MARC L. JANSSENS, Ph.D. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

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1 , Ph.D. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS 1. Janssens, M. L., "Some Experience with the Cone Calorimeter, An Instrument to Measure the Rate of Smoke and Heat Release," in Fundamental Aspects of Polymer Flammability, IOP Meetings, Series No. 4, pp , Institute of Physics, Bristol, England, Janssens, M. L., F. Clarke, H. van Kuijk, J. Bonesteel, J. DiPinto, R. Valentine, and P. Vandevelde, "Experimental Design for Full-Scale Evaluation of the Toxicity of the Products of Combustion from Cables," in Proceedings of the 36 th Wire and Cable Symposium, pp , Arlington, VA, Janssens, M. L., "Rate of Heat Release of Wood Products," presented at International Conference on Fire: Control the Heat... Reduce the Hazard, London, England, October 24-25, Published in expanded form in the Fire Safety Journal, Vol 17, pp , Janssens, M. L., "Use of Bench-Scale Piloted Ignition Data for Mathematical Fire Models," in Proceedings of International Conference on Fire in Buildings, pp , September 25-26, 1989, Toronto, Canada, Technomic Publishing Co., Lancaster, PA, Janssens, M. L. and H. Tran, "Room Fire Test for Fire Growth Modeling, A Sensitivity Study," Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol 7, pp , Janssens, M. L., "Data Reduction of Wall/Corner Tests for Zone Model Validation," in Proceedings of Interflam '90, pp , September 3-6, 1990, Canterbury, England, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M. L., F. Clarke, H. van Kuijk, G. Makovec, W. Seidel, B. Baker, D. Kasprzak, G. Marovec, J. Bonesteel, and C. Herpol, "Inhalation Toxicity of Smoke from Fires Involving Perfluoropolymers," in Proceedings of Interflam '90, pp , September 3-6, 1990, Canterbury, England, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M. L. and H. Tran, "Wall and Corner Fire Tests on Selected Wood Products," Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol 9, pp , Janssens, M. L., V. Babrauskas, R. Peacock, and N. Batho, "Standardization of Formats and Presentation of Fire Data: The FDMS," Journal of Fire and Materials, Vol 15, pp , Janssens, M. L., "Measuring Rate of Heat Release by Oxygen Consumption," Fire Technology, Vol 27, pp , Janssens, M. L., "Thermal Model for Piloted Ignition of Wood Including Variable Thermophysical Properties," in Proceedings of the 3 rd International Symposium, pp , July 8-12, 1991, Edinburgh, Scotland, Elsevier Applied Science, New York, Janssens, M. L., G. Mulholland, S. Yusa, W. Twilley, and V. Babrauskas, "Effect of Oxygen Concentration on CO and Smoke Produced by Flames," in Proceedings of the 3 rd International Symposium, pp , July 8-12, 1991, Edinburgh, Scotland, Elsevier Applied Science, New York, Janssens, M. L., "Piloted Ignition of Wood: A Review," Journal of Fire and Materials, Vol 15, pp , Janssens, M. L., Opposed-Flow Flame Spread Over Wood Surfaces, Wood Burning 92, International Conference, pp , High Tatras, Slovakia, June 1-5, 1992, Technical University, Zvolen, Slovakia, Janssens, M. L., V. Babrauskas, W. Twilley, and S. Yusa, "Cone Calorimeter for Controlled-Atmosphere Studies," Journal of Fire and Materials, Vol 16, pp , 1992.

2 Page Janssens, M. L., "Modeling the E84 Tunnel Test for Wood Products," in Proceedings of the 1 st Fire and Materials Conference, pp.33-42, September 24-25, 1992, Arlington, VA, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M. L., F. Clarke, H. van Kuijk, R. Valentine, G. Makovec, W. Seidel, B. Baker, D. Kasprzak, J. Bonesteel, and C. Herpol, "Toxicity of Smoke from Fires Involving Perfluoropolymers: Full-Scale Fire Studies," Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol 10, pp , Janssens, M. L. and H. Tran, "Data Reduction of Room Tests for Zone Model Validation," Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol 10, pp , Janssens, M. L. and W. Parker, "Oxygen Consumption Calorimetry," Chapter 3 in Heat Release in Fires, pp , Elsevier, New York, Janssens, M. L., "Room Fire Models, Part A: General," Chapter 6 in Heat Release in Fires, pp , Elsevier, New York, Janssens, M. L., "Determining Flame Spread Properties from Cone Calorimeter Measurements, Part A: General Concepts," Chapter 9 in Heat Release in Fires, pp , Elsevier, New York, Janssens, M. L., "Critical Analysis of the OSU Room Fire Model for Simulating Corner Fires," in Fire and Flammability of Furnishings and Contents, pp , December 7, 1992, Miami, FL, ASTM, STP 1233, Janssens, M. L., Problems in Selecting Property Data for Wood Pyrolysis Models, in Proceeding of C1B W14 Workshop on Fire Modeling, pp. 1-8, January 26, 1993, The Netherlands, Institute TNO for Building Materials and Construction Delft, The Netherlands, Janssens, M. L., "Cone Calorimeter Measurements of the Heat of Gasification of Wood," in Proceedings of Interflam '93, pp , March 30-April 1, 1993, Oxford, England, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M. L. and H. Tran, "Modeling the Burner Source in the ASTM Room Fire Test," Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol 5, pp , Janssens, M. L., "Heat Release in Building Codes," in First Japan Symposium on Heat Release and Fire Hazard, pp , May 10-11, 1993, Tsukuba, Japan, Center for Better Living, Janssens, M. L., "Improved Method of Analysis for the LIFT Apparatus, Part I: Ignition" in Proceedings of the 2 nd Fire and Materials Conference, pp , September 23-24, 1993, Arlington, VA, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M. L. and K. Bland, "Structural Fire Resistance Design of Wood Beams and Columns: A Comparison of European and North-American Practices," in 21 st Century Timber Engineering, ASCE Convention, October, Dallas, TX, Janssens, M. L. and R. White, "Communication: Temperature Profiles in Wood Members Exposed to Fire," Journal of Fire and Materials, Vol 18, pp , Janssens, M. L., "Thermo-Physical Properties of Wood and Char for Pyrolysis Models," in Proceedings of the Pacific Timber Engineering Conference, pp , Gold Coast, Australia, July Janssens, M. L., "The Computer Program ROOMFIRE: A Compartment Fire Model Shell," in Proceedings of the American Chemical Society Symposium on Fire and Polymers, pp , August 1994, Washington, DC, American Chemical Society Symposium Series 599, Washington, DC, 1995.

3 Page Janssens, M. L., "Fire Resistance of Exposed Timber Beams and Columns," in Proceedings of the 3 rd Fire and Materials Conference, pp , October 27-28, 1994, Arlington, VA, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M. L., Fire Modeling Standards Development, Standardization News, pp , November Janssens, M.L., Interlaboratory Test Program on ASTM E 1354 Standard Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke Release Rates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Consumption Calorimeter, Report No. PCN , ASTM Institute for Standards Research Report, Philadelphia, PA, p. 164, Janssens, M. L., "Innovative Methods for Evaluating Combustibility of Materials and Assemblies," in Proceedings of ASIAFLAM 95, pp , March 14-15, 1995, Hong Kong, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M. L., "Calorimetry," Part 3, Chapter 2 of the 2 nd edition of the SFPE Handbook, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, pp to 3-36, Boston, MA, Janssens, M. L., "Methods and Equations of Fire Calorimetry," in Proceedings of the Fire Calorimetry Conference, pp , July 27-28, 1995, Gaithersburg, MD, U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT/FAA/CT-95/46, Atlantic City, NJ, Janssens, M. L., M. Dietenberger, O. Grexa, and R. White, "Room/Corner Tests of Wall Linings with 100/300 kw Burner," in Proceedings of the 4 th Fire and Materials Conference, pp , November 15-16, 1995, Arlington, VA, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M. L., O. Grexa, and R. White, "Analysis of Cone Calorimeter Data for Modeling of the Room/Corner Test on Wall Linings," in Proceedings of the 4 th Fire and Materials Conference, pp , November 15-16, 1995, Arlington, VA, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M. L., M. Dietenberger, O. Grexa, and R. White, "Predictions of ISO 9705 Room/Corner Test Using a Simple Model," in Proceedings of the 4 th Fire and Materials Conference, pp , November 15-16, 1995, Arlington, VA, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M. L. and J. Urbas, "Comparison of Small and Intermediate Scale Heat Release Data," in Proceedings of Interflam '96, March 26-29, 1996, Cambridge, England, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M. L., Simple Model of the ISO 9705 Ignition Source, in Annual Conference on Fire Research, pp , October 28-31, 1996, Gaithersburg, Maryland, NISTIR 5904, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Janssens, M. L. and A. Grenier, "An Improved Method for Analyzing Ignition Data of Composite Materials," Twenty-Third International Conference on Fire Safety, Milbrae, CA, January 13-17, Janssens, M. L., "A Method for Calculating the Fire Resistance of Exposed Timber Decks," 5 th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Melbourne, Australia, March 3-7, Janssens, M. L. and J. Griffith, "Fire Performance of Facades and the Effect of Scale," ASTM Symposium on Very Large Scale Fires, St. Louis, MO, June 16, Janssens, M. L. and T. Bankler, "The New ISO Cone Calorimeter Standard: A Performance - Based Approach to Fire Testing," Second International Conference on Fire Research and Engineering, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, August 10-15, 1997.

4 Page Janssens, M. L., R. White, M. Dientenberger, H. Tran, O. Grexa, L. Richardson, and K. Sumathipala, Comparison of Test Protocols for Standard Room/Corner Tests, in Fire and Materials '98, 5th International Conference and Exhibition, pp , February 23-24, 1998, San Antonio, TX, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Janssens, M. L., "A Comparison between the European SBI Test and Reaction-to-Fire Test Methods in North America," Fire and Materials International Conference, San Antonio, TX, February 23-24, Janssens, M. L., "Establishment of Cone Calorimeter Acceptance Criteria for Evaluation of Fire Restricting Materials for High Speed Craft," Symposium on Computational and Experimental Methods in Mechanical and Thermal Engineering, Belgium, May 8, Janssens, M. L., "Fire Testing and Computer Modeling at Southwest Research Institute," ARL PET IMT Workshop, Aberdeen, Maryland, May 20-21, Janssens, M. L., D. Alley, and A. Grenier, "Development of Cone Calorimeter Acceptance Criteria for Composite Fire Restricting Materials Used on High Speed Craft," 14 th UJNR Meeting, Tsukuba and Tokyo, Japan, May 27 - June 3, Janssens, M.L. and A.L. Orvis, Fire, Smoke, and Toxicity of Composites on High Speed Craft, Technical Report to DOT: US Coast Guard R&D Center, Report No. CT CG-D-27-98, Southwest Research Institute, October Janssens, M. L., "Performance-Based Fire Tests of Materials U.S. Overview," 14th UJNR Meeting, Tsukuba and Tokyo, Japan, May 27 - June 3, Janssens, M.L. and M. Hirschler, Heat and Smoke Measurements of Construction Materials Tested in a Room- Corner Configuation According to NFPA 265, in 27th International Conference on Fire Safety, pp , January 11-15, 1999, Millbrae, CA, Product Safety Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, Janssens, M.L. Computer Fire Model Selection and Data Sources, in ASTM's Role in Performance-Based Fire Codes and Standards, Vol. ASTM STP 1377, pp , 1998, Nashville, TN, ASTM, West Conshohocken, PA, December 8, Janssens, M.L., R. White, M. Distenberger, H. Tran, O. Grexa, L. Richardson, and K. Sumathipala, Comparison of Test Protocols for the Standard Room/Corner Test, Journal of Fire and Materials, Vol. 23(3), pp , May/June Janssens, M.L., G. Finley, and M. Hirschler, Room Fire Testing--Recent Experiences and Implications, in Fire and Materials '99, 6th International Conference and Exhibition, pp , February 22-23, 1999, San Antonio, TX, Interscience Communications Ltd, London, England, Janssens, M.L. and A.L. Orvis, Trends in Evaluating Toxicity of Fire Effluents, in Fire and Materials '99, 6th International Conference and Exhibition, pp , February 22-23, 1999, San Antonio, TX, Interscience Communications Ltd, London England, Janssens, M.L. and M. Hirschler, Smoke Obscuration Measurements in the NFPA 265 Room-Corner Test, in Fire and Materials '99, 6th International Conference and Exhibition, pp , February 22-23, 1999, San Antonio, TX, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Janssens, M. L. and A. Wenzel, Test Procedures for Evaluating Fire Performance of Composites Offshore and Marine Applications, in Composite Materials for Offshore Operations-2, pp , October 28-30, 1997, Houston, TX, American Bureau of Shipping, 1999.

5 Page Janssens, M.L., A. Garabedian, W. Gray, A.L. Orvis, A. Grenier, and L. Nash, Comparison Between High Speed Craft and Other SOLAS-Complying Ships of Fire Test Requirements for Lining Materials, in Interflam '99, 8th International Fire Conference, pp , June 29-July 1, 1999, Edinburgh, Scotland, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Janssens, M.L., Introduction to Mathematical Fire Modeling, Second Edition, Technomic Publishing Co., Lancaster, PA, Janssens, M.L., Heat Release Rate, in International Workshop on Measurement Needs for Fire Safety, Vol. NISTIR 6527, pp , April 4-6, 2000, Gaithersburg, MD, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, Janssens, M.L., Y. Iwata, and H. Kosecki, Comparison of Combustion Characteristics of Various Crude Oils, in 4th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, pp , May 24-26, 2000, Tokyo, Japan, Janssens, M. L. and A. Wenzel, Using the Cone Calorimeter to Assess Combustibility of Building Products, FORUM 2000 Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, October 22-23, Janssens, M.L. and T. Kashiwagi, Material Fire Performance and Testing: U.S. Overview, in 15th UJNR Joint Panel Meeting, Vol. NISTIR 6588, pp. 9-14, March 1-7, 2000, SwRI, San Antonio, TX, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburgh, MD, Janssens, M.L. and S. Dillon, Balanced Approach to the Fire Performance Evaluation of Interior Finish Materials, in 15th UJNR Joint Panel Meeting. Vol. NISTIR 6588, pp , March 1-7, 2000, SwRI, San Antonio, TX, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, Janssens, M.L., Y. Iwata, and H. Kosecki, Comparison of Combustion Characteristics of Crude Oils Using the Cone Calorimeter, in 15th UJNR Joint Panel Meeting. Vol. NISTIR 6588, pp , March 1-7, 2000, SwRI, San Antonio, TX, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, Janssens, M.L., Y. Iwata, H. Kosecki, and T. Takahashi, Combustion Characteristics of Crude Oils, Journal of Fire and Materials, Vol. 21(1), pp. 1-7, January/February Janssens, M. L., A. Grenier, and S. Dillon, Predicting Fire Performance of Interior Finish Materials in the ISO 9705 Room/Corner Test, Fire and Materials 01, 7 th International Conference and Exhibition, pp , January 22-24, 2001, San Francisco, CA, Interscience Communications, London, England. 71. Janssens, M. L and S. Dillon, Burning Characteristics of Methanol and Heptane Pool Fires, Fire and Materials 01, 7 th International Conference and Exhibition, pp , January 22-24, 2001, San Francisco, CA, Interscience Communications, London, England. 72. Janssens, M. L., S. Dillon, and M. Hirschler, Using the Cone Calorimeter as a Screening Tool for the NFPA 265 and NFPA 286 Room Test Procedures, Fire and Materials 01, 7 th International Conference and Exhibition, pp , January 22-24, 2001, San Francisco, CA, Interscience Communications, London, England. 73. Janssens, M.L., S. Dillon, and S. Allwein, Characterizing the Thermal Environment of the Cone Calorimeter for Analyzing Ignition Data of Materials, in Interflam'01, 9th International Fire Conference, pp , September 17-19, 2001, Edinburgh, Scotland, Interscience Communications, London, England, Janssens, M.L., S. Dillon, and A. Garabedian, Comparison of Building Code Classification and Results of Intermediate-Scale Fire Testing of Stored Plastic Commodities, in Interflam '01, 9th International Fire Conference, pp , September 27-19, 2001, Edinburgh, Scotland, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, 2001.

6 Page Janssens, M., Improved Method for Analyzing Ignition Data from the Cone Calorimeter in the Vertical Orientation, in Fire Safety Science Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium, June 16-21, 2002, Worcester, MA, International Association for Fire Safety Science, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Janssens, M. L. and J. Huczek, Fire Hazard Assessment of Commuter Rail Equipment, Fire Risk and Hazard Assessment Research Application Symposium, Baltimore, MD, July 24-26, Janssens, M. L. and A. Garabedian, Fire as a Design Load, Structural Engineering Association of Texas Conference, El Paso, TX, October 25, Janssens, M. L., Principles of Fire Behavior and Fire Modeling, Fire Protection Engineering Symposium, Portland, OR, November 7-8, Janssens, M.L., Evaluating Computer Fire Models, Fire Protection Engineering, (13), pp , Winter Cote, A. E. (ed), Fire Protection Handbook, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA, Nineteenth Edition, Volume 1, 2003, Chapter 7. Basics of Passive Fire Protection, (Janssens, M.L.), pp Janssens, M. L., J. Kimble, and D. Murphy, Computer Tools to Determine Material Properties for Fire Growth Modeling from Cone Calorimeter Data, Fire & Materials Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 27-28, Janssens, M. L., Fire Testing of FR Polymers, Intensive Short Course in Research, Production and Marketing of Flame Retardancy of Polymer Materials, 14 th Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy, Stamford, CT, June 1, Janssens, M. L. and J. P. Huczek, Comparison of Fire Properties of Automotive Materials, 14 th Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy, Stamford, CT, June 2-4, Griffith, L and M. Janssens, Fire Toxicity of Automotive Materials, Fire Risk and Hazard Assessment Research Application Symposium, Baltimore, MD, July 9-11, Janssens, M. L., Fire Technology Today, Fire Risk and Hazard Assessment Research Application Symposium, Baltimore, MD, July 9-11, Harper, C.A. (ed), Handbook of Building Materials for Fire Protection, McGraw-Hill Handbooks, New York, 2004, Chapter 7. Wood and Wood Products, (Janssens, M.L. and B. Douglas), pp Janssens, M. Modeling of the Thermal Degradation of Structural Wood Members Exposed to Fire, Journal of Fire and Materials, Vol 28, pp , K. Battipaglia, J. Huczek, M. Janssens, M. Miller, and K. Willson, Fire Properties of Exterior Automotive Materials, Eleventh International Conference on Flame Retardants 2004, London, England, January 27-28, Battipaglia, K., J. Huczek, M. Janssens, M. Miller, and K. Willson, Comparison of Fire Properties of Automotive Materials and Evaluation of Performance Levels, 2004 NFPA World Safety Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, May 23-26, Battipaglia, K., J. Huczek, M. Janssens, and A. Sauceda, Using the Cone Calorimeter to Predict FMVSS 302 Performance of Automotive Materials, 15 th Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials, Stamford, CT, June 7-9, 2004.

7 Page Janssens, M.L., Fire Testing of FR Polymers, Intensive Short Course in Research, Production and Marketing of Flame Retardancy of Polymer Materials, 15 th Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials, Stamford, CT, June 7-9, Huczek, J. and M. Janssens, Application of a Methodology to Predict Room-Scale Fire Performance From Bench-Scale Testing, Tenth International Interflam 2004 Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5-7, Battipaglia, K., J. Huczek, M. Janssens, and M. Miller, Development of a Method to Assess the Fire Hazard of Automotive Materials, Tenth International Interflam 2004 Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 5-7, Willson, K., M. Janssens, A.L. Griffith, K. Carpenter, and J. Huczek, Smoke Toxicity Measurements of Automotive Materials, 228th American Chemistry Society National Meeting, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Fire & Polymers Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, August 22-26, Janssens, M.L. Heat Release Rate of Motor Vehicles. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, Luxembourg, Luxemburg, October Carpenter, K.C. and M.L. Janssens. Using Heat Release Rate to Assess Combustibility of Building Products in the Cone Calorimeter. Fire Technology 41 (2005): Carpenter, K.C., M.L. Janssens, and A.L. Sauceda. Another Look at Cone Calorimeter Predictions of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 302 Performance. Paper presented at the Fire and Materials 2005, 9th International Conference, San Francisco, CA, February Carpenter, K.C., J.P. Huczek, M.L. Janssens, and M.A. Miller. Development of a Method to Assess the Hazard of Plastic Components to Passengers Trapped in Post-Collision Motor Vehicles Fires. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Paper No (April 2005). Paper presented at the SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, April Carpenter, K.C., M.L. Janssens, and A.L. Sauceda. Using the Cone Calorimeter to Predict Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 302 Performance of Automotive Materials. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Paper No (April 2005). Paper presented at the SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, April Griffith, A.L., M.L. Janssens, and K.R. Willson. Evaluation of Smoke Toxicity of Automotive Materials According to Standard Small-Scale Test Procedures. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Paper No (April 2005). Paper presented at the SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, April Janssens, M.L. Fire Test and Evaluation Methods. Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Fire Safe Use of Timber in Construction Seminar, Wellington, New Zealand, May Janssens, M.L. Handbook of Environmental Degradation of Materials, Chapter 10 Material Flammability, pp , Norwich, NY, William Andrew Publishing, Lyon, R. E. and M.L. Janssens. Encyclopedia of Polymer Science & Technology, Flammability, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Article Online Posting Date: April 15, Lyon, R.E. and M.L. Janssens. Polymer Flammability. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, DOT/FAA/AR-05/14, Final Report, Washington, D.C., May Carpenter, K., J. Huczek, and M. Janssens, Comparison of Reaction-to-Fire Testing and Classification of Construction Products in Different Parts of the World, 2006 Flame Retardants, London, England, February 14-15, 2006.

8 Page Carpenter, K.C., M.L. Janssens, and A.L. Sauceda. Using the Cone Calorimeter to Predict Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 302 Performance of Interior and Exterior Automotive Materials. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International SP-1990, April 2006, pp Janssens, M.L., Fire Testing of FR Polymers, Intensive Short Course in Research, Production and Marketing of Flame Retardancy of Polymer Materials, 17 th Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials, Stamford, CT, May 21, Janssens, M., K. Carpenter, J. Huczek, M. Mehrafza, and A. Sauceda, Performance of Construction Products in Reaction-to-Fire Tests, 17th Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy, Stamford, CT, May 22-24, Janssens, M., K. Carpenter, J. Huczek, and A. Sauceda, Estimating ASTM E 84 Flame Spread and Smoke Developed Indices from Cone Calorimeter Data, 2006 NFPA World Safety Conference and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, June 4-8, Huczek, J.P. and M.L. Janssens. Modeling of Large-Scale Fire Test Performance of Glassfiber-Reinforced Composite. Paper presented at SAMPE 2006 Fall Technical Conference, Dallas, Texas, November Janssens, M.L., Improving the Technical Basis of the Standard Fire Resistance Test for Performance-Based Fire Design of Building, Fire Protection Research Foundation Panel Meeting, Atlanta, GA, December 5, Apte, V.B. (ed), Flammability Testing of Materials Used in Construction, Transport and Mining, Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, England, 2006, Chapter 2. Fundamental Measurement Techniques, (Janssens, M.L.), pp Carpenter, K., J. Huczek, M. Janssens, and Anthony Sauceda, Regression Models of the ISO 9705 Room/Corner Test, Paper presented at the Fire and Materials 2007, 10 th International Conference, San Francisco, CA, January Babrauskas, V., M. Janssens, B. Gray, Prudent Practices for the Deisgn and Installation of Heat-Producing Devices Near Wood Materials, Paper presented at the Fire and Materials 2007, 10 th International Conference, San Francisco, CA, January Janssens, M., Development of a Database of Full-Scale Calorimeter Tests of Motor Vehicles. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International SP-2097, April 2007, pp Janssens, M.L., Fire Testing of FR Polymers, Intensive Short Course in Research, Production and Marketing of Flame Retardancy of Polymer Materials, 18 th Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials, Stamford, CT, May 20, Janssens, M., Method to Predict Performance of Construction Products in the ASTM E 84 Steiner Tunnel Test, 18th Annual BCC Conference on Flame Retardancy, Stamford, CT, May 21-23, Janssens, M., Uncertainty of Fire Test Results, Eleventh International Interflam 2007 Conference, London, UK, September 3-5, Janssens, M. and B. Badders, An Approach to Improve the Usefulness of Fire Resistance Test Data in Performance-Based Fire Design of Gypsum-Protected Steel-Stud Walls, Characterization Parameters of Gypsum Wallboard at Elevated Temperatures Workshop, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, September Janssens, M., Comparison of Different Methods to Characterize the Thermal Environment of Fire Resistance Furnaces, ISO/TC92/SC2 Workshop on Heat Transfer Calculations and Measurements in Fire Safety Engineering Furnace Characterization and Control, Borås, Sweden, September 10, 2007.

9 Page Cote, A. E. (ed), Fire Protection Handbook, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA, Twentieth Edition, Volume 1, 2008, Chapter 2. Basics of Fire Containment, (Janssens, M.L.), pp Janssens, M., Using the Cone Calorimeter for Product Development, 2008 Flame Retardants, London, England, February 12-13, 2008.