Undergraduate Fire Protection Courses
ENFP 108 - Hot Topics in Fire Protection Engineering
Discussion on current issues of importance to fire protection engineering.
ENFP 250 - Introduction to Life Safety Analysis
Introduction to fire protection engineering and building regulation, building safety systems, and egress system design.
ENFP 255 - Fire Alarm and Special Hazards Design
Study of gaseous/particulate fire suppression systems and detection/alarm systems.
ENFP 300 - Fire Protection Fluid Mechanics
Basic principles of fluid flow.
ENFP 310 - Water-based Fire Protection Systems Design
Discussion of key fluid dynamics and heat transfer processes in aqueous fire suppression.
ENFP 312 - Heat and Mass Transfer
Conduction, convection, radiation modes of heat transfer.
ENFP 320 - Fire Assessment Methods and Laboratory
Experimental evaluation of ignition, flame spread, rate of heat release and smoke production of furnishings and interior finish materials.
ENFP 350 - Professional Development Seminar
An integrative, upper level professional development seminar covering various FPE topics.
ENFP 405 - Structural Fire Protection
Analytical methods to evaluate fire resistance of structural members.
ENFP 411 - Fire Risk Assessment
Application of systems analysis, probability theory, engineering economy, and risk management in the identification and synthesis of components of fire protection engineering.
ENFP 415 - Fire Dynamics: Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena
Introduction to premixed and diffusion flames; ignition, flame spread and rate of burning; fire plumes; flame radiation.
ENFP 416 - Problem Synthesis and Design
Techniques and procedures of problem orientation and solution design utilizing logical and numerical procedures.
ENFP 425 - Fire Modeling
An introduction to the elements of enclosure fires through the development of fire modeling algorithms and the application of computer-based fire modeling techniques.
ENFP 429 - Independent Study
ENFP 431 - Building Safety and the Law
Responding to natural and manufactured building hazards requires a complex legal environment, including regulation and liability.
ENFP 435 - Product Liability and Government Regulation
The course focuses on engineering design and the response of the regulatory and liability systems.
ENFP 489 - Special Topics
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