2008 SFPE Professional Development Conference and Exposition:  The Annual Meeting

Parallel Sessions

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Video Cameras and Image Devices Performing Smoke Detection, J. Greene	Modeling the Thermal and Mechanical Responses of Fire Protected Loaded Restrained Beams, M. Tabaddor, B. Berhining, and P. Gandhi	Fire Protection Engineering Practices in LNG Plants, B. Biradar and C. King
Open Area Light-Scattering Smoke Detection, W. Aho and R. Know	The Practical Application of Structural Fire Engineering on a Retail Development in the UK, F. Block, C. Yu, N. Butterworth, and M. Green	Risk-Based Fire and Explosion Hazard Management for Hydrocarbon Processing Facilities, G. Lozano
Performance-Based Design of Fire Detection Systems, C. Marrion	Innovative Performance-Based Structural Fire Design – Case Study, D. Rini, S. Lamont, and I. Almufti	Fire Risk Management – A Case Study Review of Fire Engineers Role in Completing the Circle of Fire Safety, S. MacKenzie and A. Nicholson

Keynote Presentation:  Smoke Management:  State-of-the-Art and Areas for Improvement, James A. Milke, Ph.D., P.E., FSFPE

Keynote Presentation:  Fixing the Shortage in FPE Graduates, David A. Lucht, P.E., FSFPE

Parallel Sessions

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A Performance-Based Evaluation of an Alternate Method for Protecting High-Rise Stair Enclosures, M. Ferreira	Comparison of Sprinkler Discharge using Fire Dynamics Simulator and Experimental ADD Data, P. Hart and M. Tabaddor	Fire Safety of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites, A. Zhou
A Review of Pressures Caused by Room Fires and Application in Smoke Management Systems Design, Z. Sun	Advances in Water-Based Fire Suppression Modeling:  Evaluating Sprinkler Discharge Characteristics, A. Marshal	Probabilistic Fire Risk Assessment for Financial Loss Estimation, A. Singhal, M. Wang, R. Vojjala, V. Vyas, S. Bhattacharyya, C. Van Anne, A. Jha, and M. Rascio
On Elevator Shaft Pressurization for Smoke Control in Tall Buildings, R. Miller and D. Beasley	Records Storage Fires and Sprinkler Protection and Large-Scale Fire Tests of Cartoned Paper Records in Multi-Level Catwalk Storage Systems, L. Varn	Metal Fires and Their Implications for Advanced Reactors, T. Olivier
Multifloor Building Fire Scenarios – Assessment of Smoke Control Strategy Effectiveness using Correlations, Fast Running Tools and a CFD Code, G. Manzini, F. Parozzi, L. Nigro, and A. Ferrari	Systematic Approach to Contaminant Analysis of CPVC Fire Sprinkler System Piping and Development of Cleaning Technology for Elimination of Contaminants and Remediation, D. Priddy and B. Ross	Data for the Use in Quantitative Risk Analysis of Hydrogen Refueling Stations, J. LaChance, J. Brown, and B. Middleton

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The Arthur B. Guise Award Lecture:  Dr. Jose L. Torero

The Jack Bono Award for Engineering Communications Award Lecture: "Signage Legibility Distances as a Function of Observation Angle," H. Xie, L. Filippidis, S. Gwynne, E. Galea, D. Blackshields, and P. Lawrence

The Foundation Student Scholar Award Lecture:  "The Effect of Occupant Characteristics on the Development of a Density-Speed Relationship for Crawling in Evacuation,"  Rani A. Muhdi, MS, ASP

Keynote Presentation: Engineering Licensure – Today and Tomorrow, Jon Nelson, P.E.