THE WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE in Massachusetts received $25,000 from Hughes Associates, Inc.,

THE WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE in Massachusetts received $25,000 from Hughes Associates, Inc., of Baltimore, Maryland, to sponsor the Hughes Research Fellowship in Fire Protection Engineering. The first recipient will be Jay Ierardi of Avon, Massachusetts. The fellowship award will support his dissertation research in mathematical modeling of low-velocity smoke particle detection. Hughes Associates is a fire protection engineering, code consulting, and fire research corporation.

Paul Dansbach and Glenn Corbett

Buildings That Front on Two Streets

Paul Dansbach and Glenn Corbett consider buildings that front on two streets, share basements, or might otherwise challenge firefighters.

Fire Burns Through PA Aerospace Supplier

A large fire broke out Monday night at SPS Technologies, an aerospace supplier in Abington Township.