Charles A. Wilkie has worked in the area of fire retardancy for the past 30 years. His primary interest for the past 10 years has been in the utility of polymer-clay nanocomposites in fire retardancy. Gordon L. Nelson is the Dean of the College of Science and the Liberal Arts and Professor of Chemistry at Florida Institute of Technology. Alex Morgan is currently working on a variety of projects where flammability performance is a key factor, and is the contact person for the UDRI fire testing and research capabilities. He is also in charge of the Polumeric Materials Characterization Lab (PMCL) where he coordinates internal and external research on polymeric material analysis.

• COMPOSITES AND NANOCOMPOSITES; CONVENTIONAL FIRE RETARDANTS; METAL-CONTAINING SYSTEMS; TOXICITY; THERMAL DEGRADATION STUDIES

Charles A. Wilkie has worked in the area of fire retardancy for the past 30 years. His primary interest for the past 10 years has been in the utility of polymer-clay nanocomposites in fire retardancy. Gordon L. Nelson is the Dean of the College of Science and the Liberal Arts and Professor of Chemistry at Florida Institute of Technology. Alex Morgan is currently working on a variety of projects where flammability performance is a key factor, and is the contact person for the UDRI fire testing and research capabilities. He is also in charge of the Polumeric Materials Characterization Lab (PMCL) where he coordinates internal and external research on polymeric material analysis.

• COMPOSITES AND NANOCOMPOSITES; CONVENTIONAL FIRE RETARDANTS; METAL-CONTAINING SYSTEMS; TOXICITY; THERMAL DEGRADATION STUDIES

Charles A. Wilkie has worked in the area of fire retardancy for the past 30 years. His primary interest for the past 10 years has been in the utility of polymer-clay nanocomposites in fire retardancy. Gordon L. Nelson is the Dean of the College of Science and the Liberal Arts and Professor of Chemistry at Florida Institute of Technology. Alex Morgan is currently working on a variety of projects where flammability performance is a key factor, and is the contact person for the UDRI fire testing and research capabilities. He is also in charge of the Polumeric Materials Characterization Lab (PMCL) where he coordinates internal and external research on polymeric material analysis.

• COMPOSITES AND NANOCOMPOSITES; CONVENTIONAL FIRE RETARDANTS; METAL-CONTAINING SYSTEMS; TOXICITY; THERMAL DEGRADATION STUDIES