Dan M. Jimenez
Research Mechanical Engineer
Fire, Fuel and Smoke
5775 Highway 10 West
Missoula, MT 59808
United States
Missoula, MT 59808
United States
Phone
406-329-4724
Current Research
My research has included studies on heat transfer and fluid flow model development and validation used to predict incident heat, temperature, wind profiles, and fire effects on forest landscapes, vegetation and soil types. In collaboration with scientists at the Fire Lab and elsewhere, I have worked on the development and delivery of computer software to support fire and fuels managers, including the soil heating component of FOFEM (a First Order Fire Effects Model), FireStem (a physics based tree mortality model), and WindWizard (a gridded wind profile model). In addition, I work with fellow lab engineers and technicians to design, develop and fabricate field instrumentation used for data collection on prescribed and wildland fires. My research projects include: First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM), FireStem and WindWizard.
Education
- Rutgers University, B.S., Chemical Engineering,
- Washington State University, M.S., Civil/Environmental Engineering,
Featured Publications
- Dan Jimenez, Jason Forthofer, James Reardon, Bret Butler. 2007. Fire behavior sensor package remote trigger design
- Bret W. Butler, Mark Finney, Larry Bradshaw, Jason Forthofer, Chuck McHugh, Rick Stratton, Dan Jimenez. 2006. WindWizard: A New Tool for Fire Management Decision Support
Other Publications
- Dan Jimenez. 2023. The Safe Separation Distance Evaluator: Is my safety zone big enough?
- Bret Butler, C. Teske, Dan Jimenez, Joseph O'Brien, Paul Sopko, Cyle Wold, Mark Vosburgh, Ben Hornsby, E. Louise Loudermilk. 2016. Observations of energy transport and rate of spreads from low-intensity fires in longleaf pine habitat-RxCADRE 2012
- B. W. Butler, N. S. Wagenbrenner, J. M. Forthofer, B. K. Lamb, K. S. Shannon, D. Finn, R. M. Eckman, K. Clawson, L. Bradshaw, P. Sopko, S. Beard, D. Jimenez, C. Wold, M. Vosburgh. 2015. High-resolution observations of the near-surface wind field over an isolated mountain and in a steep river canyon
- Mark A. Finney, Dan Jimenez, Jack D. Cohen, Isaac C. Grenfell, Cyle Wold. 2010. Structure of diffusion flames from a vertical burner
- Dan Jimenez, Mark A. Finney, Jack Cohen. 2010. Design and construction of gas-fed burners for laboratory studies of flame structure
- Dan Jimenez. 2010. Firefighter Math - a web-based learning tool
- D. Jimenez, B. Butler, K. Hiers, R. Ottmar, M. Dickinson, R. Kremens, J. O'Brien, A. Hudak, C. Clements. 2009. Rx-CADRE (Prescribed Fire Combustion-Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiments) collaborative research in the core fire sciences
- D. M. Jimenez, B. W. Butler, J. Reardon. 2003. Stem mortality in surface fires: Part II, experimental methods for characterizing the thermal response of tree stems to heating by fires
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Year: 2013RxCADRE, the Prescribed Fire and Combustion and Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiment, is a collection of resources and fire and fuels data on prescribed fires in the southeastern United States. It provides the fire modeling community with information necessary to develop, validate and evaluate next generation fire and smoke models.
