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
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
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
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
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
The Australia Regional Group from the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) held the Inaugural Young Researchers’ Conference, 8 December 2017. At the event, PhD students Andrea Lucherini, Carmen Gorska, Mateo Gutierrez, and Vinny Gupta (MPhil) gave oral presentation on the outcomes … Continue reading Institution of Structural Engineers
The end of 2017 is getting closer and it makes us think of all the hard work accomplished by the members of UQ Fire; within this past year, fire research at The University of Queensland has reached a range of areas. … Continue reading End of the year BBQ!
Jaime Cadenas, PhD candidate, was awarded the 1st price of the Pith Video Competition at the UQ R!SK New Horizons in Risk Management Symposium held at The University of Queensland, 20-22 November 2017. The competition required for each participant to … Continue reading UQ R!SK Symposium
Andrea Lucherini, UQ Fire’s PhD student, recently graduated from the Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTA) program. The program based at The University of Queensland is designed to foster the next generation of great teachers by providing participants with the knowledge and skills to motivate … Continue reading Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTA) Program
The Fire Safety Engineering Research Group at The University of Queensland is offering five new PhD scholarships. Research topics range across a wide range of areas: timber fire performance structures, fire performance of timber structures, fire-induced concrete spalling, and bushfires. Scholarships … Continue reading New PhD opportunities
