School of Engineering - IIE Seminars

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Fire Safety´s Contribution to a Sustainable World - Kathleen H. Almand
Kathleen H. Almand (NFPA, USA)
Tue 24 Apr 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
JCMB 4319B

Fires in Compartments Built with Sandwich Panels - Rolff Ripke Leisted
Rolff Ripke Leisted (Technical University of Denmark)
Fri 13 Apr 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room

Design of fire safe bamboo structures - Mateo Gutierrez Gonzalez
Mateo Gutierrez Gonzalez (University of Queensland)
Thu 05 Apr 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Hudson Beare, Classroom 6

Fires in corner configurations - Davood Zeinali
Davood Zeinali (University of Ghent)
Wed 04 Apr 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Hudson Beare, Classroom 8

Modeling the Pyrolysis of Polyurethane Foam for Fire Safety Applications - Dr Sarah Scott
Dr Sarah Scott (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
Tue 27 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
JCMB 4319B

Whole-life geotechnical engineering challenges and solutions - Prof. Susan Gourvenec
Prof. Susan Gourvenec (University of Southampton)
Mon 05 Mar 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
Hudson Beare, Classroom 7

Compartment and Wild Fires - Dr Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher
Dr Bhisham Kumar Dhurandher (University of Edinburgh)
Mon 26 Feb 2018, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room


Debonding : A Study in Chance - Dr Richard Emberley
Dr Richard Emberley (Cal Poly)
Fri 16 Feb 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
AGB seminar room



The development of travelling fire methodology and industrial application
Marion Charlier (ArcelorMittal Global R&D ) Xu Dai (The University of Edinburgh)
Thu 30 Nov 2017, 14:00 - 15:30
AGB seminar room
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Sustainable Construction, Simulation and Testing Research Team - Juan Enrique Martinez
Juan Enrique Martinez (University of Oveido)
Wed 29 Nov 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room



IIE Lunchtime Seminar - Christine Coonick (BRE)
Christine Coonick
Mon 23 Oct 2017, 13:00 - 14:30
Sanderson Building, Classroom 3







Challenges for fire safety of high-rise buildings & studies on window-ejected facade fire
Prof. Longhua Hu - State Key Laboratory of Fire Science (SKLFS) & University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Wed 16 Aug 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB Seminar Room AGB Building, King’s Buildings, EH9 3JL












In-Situ Burning of Crude Oil on Water: A study on the fire dynamics and fire chemistry in an Arctic context
Laurens Van Gelderen – Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Fri 17 Mar 2017, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room










IIE Lunchtime Seminar - George Hadjisophocleous
George Hadjisophocleous
Fri 09 Dec 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room












Zafiris Triantafyllidis, IIE seminar
Zafiris Triantafyllidis
Mon 15 Feb 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room

Jamie Maclean, IIE seminar
Jamie Maclean
Mon 25 Jan 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room

Francesca Ruggeri and Kate Ward, IIE seminar
Francesca Ruggeri; Kate Ward
Mon 11 Jan 2016, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room

Mo Houssami, IIE seminar
Mo Houssami
Mon 14 Dec 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room

Rongxin Zhou, IIE seminar
Rongxin Zhou
Mon 07 Dec 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room

Juan Hidalgo, IIE seminar
Juan Hidalgo
Mon 30 Nov 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room

Martyn McLaggan, IIE seminar
Martyn McLaggan
Mon 16 Nov 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room

Eric Mueller, IIE seminar
Eric Mueller
Mon 09 Nov 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room

Chuanchuan Hou, IIE seminar
Chuanchuan Hou
Mon 26 Oct 2015, 12:45 - 14:00
AGB seminar room


Hybrid engineering: Testing and simulation in the civil construction field
Assistant Professor Mar Alonso Martinez; Associate Professor Felipe P Alvarez Rabanal
Mon 12 Oct 2015, 13:00 - 14:00
AGB seminar room

Konstantina Davididou and CJ Ness, IIE seminar
Konstantina Davididou; CJ Ness
Mon 05 Oct 2015, 12:45 - 14:00
AGB seminar room