January 2018, Issue 2firelabuq.wordpress.comwww.civil.uq.edu.au/fire

Andy Wong, Jaime Cadena and Dr Cristian Maluk, Editors

The Fire Safety Engineering research and teaching group (UQ Fire) at The University of Queensland is leading fire safety engineering research and education through developing sustainable innovations and design approaches. The team’s mission is to conceive, develop, and deliver enriched educational programs, superior scientific knowledge, and novel engineering solutions across

multiple disciplines and industries.

The views, findings, and conclusions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and editor(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of The University of Queensland, UQ Fire, or any other affiliated. The best effort is made on accuracy; however, total accuracy cannot be guaranteed. If any content of this newsletter is used elsewhere, please cite the article properly

and link back to the UQ Fire blog.

Research Newsletter

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Research Activities

UQ Fire at the official launch of the ARC Future Timber HubPublished: December 4, 2017

PhD and MEng students from UQ Fire were present at the official launch of the ARC Future Timber Hub at UQ. The Hub brings together experts from industry, government, and academia.

The Hub is an interdisciplinary partnership between The University of Queensland, the Queensland State Government Department of Agriculture and Fisher-ies, Hyne Timber, Arup, Lend Lease, the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Scion NZ, Griffith University, The University of British Columbia and The University of Canterbury.

At the core of the Hub activities, are some research from UQ Fire’s students, including:• Exploring the self-extinguishment mechanism

of engineered timber in full-scale compartment fires; and

• Long-span floor timber systems and the potential for improved fire performance.

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Bamboo shipment fuels researchPublished: December 7, 2017

PhD candidates Mateo Gutierrez, Angela Solarte and Ian Pope led major efforts to obtain the shipment of over 2 tons of structural bamboo test samples. Their research projects are looking into the future of

the bamboo industry; tackling fire safety challenges associated with the wide use of bamboo in the built environment. The shipment also contained a large amount of bamboo strips for future fabrication of bamboo-based prototype systems at The University of Queensland. […see more here]

Bamboo construction at Woodford Folk Festival 17/18Published: January 3, 2018

UQ Fire’s Mateo, had to opportunity to work as a volunteer in the construction and updating of bamboo structures utilized during the Woodford Folk Festival 17/18. Woodford Folk Festival and Cave Urban Architects have been aiming to promote bamboo construction in Australia.

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Student Activities

Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTA) ProgramPublished: October 6, 2017

UQ Fire’s PhD student, Andrea Lucherini, gradu-ated from the Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTA) program at UQ. The program is designed to foster the next generation of great teachers by providing the knowledge and skills to motivate and engage with students.

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End of the year BBQ!Published: December 4, 2017

To celebrate the hard work and welcoming the Brisbane’s summer, members from UQ Fire gathered for a very tasty BBQ. Reflecting on all the hard work accomplished by the members of UQ Fire; within this past year, fire research at The University of Queensland has reached a range of areas.

We look forward to all the challenges and opportunities that 2018 will bring.

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Graduate Certificate 2017Published: November 20, 2017

UQ Fire is delighted to once again run the Graduate Certificate in Fire safety, hosting a selected group of firefighters from the Australian Fire and Emergency Services.

Providing the knowledge of fundamentals through lectures, workshops, assignments and extensive laboratory work.

In addition, also gaining a valuable insight into their perspective on fire safety issues and the challenges

that they face, both as firefighters and as approvals officers.

We are happy to have this opportunity to enrich the fire brigade knowledge and also to strengthen our relationship with them and therefore our research.

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Conferences

9th International Congress on Fire Safety Engineering (Madrid, Spain)Published: November 7, 2017

Jose Urgel and Marta Tena, two former visiting UQ Fire students, presented at the 9th International Congress on Fire Safety Engineering, held in Madrid, Spain. The presentation highlights the ongoing collaborations between the School of Civil Engineering at The University of Queensland and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at ICAI Comillas.

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2017 Fire Awareness AwardsPublished: December 24, 2017

On December 5, UQ Fire had the privilege to attend the 2017 Fire Awareness Awards held in Melbourne and to be nominated for an award. The Fire Awareness Awards recognise and celebrate communities for their fire prevention, protection and recovery activities.

We would like to thank the organisation for inviting us to this fantastic event.

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Australasian Tunnelling SocietyPublished: November 29, 2017

At the 16th Australasian Tunnelling Society (ATS) Conference, Dr Cristian Maluk presented outcomes of the work entitled “Fire Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Mixes – Macro and micro fibres”. Slides of this presentation and conference paper can be found in the blog.

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Publications and Awards

UQ R!SK SymposiumPublished: November 29, 2017

UQ Fire would like to congratulate Jaime Cadena, PhD candidate, who was awarded the 1st price of the Pith Video Competition at the UQ R!SK New Horizons in Risk Management Symposium. Jaime’s video, which is related to his PhD project, presents the current issues that risk practitioners world-wide face when performing and developing risk assessments in a 2-3 minute pitch video.

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Institution of Structural EngineersPublished: December 14, 2017

On 8 December 2017, the Australia Regional Group from the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) held the Inaugural Young Researchers’ Conference. Out of 22 participants, Carmen and Mateo were selected as finalist for the Australia Regional Group final, with Mateo obtaining the 1st prize for his

oral presentation entitled “Design of fire safe bam-boo structures”. We will like to congratulate Mateo and Carmen on their achievement. Mateo will also represent Australia at the IStructE Young Researchers’ Conference 2018 in London.

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BEng/MEng – 2017 Fire ThesesPublished: December 8, 2017

Students undertaking the Bachelor (Honours) and Master of Engineering, 5-year full-time program (80 units), presented their theses before their completion of the program. Theses included:

• Proof-Of-Concept For A Fire Safe Timber-FRP Composite Load-Bearing System by Harrison Wall;

• Design Fires for Large Artificial Christmas Trees by Luke Thompson;

• Fire Exposure of Facades in Cross-Laminated Timber Buildings by Teagan MacDonald;

• Behaviour of intumescent coatings under a range of fire conditions by Jupiter Segall-Brown;

• Fire Performance of ACP Panels by Joshua Ogilvie;• Mechanical Properties of Bamboo at Elevated

Temperatures by Joshua Madden; and• An Analysis of the Energy Distribution within

Open-Plan Compartment Fire by Nicholas White.

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BEng/MEng (Civil+Fire) – 2017 CohortPublished: December 14, 2017

Congratulations to first cohort of Bachelor (Honours) and Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering and Fire Safety Engineering at The University of Queensland. We wish the very best to Teagan MacDonald, Joshua Madden, Joshua Ogilvie, Jupiter Segall-Brown, Luke Thompson, Harrison Wall, and Nicholas White.

SFPE Europe MagazinePublished: December 22 2017

A summary article regarding the research on compartment fires at The University of Queensland, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Maryland has recently been published in the 8th Issue of the SFPE Europe magazine.

This article provides an overview and background information of the research on compartment fires at UQ, covering from the ‘Compartment Fire Framework’ developed by the pioneers of our discipline through the recent full-scale tests developed by the University of Edinburgh at the BRE (UK) and in

Also congratulations to Harrison Wall on receiving the 2017 Most Outstanding Student in Fire Safety Engineering.

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Malveira (Portugal) for the ‘Real Fires for the Safe De-sign of Tall Buildings’ (RFSDTB) project in 2013 and 2014.

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Open registration for ‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’ CPD Course Published: November 13, 2017

We are pleased to announce the organisation of a new Continuing Professional Development course at The University of Queensland on ‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’.

Wed 24 – Thu 25 January 2018 and Mon 29 – Wed 31 January 2018 (5-day CPD)

This new CPD course aims at providing practising engineers with the specialist knowledge to address the fire safety strategy of buildings and understand the implications of using ACP products capable of supporting vertical flame spread.

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New MEngSc in Fire Safety EngineeringPublished: December 4, 2017

The new Master of Engineering Science in Fire Safety Engineering (1.5-year) covers key engineering and science courses. This program equips students with the necessary fundamental skills and knowledge to develop comprehensive Fire Safety Strategies for a broad range of projects.

The first run of the MEngSc begins on Semester #1 2018 (19th February).

Applications for the program close 21st January 2018.

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Opportunities

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New to UQ Fire

Hons Wyn (PhD) Mohamad Lutfi Ramadhan (PhD) Aidon Browning (BEng-MEng Civil+Fire) Brendan Garvey (BEng-MEng Civil+Fire) Tristan Goode (BEng-MEng Civil+Fire) Sohan Roopra (BEng-MEng Civil+Fire) Aayush Sharma (BEng-MEng Civil+Fire) Thomas Thorne (BEng-MEng Civil+Fire) Andy Wong (BEng-MEng Civil+Fire) Yiwen Zhu (Summer student) Lauren Reynolds (Summer student) Bridget Scanlan (Summer student) Moin Mushfiqur (Summer student) Tianwei Yin (Summer student) Jorvin Salazar (Summer student)

Vindhya Dayaratne (Summer student)

Recently left UQ Fire

Gerardo Soret (PhD)Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Australia Teagan MacDonald (BE-ME Civil+Fire)Omnii Consulting Fire Engineers, Australia Joshua Madden (BE-ME Civil+Fire)WSP, Australia Joshua Ogilvie (BE-ME Civil+Fire)WSP, Australia Adam Segall (BE-ME Civil+Fire)Arup, Australia Luke Thompson (BE-ME Civil+Fire)RED Fire Engineers, Australia Harrison Wall (BE-ME Civil+Fire)Omnii Consulting Fire Engineers, Australia Nicholas White (BE-ME Civil+Fire)AECOM Youngjun Son (MEngSc) Alex Granda, Tomas Iturralde, Janal Numapo, Freya van der Wal, Mayra Villacresses, Thomas Ward (Icarus students) Dr Yongliang Yang (visiting academic)China University of Mining and Technology, China Laura Schmidt (visiting BsC)Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

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