Personal Chair of Fire Science Email R.Hadden@ed.ac.uk Telephone +44(0)131 6505944 Location 3.04 Alexander Graham Bell Building Engineering Discipline Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Institutes Infrastructure and Environment Research Publications Biography Rory Hadden holds a Personal Chair in Fire Science. Previously he was the Rushbrook Senior Lecturer in Fire Investigation. Prior to joining the University of Edinburgh he held positions at University of Western Ontario and Imperial College London. His research interests include pyrolysis, ignition, flammability and flame spread with application to the built and natural environments. Rory specialises in experimental work ranging from laboratory scale studies to field scale measurements of fire phenomena with novel sensing methods. Academic Qualifications PhD Engineering - University of Edinburgh - 2011MEng (1st Class) Chemical Engineering - University of Edinburgh - 2007 Teaching CIVE09023 Fire Safety Engineering 3 CIVE10011 Fire Science and Fire Dynamics 4PGEE11243 Fire Science Lab Research Interests Material flammability.Flame spread.Fire emissions.Wildfire ignition, spread, emissions and risk assessment.Fire investigation. Specialities Investigation of fires and wildfires. Further Information I am always interested to talk to anyone with an interest in fire science, fire engineering and how we understand fires and their impacts. Feel free to get in touch.
