ENFP 350 - Professional Development Seminar (1 credit)

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Prerequisite:

• Permission from the Department.

Textbooks:

• None.

Course Description:

• An integrative, upper level professional development seminar covering topics such as engineering ethics, professional licensing, codes and standards, intellectual property, career selection and various contemporary issues in fire protection engineering.

Course Objectives:

• To inform the student about the profession of fire safety.
• To allow the student to participate in a dialogue with professionals in the field..

Topics Covered:

• Initiation and Early Development of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland.
• Fire Investigation, Design, Regulations—Ethics and Morality.
• The Society of Fire Protection Engineers – your professional society.
• Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute.
• Fire Fighter Technology & Training.
• Combustion and Fuels Research in Accident Investigation: The case of TWA Flight 800.
• FPE practice in the US and abroad: technical, cultural, economic aspects.
• State of Department.
• The Role of Research in Reducing Fire Risk.
• The Value of Communications Skills.
• Future Fire Protection Automation in the United States Navy.
• Forensic Science-An ATF Laboratory Perspective.

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