UQ Women Create Change
Carmen Gorska Putynska was recently featured as an ambassador of the SAGE Pilot of Athena SWAN program to address and improve gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) disciplines. Forty-five Australian organisations, including universities, medical research institutions and government … Continue reading UQ Women Create Change
Engineers Australia “create” magazine
Dr Robert Foster and Dr Cristian Maluk recently featured in Engineers Australia “create” magazine in an article related to activities and outcomes of the ARC funded Future Timber Hub at The University of Queensland. “There is always a tendency to … Continue reading Engineers Australia “create” magazine
SFPE Seminar: Fire Engineering in Practice
Last Thursday 8th of March, The SFPE – UQ Student Chapter hosted Mr James O’Neill (Holmes Fire) for a lecture entitled “Fire Engineering in Practice”. His presentation gathered an audience that included undergraduate students, post graduates and lecturers from UQ’s … Continue reading SFPE Seminar: Fire Engineering in Practice
SFPE features UQ Fire article
The research from Vinny Gupta and Jaime Cadena, PhD students at UQ Fire, on the characterisation of large open-floor plan compartment fires and uncertainty in the use of CFD tools to analyse fully-developed compartment fires has been recently highlighted by … Continue reading SFPE features UQ Fire article
Site visit to 25 King
Members of the Centre for Future Timber Structures and UQ Fire visited the construction site of the Lendlease’s world’s largest timber office building, 25 King. Recently breaking ground floor, the use of exposed timber structure throughout the building was enabled … Continue reading Site visit to 25 King
Passive Fire: Design and Compliance
SFPE UQ Student Chapter kick started events for 2018 with the presence of Mr. Per Olsson, Group CEO, and founder of Olsson Fire & Risk, an internationally renowned fire-engineering consultancy and design firm. His presentation covered various topics that challenges … Continue reading Passive Fire: Design and Compliance
New Academic in Fire Safety Engineering
We are very pleased to announce that Dr David Lange has recently joined the School of Civil Engineering at The University of Queensland as Senior Lecturer in Fire Safety Engineering (UQ Fire). Dave brings almost 7 years of experience working at RISE in … Continue reading New Academic in Fire Safety Engineering
UQ Fire newsletter – Issue #2
The UQ Fire newsletter covers recent news and activities from the Fire Safety Engineering Research Group at The University of Queensland. Issue #2 of the newsletter (January 2018) is available at the following link. Continue reading UQ Fire newsletter – Issue #2
Bamboo construction at Woodford Folk Festival 17/18
From the 16th to the 23rd of December, I had the opportunity to work as a volunteer in the construction and updating of several bamboo facilities that were utilized during the Woodford Folk Festival 17/18. Architect Jed Long from Cave … Continue reading Bamboo construction at Woodford Folk Festival 17/18
2017 Fire Awareness Awards
On December 5, UQ Fire had the privilege to attend the 2017 Fire Awareness Awards held in Melbourne. The project ‘Fire Safety Engineering in Timber Buildings’ led by Lend Lease and supported by UQ Fire and CSIRO was nominated finalist … Continue reading 2017 Fire Awareness Awards
