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Fire Dynamics Simulator v5 Mesh Size Calculator

Free, online tool to generate a MESH line for insertion into an FDS input file

Current Work

Working on my Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin in Mechanical Engineering (fire research). Also, teaching fire dynamics and fire modeling courses as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Houston-Downtown.

Active Projects/Courses @ UT Austin

Fall 2010

Incompressible flow and scientific visualization courses
Exploring the use of fire models for fire investigations/forensics
Experimenting with different methods to visualize fire modeling data
Working through SFPE UT to expand industry connections and research opportunities at UT Austin
Preparing for my wedding in October!
Working to grow the SolverCore framework

Research Interests

Fire modeling/simulation and fire dynamics
NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator v5
Computational science and the application of fire models

Publications

Refereed Publications:

K.J. Overholt, M.J. Gollner, J. Perricone, A.S. Rangwala, F.A. Williams, “Warehouse Commodity Classification from Fundamental Principles. Part II: Flame Heights and Flame Spread”, Fire Safety Journal, Under Review.
M.J. Gollner, K.J. Overholt, F.A. Williams, A.S. Rangwala, J. Perricone, “Warehouse Commodity Classification from Fundamental Principles. Part I: Commodity & Burning Rates”, Fire Safety Journal, Under Review.
K.J. Overholt, “Characterizing the Flammability of Storage Commodities Using an Experimentally Determined B-number”, Master’s thesis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2009). (Link)

Non-refereed Publications:

K.J. Overholt, “Numerical Pyromaniacs: The Use of Python in Fire Research”, SciPy 2010, Python for Scientific Computing Conference, July 2010.
K.J. Overholt, M. Gollner, A. Rangwala, “Characterizing the Flammability of corrugated cardboard using a cone calorimeter”, 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, May 2009. (Paper) (Presentation) (Poster)

Professional Societies

President, UT Austin SFPE Student Chapter, 2010-Present
President, SFPE WPI Student Chapter, 2009
Student Member, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, 2004-Present
Founding President, SFPE UHD Student Chapter, 2007