Organizing Committee

Arun Veeramany
Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
General Conference Chair
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Katrina Groth
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Director, Reliability Engineering
Associate Director for Research, Center for Risk and Reliability
University of Maryland
Technical Program Chair
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Mihai Diaconeasa
Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering
North Carolina State University
Technical Program Vice Chair
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Track Chairs

Peter Sunderland
Professor, Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland
Track: Dispersion, Fire, and Explosion Studies

Ethan Hecht
Research Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories
Track: Dispersion, Fire, and Explosion Studies

Eladio Knipping
Program Manager, Electric Power Research Institute
Track: Education and Workforce Development

Alejandro Jimenez
Senior Staff Consultant (Fire & Explosion), Engineering Systems Inc.
Track: Failure Analysis and Incident Investigation

Danielle Murphy
Principal Engineer at WHA International
Track: Failure Analysis and Incident Investigation

Jesse Holzer
Senior Scientist/Engineer - Electricity Infrastructure Operations Research, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Track: Maintenance, Operations, Testing, and Lifecycle Analysis

Genevieve Saur
Researcher IV-Mechanical Engineering, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Track: Maintenance, Operations, Testing, and Lifecycle Analysis

Antonio Ruiz
Technical Project Program Manager, University of Maryland
Track: Permitting, Codes and Standards

Enrique Lopez Droguett
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCLA
Track: Prognostics and Health Management

Esmaeil Zarei
Associate Professor of Safety Science,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Track: Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)

Kevin Hartmann
Research Engineer
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Track: Reliability Analysis

Ahmad Al-Douri
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland
Track: Reliability Analysis

Dina Carpenter-Graffy
Computational Mechanical Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Track: Stakeholder and Community Engagement

Dave Moore
President & CEO, AcuTech Consulting Group
Track: Systems Safety Analysis and Risk-Informed Design and Siting

Samantha Wismer
Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Maryland
Student Chair