• FPE eXTRA Issue 51 features an article, by Negar and our collaborator Dr. Thomas Gernay from Johns Hopkins University, on "A digitized surveying method using machine vision to collect fuel load data in buildings": https://www.sfpe.org/page/FPEeXTRAIssue51 

 

• The February edition of CAIT-UTC Region II newsletter includes an article on UTC’s tunnel fire project: https://cait.rutgers.edu/fire-engineering-expert-recognized-by-american-institute-of-steel-construction/

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• As part of the Fire Protection Research Foundation and  the National Fire Protection Association webinars, Negar and Dr. Thomas Gernay from Johns Hopkins University will give a webinar on a new surveying methodology for fuel load density in buildings: https://www.nfpa.org/Training-and-Events/By-type/Webinars/Fuel-Load-Survey-Methodology-in-Buildings

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• Our paper on “Recommendations for performance-based fire design of composite steel buildings using computational analysis” has been published in the Journal of Constructional Steel Research: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143974X19312143

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• Negar received the AISC 2020 Early Career Faculty Award: https://www.aisc.org/pressreleases/press-releases/aisc-to-honor-13-leading-design-and-construction-professionals-at-the-2020-nascc-the-steel-conference 

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• Nan attended the 2019 IABSE Congress in New York City and presented her research on “Design fire scenarios for railway tunnel fires.” The project is a collaboration with Professor Anthony Tessari of UB.

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• Ramla received the American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Doctoral Fellowship for academic year 2019-2020.

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• Our paper on “Examining the need for active boundary conditions in structural fire testing”  is published in the Journal of Structural Fire Engineering: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JSFE-12-2018-0042/full/html

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• Negar, Amir, and our collaborator Dr. Moharrami Gargari from WSP attended the 2019 EMI conference in Caltech, California. Negar co-organized two sessions on “Earthquake resilience and cascading effects and emerging topics” and “New developments in Structural Fire Engineering.” Amir presented on his research  work about fire following earthquake at community level. Dr. Moharrami Gargari presented our research on building level fragility for functionality of a non-structural component. Negar presented results of an ongoing collaborative research on performance of tessellated structural architectural systems.

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• Gauhar Nurlybekova, undergraduate student from Kazakhstan, joined our research group for Summer of 2019, as part of our exchange student program with Kazakhstan.

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• Esther Saula, UB undergraduate student, joined our research group for Summer of 2019, as part of the LSAMP Summer Research Internship Program.

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• Jonathan Mann, UB undergraduate student, joined our research group for Summer of 2019, as part of the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program.

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• Ramla presented her research on uncertainty quantification in material properties at elevated temperatures at the third International Fire Safety Symposium in Ottawa, Canada.

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• Fernando presented his research results on fire spread in wildland urban interface communities at the 2019 International Fire Behavior and Fuels Control conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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• Negar attended the 2019 Structures Congress in Orlando, Florida, as the recipient of the SEI Young Professional Scholarship. Negar attended the ASCE Fire Protection committee in Orlando and gave two presentations on tunnel fire research and teaching structural fire engineering.