ENFP 108 - Hot Topics in Fire Protection Engineering (1 credit)
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Prerequisite:
- None; This class is not required.
Textbook:
- None
Course Description:
- Current issues of importance to fire protection engineering are discussed. Topics focus on issues such as advances in basic fire science, computerized fire modeling, human behavior in fire, fire safety systems, fire toxicity, risk analysis, performance based fire safety codes, fire investigation. An overview of the fire protection engineering profession is provided through a series of lectures, both by department faculty and industry representatives.
Course Objectives:
- This course provides an overview of current topics of importance in fire protection engineering. Topics focus on issues such as advances in basic fire science, computer fire modeling, human behavior in fire, fire safety systems, fire toxicity, risk analysis, performance based fire safety codes, fire investigation.
- An overview of the fire protection engineering profession is provided through a series of lectures, both by department faculty and industry representatives.
Topics Covered:
- What are the “hot topics” in fire?
- Fire development principles
- Fire growth in rooms
- Microgravity Combustion
- Fire modeling and experimentation for forensic investigations
- Human Behavior in Fire
- Fire Protection Research
- Fire Investigations
- Experiments and modeling for design applications
- Computer Laboratory
- Smoke Detection
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