November 2008
HAI has a new office in Hampton Roads, VA! The office is primarily servicing Virginia Beach/Norfolk area architects and design build contractors doing DoD work in the Hampton Roads and northern North Carolina areas. For more information contact Alison Wakelin. Click here to view office info.
2007
Hughes Associates Engineers received the Jack Bono Engineering Communications Award for the Journal of Fire Protection Engineering paper that most contributed to the achievement and application of professional fire protection in 2006. The paper is titled “Evaluation of Smoke Detector Response Estimation Methods: Optical Density, Temperature Rise, and Velocity at Alarm”
September 2008
Mass Notification Systems: Design Challenges for the FPE, Wayne D. Moore, P.E., FSFPE, SFPE's Fire Protection Engineering Magazine.
September 2008
International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) Ninth Symposium
Validation of A CFD Fire Model Using Two Step Combustion Chemistry Using the NIST Reduced-Scale Ventilation-Limited Compartment Data, Floyd, J. and McGrattan, K.B.
Smoke Transport and FDS Validation, Gottuk, D.T., Mealy, C. and Floyd, J.
Study of Radiant Smoldering Ignition of Plywood Subjected to Prolonged Heating Using the Cone Calorimeter, TGA, and DSC, Swann, J.H., Hartman, J.R. and Beyler, C.L.
Developing Inclusive Emergency Procedures, Gwynne, S.
May 2008
Testing Needs For Advancement of Structural Fire Engineering, Iwankiw, Nestor, Beyler, Craig, and Beitel, Jess, Structures in Fire(SiF’08)