Faculty Directory

Isaac Leventon is an alumni of the University of Maryland (UMD), where he completed his BS, MS, and PhD with the Department of Fire Protection Engineering. He currently works as a Research Associate in the Fire Research Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His research focuses on the design, construction, and use of experimental apparatus to quantify the material properties and controlling mechanisms that define material burning behavior. In his free time, Isaac volunteers with the Gaithersburg Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Department and with the USA Warriors and MYHA Hockey Programs.

Isaac Leventon leads the Material Flammability Characterization Project at NIST. This project focuses on the design, construction, and use of experimental apparatus for use in material property determination, experimental analysis of material degradation, and validation of computational fire modeling with specific emphasis on:

• Development of a material flammability property database
• Measurements of the mechanisms controlling fire growth
• Burning behavior of composite materials
• Modeling of upward flame spread
• Material property characterization
• Electrical cabinet fires
• Measurement and Computation of Fire Phenomena (MaCFP)

Collaboration Opportunities

We hope you are as excited as we are about the direction of our research.  If you want to collaborate with us in these or related research areas, especially if you wish to inquire about available research positions with the project team, please consider contacting the EFSP Project Leader, Isaac.Leventon@NIST.gov.  

Current job openings, including postdoctoral research associateships and summer undergraduate research fellowships are available online: https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/material-flammability-characterization/collaboration-opportunities

Adjunct Professor

Fire Dynamics (ENFP 415 / 651)

https://fpe.umd.edu/course-schedule/course/ENFP415

Structural Fire Protection (ENFP 405 / 621)

https://fpe.umd.edu/course-schedule/course/ENFP405 

Enclosure Fire Modeling (ENFP 425)

https://fpe.umd.edu/course-schedule/course/ENFP415

Graduate Fire Dynamics Laboratory (ENFP 620)

https://fpe.umd.edu/course-schedule/course/ENFP620

Lecturer

Fire Dynamics, Structural Fire Protection Engineering

https://fpe.umd.edu/news/story/fpe-engineers-conduct-firesafety-program-in-israel

Program Developer and Lecturer

An Introduction to Math and Physics through Fire Dynamics

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/sparking-love-science-studying-christmas-trees-burn

Please visit Google Scholar for a full list of publications.

An updated list of NIST publications (including written work and data and software publications) is available online.