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July 2012 www.sname.org/sname/mt Jarrod Alston is an associate re engi -neer in Arup?s Boston oce, involved in code consulting, design, and numeri -cal analysis. He has been the task lead on several major infra -structure projects, including the Second Avenue Subway and WTC PATH Terminal proj -ects. Jarrod holds degrees in mechanical and re protection engineering from Worcester Pol ytechnic Institute and is a licensed professional re protec -tion engineer. He is a member of the NFPA Technical Committee on xed guideway transit and passenger rail systems, and is a corresponding member of ASHR AE TC5.6 ? Control of Fire and Smoke and TC5.9 ? Enclosed Vehicular Facilities. Dr. Stephen Curram, PhD, is a princi -pal consultant at QinetiQ Ltd in the United Kingdom. He is an operations research practitioner, with more than 20 years experience in the e ld, specializing in simula -tion and applications software development. He was previ -ously a lecturer in Operations Research at Warwick Business School, where he also earned a PhD in simulation and arti -ci al intelligence. Nicholas Dembsey is a professor of re protection engi -neering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has been involved in re protection engineering te aching and research for more than 25 years and currently te aches graduate courses in re modeling and materials re pyrolysis. His research interests involve a wide range of topics in re protection engineering, with special focus on material re characteristics and re safe pro duct development. He works extensively with the architec -tural ber reinforced polymer industry to improve the re per -formance of their products in his role as chair of the American Composites Manufacturers Ass ociation?s Fire Committee. He is an editorial board member of the journal Fire and Materials. Ron Dempsey is a senior engineer at Noise Control Engineering, Inc. He joined the com-pany in 2004 and is currently studying for his masters degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell to compliment his bach -elors degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He specializes in nite element analysis with experience in gener ating and analyzing full ship models for a number of ships, including ferries and research vessels. Along with his modeling experience, he has been involved with an exten -sive number of eld surveys, includin g sea trials and factory acceptance testing. Craig Dickson is a senior analyst at TranSystems, where he has used computer mod -eling to analyze problems in more than 50 transportation an d industrial applications. His expertise has been applied to projects in a wide range of disciplines, including rail transportation, port oper -ations, algorithm design, strategic supply chain analy -sis, facility design/capacity analysis, and scheduling. Be fore joining TranSystems, Dickson spent ten years as a project manager and systems engineer for a major auto -mation systems integrator, where he designed, devel -oped, installed, and integrated un ique solutions to distribu -tion and materials handling problems. He graduated from Clarkson University with a degree in mechanical and industrial engineering. Ray Fischer is the president of Noise Control Engineering, Inc., which he started in 1991 after careers at AARC and BBN. For the past 43 years, he has been involved with the prediction of radiated noise, sonar self-noise, habitability noise, and structural vibrations on more than 250 vessels. He is a principal investigator for ONR?s Noise Induced Hearing Los s program. He also is a co-author of the SNAME Design Guide for Shipboard Airborne Noise Control and was proj -ect leader for the development of Designer NOISE under a United States Navy SBIR. He earne d a masters of science degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Yasmine Hi is a research assistant at the Ship Stability Research Centre of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. She has worked in ship evacuation simulations and assessment of life sav -ing appliances and has been involved in several European Union-funded research proj -ects. She has a masters degree in applied mathematics and is currently completing a masters in philosophy. Her eld of study is risk assessment of evacuation and rescue processes for a crisis management system. Matt Johann is a senior re pro -tection engineer in Arup?s Boston oce. He has extensive experience in the application of code provisions and the development of re and life safety strategies for a variety of occupancies. Matt?s proj -ect experience includes both prescriptive and performance- based approaches that use a wide range of design and analy -sis techniques to meet project goals. In particular, he is expe -rienced at using computational uid dynamics models for anal -ysis of smoke control systems, prediction of ame spread, and evaluation of re hazards. William Laz is an employee of Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS). After grad -uating from the United States Naval Academy and com-pleting the Naval Nuclear Propulsion program, he spent 30 years in the navy, includ -ing tours as the chief engineer of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and commanding ocer of the USS Mississippi (CGN (feature contributors)