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Index

Day1: Symposium
Day 2: Workshops

Overview

Daily Program

Day1: Symposium

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.              Opening speech                                                                                Dr. Yousef Al Assaf / Dean, AUS College of Engineering

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.              Presentation by the Society of Engineers                                            Mr. Maged Farouck Hanna

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.              Introduction to fire safety design                                                       Dr. Venkatesh Kodur

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.              Coffee break

12:00 p.m. - 01:00 p.m.              Performance-based design - case studies from the UAE and internationally                             Dr. Susan Lamont

01:00 p.m. - 01:15 p.m.              Presentation by AON            TBC

01:15 p.m. - 02:00 p.m.              Optimizing of passive fire protection and structural fire analysis for beams with web openings                       Mr. Peter Scott

02:00 p.m. - 03:00 p.m.              Lunch break

03:00 p.m. - 03:30 p.m.              Modeling fire performance of FRP-strengthened structural members                                    Dr.Rami Hawileh

03:30 p.m. - 04:45 p.m.              Engineering lessons learned from 9/11 World Trade Center Towers                                        Dr.Venkatesh Kodur

 

 

Day 2: Workshops

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

09:00 a.m. - 09:30 a.m.              Registeration

09:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.              Developing fire scenarios in buildings                                                 Dr. Venkatesh Kodur

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 p.m.              Coffee break

11:15 a.m. - 01:00 p.m.              Evaluating fire resistance of steel structures                                           Dr. Venkatesh Kodur

01:00 p.m. - 02:00 p.m.              Lunch break

02:00 p.m. - 03:15 p.m.              Evaluating fire resistance of concrete structures                                  Dr. Venkatesh Kodur

03:15 p.m. - 03:30 p.m.              Coffee break

03:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m.              Thermal analysis using ANSYS - Participants will also practice a simple tutorial                                        Dr. Rami Hawileh

05:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m.              Q&A - Closing session

 

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