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Dr Yaping He
BiographyBiography
Dr He obtained his first engineering degree from the University of Science and Technology in Beijing, and his PhD from the University of Queensland. He served in a number of institutions and industry before he joined University of Western Sydney in 2004 and is currently heading the School's postgraduate programs including Fire Safety Engineering, Building Surveying and Design for Bushfire Prone Areas. Dr He has vast experience in fire safety engineering research, education as well as consulting. He was a group leader in the Australian Fire Code Reform Centre project, responsible for model development and validation. He participated in the development of the Australian Fire Safety Engineering Guidelines (2nd Ed) and the International Fire Engineering Guidelines.
Dr He is a member of Editorial Board of two international journals, a committee member of the International Association of Fire Safety Science, and the Vice President of Asia-Oceania Association of Fire Science and Technology.
Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
Dr He's areas of research interest include building elements and building occupants' response to fires, fire dynamics, fire safety engineering design, risk assessment methodology and stochastic modelling.
Dr He’s teaching method emphasises on problem based learning. The units he is responsible of delivering include
300710 Fire Engineering 2
300597 Master Project 1
300598 Master Project 2
200328 Built Environment Research Project
Grants/Current Projects
2002: Roads and Traffic Authority, He, Y., Verghese, Bennets, I., “Cable Bridge Protection” ($50,000)
2005: Roads and Traffic Authority, “Ignition of landscaping materials” ($6,000)
2009: ABCB Research Scholarship, Freeman, M., and He, Y., “The Value of Fire Hose Reels in Residential Buildings”, ($4,500).
2009: ARC LIEF, Kannangara, K., Milev, A., Bartlett, J., Williams, P., Dennis, G., Tran, N., Chen, Y., Price, W., Shalliker, A., Anderson, I., Carney, J., Wilson, M., George, S., He, Y., Moran, G., Scott, J., Kennedy, E., McNevin, D., Porter, G., “Hybrid Fourier Transform-Dispersive Raman Micro-Spectrometer”, ($415,000).
Publications
He, Y., Grubits, S., 2010, “A Risk-Based Equivalence Approach to Fire Resistance Design for Buildings”, Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 20(1), pp.5-26.
Zhou, D., Wang J., He, Y., 2010, “Numerical simulation study of smoke exhaust efficiency in an atrium”, Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 20(2), pp117-142.
Li, Z., He, Y., Zhang, H. and Wang, J., 2009, "Combustion Characteristics of n-Heptane and Wood Crib Fires at Different Altitudes", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 32, pp 2481–2488,
doi:10.1016/j.proci.2008.06.033.
Wakefield, T., He, Y. and Dowling, V., 2009, “An Experimental Study of Solid Timber External Wall Performance under Simulated Bushfire Attack”, Building and Environment, Vol. 44, pp. 2150-2157 doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.03.005.
He, Y. Horason, M. Taylor, P.; Ramsay, C., 2003, “Stochastic Modelling for Risk Assessment”, Fire Safety Science – Proceedings of the Seventh (7th) International Symposium, International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). June 16-21, 2003, Worcester, MA, USA. Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Evans, D. D., Editor, pp.333-344
He, Y., 1999, “Measurement of Doorway Flow Field in Multi-Enclosure Building Fires”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 42(17), pp.3253-3265. (5 citations)
He, Y., Fernando, A. and Luo, M., 1998, “Determination of Interface Height from Measured Parameter Profile in Enclosure Fire Experiment”, Fire Safety Journal, 31(1), July, pp.19-38.
He, Y., 1998, “Temperature Measurement and Thermodynamic Concepts in Fire Science”, Journal of Fire Sciences, 16(1), pp.7-11.
Luo, M., He, Y. and Beck, V., 1997, “Application of Field Model and Two-Zone Model to Flashover Fires in a Full-Scale Multi-Room Single Level Building”, Fire Safety Journal, 29(1), pp1-25.
He, Y., and V. Beck, 1997, “Smoke Spread Experiment in a Multi-Storey Building and Computer Modelling,” Fire Safety Journal, 28(2), pp.139-164.
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