A brief introduction to State Key Laboratory of Fire Science

摘要

State Key Laboratory of Fire Science is a national laboratory constructed in the University of Science and Technology of China during 1990—1995 using the loan from the World Bank and the accessory funds attributed by the Chinese government. The maingoals of the Laboratory are to study the applied fundamentals of unwanted fires; to train technical personnel for fire research, fire prevention and protection; to coordinate with various institutes and departments of fire prevention and to promote international academic exchange and cooperation. There are 17 researchers, 7 technicians and 3 managers in the Laboratory. Among the staff, 11 people are superior, 9 people are medial and 4 people are primary personnel. Many staff members having doctor or master degree have been engaged in the studies on combustion, thermophysics measurements, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, construction, electronics, chemistry for a long time. They are divided into several groups according to their major research directions, including building fire group, forest fire group, oil fire group, computer modeling group, fire chemistry group, fire measurement group and so on.