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
QFES Live Fire Campus
Last week, students and staff from UQ Fire spent the day at the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) fire training facilities. During a visit to QFES’ Wythe Island facilities, we geared up in full protective equipment and went over … Continue reading QFES Live Fire Campus
Society of Fire Safety 25th Anniversary
Last week, to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Society of Fire Safety (SFS), a seminar was held in Melbourne. The seminar had speakers presenting work on a wide range of topics. Dr Cristian Maluk gave a presentation entitled Fire safety engineering … Continue reading Society of Fire Safety 25th Anniversary
First call for papers for SiF2020
We are very excited to announce that the first call for papers for the 11th International Conference on Structures in Fire, SiF2020, has been published. SiF2020 is hosted by UQFire, the fire engineering research group at The University of Queensland. … Continue reading First call for papers for SiF2020
UQ Fire newsletter – Issue #3
The UQ Fire newsletter covers recent news and activities from the Fire Safety Engineering Research Group at The University of Queensland. Issue #3 of the newsletter (August 2019) is available at the following link. Continue reading UQ Fire newsletter – Issue #3
