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Successful licentiate thesis defense
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!

PhD thesis defense on elevator evacuation
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 [...]
Bachelors and Masters thesis presentations
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!

Marcus Runefors has won the Outstanding Reviewer Award from Fire Technology
Marcus Runefors has won the 2022 Jack Watts Award for Outstanding Reviewer. This award celebrates the highest quality and most helpful reviewers, an essential part of the journal. It is presented annually to those peers whose reviews were most valuable in terms of quality, in-depth, number and timeliness.

Open position
We are looking for a doctoral student in the area of emissions from fires! Read more here!

Erik Smedberg Licentiate thesis defense
On June the 16th at 09.15, Erik Smedberg will defend his Licentiate thesis “Egressibility – Applying the concept of accessibility to the self-evacuation of people with functional limitations”. The defense will take place in hybrid mode, and it will be conducted fully in English. The defense will take place in the room V:A, V-building, Lund [...]

Sveriges Bygguniversitets digitala lunchseminarium den 8 mars
Patrick van Hees medverkar på Sveriges Bygguniversitets digitala lunchseminarium den 8 mars. Under seminariet kommer Patrick att presentera resultaten av Holifas-projektet som genomfördes med flera deltagare från temagruppen Byggnadens tekniska funktion. Holifas projektet behandlade brandsäkerheten i fasadsystem genom en holistisk helhetssyn med [...]

Thesis presentations January 10 and 11
We will have presentations of student thesis work on January 10 and 11! You can find the agenda and information on how to join (online) here:Presentations January 10Presentations January 11Welcome to attend!
B.Sc. and M.Sc. thesis presentations
We will have presentations of student thesis work on December 10. The presentations will take place at in room V:O1 in the V-building, LTH, and also online via zoom.

We got a new doctor!
Blanca Andres Valiente successfully defended her PhD thesis “A multi-scale approach for predicting the fire response of building barriers” on November 12! Congratulations Blanca!