Dr. Rockwell is an assistant professor at Eastern Kentucky University, where he teaches classes on fire behavior, combustion, fire dynamics, statistics, fire prevention, and building construction along with conducting research on various tipics. He has earned a BS degree in Aerospace Engineering along with a MS and PhD in Fire Protection Engineering. Additionally, he is a certified fire and explosion investigator (CFEI) and a certified fire investigation instructor (CFII) through the National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI). His current research topics includes active learning teaching techniques that minimize the student’s cognitive load when teaching mathematical topics, radiation from dust flash fires, and investigations into the scaling of fire whirls. Among others, he serves on the Society of Fire Protection Engineering (SFPE) Higher Educational subcommittee and the Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) Education Subcommittee. He also operates a website to provide freely available fire science educational material at the following URL:
www.firesciencetools.com
