George V. Hadjisophocleous

Teaching Assignment 2011-2012

• CIVE2700 Civil Engineering Materials
• CIVE5609 Fundamentals of Fire Safety Engineering
• IPIS5505 Fundamentals of Fire Safety Engineering

Previous Assignments

• CIVE5612 Fire Modelling

Research Interests

Fire modelling, smoke management, effectiveness of smoke exhaust systems, design fires, fire risk analysis, performance based codes.

Theses

Numerical Modelling of LPG Horizontal Cylindrical Tanks Subjected to Heating Environments (doctoral)
Numerical Studies of Free Convective Flows (master’s)

Professional History

• 2001 – present Professor and Industrial Research Chair in Fire Safety Engineering, Carleton University.
• 1989 – 2001 Senior Research Officer and Group Leader, Fire Risk Management Program, Institute for Research in Construction, National Research Council Canada.
• 1990 – 2001 Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Brunswick.
• 1987 Lecturer and Research Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, University of New Brunswick.

Honours and Awards

• 2009-2012 Conjoint Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia
• 2012 Best Paper of the International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security in New York for his paper on experimental results on the heat release rate of railcar fires
• 2006-2011 NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Fire Safety Engineering.
• 2004 Elected Fellow of Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE).
• 2002 Ontario Innovation Trust grant for new Fire Research Facility.
• 2002 Canada Foundation for Innovation grant for new Fire Research Facility.
• 2001-2005 NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Fire Safety Engineering.
• 1998 SFPE Honor Lecturer.
• 1998 ASHRAE, Best Symposium Paper Award.
• 1994 SFPE Invited Speaker.
• 1994 IRC Outstanding Achievement Award, given to the NFL’s Risk-Cost Assessment Team.

Names are withheld at the individual’s request

Post Doctoral Fellows

Shivanand R. Wasan

Research Associates

Xia Zhang

Graduate Students

Marc Aguanno

M.A.Sc. (In Prog.)

Name Withheld

Ph.D. (In Prog.)

Name Withheld

M.Eng. Project (In Prog.)

Name Withheld

M.Eng. (Coursework) (In Prog.)

Name Withheld

M.Eng. Project (In Prog.)

Name Withheld

M.Eng. Project (In Prog.)

Christian Dagenais

Ph.D. (In Prog.)

Armin Eslami

Ph.D. (In Prog.)

Name Withheld

M.A.Sc. (In Prog.)

Paul Lhotsky

Ph.D. (In Prog.)

Xiao Li

Ph.D. (In Prog.)

Cameron McGregor

M.A.Sc. (In Prog.)

Alejandro R. Medina Hevia

M.A.Sc. (In Prog.)

Naki Ocran

M.A.Sc. (In Prog.)

Name Withheld

M.Eng. (Coursework) (In Prog.)

Amir Rafinazari

Ph.D. (In Prog.)

Name Withheld

M.Eng. (Project) (In Prog.)

Osama Salem

Ph.D. (In Prog.) Structural Fire Performance of Beam-to-Column Moment Connections Joining Tubular Steel Members

Name Withheld

M.Eng. (Project) (In Prog.)

Sheeba Vilakkathu Saidu

M.Eng. (Project) (2012)

Yoon Jeoung Ko

Ph.D. (2011) A study of the heat release rate of tunnel fires and the interaction between suppression and longitudinal air flows in tunnels

Michael Kruszelnicki

M.Eng. (Project) (2011)

Hao Cheng

Ph.D. (2011) Modeling of fire spread in buildings and modeling of fire spread from the fire building to adjacent buildings

Lindsay Osborne

M.A.Sc. (2011) The effects of floor area and opening area on the development of fires in residential dwellings

Susana D. Chui

M.Eng. (Project) (2010) Comparison of Experiments conducted in an aircraft hangar with CFD fire model and calculations from first principles

Kyriaco Kyriakides

Ph.D. (2010) Structural performance of historical monuments after fire attack

Xin Mou

M.A.Sc. (2010) Quantitative fire risk analysis case study using CUrisk

Lei Peng

Ph.D. (2010) Performance of heavy timber connections in fire

Kasey Plante

M.Eng. (Project) (2010)

Steven Thomas Craft

Ph.D. (2009) CUWoodFrame – a heat and mass transfer model for light-frame wood floors exposed to fire

Zhengrong Chen

M.A.Sc. (2009) Design fires for motels and hotels

Ning Wang

M.A.Sc. (2009) Prediction of heat transfer and probability of insulation failure in wood-framed walls

Richard Michels

M.A.Sc. (2009) Development and calibration of a heat release rate measurement system for an experimental atrium

William Kuffner

M.A.Sc. (2009) Method of determining smoke detector spacing in high ceiling applications

Roy Strickland

M.Eng. (Project) (2008) Fire Safety Evaluation of Special Care Facilities

Yan Wang

M.A.Sc. (2008) A Study of Smoke Movement in Multi-Storey Buildings Using Experiments and Computer Modelling

Jian Zhou

M.A.Sc. (2007) Evaluation of Atrium Smoke Exhaust Make-up Air Velocity

Ehab Zalok

Ph.D. (2006) Design Fires for Commercial Premises

Yoon Jeoung Ko

M.A.Sc. (2006) CFD Study of Balcony Spill Plumes: Focused on the Balcony Area

Khalid Alnasser

M.A.Sc. (2006) Mathematical Investigation of Heat Transfer in Industrial Crude Oil Tank during a Fire

Eman Elsayed Elewini

M.A.Sc. (2006) Performance of Gypsum Board Exposed to Fire

Musaad Al-Duailej

M.Eng. (2005) Analysis of Six Fire Experiments Conducted at Kemano Village (BC) by Forintek Canada Corp. in 2001

Chandra S. Juneja

M.A.Sc. (2005) Analysis of Ontario Fires and Reliability of Active Fire Protection Systems

Dominic C. Esposito

M.A.Sc. (2004) Economic Impact of Fires in Buildings

Derek F.H. Gruchy

M.A.Sc. (2004) Modelling Occupant Evacuation during Fire Emergencies in Buildings