Location:
Fire Protection Engineering Department
Seminar Speaker
All are Welcome
Monday, February 11, 2019
12:15-1:15 pm
FPE, 50 Prescott Street, Gateway Park II, Room 50P1226
*Light Lunch will be provided at 11:45am - RSVP to dpoirier@wpi.edu if you are able to attend*
Data Driven Building Inspection Systems
Kat Thomson, PhD
New York City Fire Department Assistant Commissioner for Planning and Management
Kat Thomson, PhD, New York City Fire Department Assistant Commissioner for Planning and Management will be presenting on Monday, February 11th. She and her team will be visiting WPI’s Fire Protection Engineering Department to discuss FDNY’s data-driven building inspection system. This system, which is still under development, addresses issues related to the buildings themselves and how certain types of architecture react to fire in NYC.