Fire Australia conference
The Fire Protection Association Australia (FPA) organized the Fire Australia 2018 conference between the 1st and the 3rd of May of 2018 and UQ Fire was present at the event. We shared UQ Fire’s perspective during Dr. Cristian Maluk’s presentation, … Continue reading Fire Australia conference
Open registration – 3rd Edition – ‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ CPD course
We are pleased to announce that pre-registration for the 3rd Edition of the Continuing Professional Development course at The University of Queensland on ‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ is now open. Monday 16 – Friday 20 July 2018 … Continue reading Open registration – 3rd Edition – ‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ CPD course
QFES Live Fire Campus
Students from UQ Fire had the opportunity of getting a glance of to the conditions under which fire fighters operate. During a visit to QFES’ Wythe Island facilities, a group of PhD, Masters, and visiting students geared up in full … Continue reading QFES Live Fire Campus
2018 Tibor Z. Harmathy Award
Congratulations to Dr Juan Hidalgo, Prof José L. Torero, and Dr Stephen Welch recipient of the 2018 Tibor Z. Harmathy Award, for their paper titled ‘Experimental Characterisation of the Fire Behaviour of Thermal Insulation Materials for a Performance-Based Design Methodology’, … Continue reading 2018 Tibor Z. Harmathy Award
2018 Global Change Scholars Program
A PhD researcher from UQ Fire, Mohamad Lutfi Ramadhan, has recently been selected as one of The University of Queensland’s 2018 Global Change Scholars Program awardees. This prestigious program will provide a great cohort experience to 30 PhD students selected … Continue reading 2018 Global Change Scholars Program
Critical Infrastructure Resilience 2018
Our very own Dr David Lange participated in a one-day event (10th April) held to share the results of five European-funded projects working on the topics of critical infrastructure resilience and city resilience. The projects involved are Smart Mature Resilience, … Continue reading Critical Infrastructure Resilience 2018
Bamboo research tours around the UK
Over the last three weeks, PhD Students Mr Mateo Gutierrez and Mr Ian Pope presented their work on the fire performance of bamboo at institutions around the United Kingdom. On the 28th March, they met Dr Bhavna Sharma and other … Continue reading Bamboo research tours around the UK
Open registration – 2nd Edition -‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ CPD
Registration is now open for the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course at The University of Queensland on ‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ (2nd edition). Monday 30 April – Friday 4 May 2018 (5-day CPD course) This CPD course aims at providing … Continue reading Open registration – 2nd Edition -‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ CPD
IStructE YRC 2018, London
Our very own Mateo Gutierrez will be presenting at the upcoming Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) Young Researchers’ Conference to be hold in London. Last year, Mateo was awarded the 1st price during the Australia IStructE Young Researchers’ Conference for his presentation entitled “Design … Continue reading IStructE YRC 2018, London
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
