Felix Wiesner, University of British Columbia

Research

fire safety fire engineering engineered timber fire protection structural fire safety multi-hazard resilience wood

Latest funding

Developing assessments for fire resilience in modern timber construction
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Developing assessments for fire resilience in modern timber construction
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$43,000
Next-generation wood construction
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$2,559,240

Developing assessments for fire resilience in modern timber construction

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Wiesner, Felix

Keywords: fire safety; fire engineering; engineered timber; fire protection; structural fire safety; multi-hazard; resilience; wood; post-fire assessment

$12,500

Developing assessments for fire resilience in modern timber construction

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wiesner, Felix

Keywords: fire safety; fire engineering; engineered timber; fire protection; structural fire safety; multi-hazard; resilience; wood; post-fire assessment

$43,000

Next-generation wood construction

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Chui, Ying-Hei YH

Keywords: fire safety of buildings; life cycle assessment; mass timber; net-zero energy design; off-site construction; performance-based design; resilient structures; sustainable building; timber buildings

$2,559,240

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: fire safety Dear Professor Wiesner, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on fire safety connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Developing assessments for fire resilience in modern timber construction" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]