Daily Program

Research

Day1: Symposium

Day 2: Workshops

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

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