News
We got a new doctor!
Silvia Arias successfully defended her PhD thesis "Application of Virtual Reality in the study of Human Behavior in Fire" today! Congratulations, Dr Arias!!
We are looking for a PhD student in wildfire evacuation
We are looking for a Phd student in wildfire evacuation. The work will involve development, use and validation of tools to study wildfire evacuation scenarios. The position also involves conducting behavioural studies (e.g. Virtual Reality experiments and physical field experiments) on the topic of wildfire evacuation. The doctoral student will be [...]
PhD thesis defense on Virtual Reality on June 18th
On June 18th at 13.00, Silvia Arias will defend her PhD thesis “Application of Virtual Reality in the study of Human Behavior in Fire”. The defense will take place online, and it will be conducted fully in English. It will start with a 30-minute presentation followed by a short break before the question session. The entire defense normally takes [...]
Erik Smedberg receives the 2020 RiMEA Award
Our PhD student Erik Smedberg received the 2020 RiMEA-Award. This award is given annually to the best thesis in the field of pedestrian and evacuation dynamics. The RIMEA association is made of a group of researchers and consultants in the field of pedestrian and evacuation dynamics from German-speaking countries. It is well known worldwide for [...]
Presentations of student theses
We will have online presentations of student thesis work on May 25 (Swedish students) and May 28 (IMFSE students). Swedish students schedule and zoom linkIMFSE students schedule and zoom linkWelcome to attend!
Awards to Dr. Ronchi and Prof. Ingason
Last week the 13th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science was held virtually by IAFSS. Two prestigious awards were awarded to people associated with the division of Fire Safety Engineering during the symposium. Dr. Enrico Ronchi received the Magnusson early career award, for his numerous research contributions that have covered a wide range [...]
Interested in PhD studies?
We are looking for a new PhD student in the area of fire dynamics! You can read more about the position and apply here.
New industrial PhD student
Lotta Vylund is our new industrial PhD student. Lotta is employed at RISE, and in her research she will be focusing on problem-solving networks in the fire and rescue services and how such networks affect the efficiency of problem solving . The work will be conducted within the FIRE21, which is an interdisciplinary project that will study [...]
New head of division
Since January 1st we have a new head of division at the Division of Fire Safety Engineering, Håkan Frantzich. Håkan has a long experience of working at Lund University and at the Division of Fire Safety Engineering. Håkan is senior lecturer and Docent (Reader) in fire safety engineering and was until December 31, 2020 program director for the B.Sc. [...]
Presentation av examensarbeten den 12 januari
Den 12 januari är det presentationer av examensarbeten på avdelningen för brandteknik enligt nedanstående schema. Presentationer och opponering sker online via zoom. Session 1 (zoom: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/65229223104) TidTitelPresentatör08.00-08.55Skadekriterium för fiberoptiska kablar utsatta för brand - med dataöverföring som [...]