After earning his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2018, Faraz joined IBHS full-time. He now leads research on the vulnerability of building components to embers and flames.

Developed several algorithms to address research questions in natural hazards including: tracking firebrands to identify their deposition location near structures, tracking hail stones to estimate their kinetic energy, detecting the damage on roof shingles after hail impacts, estimating the size and mass of firebrands.

Faraz HEDAYATI, Research Assistant | Cited by 930 | of University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina (UNC Charlotte) | Read 33 publications | Contact Faraz HEDAYATI

Faraz Hedayati, PhD Lead Research Engineer Faraz began researching WUI fires during his Ph.D. studies in 2014, focusing on ember generation and transportation. From 2014 to 2018, he collaborated with IBHS, conducting experiments and analyzing data on ember generation from different fuels and building component responses.

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of …

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Over the past three years, I’ve been conducting full-scale wind-driven fire spread experiments to study how burning sheds impact nearby residential structures. In one of my recent tests, I compared...

Congrats to Faraz Hedayati, Ph.D., IBHS Research Engineer, for being selected as an Editorial Board Member of the “Fire Science Data and Models” section of Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing...

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