Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Vinny Gupta

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor in Fire Safety Engineering at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ. Research focus includes understanding and quantifying fire behaviour of complex systems such as Li-ion batteries, timber compartment fire dynamics, flame spread over solids, gaseous and water mist fire suppression, and the burning of materials.

Elizabeth Weckman

Professor, PEng

Elizabeth Weckman is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, as well as a member of the Fire Research Group at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ. She is also a Professional Engineer of Ontario. Her current research revolves around improving our understanding of wildfire emissions and developing community-based risk assessment methods, as well as fire performance of mass timber systems and compartment fire behaviour. 

Course Instructors

Peter Senez

Peter Senez

Adjunct Professor, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ

Professor Senez teaches the Advanced Fire Investigation course. 

Staff