Three FPE Undergrads Recognized for Excellence by Clark School

Greg Fiola, Lucas Crofton and Katherine McKee with FPE Chair Jim Milke. More...

$1.5M FEMA Award to Fund First-of-its-Kind Study of Health Effects on Wildland Firefighters

FPE Professor Michael Gollner to co-lead the effort. More...

Spring 2019 Think Tank Project

Calling All Junior FPE Students! Winner takes $5K Scholarship! More...

FPE Information Sessions!

Learn about the field of FPE, what the major entails, and career opportunities. Enjoy lab tours and demos. For students at all levels, including high school! Sessions available in Spring and Fall 2018. More...

High School Design Challenge

Hosted by the ATF Lab, four local high schools designed fire suppression systems. More...

MD Day Event: Life-Size Home Fire Simulation

FPE demonstrates life safety and property protection provided by sprinkler systems via a side-by-side burn demo, and a team of undergrads used computer modeling software to simulate the burn More...

FPE Professor Jose Torero leads global research for fire-safe building design

Torero, also the Director of the UMD Center for Disaster Resilience, is serving as an expert witness in the Grenfell Tower inquiry. More...

Foster Impact by Contributing to our Legacy Campaign

Clinical Professor, Ken Isman, ensures that the FPE curriculum includes practical applications in fire safety. More...

FPE@UMD News

Mildly Flamable Refrigerants: What you need to know
FPE Professor Peter Sunderland answers 'burning questions' for HPT magazine. More »

UMD Welcomes Inaugural Class of Distinguished A. James Clark Scholars
The A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland welcomes 10 exceptional young engineers from across the state of Maryland as its inaugural class of A. James Clark Scholars. More »

$1.5M FEMA Award to Fund First-of-its-Kind Study of Health Effects on Wildland Firefighters
With a $1.5 million award from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, a UMD engineer will co-lead a research effort to quantify the pulmonary and cardiovascular health consequences to firefighters exposed to wildland fire smoke. More »

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Announcements

SPRING 2019 THINK TANK PROJECT

Calling All Junior FPE Students! The Winning Project takes a $5,000 Scholarship!!!

Now Accepting Applications for 2019 UL FELLOWSHIP - APPLY TODAY!!

The UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute Fellowship supports a Graduate Research Assistant from the UMD Department of Fire Protection Engineering. Applications must be submitted to Dr. James Milke by February 1, 2019.

Events

Design Day
December 4, 2018 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building Rotunda More »

Graduate Engineering Open House
December 5, 2018 6:00 p.m. A. James Clark Hall - Forum More »

The 2018 Innovation Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
December 6, 2018 11:30 a.m. Innovation Hall of Fame on the first floor of the Kim Engineering Building More »

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