FFTG Staff

Roy McLane

Engineering Technician
rmclane@nist.gov
(301) 975-6885

Mr. McLane joined NBS in 1983. He presently serves as an Engineering Technician in the Fire Science Division, in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory. He assists in the design, fabrication, assembly, and operation of different research projects including, Polymer Gasification Study, Water Mist Application on Class A Commodities, On-Board Vehicle Extinguishing Systems, and Automobile Component Flammability Program. Mr. McLane routinely provides support for experimental burns both in the field and at the Large Fire Research Facility at NIST.

In the past, Mr. McLane assisted in developing a package that was flown on NASA's Micro-gravity aircraft, KC-135. He has completed over 400 parabolic trajectories aboard the aircraft while conducting experiments to simulate burning in a weightless environment. Mr. McLane has fabricated a suppressant agent discharge facility for the Halon Replacement Program. He provided initial design support for and construction of the wind tunnel for the Heat Flux Calibration Project. Mr. McLane has designed, assembled and fabricated test stands for positioning speciman samples for the GM Vehicle Flammability Program.

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