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There’s been a fire. Investigate the burn patterns and figure out where the fire started and how.

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Fire safety is a complex problem without a single answer. Learn how to engineer and design fire-safe spaces.

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Safe and sustainable cities will depend on lithium-ion batteries to power our modern lives. But what are the costs?

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Lithium-ion batteries in your favorite devices make our daily lives possible, but they also come with risks. Join the search for safer solutions.

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Chris Cramer

Chief Research Officer, UL Research Institutes

Chris details how a "numbers kid" found his path from the U.S. Army to leading groundbreaking safety science research.

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From serving in the U.S. Army to university faculty to leading UL Research Institutes, Chris Cramer’s career has been shaped by curiosity, opportunity, and passion for making the world a safer place.

Listen to the journey a self-described “numbers kid” with a love of theater took to become a leader in groundbreaking safety science research in this episode of From Curiosity to Career.

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