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There are still 2 more days left to submit YOUR abstract for this Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)European Conference & Expo Fire Safety Engineering 2025. The whole committee and organisers are looking forward to your submission! #SFPE #SFPEEurope #SFPEUK #FireSafetyConference #FireEngineering #PerformanceBasedDesign #FireScience #FireResearch #FireTesting #Sustainability #AI #FireSafetyInnovation

This is a good opportunity to learn about some interesting research on building energy efficiency and electrification.

CUTR Researcher, Tia Boyd, participated in the ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development held in Atlanta, GA, from June 15, 2024, to June 18, 2024. Tia presented three posters at this conference: 1. The Access Management Curriculum for University Planning & Engineering Programs based on a project with the National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR), 2. Noteworthy Practices for Cross-Agency Traffic Safety Coordination based on a project with Hillsborough County, and 3. Understanding How We Can Make Commercial Driveways Safer: Exploratory Analysis Through Case Studies based on a project with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Conference proceedings are available through ASCE: https://lnkd.in/eUCqQKVP

Are you researching risk and reliability in hydraulic structures? Consider presenting your work at our mini-symposium (#69) during the “International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR '25),” to be held from June 1–6, 2025, at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. Abstract submission due: December 31, 2024 Optional conference papers due: April 15, 2025

Dear colleagues, dear friends,   I'm pleased to share with you the publication of the proceedings of the first international symposium on the SRI (Smart Readiness Indicator), which will be mandatory in the new EPB from 2027. This indicator will not only measure the level of intelligence of your building (smart buildings), but will also link this intelligence to the ability to guarantee the results obtained within the framework of the PEB calculation. Renewed performance like an identity card... The Karlsruhe symposium was an opportunity to take stock of this brand-new subject. For my part, I presented and published my first analyses of the links between energy entropy and data entropy through measurement in buildings: Less is more! Or, how to make the best use of data upstream of the project to reduce the entropy of use of buildings in operation. The conference proceedings are published and available for download. Happy reading! https://lnkd.in/eAq2bcbU

Mirror, mirror on the wall - Which is the most combustible of them all? Read the newest Burning Matters newsletter to see how you can become the Golden pinecone recipient in the yearly Christmas tree burn arranged by Isaac Leventon from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in collaboration with the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at UMD: https://lnkd.in/g75M3Tfr What: The University of Maryland 2024 Christmas Tree Fire Size Prediction Competition When: Submit predictions by Thursday, December 19, 2024, at 12:00 PM (EST) Why: The competition promotes fire safety awareness and enhances understanding of fire behavior through a fun and engaging scientific challenge. How: The submission (and generation of) predicted HRR curves is made possible by visiting: https://lnkd.in/gK2rdiS.

There are a lot of hidden histories in education that we still need to uncover and, to borrow loosely from Paulo Freire, you are the best expert in your own history within education, so what missing stories do you think need to be told? Why not tell them yourself? Help the Organization of Educational Historians tell the missing stories - attend the “From Prosposal to Publication” session and learn more how your work can help restore history within the history of education that we have missed. #History #Education

We would be glad to receive as many papers as possible for issue 15 - How can the resilience of aging bridges be improved in the context of climate change?

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐲𝐞𝐰𝐮𝐦𝐢 presented a poster titled “𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐭-𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒𝐀” at the Southern Colorado Transportation Conference on October 24th (SCTC-2024). Understanding the root causes of railway crashes is important for safety enhancement, policy development, and resource allocation. This project analyses accidents based on four categories to assess the trends and factors that are contributing to railway crashes. Co-authors: Dr. Elena Sidorova; Dr. Md Rashad Islam, PhD, PE; Dr. Saqib Gulzar. Acknowledgments: Colorado State University Pueblo, Federal Railroad Administration.

I've invited you to fill out a form: https://lnkd.in/gJhYz8ja 2024 PAFPM Conference - Call for Abstracts This year the Conference is on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 8:00am through Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 5:00 PM. We will meet at the Hyatt Place in State College, PA. (219 West Beaver Avenue). SUBMISSIONS DUE BY AUGUST 2ND Collaboration amongst partners is key to effective floodplain management. To share lessons learned and best practices on this topic, the 2024 conference theme is “Working to Improve Partnerships, Policies, and Programs". The Call for Abstracts seeks a broad range of submissions for 30-minute sessions, 1-2 hour interactive workshops, poster submissions, or field-trip suggestions/offers that address collaboration amongst partners for successful floodplain management. Submissions should showcase lessons learned and best practices on this topic and highlight your collaborative work in making communities more resilient, protecting floodplain and fragile natural resources, developing and sharing technical methods used to mitigate risk, etc.    Please direct session proposal questions to Zoe Linder-Baptie at pafpmflood@gmail.com.   We recognize that many of our conference attendees need to budget in advance for conferences. We have rooms blocked at the hotel for $114/night and registration is $225 for non-members, $150 for members and $60 for students. We are continuing to update our website and your membership information will be available in the coming weeks if you need to check the status. Registration will open later this summer.