Research projects
Nanotechnology and bio-inspired flame retardants
Novel strategies to combine nano-particles with existing flame retardants through nano-filler technology.
Multi-scale computational models for fire propagation
Multi-scale computational models that capture the flammability properties, thermal degradation, and combustion characteristics of advanced lightweight materials and structures.
Innovative fire suppression and fire control approaches
Develop innovative fire suppression systems as well as practical fire control strategies.
Human behavioural models for crowd movement
Investigate how the evacuation of people in the event of building fire is affected by the human behavioural response to a fire situation subject to the burning of lightweight materials.
Fire Testing and Standards
Establish new fire tests and standards to ensure that more robust fire safety provisions are provided for advanced materials and applications.
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about us
This Training Centre, which strongly aligns with the Advanced Manufacturing priority, brings together an outstanding team of 39 Chief and Partner Investigators from 27 organisations from Australia, Hong Kong, China, UK and USA to provide high quality training of 19 industry-focused fire researchers. Through joint ARC Discovery, Linkage, and other industry-supported projects, the five Australian universities of this Training Centre (UNSW, RMIT, WSU, USQ and Uni Adelaide) have established strong collaborative research track records in flame retardant materials, performance of structures under fire, and modelling of the propagation process of fire.