报告摘要：WPI is a recognized leader in fire protection engineering (FPE). The first university to offer a PhD in FPE and one of only three graduate programs in the United States, WPI is internationally known for educating highly skilled practitioners and for producing the new knowledge that is advancing the field and making the world a fire safe place. This presentation will cover the FPE program at WPI, the Fire Laboratory Facilities and current Research Projects. The UL Fire Protection Engineering Performance Lab at WPI allows test specimens of up to two stories to be constructed. Key features include a 6 MW Calorimeter and the large exhaust hood is ideal for testing open burning fires (e.g., liquid fuel pan fires), medium-scale compartment fires, exterior fa?ade fires, and more. It can also be used to replicate certain external exposure (e.g., wild land) fire conditions, the system is able to collect smoke from intermediate scale burns and provide a heat release rate (HRR) history as well as support other data acquisition such as heat flux gauges and thermocouples. Additional labs include the Honeywell Fire Fundamental’s Laboratory which has such capabilities as the Cone Calorimeter, FM – FPA, DSC, TGA and other bench top thermal science testing of materials. The Combustion Laboratory has capabilities for testing a wide range of explosive materials and sensors and enable fire safety professionals to predict fire and explosion hazards. Research projects featured will include fire performance of green buildings and firefighter safety, development of sensors for first responder safety technology, sensors for characterizing fires and flashover, materials and fire, oil on ice fires, gas explosions, fire hose study, fire modeling and more.

报告人简介：Dr El-Korchi is the Head of the Fire Protection Engineering Department and the Head of the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department at WPI. He has been a professor at WPI for 29 years.  His area of research includes construction materials, sustainable smart structures, composites and pavements. Dr. El-Korchi was awarded the prestigious Presidential Young Investigator Award by the National Science Foundation.  He has coauthored over 100 publications and is the co-author of a textbook titled Pavement Engineering: Principles and Practice by Rajib Mallick and Tahar El-Korchi, CRC Press-Taylor and Francis Publishers.  Dr El-Korchi has led a number of initiative including director of the WPI-Panama project center which sponsors students to complete projects with the Panama Canal Authority and funded by NSF; directs the WPI-Morocco project center for students to complete projects on sustainable development and societal need; initiated the Architectural Engineering program at WPI which received ABET accreditation; and led the WPI team to participate in the design and construction of the net-zero solar powered house and compete in the  China Solar Decathlon Competition in Datong, China in 2013.

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