Glosey

Consulting Overview

I am a Manager in Exponent’s Thermal Sciences practice, where my work spans fire origin and cause investigations, structural fire engineering, wildfire exposure analysis, and failure analysis of building fire protection systems. My consulting experience integrates fire science, heat transfer, structural mechanics, and performance-based design to evaluate how buildings, industrial facilities, and critical infrastructure perform under realistic fire and multi-hazard conditions.

My work includes applying NFPA 921/1033 methodologies to fire investigations; assessing failures involving sprinklers, fire-rated walls, firestopping, and façade systems; and conducting CFD, zone modeling, and egress analyses for performance-based design. I also lead multidisciplinary teams investigating wildfire risk, ignition pathways, and vegetation ignition from energized conductor failures using computational modeling.

I routinely use finite element analysis (Abaqus, SAFIR, OpenSees) to evaluate thermo-mechanical response, collapse mechanisms, and fireproofing adequacy in steel, concrete, and composite structures. My consulting work supports insurance, legal, and industrial clients across sectors including aerospace, energy, mining, transportation, and high-rise buildings.

Areas of Expertise

• Fire Origin & Cause Investigations — NFPA 921/1033, residential/commercial fires, explosions, energized conductor failures, hazardous materials.
• Structural Fire Engineering — thermo-mechanical FEA, catenary/membrane behavior, fireproofing adequacy, performance-based design.
• Fire Protection System Failures — sprinklers, fire-rated assemblies, firestopping, smoke control, façade and cladding fire risk.
• Wildfire & WUI Engineering — radiative and ember exposure modeling, structure-to-structure spread, ignition probability, climate-driven risk assessment.
• Industrial & Energy Sector Risk — mining, petrochemical, battery systems, electrical failures, heat transfer and flammability testing.
• Code Consulting — ICC, NFPA, international codes; optimization of spray-applied fire resistive materials (SFRM) and passive fire protection.

Representative Consulting Projects

Wildfire Risk Mitigation (2023–2024)

Developed predictive models for vegetation ignition from electrical conductor failures, supporting wildfire mitigation, climate adaptation analysis, and infrastructure risk assessment.

Central Bank of Turkey Tower — 75-Story Hybrid Structure (2021–2022)

Lead fire engineer for performance-based structural fire assessment of Europe’s tallest building (360 m). Optimized SFRM requirements and achieved a 350-ton reduction in fireproofing material through advanced analysis.

Istanbul Airport Hangar Structures (2020)

Conducted performance-based analysis and fire load estimation for large-span hangar truss systems using NFPA and Eurocode methodologies.

Anagold Mining Facilities – Fire Performance & Risk Assessment (2016–2017)

Performed thermo-mechanical fire analyses of 35 industrial structures housing hazardous materials using finite element modeling to determine collapse time and fireproofing adequacy.