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

$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 »

Application window open: AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows
This highly competitive program strengthens the connections between scientists and journalists by placing advanced undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate level scientists, engineers, and mathematicians at media organizations nationwide. More »

FPE MOOC Hits 2K Participant Milestone
Course provides flexible learning and opportunity to network. 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

FPE SPECIAL SEMINAR: A Scientific Approach to Mitigate Fire Risk of Industrial Facilities
November 16, 2018 10:00 a.m. 3106 J.M. Patterson Bldg., Fire and Risk Alliance Conference Room More »

Kirlin Distinguished Lecture: Forensic Engineering
November 15, 2018 5:00 p.m. ESJ, Rm 1224 More »

13th annual Engineering Alternative Spring Break - Applications Due
November 16, 2018 11:45 p.m. Sandhills, NC More »

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