At its 2011 Annual Meeting and Professional Development Conference, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) will award the 2011 Arthur B. Guise Medal to Dr. Charles Fleischmann. Dr. Fleischmann is with the University of Canterbury Department of Civil Engineering in Christchurch, New Zealand.
“The award was presented to Fleischmann for advancing the science of fire protection engineering with his broad breadth of research in fire dynamics, fire fighting, furniture flammability, numerical fire modeling and performance based codes,” said SFPE Engineering Program Manager Chris Jelenewicz. “His career as a fire protection engineer, researcher, and teacher has spanned the globe, giving his impact to the fire protection community an international scope."
Fleischmann has more than 80 publications including chapters in two text books on the fire testing of furnishings. He was the lead author on the chapter, “Analytical Methods for Determining the Fire Resistance of Concrete Members” in the SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering and he was key contributor to the development of the SFPE Engineering Guide to Piloted Ignition of Solid Materials under Radiant Exposure.
Research results from his work have been used in the development of the NIST Fire Dynamic Simulator. In 2010, he received the University of Canterbury Teaching Award. The Teaching Award is recognition of an outstanding and sustained contribution to the teaching of fire engineering and a demonstrated commitment to enhancing the learning environment.
To find out more about the SFPE 2011 Annual Meeting go to http://www.sfpe.org/SharpenYourExpertise/Education/2011SFPEAnnualMeeting.aspx.
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