release the data publicly.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: February 1, 2025 | May 1, 2025 | August 1, 2025 | November 1, 2025
Funding Amounts: $82,764 stipend plus $3,000 travel allowance; typical appointment duration 2 years.
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship at NIST to conduct comprehensive full-scale underventilated room fire measurements, including carbon species, temperature, and velocity, with resulting data made publicly available.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens with a doctoral degree earned within the last 5 years; requires contacting a Research Adviser prior to application; NIST participates in February and August review cycles.
Description
This fellowship opportunity supports innovative, full-scale fire experiments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Large Fire Laboratory. The research focuses on underventilated room fires, performing detailed measurements of carbon in all forms—fuel, soot, intermediate, and complete combustion products. These comprehensive chemical data sets are unique for full-scale enclosure fires and will be supplemented with temperature and velocity measurements to provide a thorough understanding of the fire environment's physics and chemical structure.
The project will cover a variety of fuel types and configurations, culminating in a fully annotated, publicly accessible database. This research advances fire science, combustion understanding, and fire metrology, contributing valuable data for both academic and practical applications.
