Stephen Olenick Email & Phone Number

Columbia, Maryland

Responsible for conducting fire investigations and fire hazards analysis, providing fire litigation support, and utilizing computer fire modeling including both zone models and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Litigation experience includes both criminal and civil cases involving residential, commercial, and industrial fires. Conducted various site fire investigations that cover a wide range of structural settings including residential, commercial, and industrial facilities. Performed model validation of both zone and CFD models to determine error limits and accuracy of models in various scenarios. Participated in numerous projects funded by government grants (NASA, NIST, etc.) to determine methodologies for modeling smoke detector activation. Responsible for providing leadership and managerial duties on numerous computational and experimental projects, as well as overseeing and reviewing many computational simulations.

Columbia, Maryland

Responsible for conducting fire investigations and fire hazards analysis, providing fire litigation support, and utilizing computer fire modeling including both zone models and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Litigation experience includes both criminal and civil cases involving residential, commercial, and industrial fires. Conducted various site fire investigations that cover a wide range of structural settings including residential, commercial, and industrial facilities. Performed model validation of both zone and CFD models to determine error limits and accuracy of models in various scenarios. Participated in numerous projects funded by government grants (NASA, NIST, etc.) to determine methodologies for modeling smoke detector activation. Responsible for providing leadership and managerial duties on numerous computational and experimental projects, as well as overseeing and reviewing many computational simulations.

Columbia, Maryland

Responsible for conducting fire investigations and fire hazards analysis, providing fire litigation support, and utilizing computer fire modeling including both zone models and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Litigation experience includes both criminal and civil cases involving residential, commercial, and industrial fires. Conducted various site fire investigations that cover a wide range of structural settings including residential, commercial, and industrial facilities. Performed model validation of both zone and CFD models to determine error limits and accuracy of models in various scenarios. Responsible for compiling and making available a comprehensive list of computer fire models for free on the internet providing background information on a wide range of computer fire models. Participated in numerous projects funded by government grants (NASA, NIST, etc.) to determine methodologies for modeling smoke detector activation.

College Park, Maryland

Responsible for design, construction, and operation of the FIST apparatus to characterize the combustion of solid materials in micro-gravity. Funded by NASA and conducted under the supervision of Professor Dr. Jose Torero.

College Park, Maryland

Responsible for investigating the effect of weathering on the flash point of crude oil. Funded by NIST and conducted under the supervision of Professor Dr. Jose Torero and graduate student Neil Wu.

M.S, Fire Protection Engineering

THESIS: Olenick, S.M., "Validation of the Forced Flow Ignition and Flame Spread Test (FIST), A Reduced Scale Test Apparatus, to Assess.

B.S, Fire Protection Engineering

Mba, General Business