Debates of Saccaka and the Areas of Life
Welcome to the end of my first week. Large post ahead; grab a cup of coffee and enjoy.
WORK
I worked a lot on what is a Validation manual. I got quite a bit done and most of us SURF students were quite happy to have a productive week despite all of the government safety and orientation meetings.
Anyway, (for now) my project involves validating Fire Dynamics Simulator and its methods and results and preparing these validations in a way that an authority can comfortably understand and interpret the results as something that can be used to design for life safety and environmental safety. In fact, the latest issue of Fire Protection Engineering has an article by my research advisor therein:
The article can be found here if you are in any way more interested in what is going on up here. For the too long; didn’t read crew, we take experiments like this:
And then generate tons of graphs like this that are easy to understand and that prove the validity of our fire models:
So there you have it. I’ll let you know more as it goes along.
UPCOMING IRAQI EVENTS
In about two weeks, I will get to travel up to a military base in Aberdeen and play as an actor in a field research test. Of course, I will be playing an Iraqi local, perhaps a shopkeeper or layperson, and don an Iraqi outfit as seen by researchers. It is a one day thing, so why not. It is to help test this sort of military technology:
OFFICE
Here are some pictures of my wonderful office, with whom I share with one of the best innovators and mathematicians in the fire science world:
The perfect office filled with fire science and math books and a traditional chalkboard with elite FDS scribblings.
My desk and window looking out upon the lovely NIST ANSI and ASTM approved standard trees.
The place where the real magic happens.
PLAY
Other than work, I have found a good crew of folks here to share my mind and fun with. I am a firm believer in having a strong and good minded group of close friends while making any sort of progression, whether it involves science, the self, or happiness. I searched out those folks and got lucky, and I can say that such a group is a big part of what I am doing here in Maryland. To have a gathering of like minded and likely motivated people that you can be around frequently is one of the biggest values for me in life.
Oh, and we still have fun too:
So, until next time, check yo’self before you wreck yo’self. Peace out.
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