Congratulations to our 2020 Winter Graduates! The July 2020 graduation (held online due to COVI-19 restrictions) had the following students being awarded degrees for completion of their studies in Fire programs at The University of Queensland. Doctor of Philosophy Dr Aaron Bolanos … Continue reading 2020 Winter Graduation
The 9th International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards took place in St Petersburg, Russia last April. UQ Fire was represented by Lutfi Ramadhan, Vinny Gupta, Angela Solarte Juan Cuevas and Aaron Bolanos. Continue reading UQ Fire present in ISFEH9
We are offering two new scholarships for joint PhDs between The University of Queensland and IIT Delhi (UQIDAR). This is a great opportunity to get a joint PhD degree between two universities with a combined high strength in Fire Safety Engineering … Continue reading New PhD opportunities
The Australia Regional Group from the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) held the 2018 Young Researchers’ Conference, 30 November 2018. At the event, PhD students Yunpeng Zhu and Andrea Lucherini presented on the outcomes of their research projects. Participants at the event where in … Continue reading IStructE YRC 2018 Australia
We are pleased to announce that Dr Gerardo Soret was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree at The University of Queensland. The thesis project supervised by Prof Jose Torero (now at University of Maryland) is entitled “Building Design Optimization: Integration … Continue reading Dr Gerardo Soret
We are glad to announce that the application process for an MPhil/PhD position in the area of facades fire safety at the Fire Safety Engineering Research group at UQ is now open. This project aims at developing a conservative, yet robust … Continue reading MPhil/PhD Scholarship on Facades Fire Safety
UQ Fire PhD candidate Ian Pope has completed a 7-month research exchange programme with the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Centre for Fire Safety Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. Ian received the Sir Peter Gadsden Britain Australia Award 2018 from … Continue reading Ian Pope at The University of Edinburgh
Angela Solarte (PhD candidate) will represent UQ Fire in the 2018 School of Civil Engineering Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. If you’re around, it would be great if you could come along to show your support; there will be afternoon tea. … Continue reading 3MT Competition (School of Civil Eng.)
Over the last three weeks, PhD Students Mr Mateo Gutierrez and Mr Ian Pope presented their work on the fire performance of bamboo at institutions around the United Kingdom. On the 28th March, they met Dr Bhavna Sharma and other … Continue reading Bamboo research tours around the UK
Our very own Mateo Gutierrez will be presenting at the upcoming Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) Young Researchers’ Conference to be hold in London. Last year, Mateo was awarded the 1st price during the Australia IStructE Young Researchers’ Conference for his presentation entitled “Design … Continue reading IStructE YRC 2018, London
