Nicholas Traina Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Warrenville, Illinois, United States

Warrenville, Il

Warrenville

Large-scale study examining fire-service water application in residential fires• Performed large-scale fire experiments with Underwriters Laboratories Fire Service Research Institute team at Underwriters Laboratories in Northbrook, IL and at a built structure in Champaign, IL• Implemented a new measurement technique involving pig skin as a surrogate to analyze the effect of heat and steam on human skin in large-scale residential fires• Developed and tested a spectroscopic technique… Show more Large-scale study examining fire-service water application in residential fires• Performed large-scale fire experiments with Underwriters Laboratories Fire Service Research Institute team at Underwriters Laboratories in Northbrook, IL and at a built structure in Champaign, IL• Implemented a new measurement technique involving pig skin as a surrogate to analyze the effect of heat and steam on human skin in large-scale residential fires• Developed and tested a spectroscopic technique using a tunable diode laser to measure water vapor in the optically thick environments experienced in fires Large-scale study to examine the impact of fire-service ventilation in residential fires• Worked in a team environment to instrument and perform large-scale residential fire experiments at Underwriters Laboratories in Northbrook, IL and at acquired structures in Milwaukee, WI• Performed data reduction using MS Excel, Visual Basic, and Matlab for two different experimental studies with more than seventeen large-scale experiments with over 200 data channels each• Analyzed carbon monoxide and temperature data to determine the impact of different fires and firefighting tactics on occupant survivability in the fire environmentLaser diagnostic techniques• Developed and tested a mid-infrared laser diagnostic technique to measure hydrogen cyanide in typical residential fire environments • Developed a technique to measure simple hydrocarbons using supercontinuum laser absorption spectroscopy Show less

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Teaching fellowship to instruct a graduate level course• Organized a graduate level course in intermediate heat transfer with more than twenty-five students• Prepared and delivered three one-hour lectures every week for fifteen weeks• Wrote, proctored, and graded midterm exams and final examsTeaching assistant for other instructors• Served as a teaching assistant for ME 300: Thermodynamics, ME 310: Introductory Gas Dynamics, and TAM 531: Inviscid Flow• Graded… Show more Teaching fellowship to instruct a graduate level course• Organized a graduate level course in intermediate heat transfer with more than twenty-five students• Prepared and delivered three one-hour lectures every week for fifteen weeks• Wrote, proctored, and graded midterm exams and final examsTeaching assistant for other instructors• Served as a teaching assistant for ME 300: Thermodynamics, ME 310: Introductory Gas Dynamics, and TAM 531: Inviscid Flow• Graded homework assignments, laboratory reports, quizzes, and exams• Coordinated laboratory sessions, review sessions, and held weekly office hours Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Science (Ms), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering