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Emberley honored as “Top Five Under 35” R ichard Emberley, an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department who also teaches in the Fire Protection Engineering program, was recently named one of the “5 Under 35” SFPE (Society of Fire Protection Engineers) Emerging Professionals.
The SFPE, which represents those practicing in the field of fire protection and fire safety engineering, recognizes five individuals each year who best represent the industry’s top rising leaders giving back to the fire protection and engineering profession and community. Emberley, who joined the ME faculty in 2017, has conducted research encompassing a broad range of topics, including self-extinction of timber, compartment
fire dynamics of exposed and protection timber structures, debonding of engineered timber, visibility in smoke filled environments, and novel fire testing methodologies.
One of the other “5 Under 35” individuals is Gary Dominguez, who earned his master’s degree from Cal Richard Emberley Poly’s Fire Protection program in 2015. He currently works as a senior fire protection engineer at Jensen Hughes in Orange County, CA. n
Panel Discussion
Mechanical engineering students Ryan Dubois and Sophie Getty take measurements from solar panels outside the solar lab as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. The students, who are being mentored by Assistant Professor Jacques Belanger, are learning how to optimize energy production at the solar field on the Cal Poly campus.
