Prof. Usmani (left) is explaining the dynamics of a fire demonstration
Prof. Asif Sohail Usmani, Head of the Department of Building Services Engineering (BSE) and Division Coordinator of RISUD, has recently been granted funding of HK$33.333 million from the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme for his project entitled “SureFire: Smart Urban Resilience and Firefighting” . The key scientific challenges of smart firefighting and emergency response will be addressed to possibly make SureFire-based critical event forecasting and urban infrastructure more resilient to the fire hazards.The project is expected to last for 5 years from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2024. The project team includes Prof. Heng Li of the Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE), Dr Qixin Wang of the Department of Computing, Dr Fu Xiao and Dr Xinyan Huang of BSE, Prof. John Shi of the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI), Prof. George Huang of the University of Hong Kong, Prof. Xinzheng Lu of Tsinghua University, Prof. Jose Torero of the University College London, and Dr Stephen Welch of the University of Edinburgh.
Reference Source: Faculty of Construction and Environment, e-Bulletin Issue 105