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Dr. Manzello joined NIST in January, 2001 as a National Research Council (NRC) Post-Doctoral Fellow. After completion of his NRC post-doctoral fellowship, Dr. Manzello accepted the position of mechanical engineer in the Fire Metrology Group within the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) at NIST.

For his post-doctoral research, Dr. Manzello performed experimental studies of droplet/surface interaction from a fire suppression perspective, characterized the morphology of soot collected in both normal gravity and microgravity conditions using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and measured the concentration of high-boiling point agents during low temperature release using ultra-violet spectroscopy. Dr. Manzello’s post-doctoral research was featured in NIST Technology at a Glance (Summer 2002), The Alchemist (September 2002), and the journal Nature (419:576, 2002).

For his doctoral dissertation, supported by NASA with a Graduate Student Researcher Program fellowship, Dr. Manzello performed research to determine the influence of sooting and radiation in microgravity droplet combustion. In support of his dissertation, he performed over 330 drops in the NASA-GRC 2.2s droptower, 30 drops in the JAMIC 10s drop shaft, and flown over 400 parabolas in the NASA DC-9 and KC-135 aircraft. His research helped clarify unresolved influences of droplet diameter on droplet burning behavior. These findings were used to support science requirements for the Sooting Effects in Droplet Combustion (SEDC) experiment that has been approved for flight on the Space Shuttle (on 7/03 as part of FSDC-3) and the International Space Station (ISS).

Dr. Manzello has presented 8 papers at national and international meetings, and has authored 27 journal and conference publications. He is a member of the Combustion Institute, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Phi Eta Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi.

Samuel L. Manzello

Education
University of Illinois-Chicago, B.S. with Honors, Mechanical Engineering, 1996

University of Illinois-Chicago, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2000
Position
Mechanical Engineer
Fire Metrology Group
Fire Research Division
Building and Fire Research Laboratory

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Date created: 3/21/2001
Information Last updated: 1/26/2003

		Dr. Manzello joined NIST in January, 2001 as a National Research Council (NRC) Post-Doctoral Fellow. After completion of his NRC post-doctoral fellowship, Dr. Manzello accepted the position of mechanical engineer in the Fire Metrology Group within the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) at NIST. For his post-doctoral research, Dr. Manzello performed experimental studies of droplet/surface interaction from a fire suppression perspective, characterized the morphology of soot collected in both normal gravity and microgravity conditions using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and measured the concentration of high-boiling point agents during low temperature release using ultra-violet spectroscopy. Dr. Manzello’s post-doctoral research was featured in NIST Technology at a Glance (Summer 2002), The Alchemist (September 2002), and the journal Nature (419:576, 2002). For his doctoral dissertation, supported by NASA with a Graduate Student Researcher Program fellowship, Dr. Manzello performed research to determine the influence of sooting and radiation in microgravity droplet combustion. In support of his dissertation, he performed over 330 drops in the NASA-GRC 2.2s droptower, 30 drops in the JAMIC 10s drop shaft, and flown over 400 parabolas in the NASA DC-9 and KC-135 aircraft. His research helped clarify unresolved influences of droplet diameter on droplet burning behavior. These findings were used to support science requirements for the Sooting Effects in Droplet Combustion (SEDC) experiment that has been approved for flight on the Space Shuttle (on 7/03 as part of FSDC-3) and the International Space Station (ISS). Dr. Manzello has presented 8 papers at national and international meetings, and has authored 27 journal and conference publications. He is a member of the Combustion Institute, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Phi Eta Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi.
Samuel L. Manzello Education University of Illinois-Chicago, B.S. with Honors, Mechanical Engineering, 1996 University of Illinois-Chicago, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2000 Position Mechanical Engineer Fire Metrology Group Fire Research Division Building and Fire Research Laboratory