Department of Fire Science and Technology
Introduction
The objective of the Department of Fire Science and Technology is to foster advanced and specialized professionals who can adopt effective measures for controlling fire disaster risks by using the results of cutting-edge research related to fire safety performance evaluations and the establishment of design systems based on such evaluations, with the goal of controlling fire disaster risks in urban spaces.
List of Research Areas and Faculty Members
| Course | Faculty in Charge | Research Institute Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate School of Global Fire Science and Technology | Professor | Shin-ichi Sugahara | Fire Protection Engineering, Theory of Safety and Security |
| Professor | Hideo Naoi | Actual State of Accidents and Disasters, Accident Prevention Engineering, Human Engineering | |
| Professor | Ai Sekizawa | Fire Risk Analysis, Evacuation Behavior, Urban Disaster Prevention, Firefighting and Disaster Prevention | |
| Professor | Makoto Tsujimoto | Smoke Movement, Reliability Engineering, Laws and Regulations | |
| Associate Professor | Yoshifumi Ohmiya | Building Disaster Prevention Planning, Evacuation Behavior, Smoke Control, Fire Spreading Mechanisms | |
| Associate Professor | Ken Matsuyama | Fire/Combustion Engineering, Thermic Fluid, Fire Extinction Theory, Measurement Engineering | |
| Junior Associate Professor | Masayuki Mizuno | Evacuation Safety, Evacuation Simulation | |