End-Of-Year FireLab Lunch
Yesterday we had an End-of-the-Year Lunch in the UQ FireLab. The laboratory, located in Level 6 of the Advanced Engineering Building opened the doors and invited undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and UQ staff to attend a lunch break of Pizza … Continue reading End-Of-Year FireLab Lunch
UQ announces its Cladding Materials Library
UQ is proud to officially announce its Cladding Materials Library (https://claddingmaterialslibrary.com.au) to help give competent fire engineers the tools to tackle the cladding crisis. The library contains the needed flammability data on a wide range of cladding materials, and is … Continue reading UQ announces its Cladding Materials Library
Master Thesis – Oral presentations
We would like to invite you for the oral presentations on Fire Safety Engineering research thesis. Presentations will be delivered by students completing Master programs in the School of Civil Engineering at The University of Queensland. For catering purposes please … Continue reading Master Thesis – Oral presentations
SFPE UQ Student Chapter awarded with 2019 Bronze medal
We are very grateful for receiving the 2019 SFPE Bronze medal award for chapter excellence! Continue reading SFPE UQ Student Chapter awarded with 2019 Bronze medal
Brian McGrath Bursary in Civil Engineering
We are very proud of BEng-MEng student Aayush Sharma who was awarded the 2019 Brian McGrath $1,000 Bursary in Civil Engineering. The Brian McGrath Bursary in Civil Engineering was established in 2017 with a philanthropic gift from the Estate of Brian … Continue reading Brian McGrath Bursary in Civil Engineering
Fire-Induced Concrete Spalling
Dr Cristian Maluk was invited to speak at a seminar organised by the Concrete Institute of Australia; with a presentation entitled “Fire-Induced Concrete Spalling – The End of the Beginning”. The presentation covered the state of the art in our … Continue reading Fire-Induced Concrete Spalling
Sixth 2019 SFPE Seminar: The Warren Centre Project
The Warren Centre’s Project: “Professionalising Fire Safety Engineering” results, conclusions and recomendations were presented by Peter Johnson and David Lange. Continue reading Sixth 2019 SFPE Seminar: The Warren Centre Project
Future Timber Hub featured in AFAC TV
The ARC Future Timber Hub at The University of Queensland has recently been featured in AFAC TV, an innovative online news-style program about the industry created in partnership with ASN Media. The Future Timber Hub, funded by the Australian Research Council, is Australia’s … Continue reading Future Timber Hub featured in AFAC TV
Bamboo lights a fire under Australian construction industry
Faculty News – 09 September 2019 A passion for sustainable construction led University of Queensland PhD student Mateo Gutierrez to explore the potential of bamboo as an environmentally friendly local building material. Bamboo is fast becoming a popular choice in Australia for flooring and … Continue reading Bamboo lights a fire under Australian construction industry
Martina Manes – EdinburghFire
Written by Martina Manes. I am third-year PhD student at The University of Edinburgh, supervised by Dr David Rush and Prof Luke Bisby working on the investigation of UK and USA fire statistics and the updates of British Standard PD … Continue reading Martina Manes – EdinburghFire
