Fire Protection Engineering Video Hub
Welcome to the video hub for the UMD Department of Fire Protection Engineering! In this page, you'll find engaging content highlighting our community's expertise, success stories and research projects.
Why Pursue Fire Protection Engineering?
Protect Life, Property and the Environment with a Degree in Fire Protection Engineering. Watch this video to learn more about how the Fire Protection Engineer assesses safety challenges wherever they may occur, such as in buildings, wildlands, industrial facilities or transportation vehicles.
FPE Design Challenge
The Design Challenge is a one-of-a-kind annual competition open to high school students in Maryland, Washington D.C, and Virginia. What the video to learn about the challenge that involves the design, construction and (burn) testing of a small housing model where the challenge is to provide innovative means of fire detection and suppression.
Maryland Day 2025
A wonderful recap of Maryland Day 2025, filmed by our creative Fire Protection Engineering student Jefferson Rozario '25 and starring Lindsay Newmann '25.
Winning Capstone Design: BWI Fire Protection System
At the 2025 Capstone Design Expo, our Fire Protection Engineering (FPE) winners showcased their semester-long project: developing a fire and life safety design for the BWI concourse expansion. Watch this video to learn how the team tackled major challenges, from finding a plausible airport fire scenario to handling models that took over 52 hours to run.
Clark Doctoral Fellow Spotlight: Adetola Koiki
Adetola Koiki is pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, with a focus on fire protection engineering. Inspired by mentors and community, she explores the benefits of fire imaging techniques, aspiring to contribute to research that positively impacts lives in the future. Watch this video to learn more about Koiki's research work.
How Do Fire Sprinklers Really Work?
In the first episode of the Ask An Engineer series, resident sprinkler expert and retired Clinical Professor of Fire Protection Engineering Kenneth Isman breaks down the realities of how fire sprinkler systems really work. Watch this video to learn more about what films and TV get right or wrong about the physics and functions of fire sprinklers.
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