Research Engineer
Underwriters Laboratories
Corporate Research
333 Pfingsten Rd.
Northbrook
ILUSA
95762
Email:
Robert.G.Backstrom@us.ul.com
Biographical Sketch: Bob is a Research Engineer with UL’s Corporate Research Department. Bob graduated from Harper College with an Associates in Fire Science, the Illinois Institute of Technology with a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering and from Worcester Poytechnic Institute with a Master in Fire Protection Engineering. He is a member of the National Fire Protections Association and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers.
His employment experience with Underwriters Laboratories Inc. includes working with telecommunications, semiconductor, building materials and the textile industries. His special fields of interest includes reaction to fire subjects and changes in fire conditions due to deployment of new technologies.