CEN Lecture Series | Fundamentals of Fire Protection and Safety Engineering (October 2023)
Recent large fires in residential and industrial complexes across the UAE and the region have triggered a need for education about fire safety in building design, construction and maintenance, especially in high-rise buildings and industrial facilities. The aim of this lecture is to introduce our Engineering students on the fundamentals of fire safety and protection engineering, job opportunites in this warranted field in the UAE and region, fire behavior from ignition to flame spread, and fire resistance evaluation through testing and calculation methods.
About the speaker
Dr. Rami Hawileh is Professor of Civil Engineering at AUS and is currently serving as the Riad T. Al-Sadek Endowed Chair for Civil Engineering. Since joining AUS in 2007, he was able to build a strong and active research focus that has resulted in around 120 journal papers published in well reputed international journals and around 70 papers in conference proceedings. His research interests are primarily focused on strengthening of reinforced concrete structures, computational modeling, fire resistance, and in the analysis and design of sustainable concrete structures. Dr. Hawileh received the College of Engineering Research Excellence Award for the year 2013-14 and was awarded a scholarship by the Arab Fund Fellowships Program in 2015. He has also been ranked, since 2020, among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in their field based on their career-long citation impact, according to a study published and led by Stanford University researchers. He is also the coordinator of executive education for the College of Engineering.
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