Opportunities for graduate students at the M.Sc. and Ph.D. level are available in the fire research group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Experimental and numerical research is ongoing to improve the knowledge of heat and mass transfer in materials during exposures to fire. Specific areas of interest in this program include:
- evaluating the performance and durability of protective clothing,
- correlating small and full-scale fire test results of materials & products, and
- developing models of heat transfer in fire and in human skin.
Experimental fire science facilities in the department include a cone calorimeter and a protective fabric tester. The department also has well equipped material science, thermal analysis, heat transfer, and experimental and computational fluid dynamics laboratories.
More information on fire research at the University of Saskatchewan, including past publications and completed graduate theses in this research area, can be found on Prof. Torvi's research page. Information on the Department of Mechanical Engineering and its graduate program can be found on the department's website. Additional information for prospective students can also be found on the College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies' site.
Students who are interested in a graduate program within the Department of Mechanical Engineering should submit a pre-qualification form before submitting a formal application to the program. The information in this form will be circulated to faculty within the prospective student's areas of research interest.