Book chapters

• A. Tohidi and N. B. Kaye, “Firebrands”, in “Wildland Fire Dynamics, Fire Effects and Behavior from a Fluid Dynamics Perspective”, K. Speer and S. Goodrick, Eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp. 129–155. DOI: 10.1017/9781108683241.005

Journals

• S. Jacquelyn K., J. K. Balch, R. T. Barnes, …,A. Tohidi, et al. “Reimagine fire science for the Anthropocene”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus 1, no. 3 (2022), DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac115

• N. McCarthy, A Tohidi, Y. Aziz, M. Dennie, M. Valero, and N. Hu, “A deep learning approach to downscale geostationary satellite imagery for decision support in high impact wildfires”, Forests (2021), DOI: 10.3390/f12030294

• S. Caton, A. Tohidi, M. Gollner, “Firebrand generation from thermally-degraded cylindrical wooden dowels”, Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering (2019), DOI: 10.3389/fmech.2019.0003

• A. Tohidi, Michael Gollner, Huahua Xiao “Fire whirls", Invited paper: Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (2018), DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-122316-045209

• A. Tohidi, N. B. Kaye, “Aerodynamic characterization of rod-like debris with application to firebrand transport”, Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol: 168, Pages: 297-311 (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2017.06.019

• A. Tohidi, N. B. Kaye, “Stochastic modeling of firebrand shower scenarios”, Invited paper: Fire Safety Journal, Vol: 91, Pages: 91-102 (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.04.039

• A. Tohidi, N. B. Kaye, “Comprehensive wind tunnel experiments of lofting and downwind transport of non-combusting rod-like model firebrands during firebrand shower scenarios”, Fire Safety Journal, Vol:90, Pages:95-111 (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.04.032

• A. Tohidi, Farzam S. Maleki, “Cross-section influence on velocity distribution & energy dissipation of a moderately sloped spillway chute flow”, 6th International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures and Water System Management,Portland Oregon USA, (2016), DOI: 10.15142/T3460628160853

• A. Tohidi, N. B. Kaye, “Highly buoyant bent-over plumes in a boundary layer”, Atmospheric Environment, Vol: 131, Pages: 97-114, (2016), DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.046 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.046

• A. Tohidi, N. B. Kaye, W. Bridges, “Statistical description of firebrand size and shape distribution from coniferous trees for use in Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations of firebrand flight distance”, Fire Safety Journal, Vol:77, Pages: 21-35, (2015), DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2015.07.008

Conference Proceedings

• A. Tohidi, “Numerical modeling of debris flight in a one-cell tornado wind field”*, 6th American Association for Wind Engineering Workshop; Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA. (May 2021).

• N. McCarthy, A. Tohidi, M. Denie, Y. Aziz, and M. M. Valero, N. Hu, “A Machine Learning Solution for Operational Remote Sensing of Active Wildfires”, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA. Link to paper, (October-2020).

• S. B. Hariharan, J. Dowling, H. F. Farahani, Y. Hu, A. Tohidi, K. Stone, A. Rangwala, E. S. Oran, M. J. Gollner, “Demonstration of reduction in emissions by fire whirls through small scale experiments”, 42nd Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) technical seminar on environmental contamination and response; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, (June-2019).

• M. J. Gollner, A. Tohidi, “A Review of Fire Whirls in Wildland Fires”, 8th International Conference on Forest Fire Research (ICFFR), Coimbra Portugal, (November-2018).

• A. Tohidi, S. Caton, M. Gollner, Nelson Bryner “Scaling Firebrand Formation Mechanisms from Thermally-Degraded Cylindrical Wooden Dowels”, 8th Int. Symposium on Scale Modeling (ISSM-8), Portland, Oregon, USA, (September 2017).

• A. Tohidi, M. Gollner, C. Standohar-Alfano, S. Quarles, “Computer Vision Techniques for Firebrand Detection and Characterization”, 16th Int. Conf. on Automatic Fire Detection, Suppression and Signaling Research, College Park, MD, USA, (September 2017).

• A. Tohidi, S. Caton, M. Gollner, Nelson Bryner “Thermo-Mechanical Breakage Mechanism of Firebrands”, 10th United States National Combustion Meeting, College Park, MD, USA, (April-2017)

• S. Caton, R. Hakes, M. Weston-Dawkes, A. Tohidi, M. Gollner, N. Bryner, “Laboratory studies on the generation of firebrands from cylindrical wooden rods”, 15th International Conference on Fire & Materials, San Francisco California USA, (February-2017).

• A. Tohidi, N. B. Kaye, “Experimental and numerical modeling of fire spotting phenomenon”, 8 th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications, Northeastern University, Boston Massachusetts USA. (June 2016).

• A. Tohidi, N. B. Kaye, “The sensitivity of modeled flight distance to the lofting to transport transition criterion in coupled ember flight models”, 12th American Conference of Wind and Industrial Aerodynamics, Seattle Washington USA, (June-2013).

Patents

• Tohidi et al. “Fire Monitoring”, United States Patent Application Publication (2021)
• Tohidi et al. “Fire Forecasting”, United States Patent Application Publication (2021)
• Tohidi et al. “Fire Management Tool with Versatile User Interface”, United States Patent Application Publication (2021)