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Contributors
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Bryan Hoskins
An Associate Professor of Fire Protection & Safety at Oklahoma State University, Dr. Hoskins earned his BS and MS degrees in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland. He also received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 2011 with an emphasis on building egress.
Dr. Hoskins spent one year working for Arup on projects primarily dealing with life safety design and people movement. He then spent two years working for the National Institute of Standards and Technology working on projects dealing with building evacuations and emergency messaging. At Oklahoma State University, Dr. Hoskins has taught courses related to life safety, structural fire protection, detection and alarm systems, sprinkler system design, special hazard protection, fire dynamics, smoke control, WUI fires, and others.
Professor Hoskins is an active member of the SFPE and NFPA. He serves as the chair of the working group that developed and maintains the SFPE Research Roadmap, serves on the committees for multiple SFPE guides and other committees, and is on eight technical committees for codes and standards. His research interests are in evacuation, tenability, emergency messaging, and other issues related to human behavior in fire.
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Derek Duval
Derek Duval is a Fire Protection Engineering and Code Consulting Expert in San Diego, California. Mr. Duval joined Coffman Engineers in 2018 and has been in the Fire Protection Engineering industry for over 13 years working all over the U.S. on a variety of projects. Mr. Duval holds both a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is a registered Fire Protection Engineer in the state of California and Massachusetts and a Designated Design-Build Professional. Currently, he serves as president of the San Diego and Imperial chapter of SFPE. Mr. Duval also serves as a primary instructor for UCSD Extension fire protection courses.
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Stephen Dale
A Director of Technical Services for the Loss Control Department at The Cincinnati Insurance Company, Stephen leads a unit of subject matter experts in fire protection, employee safety, construction risk management, product safety and transportation safety. A fire protection engineer and property loss control specialist, Stephen serves as a principal on four NFPA committees; is a member of SFPE’s CPD committee; leads the SFPE PE Exam Review course; and is Vice President of the Tri-State SFPE chapter. Prior to joining Cincinnati Insurance, Stephen worked as an HPR Engineer at Zurich Insurance and in various loss control and technical specialist roles at Liberty Mutual Group. Stephen has a bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University, has completed a Certificate in Technical Leadership from the University of Wisconsin, is a licensed professional engineer (PE) and holds the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) designations.