Postgraduate Email T.Liao-5@sms.ed.ac.uk Location 1.4 John Muir Personal Page Linktree for more information Engineering Discipline Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Institutes Infrastructure and Environment Biography Ting-Hsuan Liao (Capybara) is a PhD candidate specialising in fire safety engineering. He currently serves as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Edinburgh, where he tutors or demonstrates for core courses including Fire Science Laboratory and Models for Fire Safety. His research focuses on fire safety in metro and tunnel systems, with particular emphasis on the impact of ventilation on fire dynamics and on evacuation simulations within complex underground infrastructure.He earned his bachelor's degree in Forestry and Conservation at National Taiwan University. After becoming a volunteer firefighter in 2014, he dedicated his life to fire safety and later earned an MSc in Fire Science from Central Police University. After that, he served as a Fire Officer in the Taipei City and Hualien County Fire Departments, bringing valuable frontline operational experience to his research. After being awarded the Fellowship of Government Sponsorship for Overseas Study from the Ministry of Education in Taiwan in 2020, he decided to take a PhD programme at the University of Edinburgh. He is the Vice-President of the University of Edinburgh SFPE Student Chapter and the PG representative of the Edinburgh Taiwanese Student Society (ETSS). He has published extensively in premier international symposiums, such as ISTSS, IAFSS, and Fired Up. His work spans from lab-scale experimental investigations to complex numerical modelling, all aimed at enhancing the fire resilience of modern metro systems. Teaching Ting-Hsuan is currently tutoring and demonstrating the following courses:(CIVE11047) Fire Science Laboratory 5(CIVE11049) Models for Fire Safety 5(CIVE11055) Models for Fire Safety 5 Research Interests Tunnel firesEffect of ventilation on fire dynamicsEvacuation in metro systems Specialities Experience2025 - Present: Vice-President @ University of Edinburgh SFPE Student Chapter2025 - Present: PG Representative @ Edinburgh Taiwanese Student Society (ETSS)2024 - Present: Teaching Assistant @ University of Edinburgh2022 - 2023: Fire Officer @ Taipei City Fire Department2021 - 2022: Fire Officer @ Hualien County Fire Department2018 - 2022: Research Assistant @ Central Police University2014 - 2019: Volunteer firefighter @ New Taipei CityAwards2024 - Delegate Place for 21st International Symposium on Aerodynamics, Ventilation and Fire in Tunnels (SOHATSU, Japan)2021 - Research Grants (Chung Hua Rotary Educational Foundation, Taiwan)2020 - Fellowship of government sponsorship for overseas study (Ministry of Education, Taiwan)2019 & 2020 - Chen Yuan Scholarship (Central Police University, Taiwan)PublicationTing-Hsuan Liao, ‘Metro fire and egress modelling considering the effect of ventilation on fire behaviour’, presented at the Fired Up 2026, London, UK, Jun. 2026.Ting-Hsuan Liao and Ricky Carvel, ‘Investigating The Impact of Longitudinal Ventilation On Fire Behaviour of Wood Crib Fires In A Lab-scale Tunnel, Including Carbon Monoxide Production [Poster presentation]’, presented at the 15th International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), La Rochelle, France, Jun. 2026.Ting-Hsuan Liao, Finu Rishad CT, Ricky Carvel, and Stephne Welch, ‘Investigating the impact of longitudinal ventilation on burning behaviours of fires in a lab-scale tunnel, including carbon monoxide production [Manuscript submitted for publication]’, Edinburgh Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK, Mar. 2026.Ting-Hsuan Liao and Ricky Carvel, ‘Numerical investigation of the effects of ventilation on the tenability of egress paths in a metro tunnel fire’, in Proceedings from the 11th International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security ISTSS 2025, Iceland, Apr. 2025.Ting-Hsuan Liao, ‘The Research on Performance Investigation and Improvement Strategies for Installed Smoke Detectors and Wet-Pipe Sprinklers’, Master Thesis, Central Police University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11296/h84knj (Chinese)Ting-Hsuan Liao, ‘Smoke Alarms Expiration Problem and Renovation Strategy for Residential Buildings’, Modern Fire Safety Journal, Central Police University, 2021. (Chinese)Ting-Hsuan Liao, ‘Smoke Alarm System Renovation Strategy for Old Residential Buildings’, Modern Fire Safety Journal, Central Police University, 2021. (Chinese)Ting-Hsuan Liao and Shen-Wen Chien, ‘Hybrid (Water and Inert Gas) Fire Extinguishing Systems - A State-Of-The-Art Choice in Special Occupancies’, Journal of Disaster Mitigation and Rescue, vol. 21, pp. 205–220, Dec. 2020. (Chinese)
