Principles of Fire Protection Engineering
MAE-40037
Fire protection engineering focuses on ensuring fire and life safety goals are achieved within the buildings we live, work, and visit.
This course will provide students with the fundamental knowledge of fire protection engineering. By the end of this course, students will have gained an understanding of how fire develops and spreads within a building, identify fire safety methods to protect buildings and people from fire and its affects, and understand the intent and basis for modern building and fire codes and standards.
Course Highlights:
- History and Basis for Fire Prevention
- Fire Science Basics and Fundamentals
- Codes and Standards Introduction
- Fire Risk and Analysis Introduction
- Understanding People in Fire
- Fire Protection Systems Introduction
- Fire Protection Management
- Fundamentals of Performance-Based Design
- Fire Protection Engineering Licensing
Course Benefits:
- Identify development of fire protection and prevention field over time.
- Recognize fire hazards and risks.
- Predict fire behavior in a building and people in a fire event.
- Implement fire safety and protection measures to buildings that mitigate the risk of fire hazards.
Course Typically Offered: Online during Fall and Spring quarters
Prerequisites: Knowledge of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, physical/engineering sciences, mathematics (calculus through differential equations).
Next steps: Upon completion of this course, consider taking other courses in the Fire Protection Engineering Certificate
More information: Contact unexengr@ucsd.edu to learn more about Fire Protection Engineering course offerings.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
Textbooks:
Fire Protection Handbook (2 Volume Set) 20th
by Arthur E. Cote
ISBN / ASIN: 9780877657583
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
Policies:
- No refunds after: 9/30/2024
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Instructor:
Derek Duval
Derek Duval is a registered professional engineer (PE) in Fire Protection Engineering and Code Consulting Expert located in the Southern California Region. He holds a Bachelor in Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master in Science in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Mr. Duval built his experience in Fire Protection Engineering from a diverse background. He has experience in the development of national codes and standards, design and review fire protection systems (including but not limited to; fire alarm systems, fire sprinkler systems, smoke control systems, fire-rated construction systems), installation oversight of fire protection systems, hazard assessment and risk analysis, and special hazard knowledge. Mr. Duval has managed projects in multiple vertical markets with a specialized focus in health care, industrial/manufacturing processes involving hazardous materials (combustible dusts, flammable and combustible liquids), detention and justice, DoD facilities, mixed-use development, higher education, and storage and warehouse facilities.
With extensive working knowledge of the building/fire codes and standards, specifically the California Building Code (CBC) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Mr. Duval has participated in several seminars as a speaker and expert in the matter.
