Graduate Lecture 2007

Over 120 delegates attended the 2007 Graduate Lecture, hosted by Arup, at the Arup Campus in Solihull in the West Midlands on 17 April 2007.

The lecture, entitled The Art of Structural Fire Engineering, was delivered by Professor Colin Bailey BEng, PhD, CEng, FICE, MIStructE, MIFireE.

Above: Professor Colin Bailey BEng, PhD, CEng, FICE, MIStructE, MIFireE

The lecture was followed by a series of presentations by final-year students competing for significant cash prizes sponsored by Marsh Limited.

First prize of £1,000 was awarded to Gareth Fitton of the University of Leeds for his presentation on The Effect of Buoyancy on Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis.

Above: Gareth Fitton of the University of Leeds

Second prize of £600 was presented to David Snorrason of the University of Edinburgh for his presentation, entitled Dalmarnock Fire Test 1.

Above: David Snorrason of the University of Edinburgh

Runners-up prizes of £350 were presented to Robert Ellingham of the University of Central Lancashire for his presentation, Vertical Evacuation and Movement on Stairs ; Stephen McAdam of Glasgow Caledonian University for his presentation, entitled A Correlation of the Predictions of Computer Fire Models With Actual Enclosure Fires; and to Gwen Rosario of the University of Leeds for her presentation on CFD Analysis of Convection in the Cone Calorimeter.

Left to right: Stephen McAdam of Glasgow Caledonian University, Professor Dougal Drysdale, Professor Colin Bailey, Gwen Rosario of the University of Leeds, Gareth Fitton, David Snorrason and Robert Ellingham of the University of Central Lancashire

A number of leading fire organisations - including Arup, Bodycote Warringtonfire, Marsh Limited and IFSTA - participated by exhibiting and providing an insight into the wide range of careers open to young graduates.

A full report on the Graduate Lecture will feature in the June issue of the journal.

Sincere thanks to Professor Drysdale for organizing the programme and to Marsh Limited for sponsoring the event. Thanks also extended to Professor Colin Bailey and all the Graduate presenters.

Rasbash Lecture 2007

Thanks to the generous sponsorship by Rushbrook the IFE are able to offer free spaces to the Rasbash Lecture (BRE, Watford, 19th June 2007) to 12 students in full time education on fire engineering or fire related courses - book your place click here.