David Murphy
Associate Professor, Fire Safety Engineering Technology Motorsports
310 Smith, UNC Charlotte Website: view website
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Phone: 704-687-4187
Recent Publications - "Murphy, David L. ;Safety in Manufacturing: A Common Sense Approach". Proceedings of the Mississippi Gulfcoast Manufacturing Conference. February 2002.
- "Janssens, Marc, Jeff Kimble, and David L. Murphy. ;Computer Tools to Determine Material Properties for Fire Growth Modeling from Cone Calorimeter Data". Fire and Materials 8th International Conference and Exhibition Proceedings. January 2003.
- "Murphy, David L. ;Safety in the Public Emergency Services: Lessons Learned in the Private Sector". Fire Engineering. Penwell Publications. June 2003.
- "Murphy, David L. ;Practical Advice for the New Kid on the Block". Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Educators Conference. June 2003.
- "Murphy, David L. ;On the Other Side of the Fence: Practical Tips for First Time Teachers". Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Educators Conference. June 2003.
- "Murphy, David L. and Lorraine Stanton. ;WebCT Empowers the Fire Service". Proceedings of the WebCT ImPact 2004 Conference. San Diego, CA. July 2004.
- "Murphy, David L. ;Removing Roadblocks to Education". (pending) Fire Chief Magazine. Primedia Publications.
What he/she brings to the industry - Assisted in the establishment of the FSET fire safety lab located at the Charlotte Fire Department Training Academy in South Charlotte. Several days have been realized in the design, procurement, transportation and setup of lab equipment (ongoing).
- Assisted in the establishment of the on campus FSET fire safety lab located in the Smith building on the campus of UNC Charlotte. Laboratory design and the procurement of equipment is currently underway (ongoing).
- Assisted in the procurement of recruiting materials for the FSET program (ongoing).
- Assisted in the development of the four year FSET curriculum proposal.
- Have devoted numerous hours in the TAC-ABET criteria curriculum arena.
- Currently amassing information to begin planning for the future FSET Cooperative Education Program.
Research Grants - "Janssens, Marc, Jeff Kimble, and David L. Murphy. :Low Flammability of Non-Halogenated Vinyl Ester Containing Nanofillers for Production of RTM Composite Structures", Office of Naval Research ($31,000.00, FY 2001-2002)
- "Janssens, Marc, Jeff Kimble, and David L. Murphy. :Navy DURIP Grant", Fire test system for measuring heat release, smoke production, and flame spread characteristics of material and assemblies, Office of Naval Research ($222,000.00, FY 2001-2002)
- "Janssens, Marc, Jeff Kimble, and David L. Murphy. :Development of Fire Data Management Systems Tools to generate Data for Fire Safety Engineering and Modeling". National Institute of Standards and Technology. ($65,000.00, FY 2001-2002)
- "Kimble, Jeff and David L. Murphy. :Ignition Temperatures of Landscape Mulch". The Warren Group. ($1500.00. September 2002)
- "Murphy, David L. :A Study of Seatbelt Usage in the North Carolina Fire Service". The William Satates Lee College of Engineering Technology Department ($1500.00. Summer 2003)
- "CID Grant Awarded: :University Curriculum Instructional and Development Grant" for development of FSET 3123 - Industrial Hazards & Electricity Curriculum ($5000.00. January 2001)
Educational Background - B.S. in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology, Eastern Kentucky University, 1996
- M.S. in Loss Prevention and Safety, Eastern Kentucky University, 2000
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