IGTI Technical Committee Best Paper Awards

"Development of Detailed Kinetic Mechanism to Study Low Temperature Ignition Phenomenon of Kerosene"

Authors:  P. (Gokul) Gokulakrishnan, Richard Roby and Michael Klassen

Selected by the Combustion & Fuels Committee as a Best Technical Paper award winner from ASME Turbo Expo 2005.  This award will be presented at the ASME Turbo Expo, June 2006, in Barcelona, Spain.

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2005 Harry C. Bigglestone Award for Excellence in Communication of Fire Protection Concepts

“Burning Rate of Liquid Fuel on Carpet”

Authors:  Michael S. Klassen, Stephen M. Olenick, Richard J. Roby, Jose L. Torero, and Tingguang Ma

The Bigglestone Award recognizes the most outstanding paper submitted to Fire Technology during 2005.  This award was presented at the National Fire Protection Research World Exp, June 2005, in Orlando, Florida.

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2007 Harry C. Bigglestone Award for Excellence in Written Communication of Fire Protection Concepts

“Transmission Through and Breakage of Multi-Pane Glazing Due to Radiant Exposure.”

Authors:  Michael S. Klassen, Jason A. Sutula, Maclain M. Holton, Richard J. Roby, and Thomas Izbicki

The Bigglestone Award recognizes the most outstanding paper submitted to Fire Technology during 2007. This award was presented at the National Fire Protection Association's World Safety Conference & Exhibition, June 2007, in Boston, Massachusetts.

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2007 William M. Carey Award

“An Analysis of the Performance of Residential Smoke Detection Technologies Utilizing the Concept of Relative Time.”

Authors:  Elizabeth Milarcik, Stephen Olenick, and Richard Roby

This award is given to the best detection paper from the SUPDET Symposium as voted on by the conference participants.