Guylène Proulx Memorial Scholarship Fund Campaign

Dr. Guylène Proulx was a Senior Researcher in the Fire Research Program at the National Research Council of Canada. She had a Ph.D. degree in Architectural Planning from the University of Montreal.  During her career Dr. Proulx had developed a unique expertise in human behavior studies in emergency situations including response to alarm bells and evacuation movement.


She was selected by NIST to lead the research on the occupant response and evacuation into the World Trade Center Investigation. She served on the Board of Directors of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and taught fire protection engineering at Carleton University and at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.


The SFPE Education and Scientific Foundation has launched a campaign to fund a scholarship program to honor Dr. Proulx for her contributions to the fire protection engineering profession.


Scholarships will be given to a senior or graduate student for a project that is directly related to the field of human factors in fire protection engineering or related to the integration of human factors into fire protection engineering.  Specific requirement for the applicant will be developed.


When you review your plans to make contributions to further  the fire protection engineering profession, please consider the Guylene Proulx Memorial Scholarship Fund as a way of assisting development of the profession.  Contributions can be made by check or credit card to the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, 7315 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 620E, Bethesda, MD 20814 or call Allan Freedman at 301 915-9723. If you questions, you can contact  via email L. Jeffrey Mattern, Chair-Fundraising Committee, SFPE Educational & Scientific Foundation at ljslm221@hotmail.com.