Anthony Hamins
Mechanical Engineer at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolAnthony Hamins is a mechanical engineer and fire science researcher with over two decades at NIST focused on fire dynamics, suppression, and prevention, currently researching validation of fire models and cooktop/furniture fire mitigation. He led the Fire Research Division as Chief, managing a 50-person organization to advance measurement science and reduce fire impact on communities, structures, and responders. Earlier he directed a 10-person Fire Dynamics Group, developing predictive methods for dynamic fire phenomena and improving engineering practice. His background blends a physics BS from UC Berkeley and a PhD in Engineering Physics from UC San Diego with hands-on experimental and modeling expertise. Notably, he has moved from fundamental ignition and suppression experiments to applied prevention strategies, bridging laboratory science with real-world fire safety policy and product risk reduction. Based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, he brings deep institutional knowledge of national fire research and measurement standards.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at University of California, BerkeleyLowell High SchoolUniversity of California, San Diego
Github Skills (7)
computational-fluid-dynamics10
database10
dynamics10
computation9
simulator9
simulation9
measurement9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ahaminsgithub/fds
Nov 2016 - Jun 2021
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 7 months
fire-dynamicssimulationsimulatordynamicsfire-dynamics-simulator
ahaminsgithub/exp
Aug 2020 - Aug 2023
Fire Research Division Experimental Database
Contributions:41 pushes, 15 branches in 2 years 11 months
divisionfiredatabase
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