Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. Marino di Marzo
Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Chairman of Fire Protection Engineering

Fire protection agents, fire sprinklers, large-scale test instrumentation and data analysis, nuclear reactor safety thermal hydraulics

(301) 405-5257 |  marino@umd.edu | Room 0151F, Building 088, Glenn L. Martin Hall

Education
Ph.D., Catholic University of America, 1982

Recent Publications
Ruffino, P., and M. di Marzo, “Measurements in a Hot Gas Laden with Water Droplets: Gas Temperature,” Journal of Heat Transfer, submitted.

di Marzo, M., and P. Ruffino, “Measurements in a Hot Gas Laden with Water Droplets: Volumetric Fraction,” Journal of Heat Transfer, submitted.

di Marzo, M., “Ex-Vessel Transport and Mixing of a Deborated Slug in a PWR Lowered Loop Geometry,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, in press.

di Marzo, M., “A Simplified Model of the BWR Depressurization Transient,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 205, pp. 107-114, 2001.

Guam, Y., M. Modarres, M. di Marzo, and D. Bessette, “A Method of Integrated Behavior Logic Modeling with Thermal Hydraulic—Probabilistic Assessment Screening and its Application to Identifying AP600 Accidental Scenarios,” Nuclear Technology, Vol. 133, No. 3, pp. 269-289, 2001.

Scientific and Professional Membership
U.S. Delegate to the International Heat Transfer Assembly; Program chair, 1999 National Heat Transfer Conference; Chair, Heat Transfer and Energy Division, American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Associate Editor, International Journal of Heat and Technology; Reviewer for Journal of Heat Transfer, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Nuclear Engineering and Design; DOE Nuclear Energy Research Initiative; DOD Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program

Honors and Awards
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Special Act Award; American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Certificate of Recognition; Unione Italiana di Termofluidodinamica, Honorary Member

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