The past Friday 8th of February we the first 2019 seminar organized by the SFPE UQ Student Chapter and it gave the attendants the opportunity to take a look to fire safety engineering from a different perspective. On that day, … Continue reading Improving Fire and Life Safety in a Vertical World
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
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
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
A summary article regarding the research on compartment fires at The University of Queensland, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Maryland has recently been published in the 8th Issue of the SFPE Europe magazine. This article provides an overview … Continue reading SFPE Europe Magazine
SFPE UQ Student Chapter had the visit of Mr. Peter Johnson from ARUP, last Tuesday, August 22. He presented the seminar titled: “The Grenfell and Lacrosse Fires – Implications for Fire Safety in Australia”. Throughout this seminar, Mr. Johnson shared … Continue reading SFPE Seminar: The Grenfell and Lacrosse Fires
The SFPE Student Chapter at UQ Fire hosted a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) lecture co-organized by the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE). The guest presenter, Dr. Michael Logan, Director of the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Research and Scientific Branch, … Continue reading SFPE Seminar #3: Chemical Fires
