Edinburgh: 40 Years Redefining Fire Safety Engineering Educa:on. José L. Torero School of Civil Engineering The University of Queensland Australia

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1 Edinburgh: 40 Years Redefining Fire Safety Engineering Educa:n Jsé L. Trer Schl f Civil Engineering The University f Queensland Australia

2 Research Based Engineering Educa:n Discipline Fundamental discipline related studies Technlgy develpment Applied Research Educa:n EducaBnal Thery Teaching Methds Curriculum Develpment Teaching methds fr the stakehlders needs

3 Specificity Extensive research n general educabn/teaching/ learning pracbses Engineering as applied science Less research n Engineering educabn/teaching/ learning pracbses Is there a case fr discipline specific educabn/ teaching/learning pracbses What can be extraplated/what cannt be extraplated? Hw imprtant prper educabn/teaching/learning pracbses are fr a discipline? Edinburgh as an innvatr in Fire Safety Engineering EducaBn

4 Fire Safety Engineering Cntext Ubiquitus TradiBnally a strictly prescripbve envirnment Cdes Standards Operated within the cntext f a trade Heavily regulated acbvity N regulabn n the pracbbner Limited Higher EducaBn fferings

5 Tday: Design fr Implicit Perfrmance Standardiza:n f Space One Size Fits All Standardiza:n f Respnse Means f Escape Cmpartmenta:n Gemetry Unsustainable Cnsequence: Enrmus Safety Factrs Ac:ve Passive Fire Service Lss f Func:n Cmprmised Aesthe:cs Waste Uniden:fied Mistakes

6 Quan:fiable Safety Factrs: Sustainable Regulatry Law Educa:n Reac:ve Flw Burning Design Architecture Peple Physilgy Psychlgy Scilgy Material Science Materials Smke/Heat Slid Mechanics Structure Fluid Mechanics Heat Transfer Tmrrw: Design fr Explicit Perfrmance

7 The structure has t be seen! I wanted t leave the steel structure expsed but Fire Safety regula:ns did nt allw me t d s we had t awach fake stained brnze structural elements t apprach what I was lking fr every :me I think abut it I feel like crying! Ludwig Mies van der Rhe, Seagram Building, NY, 1958 The Crash f Tw Cultures: Edinburgh as a Catalyzer fr TransfrmaBn

8 Redefining Cmpetence Frm Trade t Prfessin New awributes Cmplex cntext EducaBng prfessinals t transfrm a Trade int a Prfessin Regulatry barriers Ecnmic barriers Scial barriers Prfessinal barriers

9 Brief Histry Knwledge Pre s - Basic ExperienBal Leading t the develpment f Cde Based Design Framewrk Cre fundamental science allwing the imprvement f cdes ApplicaBn f Science Defining prfessinal tls and learning hw t calculate, bringing engineering t the cdes 1990 present Refinement, cmputabnal tls and integrabng fire dynamics t building technlgy prfessinalizing engineering pracbse Educa:n 1903 Armry InsBtute f Technlgy (IIT) Chicag (USA) 1956 University f Maryland (USA) BSc Oklahma State, Ohi State, etc University f Edinburgh MSc (UK) Leeds University (1995), Suthbank University (1991), Ulster University (1992), UCLan (1994), Glasgw Calednian, etc Wrcester Plytechnic InsBtute f MSc (USA) 1992 University f Maryland MSc (USA) Lund University (Sweden) University f Canterbury (NZ), UWS, Victria University (Australia), etc University f Edinburgh MSc Structural Fire Safety 2008 InternaBnal Masters in Fire Safety Engineering (Edinburgh, Ghent, Lund)

10 Prfessinal AWributes Llyds Register EducaBn and Research Trust Seminars 1 st Fire Safety Leaders, 2 nd Brader Prfessinal Leaders, 3 rd Scilgists & Legislatrs Prfessinal: Masters the available tls t design within a prfessinal cntext and the bunds f prfessinal ethics Technical Specialist Knwledge Based Masters the available tls t prvide answers t quesbns raised by the prfessinal while perabng in the cntext f a trade Cde Cnsultant & Regulatr: Masters the tls t prvide slubns equivalent t prescripbve slubns and t be apprved by a regulatr Cde PracBBner: Masters the direct applicabn f the cde t deliver slubns t be apprved by a regulatr

11 Educa:ng the Prfessinal Curriculum vs. Learning Prcess The Knwledge: Curriculum Magnussn, S., Drysdale, D., Fitzgerald, R. et al (1995). A Prpsal fr a Mdel Curriculum in Fire Safety Engineering, Fire Safety Jurnal, 25, The Learning Prcess (P.A.S.) The AWributes : Research Based EducaBn Learning hw t Learn Purpse: Purpse is the reasn why we d what we d Autnmy: The ppsite f cntrl is autnmy; and where cntrl leads t cmpliance; autnmy leads t engagement Structure: Structure is the assembly f limits intended t supprt autnmus learning. Limits help learners develp a sense f what is pssible in ur wrld, and ur sciety

12 Edinburgh: 40 Years Redefining Fire Safety Engineering Educa:n Edinburgh is at its cre an educabnal prgramme (Dr. Frank Rushbrk, Prf. David Rasbash and Prf. Drysdale) Fr 40 years Edinburgh has been a pineer in Fire Safety Engineering EducaBn At the rigin f knwledge based educabn At the rigin f research lead educabn At the rigin f awribute based educabn Edinburgh is nw at the cre f PrfessinalizaBn sbll a lng way t g!

13 2003 Opening f the Rushbrk Fire Safety Engineering Labratry It is difficult t talk abut the future because it is simply nes visin. Ones visin is biased by nes wn percepbn f what is imprtant and what is nt, this is why mst speeches that talk abut the future tend, with Bme, t prve themselves wrng nevertheless I believe that within the next years this field will be starving frm leadership I believe that within the next years this field will see very liwle technical innvabn I believe that within the next years this field will lack visin I believe ur rle is t be the generabn that will try t revert that trend I believe that we have t survive, and if we d, the next generabn will see a strng and healthy Fire Safety Engineering, nt nly at Edinburgh but disseminated elsewhere. I believe that Edinburgh has a tradibn that makes it a unique envirnment t fster innvabn I believe that Edinburgh can capture the talented yung minds that are necessary t lead this field int the revlubn that is Perfrmance Based Design I believe that in Edinburgh there is the breadth and depth necessary t educate prfessinals that will be cribcal f their wn pracbces I believe that Edinburgh will remain as a fcus f the highest level research and educabn that will allw t frm the much needed leaders f this field In summary, I believe that Frank Rushbrk s riginal visin f educabn was and sbll is the right ne This is als my visin f the future

14 Thank yu!