We would like to officially welcome Dr Martyn S. McLaggan to the Fire Safety Engineering Research Group at The University of Queensland. Martyn joins UQ Fire as the Research Fellow to co-lead the research on combustible cladding and fire performance … Continue reading Dr Martyn McLaggan joins UQ Fire
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 pleased to announce that pre-registration for the 3rd Edition of the Continuing Professional Development course at The University of Queensland on ‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ is now open. Monday 16 – Friday 20 July 2018 … Continue reading Open registration – 3rd Edition – ‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ CPD course
Registration is now open for the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course at The University of Queensland on ‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ (2nd edition). Monday 30 April – Friday 4 May 2018 (5-day CPD course) This CPD course aims at providing … Continue reading Open registration – 2nd Edition -‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ CPD
Dr Robert Foster and Dr Cristian Maluk recently featured in Engineers Australia “create” magazine in an article related to activities and outcomes of the ARC funded Future Timber Hub at The University of Queensland. “There is always a tendency to … Continue reading Engineers Australia “create” magazine
Members of the Centre for Future Timber Structures and UQ Fire visited the construction site of the Lendlease’s world’s largest timber office building, 25 King. Recently breaking ground floor, the use of exposed timber structure throughout the building was enabled … Continue reading Site visit to 25 King
We are very pleased to announce that Dr David Lange has recently joined the School of Civil Engineering at The University of Queensland as Senior Lecturer in Fire Safety Engineering (UQ Fire). Dave brings almost 7 years of experience working at RISE in … Continue reading New Academic in Fire Safety Engineering
This week there was an unusual tension in the Structures Lab at The University of Queensland as UQ Fire prepared things for the arrival of engineered, laminated bamboo. PhD candidates Mateo Gutierrez, Angela Solarte and Ian Pope led major efforts to obtain the shipment of … Continue reading Bamboo shipment fuels research
UQ Fire is delighted to once again run the Graduate Certificate on its 2017 version, hosting a selected group of firefighters from the Australian Fire and Emergency Services and providing them with a comprehensive training on the fundamentals of fire safety … Continue reading Graduate Certificate 2017
Not enough can be said about the countless contributions lead by Prof Margaret Law in areas related to contemporary fire safety science and engineering practice. Rest in peace Prof Margaret Law. Image below showing the front cover of the 1952 … Continue reading Margaret Law
