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13 October 2022

Den 21 oktober är det presentationer av examensarbete på avdelningen för brandteknik enligt följande schema. Presentationer och opponering sker i sal V:Brand, v-huset men kan även följas online via zoom. 

7 October 2022

Today (Oct. 7), Konrad Wilkens Flecknoe-Brown succesfully defend his PhD thesis “Fire Behaviour of Upholstered Furniture Component Materials at Multiple Scales"! The faculty opponent was Adj. Prof Björn Sundström Luleå Technical University. Congratulations Dr. Wilkens Flecknoe-Brown!!

16 September 2022

On October 7th at 09.15, Konrad Wilkens Flecknoe-Brown will defend his PhD thesis “Fire Behaviour of Upholstered Furniture Component Materials at Multiple Scales”. The defense will take place in lecture room V:A in the V-building, John Ericssons väg 1, Lund. The defense will will start with a 30-minute presentation followed by a short break before [...]

13 September 2022

On the 8th and 9th of September our Division hosted Prof Tomonori Sano from Waseda University. During his visit, we arranged a bilateral hybrid workshop to share information concerning ongoing research at our Fire Safety Division and at SanoLab. There were 12 presentations in the domain of pedestrian dynamics, evacuation and ageing, including [...]

24 August 2022

Giulia De Cet is currently visiting researcher at the Division of Fire Safety Engineering. She will spend one month working in the area of egressibility. Giulia recently obtained her PhD at the University of Padua, Italy.  Giulia will spend her research visit along with Dr Enrico Ronchi and Erik Smedberg, conducting virtual reality experiments [...]

8 August 2022

Erik Smedberg, PhD student at the Division was selected for the SFPE 2022 Proulx scholarship award for his research on the impact of the presence of people with mobility limitations on exit choice. Erik will continue his research in the domain of Egressibility under the supervision of Dr Enrico Ronchi. The award is in honour of Dr. Guylène Proulx, [...]

17 June 2022

Axel Mossberg successfully defended his PhD thesis “Elevator Evacuation – Exploring Behavioural Aspects”. The faculty opponent was Dr. Nigel McConnell, Ulster University. The thesis, excluding papers, can be found here. Congratulations Axel!

16 June 2022

Erik Smedberg successfully defended his licenciate thesis “Egressibility – Applying the concept of accessibility to the self-evacuation of people with functional limitations” today, June 16th! Congratulations Erik!

21 May 2022

On June 17th at 09.00, Axel Mossberg will defend his PhD thesis “Elevator Evacuation – Exploring Behavioural Aspects”. The defense will take place in lecture room V:A in the V-building, John Ericssons väg 1, Lund. The defense will will start with a 30-minute presentation followed by a short break before the question session. The entire defense [...]

13 May 2022

We will have presentations of student thesis work on May 30 and 31! You can find the agenda and information on how to join (online) here: May 30 (Swedish students) May 31 (IMFSE students) Welcome to attend!

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