THE AUTHORS 



WILLIAM H. FRANDSEN is a Research Physicist stationed at the Northern 

 Forest Fire Laboratory in Missoula, Montana. He received his B.A, 

 in physics and mathematics from Lewis and Clark College in 1954, and 

 his M.A. in physics from the University of Oregon in 1960. Frandsen 

 was employed from 1955-1967 as a physicist at the Naval Weapons Center 

 at China Lake, California. While there he was involved in two fields of 

 study: infrared detection systems and the effects of ultrasound on metals. 

 Since 1967, Frandsen has been with the Fire Fundamentals research 

 work unit at the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory, where he is responsible 

 for the technical planning and execution of research concerned with the 

 thermodynamics of the fire and its interaction with the fuel complex. 



ROBERT D. SCHUETTE joined the Fire Physics project at the Northern 

 Forest Fire Laboratory in 1962. He transferred into the Fuel Sci- 

 ence research work unit in 1970 and worked as a Physical Science 

 Technician. He received his B.A. degree in physical sciences from 

 the University of Montana in 1962, 



