Overview: 

• Make fire forensics more quantitative and objective

• Explore the special fire-safety and fire-forensic challenges of tall mass-timber buildings

• Smart firefighting

• Mitigate the impacts of fire hazards on civil infrastructure systems

• Promote the development of probabilistic structural fire engineering

• Reduce the damage to built environments caused by fire-related multiple hazards

Active projects: 

• Investigating the Impacts of Architectural Finishes on Fire Patterns (2023~2024; PI: Shuna Ni; co-PI: Stanislav I. Stoliarov)

• Understanding the Impact of Wind on Fire Dynamics in Mass-Timber Compartment (2023~2026; PI: Shuna Ni)

Completed projects: 

• Economic Impact of Fire: Cost and Impact of Fire Protection in Buildings, Fire Protection Research Foundation 

• Impact of vehicle fires on polymer concrete overlays, University Transportation Centers, Mountain-Plains Consortium