Greg Gorbett is an Associate Professor in the Fire
Protection and Safety Engineering Technology Program at Eastern
Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. He currently serves as a
director for the National Association of Fire Investigators, as a
co-chair for the Fire and Arson Investigator journal of the
International Association of Arson Investigators, and as the
executive secretary of the Crime Scene/Death Investigation
Scientific Area Committee's (SAC's) Fire and Explosion
Investigation Subcommittee within the Organization of Scientific
Area Committees (OSAC) through the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST). For the past fourteen years, he has worked
as a fire and explosion expert with John A. Kennedy and Associates,
Madison County Fire Investigation Task Force, and runs his own
consulting firm. Professor Gorbett holds two BS degrees, one in
Fire Science, and the other in Forensic Science. He also holds two
MS degrees, one in Executive Fire Service Leadership, and the other
in Fire Protection Engineering. He also holds a PhD in Fire
Protection Engineering. Additionally, he is a certified fire and
explosion investigator (CFEI), a certified fire investigator
(IAAI-CFI), a certified fire protection specialist (CFPS), a
certified vehicle fire investigator (CVFI), and a certified fire
investigation instructor (CFII).
James L. Pharr is currently assistant professor in fire and
safety engineering technology at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU).
Professor Pharr specialises in fire dynamics, building and life
safety, supervision, emergency scene operations, and hazardous
materials response. Pharr received an AS in fire science technology
from Rowan Technical Institute and a BS in fire and safety
engineering technology from the School of Applied Science at the
University of Cincinnati. Pharr holds an MS in executive fire
service leadership from Grand Canyon University. Professor Pharr
has also completed the Executive Fire Officer Program at the
National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he is an
adjunct instructor. Prior to joining EKU, Pharr was the emergency
management director and fire marshal in Gaston County, North
Carolina. Pharr is a member of the International Association of
Arson Investigators and the International Association of Fire
Chiefs. Pharr has published a number of journal articles and
research papers.
Scott R. Rockwell is an assistant professor at Eastern
Kentucky University, where he teaches classes on fire behavior and
combustion and fire dynamics along with conducting research and
supervising graduate student thesis projects. He has earned a BS
degree in Aerospace Engineering along with a MS and PhD in Fire
Protection Engineering. Additionally, he is a certified fire and
explosion investigator (CFEI) and a certified fire investigation
instructor (CFII) through the National Association of Fire
Investigators (NAFI). His current research includes active learning
teaching techniques that minimise the student's cognitive load, use
of digital media in fire science education, alternative flame
extinguishing techniques, radiation from dust flash fires, and
investigations into the scaling of fire whirls. Among others, he
has served on the Society of Fire Protection Engineering (SFPE)
Educational Committee and the Association for Fire Safety Science
(IAFSS) Education Subcommittee.
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