BFRL Staff Profiles / Fire Research Division

			Dr. Yang joined NIST in 1990 as a NIST/ASEE Postdoctoral Fellow and is presently a leader of the Fire Metrology Group. His research interest includes fire dynamics and suppression, halon replacements, droplets and sprays, aerosol dynamics, micro-gravity sciences, two-phase flows, and thermodynamics. His current research focuses on aerosol dynamics modeling for smoke detection and LNG and hydrogen fire safety. He has co-authored over 70 archival and conference articles and is a frequent reviewer for many international scientific journals and government funding agencies. He currently serves on the ASME K-11 Committee on Heat and Mass Transfer in Fire and Combustion, the NFPA 2001 Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems, the NFPA 750 Water Mist Fire Protection Systems, and the Department of Defense Fire/Explosion Systems Peer Review Panel, and as a science advisor for the Hydrogen Executive Leadership Panel (HELP). He is a fellow of ASME and a member of the Combustion Institute. He was awarded the U.S. Department of Commence Bronze Medal in 2000 and Gold Medal in 2005.
	Jiann C. Yang Education National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1977 University of New South Wales, Australia, M.E., Biomedical Engineering, 1983 Cornell University, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1990 Position Leader Fire Measurements Group Fire Research Division Building and Fire Research Laboratory

Information Last updated: 6/18/2007

Jiann C. Yang