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ME 567Fire Safety Engineering

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Mechanical Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

The art and science of fire safety engineering. Fundamentals of fire behaviour, fuels and flammability, heat transfer and fluid dynamics of fires and fire modelling. Practical issues and applications of fire safety, fire control and hazard assessment in the design of buildings, industrial environments, and transportation systems.

Prerequisites

  • Complete 1 of the following
    • Complete all of the following
      • Must have completed the following:
        • AE279 - Energy and the Environment (0.50)
        • AE280 - Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences (0.50)
      • Students must be in level 3B or higher
      • Enrolled in H-Architectural Engineering
    • Complete all of the following
      • Must have completed the following:
        • ME351 - Fluid Mechanics 1 (0.50)
        • ME353 - Heat Transfer 1 (0.50)
      • Students must be in level 4A or higher
      • Enrolled in H-Mechanical Engineering

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00148800 / 70TTh 08:30–09:50
LEC 701199343 / 9999Online or by arrangement

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  • Very engaging course, Professor Gupta was fantastic. A great introduction to fire safety engineering

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Winter 2023

Winter 2018

need some advise on 4th year mech courses 6 points, 10 comments

u/shaysura: “… in Buildings ME 456 - Heat Transfer 2 ME 459 - Energy Conversion ME 557 - Combustion ME 567 - Fire Safety Engineering ME 571 - Air Pollution   I'm not interested in any particular specialization and am really only looking to take a few interesting courses. …”

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