Norman Rhodes
Practice Leader: Life Safety & Security
Norman Rhodes, PhD, is Hatch Mott MacDonald’s Practice Leader for Life Safety and Security. He is an innovative expert in the field, with 31 years of experience designing life safety systems. He developed the first general-purpose Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) models for three-dimensional ventilation and fire analysis. His work has resulted in many innovations in the analytical and visualization techniques used to assess performance and options available for safety systems. His extensive knowledge and experience of the application of simulation techniques for engineering design have made him an international expert in his field.
Recently, Norman was the Project Director for the Yankee Stadium project in New York, NY, which evaluated pedestrian behavior during normal and emergency operations at the stadium. He also served as the Project Manager for a study at the Cleveland Morgan Reservoir in Cleveland, OH, to evaluate the effective contact time for a 15 million-gallon water treatment plant reservoir. Three-dimensional modeling resulted in a design that improved performance in excess of design guidelines.
Norman serves on the World Road Association’s (PIARC) Working Group on Fire & Smoke Control in Tunnels and is a co-author of its publications on fire and smoke control in road tunnels. He is on the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) 502 Road Tunnel and Highway Fire Protection Committee. He is also a former Chairman of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Thermofluid’s Group, in which capacity he has been at the forefront of the development of new and cost-effective approaches to solving design challenges.
Recently, Norman was the Project Director for the Yankee Stadium project in New York, NY, which evaluated pedestrian behavior during normal and emergency operations at the stadium. He also served as the Project Manager for a study at the Cleveland Morgan Reservoir in Cleveland, OH, to evaluate the effective contact time for a 15 million-gallon water treatment plant reservoir. Three-dimensional modeling resulted in a design that improved performance in excess of design guidelines.
Norman serves on the World Road Association’s (PIARC) Working Group on Fire & Smoke Control in Tunnels and is a co-author of its publications on fire and smoke control in road tunnels. He is on the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) 502 Road Tunnel and Highway Fire Protection Committee. He is also a former Chairman of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Thermofluid’s Group, in which capacity he has been at the forefront of the development of new and cost-effective approaches to solving design challenges.