The 10th International Conference on Structure in Fire was held in Belfast, UK between 6-8 June. The Fire Safety Engineering Research Group at The University of Queensland (UQ Fire) was represented by Aaron Bolaños, Andrea Lucherini, Dr David Lange, and … Continue reading Belfast’s SiF 2018
We are very excited that the Fire Safety Engineering Research Group at The University of Queensland, leading a bid with The University of Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Canterbury were selected as the hosts of Structures … Continue reading Structures in Fire 2020 Conference
One of our PhD students, Carmen Gorska, participated in the IRG49. The event took place from the 29th of April to the 3rd May 2018 in South Africa, Johannesburg. Ms. Gorska was awarded the “Ron Cockroft Award” which granted her a financial contribution … Continue reading Representation at IRG49
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
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
The UQ Fire team wants to congratulate Daan Van den Broecke. Daan was presented with the 2016 David Sugden Award at the ITA World Tunnel Congress, held in Bergen, Norway this month. Daan completed the International Master of Science in Fire … Continue reading IMFSE-UQ alumni receives the 2016 David Sugden Award
UQ Fire delegations to present research outcomes at upcoming fire safety science and engineering conferences in June 2017. The 12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) will be hosted by the Division of Fire Safety Engineering at Lund University, … Continue reading UQ Fire delegations at IAFSS and IFireSS
The last 9th of December students from the UQ Fire attended the ACMSM24 conference. In my case, that was the first time I was going to present my research to professors other than my supervisors and people in UQ Fire. … Continue reading 24th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials
Daan Van den Broecke obtained the David Sugden Award for his work investigating the Effectiveness of Sprinklers in Road Tunnels. Daan recently completed the International Master of Science in Fire Safety Engineering (IMFSE), and developed his research project and thesis with the UQ Fire research group; the project was … Continue reading UQ Fire thesis wins the 2016 David Sugden Award
Last week I attended the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) in Vienna. My travel was supported by the FWPA (Forest and Wood Products Australia) travel award. Attending the 2016 WCTE meant great growth of my own understanding of the potential and challenges of modern … Continue reading WCTE 2016
