Brian Lattimer
Interim Department Head
- Professor
- Thrust Area Specialty: Energy Engineering & Science
449 Goodwin Hall (0238)
635 Prices Fork Rd.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
635 Prices Fork Rd.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Research Interests
- Thermal-fluid sciences
- Reacting flows and fire dynamics
- Material high temperature behavior
- Fluid-structure interaction
- Firefighting automation, technology, and suppression
Dr. Lattimer's publications on Google Scholar.
- 2019-Present, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2015-2019, Vice President, R&D, Jensen Hughes
- 2015-2019, Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2012-2015, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2009-2015, President, FIre Science Solutions, LLC
- 2007-2012, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2003-2007, Senior Engineer, Hughes Associates, Inc. – Fire Science and Engineering
- 1998-2003, Project Engineer, Hughes Associates, Inc. – Fire Science and Engineering
- 1996-1998, Staff Engineer, Hughes Associates, Inc. – Fire Science and Engineering
- 1992-1996, Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2023 - ASME Fellow
- 2015 – Harmathy Award – Paper of the Year in Fire Technology journal for student-led article
- 2014 – Best Video Award Finalist, Humanoids 2014, Two Configurations of Series Elastic Actuators for Linearly Actuated Humanoid Robots with Large Range of Motion
- 2014 – Best Video Award Finalist, Humanoids 2014, Humanoid Balancing on Unstable Terrain Using Whole-Body Momentum Control and Series Elastic Actuation
- 2014 – Best Paper for 11th IAFSS Conference (won by student Patrick Summers)
- 2013 – Virginia Tech Engineering College Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research
- 2006 – Bigglestone Award, Paper of the Year in Fire Technology journal
- 1999 – Bigglestone Award, Paper of the Year in Fire Technology journal
- 1996 – Torgersen Award, Virginia Tech Engineering Ph.D. Research Project of the Year
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1996
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1993
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1992