Graduate Courses for Engineering, Fire Protection (ENFP)

Schedule of Classes: Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer
(Only current and next semester available)

ENFP 405 Structural Fire Protection (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENES220. For ENFP majors only.
Effects of elevated temperature on structural materials; steel, concrete, wood, gypsum, glass and reinforced plastics. Experimental evaluation of fire resistance of building assemblies. Analytical methods to evaluate fire resistance of structural members.

ENFP 411 Fire Risk Assessment (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENFP250, ENFP255 and permission of department.
Appraisal and measurement of fire safety. Application of systems analysis, probability theory, engineering economy, and risk management in the identification and synthesis of components of fire protection engineering. Methods for the development of criteria for the design, evaluation and assessment of fire safety or component hazards.

ENFP 415 Fire Dynamics (3 credits)
Prerequisites: ENFP300 or ENME331; and ENME320; and ENFP312 or permission of department.
Introduction to premixed and diffusion flames; ignition, flame spread and rate of burning; fire plumes; flame radiation.

ENFP 416 Problem Synthesis and Design (3 credits)
Senior standing.
Techniques and procedures of problem orientation and solution design utilizing logical and numerical procedures. Student development of research projects in selected areas.

ENFP 425 Fire Modeling (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Senior standing. For ENFP majors only.
An introduction to the elements of enclosure fires through the development of fire modeling algorithms and the application of computer-based fire modeling techniques. Numerical techniques, including curve-fitting, root-finding, integration and the solution of ordinary differential equations, are developed in the context of enclosure fire modeling applications. Math software packages, including primarily spreadsheet programs, are used to address and solve a variety of enclosure fire problems.

ENFP 429 Independent Studies (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. For ENFP majors only. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
For students who have definite plans for individual study of approved problems, or study of an advanced topic selected in conjunction with the faculty.

ENFP 431 Building Safety and the Law (3 credits)
Junior standing.
Responding to natural and manufactured building hazards requires a complex legal environment, including regulation and liability. Key topics include the use of model codes, administrative regulation, retrospective codes, federal preemption, arson, performance based codes, risk based regulation, engineering malpractice, product liability and disaster investigation.

ENFP 435 Product Liability and Regulation (3 credits)
Junior standing.
Key topics include, biotechnology, safety regulation, federal preemption, product liability, professional negligence, antitrust, privacy and information technology, risk modeling, environmental protection, patent, copyright, trade secrets, reverse engineering, scientific and technological evidence, international trade, engineering ethics. Examples include plane crashes, computer chip protection, human machine interfaces, nuclear power plants, internet censorship, flood control, earthquakes and biomedical technology.

ENFP 489 Special Topics (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits.
Selected topics of current importance to fire protection.

ENFP 610 Reliability and Risk Analysis in Fire Protection Engineering (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENFP 411.
Reliability engineering analysis techniques in fire protection engineering problems. Computer models, probability distribution theory and Monte Carlo methods.

ENFP 611 Fire Induced Flows (3 credits)
Recommended: ENFP 415.
Theoretical basis is presented for fire induced bouyancy driven flows. Plumes, ceiling jets, vent flows, compartment flows. Dimensional analysis for correlations and scale model applications. Smoke movement and combustion products.

ENFP 612 Toxicity Evaluation and Analysis (3 credits)
Physical, analytical procedures for the measurement of the toxic components in thermally produced smoke and gases. Human tenability characteristics, physiological effects of exposure components, dosages. Predictive models of material production rates, degradation variables. Effects of the different measuring instrument variables. Combustion gas analysis techniques.

ENFP 613 Human Response to Fire (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Fractional effective dose (FED) methods for predicting time to incapacitation and death of fires for use in fire safety engineering calculations. Physiology and toxicology of fire effluent components, decomposition chemistry of common materials, standard experimental approaches. Predictive models of material production rates. People movement characteristics related to building evacuation. Formulation and application of evacuation models. Human behavior factors affecting response of people to fire situations.

ENFP 619 Graduate Seminar (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. For ENFP majors only. Repeatable to 3 credits.

ENFP 620 Fire Dynamics Laboratory (3 credits)
One hour of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Recommended: ENFP 415.
Laboratory experiments are designed to illustrate fire phenomena and test theoretical models. Diffusion flames, ignition and flame spread on solids, liquid pool fires, wood crib fires, fire plumes, compartment fires.

ENFP 621 Analytical Procedures of Structural Fire Protection (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENFP 312 and ENFP 405.
Analysis procedures for structural components of wood, steel, concrete, composites. Structural capabilities, modifications under fire induced exposures. Calculations, computer models for predicting fire resistance ratings of structural components.

ENFP 622 Advanced Fire Protection Risk Assessment (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Definition, evaluation of the fire risk to a process, facility or area. Prevention, intervention, control, suppression strategies. Resource allocation, queing theory, decision priority, cost analysis.

ENFP 625 Advanced Fire Modeling (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Validity, utility, reliability of current computer models. Applications of models in risk assessment, underwriting, loss prediction, hazard analysis. Development and validation of specific application models.

ENFP 627 Smoke Detection and Management (3 credits)
Prerequisite: ENFP300.
Analysis of hazard smoke. Response analysis of smoke detectors based on characteristics of detectors and properties of smoke. Performance characteristics and limitations of smoke management systems. Capabilities and limitations of analytical design aids.

ENFP 629 Selected Topics (3-6 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. For ENFP majors only. Repeatable to 6 credits.
Current research, studies in fire protection engineering. Future trends and significant changes in research, professional areas. The professional standards process.

ENFP 630 Diffusion Flames and Burning Rate Theory (3 credits)
Basic principles of diffusion flames for gaseous, liquid, and solid fuels. Droplet burning, B number, jet combustion, boundary layer combustion, generalized methods.

ENFP 649 Special Problems (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of both department and instructor. For ENFP majors only. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Advanced topics selected by the faculty from the current literature to suit the special needs and background of students, or for individual students who have definite plans of individual study.

ENFP 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Recommended: completion of ENFP graduate requirements. Repeatable to 6 credits.
Development and completion of Master's Thesis.