Department Chair

Dr. Marino di Marzo Chair and Graduate Director Department of Fire Protection Engineering University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-3031 Department Office: (301) 405-3992 Phone: (301) 405-5257 Fax: (301) 314-9477 marino@umd.edu

Background Information

Professor and Chair, Ph.D.
Dr. di Marzo's expertise covers several areas of fire, heat transfer, multi-phase flow, and nuclear safety. He has had extensive collaboration with the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of the U.S. National Institutes of Standards and Technology, and is consulting for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Dr. di Marzo works with undergraduates and graduated students on their design and research projects.

Research Interests

Transport phenomena in change of phase; extinguishing and fire retardant agents for fire applications; thermal hydraulics for nuclear reactor safety.

Honors and Awards

Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Honorary Member of the Unione Italiana di Thermo-Fluido-Dinamica (UIT), Special Act Award of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Professional Services

Chair, Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion (HT&EC) Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE); U.S. Delegate to the International Heat Transfer Assembly; Associate Editor, International Journal of Heat & Technology.

Recent Publications

• J.G. Quintiere, M di Marzo, R. Becker, “A Suggested Cause of Fire-Induced Collapse of the World Trade Towers” Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 37, pp. 707-716 (2002)
• P. Ruffino, M. di Marzo, “The Effect of Evaporative Cooling on the Activation Time of Fire Sprinklers”, in Fire Safety Science, D.D. Evans ed., pp. 481-492 (2003)
• P. Ruffino, M. di Marzo, “Temperature And Volumetric Fraction Measurements In A Hot Gas Laden With Water Droplets”, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 125, pp. 356-364 (2003)
• P. Ruffino, M. di Marzo, “The Simulation of Fire Sprinklers Thermal Response in Presence of Water Droplets”, Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 39, pp. 721-736 (2004)
• M. di Marzo, A.W. Marshall, “Modeling Aspects of Sprinkler Spray Dynamics in Fire”, Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Part B, Vol. 82, pp. 97-104 (2004).

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