Team








Internal Collaborator





Theodore (Ted) Heindel
Bergles Professor of Thermal Science and University Professor Mechanical Engineering

Adarsh Krishnamurthy
Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Human Computer Interactions
External Collaborator

Gang Sun
Professor
Fiber and Polymer Science
University of California, Davis

Sergey Grinshpun
Professor
Environmental Health
University of Cincinnati

Loreen Herwaldt
Professor
Internal Medicine and Epidemiology
University of Iowa

Priyadarshini Pennathur
Associate Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Iowa

Jorge Salinas
Hospital Epidemiologist
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics

Konrad Rykaczewski
Engineering of Matter
Transport and Energy
Arizona State University

Ren Dong
Branch Chief
Engineering and Control Technology Branch
NIOSH

Benjamin Ahn
Ohio state university

Jeff Stull
President
International Personnel Protection, Inc.

Bill Van Lent
President
Veridian Fire Protective Gear

Amy Dobbins
Research and Development Manager
Lakeland Industries, Inc.

Tim Tomlinson
Chairman
NFPA Technical Committee

John Kraemer
Chief of Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau

Kristie Kuhse
Coordinator
Iowa Family and Consumer Science Educators


Sumit Mandal
Oklahoma State University

Song-Charng Kong
Texas Tech university

Dr. Hongwei Hsiao
Professor and Rogelio Roger Benavides Memorial Chair
Texas A&M University

Dr. Linsey Griffin
Associate Professor, Apparel Design
Human Dimensioning© Laboratory Co-director
University of Minnesota
Amber Kephart
Executive Director
Iowa Firefighters Association
Jay Tarley
Physical Scientist
National Personal Protective Technology Lab
NIOSH
Postdoctoral Researcher



Graduate Researcher



Bahar Hashemian Esfahani
Department of Apparel, Merchandising, and Design
College of Human Sciences

Mazyar Etemadzadeh
Ph.D. Student, Research Assistance
Department of Apparel, Merchandising, and Design
College of Human Sciences