Fire Safety Engineering

This module introduces fundamental principles underlying fires in buildings, such as mechanisms controlling fire/smoke, and fire development in enclosures and buildings. You'll develop engineering skills in designing buildings for fire safety and fire analysis. The module aims to improve critical thinking, problem-solving, and research skills.

Our module concentrates on the strategic use of fire engineering that leads to the design and implementation of non-prescriptive solutions to the fire safety modules in buildings. You will be introduced to contemporary research findings that will influence future practice.

You'll gain fundamental knowledge and skills in numerical studies and fluid flows, including multiphase and reacting flows and combustion. You'll develop a deep understanding of the numerical programming skills and computational techniques that will will enable you to solve complex engineering and scientific problems in fluid dynamics.

You’ll gain and demonstrate engineering design skills in teams and individually. You will develop key critical thinking and problem-solving skills at a postgraduate level. The module combines design, ICT and technology, in a practical context.

This module will introduce you to the basic aspects of conducting research. This will be reinforced by practical exercises. It will also prepare you for the Dissertation module.

This module aims to provide you with the opportunity to develop independent research and present a coherent, critical account of the work and how it relates to that of others. You will be required to carry out an in-depth study involving theoretical, computational, experimental, or investigative analysis whilst also enhancing your employability skills.

This module aims to enable you to understand the key elements of strategic management for fire and emergency services and the concepts and methods for dealing with major incidents and disasters. You will develop your competence in leadership and management in fire and emergency services, including incident and disaster management.

This module aims to provide you with knowledge of active and passive fire protection techniques and to develop the ability to apply them in the context of modern buildings and construction projects. Exposure to strategies that have been accepted and rejected and the history of fire safety engineering will help you develop the ability to assess and propose design solutions.

You'll develop an awareness and understanding of accidents and catastrophe phenomena. The module assesses their impact on society, and disaster, and emergency planning. You'll develop analytical and investigative skills applied to accidents and catastrophes.

You'll study health, welfare and safety legislation relevant to construction, engineering and associated industries. The module will develop upon a sound understanding of health and safety with particular emphasis on human factors and improvement processes.

In this module you will assessing the risks in construction engineering and management processes, building services systems and installations, fire safety, security and insurance.

The aim of this module is to develop your understanding of energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable energy, low carbon technologies, carbon management and other related issues. You'll also build on your employability skills.