18 Jul IWMA Young Talent Award 2016

The winner of this year’s “IWMA Young Talent Award / Master” is Daniel Alexander Martin. with his winning master thesis “The Use of a Water Mist Curtain as a Radiation Shield”.

Daniel has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an International Master in Fire Safety Engineering from Ghent University in Belgium, Lund University in Sweden, and The University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

He has been a volunteer firefighter and has now started to work for Jensen Hughes, Inc. as an Associate Fire Protection Engineer at the company headquarters in Baltimore, USA. He will present his master thesis during the 16th International Water Mist Conference which will take place on 21st and 22nd September 2016 in Vienna.

Next year the award will go to the best Ph.D. thesis. Submissions are to be handed in before 30th April 2017. www.iwma.net