{"id":52598,"date":"2023-08-29T16:55:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T20:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?p=52598"},"modified":"2023-11-02T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:15:39","slug":"ormonds-career-protecting-firefighters-through-tpacc-earns-him-faculty-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/ormonds-career-protecting-firefighters-through-tpacc-earns-him-faculty-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ormond\u2019s Career Protecting Firefighters Through TPACC Earns Him Faculty Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
By Sean Cudahy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Wilson College of Textiles assistant professor Bryan Ormond<\/a> arrived at NC State as an undergraduate student in 2003, collaborating with the fire service was certainly not on his radar. But it\u2019s a far more foundational goal \u2014 \u201cI wanted to do something that felt like I was making a difference,\u201d he says \u2014 that\u2019s perhaps served him best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two decades into a career spent entirely within the Wilson College of Textiles<\/a>, Ormond has earned a reputation as one of the world\u2019s foremost experts in the science of protecting firefighters from dangers seen and unseen. Colleagues label him a \u201crising star\u201d in his field \u2014 one who has \u201ctremendously impacted societal needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sure, the ingredients were there, as the son of an EMT intermediate (EMT-I) mother and a minister father who occasionally drove fire trucks for the volunteer fire department in his childhood community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n