FPE Welcome Center Opens
December 13, 2007
The Welcome Center was made possible through a $135,000 gift from FM Global.
The gift from FM Global is also being used towards the construction and equipment of a new FM Global Fire Phenomena Laboratory. The laboratory, currently under construction in the J.M. Patterson Building and scheduled to open during the summer of 2008, will provide state-of-the-art facilities to support technical excellence in research and education.
The 1000-square-foot laboratory will offer a unique and controlled environment for conducting sophisticated laboratory-scale fire experiments. Thislaboratory will house a salt-water facility for exploring fire-induced flows, a 6x12-foot vibration-isolated optical breadboard for studying detailed flame characteristics, and modular workspaces for a variety of bench-scale experiments.
FM Global is also sponsoring individual research projects with Professors André Marshall and Arnaud Trouvé.