Fire Protection Engineering GRTP

消防工程GRTP

• 批准号: 9256999
• 负责人: David Lucht
• 金额: $ 44.4万
• 依托单位: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-04-15 至 1999-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9256999&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Fire; Protection; Engineering; GRTP

ABSTRACT Fires cost the American economy on the order of $128 billion per year. In recent decades, the United States has led all industrialized nations in per capita fire losses. Over the past 30 years, great advancements have been made in the scientific understanding of fire behavior and the performance of fire protection systems. Indeed, a fire protection engineering discipline is emerging to deal with this problem of national importance. In the 1970's, Worcester Polytechnic Institute recognized the growing body of knowledge in fire science and the enormous potential it had to offer for the greater social good. In 1979, it implemented the firs-of-its-kind master's degree program in fire protection engineering to help the nation move forward in the development of this discipline and to produce more human resources to apply new technologies to the solution of complex fire problems. It was soon recognized that doctoral professionals were sorely needed to write the textbooks of the future, perform leading edge research, to teach and to work in industrial and government laboratories, worldwide. Accordingly, in 1991 WPI launched the first-of-its-kind doctoral degree program in fire protection engineering...building on its successful track record at the master's level. This Graduate Research Traineeship proposal will establish the first critical mass of Ph.D. fire protection engineering scholars. Five candidates will be selected as a result of an intensive nationwide recruitment campaign focusing on campus engineering society organizations and other specialty groups networked to women, minorities and students with disabilities.

摘要 火灾每年给美国经济造成约 1280 亿美元的损失。 近几十年来，美国在人均火灾损失方面领先所有工业化国家。 过去 30 年来，对火灾行为和消防系统性能的科学认识取得了巨大进步。 事实上，消防工程学科正在兴起来解决这个具有国家重要性的问题。 20 世纪 70 年代，伍斯特理工学院认识到火灾科学知识体系的不断增长及其为更大的社会公益提供的巨大潜力。 1979年，它实施了首个消防工程硕士学位课程，以帮助国家推进该学科的发展，并培养更多的人力资源，以应用新技术解决复杂的火灾问题。 人们很快认识到，迫切需要博士专业人士来编写未来的教科书、进行前沿研究、在世界各地的工业和政府实验室中教学和工作。 因此，WPI 在其硕士水平的成功记录的基础上，于 1991 年推出了首个消防工程博士学位课程。 这项研究生研究实习计划将建立第一个博士学位的临界质量。消防工程学者。 通过全国范围内密集的招聘活动，将选出五名候选人，该活动的重点是校园工程学会组织和其他与妇女、少数族裔和残疾学生建立联系的专业团体。