Melissa Armistead

Bio

Melissa Armistead was born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia. She joined TPACC in early 2021 where she completed her M. S. in Textile Engineering developing a system-level method to evaluate the efficacy of barrier face coverings. Melissa is continuing her research in respiratory protection for wildland firefighters as she pursues her Ph.D. in Fiber and Polymer Science. Outside of academics, she enjoys playing DND and spoiling her orange cat, Jonesy.

Armistead, M. K. (2022). Development of an Animatronic Headform Test Method for the Evaluation of Fit and Total Filtration Efficiency of Barrier Face Coverings [Master’s Thesis, North Carolina State University]. NCSU Libraries Institutional Repository.