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Privileged to serve as Chief Research Officer for UL Research Institutes. The science you trust for the safer world we all deserve!

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crocramer.bsky.social@crocramer.bsky.social · 10h ago

Yup. We burned 18 vehicles, EVs and internal combustion, to understand how fires of the former differ from those of the latter and how first responders should adjust accordingly. #SafetyScience for public benefit... 🧪 apnews.com/press-releas...

UL Research Institutes Releases New Evidence-Based Report Examining Electric Vehicle Fires, Including Tactical Considerations for Firefighters

Researchers studied burning characteristics of EVs and gas vehicles; compared common suppression techniques; and measured air, surface, water, and fire equipment contamination

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Barry Rountree@rhizomic.bsky.social · 4d ago

Yep. People adopted early mechanical comptometers despite their error rate. Seymour Cray's CRAY-1 famously ran rings around IBM in part because of an idiosyncratic floating point implementation that was often wrong. C has been called a domain-specific language for creating security holes. 1/n

Pennsylvania Capital-Star@penncapital-star.com · 5d ago

A new study examining pollution levels across a 16-year span found recent increases in wildfire smoke air pollution could be contributing to negative outcomes for pregnant women and babies. From @statesnewsroom.com

Wildfire smoke is now the primary pollutant affecting pregnancy, study shows • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

A new study examining pollution levels across a 16-year span found recent increases in wildfire smoke air pollution could be contributing to negative outcomes for pregnant women and babies.

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crocramer.bsky.social@crocramer.bsky.social · 6d ago

Right chuffed to have two great colleagues from our Fire Safety Research Institute recognized by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers Foundation with their 2026 Jack Bono award! Computational Fire Dynamics #FTW 🧪 ul.org/news/fire-sa...

Fire Safety Research Institute's Jason Floyd and Jonathan Hodges Honored with the SFPE Foundation's Jack Bono Award

Jason Floyd, Ph.D., an SFPE fellow, and Jonathan Hodges, Ph.D., received the Jack Bono Award for Engineering Communication as part of the Foundation's 2026 Fire Safety Awards.

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crocramer.bsky.social@crocramer.bsky.social · last wk.

The name "UL Research Institutes" was adopted by my org only in 2022 — no surprise many remain unfamiliar with it! Our LEGAL name, "Underwriters Laboratories" is older; some folks may associate it with "safety". Our HISTORY goes back to 1893! (and #Chicago 's White City) ul.org/about/our-hi...

Our History - UL Research Institutes

Discover the history that shaped our story. Founded in 1893, we have been at the forefront of public safety and the innovations that shape & enhance our lives.

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crocramer.bsky.social@crocramer.bsky.social · last wk.

One major focus for us, in our quest to make the world safer through research, is the characterization and mitigation of risks associated with energy-storage systems, with lithium-ion batteries being the most ubiquitous hazard. NOBODY wants to be around a thermal runaway event... 🧪

UL Research Institutes@ulresearchinst.bsky.social · 3w ago

As batteries grow in size and energy density, #safetyscience must also evolve. Our latest research published in @pubs.acs.org explores mechanistic gaps between material-level testing and real-world cell failures, providing insights for safer battery design. 🧪 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....