Orlando Olivas-Gomez is a graduate student at Florida International University pursuing his Ph.D. in physics with a specialization in nuclear physics. He graduated in the spring of 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in physics and a minor in astronomy. He also holds several memberships to prestigious fellowships, including the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship, the Physics Honor Society Sigma Pi Sigma, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Scholars. His current research project is entitled, “Improving Fire-Resiliency of Incombustible Fixatives,” where he is analyzing the potential of combining and/or layering of an intumescent coating to improve the fire resiliency of multiple fixative technologies.