CAPABILITIES AND
SERVICES
FSEG is a world leader in Computational Fire Engineering (CFE). From the
Airbus A380 superjumbo, to the new aircraft carrier for the Royal Navy; from the
Sydney and Beijing Olympics to the World Trade Center evacuation, the group and
their advanced fire and evacuation/pedestrian dynamics modelling tools,
SMARTFIRE and EXODUS, have solved some of the world's toughest fire and safety
engineering problems.
The 30-strong multi-disciplinary team of
mathematicians, physicists, behavioural psychologists, fire safety engineers and
computer scientists has been pushing back the frontiers in this fast-growing
discipline for twenty years, undertaking a unique combination of leading edge
research, large scale human factors trials, and practical real world
consultancy.
This expertise has been recognised through the award of a number of national and
international honours including;
- 2008 Bono Award from the SFPE,
- 2006 the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Gold Award and George
Taylor Prize,
- 2004 European IST prize by the European Council of Applied
Sciences, Technology and Engineering (Euro-CASE) for their development of
the EXODUS suite of software,
- 2002 the Queen’s Anniversary Prize,
- 2001 RINA/LR Safer Ship award,
- 2001 the British Computer Society IT award,
- 2001 the British Computer Society Gold Medal for IT
- 2001 CITIS Award for Innovation in IT for Ship Operation.
Accolades that attest to the groups international standing include:
Queen’s Award Citation:
“The University is a recognised world leader in the area of evacuation model
development….”
BSC IT Award presentation:
“The winners not only demonstrate technical innovation, but also show how
technology can be used to benefit society at large….,” Judith Scott Chief
Executive of the BCS
Team members also contribute to formal Inquires, such as those for the
Paddington Rail Crash and the Swiss Air MD11 crash; to international standards
committees, including IMO and ISO, and to several UK Government committees
concerned with homeland security and civil defence, including SAPER.
The Fire Safety Engineering Group's work falls into four main categories:
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