FSEG Awards and Honours

• In 2019, the FSEG research project concerning evacuation from high-rise construction sites won the SFPE (UK Chapter) Best Research Project for 2019 Award.  The award citation states:

  • “Outstanding, unique and informative research in an area seldom explored. There is great potential to make the construction environment and all those who work in it safer from fire and this research provides data and tools to achieve this objective.”  

• In 2018, an FSEG publication, ‘Numerical Investigation of the Fatal 1985 Manchester Airport B737 Fire’, (see paper 325) which appeared in the Aeronautical Journal 2017, won the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Gold Award for 2017.  

• In 2016, FSEG doctoral student Aoife Hunt, won the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Foundation Awards Student Scholar Award. https://www.facebook.com/notes/fire-safety-engineering-group-fseg/fseg-research-into-the-evacuation-of-people-with-reduced-mobility-wins-internati/1369616569720246  

• In 2015, FSEG doctoral student Rob Brown and Prof Ed Galea won the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Foundation Awards First Annual Dr. Guylène Proulx, OC, Scholarship. http://blog.sfpe.org/2015/05/sfpe-foundation-awards-first-annual-dr-guylene-proulx-oc-scholarship-to-robert-brown/  

• In 2014, FSEG publication, ‘Passenger Response Time Data-Sets for Large Passenger Ferries and Cruise Ships Derived from Sea Trials’, (see paper 296), which appeared in The Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, International Journal of Maritime Engineering 2013, won the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Medal of Distinction for 2013.  

• In 2014 the FSEG project concerned with the development of a novel emergency signage system won The Guardian University Award for Research Impact. (http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2014/feb/18/winner-university-of-greenwich-research-impact).  

• In 2011, FSEG publication, ‘Fire and Evacuation analysis in BWB aircraft configurations: computer simulations and large-scale evacuation experiment’, (see paper 250), which appeared in the Aeronautical Journal 2010, won the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Bronze Award for 2010.   

• In 2008, FSEG publication, ‘Signage Legibility Distances as a Function of Observation Angle”, (see paper 211), which appeared in the Journal of Fire Protection Engineering 2007, won the SFPE Jack Bono Engineering Communication Award.  The Jack Bono Engineering Communication Award is given to the authors of the paper that, during the prior year, has most contributed to the advancement and application of professional fire protection engineering.

• In 2006, FSEG publication, ‘CFD Fire Simulation of the Swissair Flight 111 In-Flight Fire – Part 2: Fire Spread analysis’, (see papers 197 and 188), which appeared in the Aeronautical Journal 2006, won the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Gold Award and George Taylor Prize for 2006.    

• In 2003, the EXODUS group were awarded the 2003/2004 European IST prize by the European Council of Applied Sciences, Technology and Engineering (Euro-CASE) for their development of the EXODUS suite of software.  

• In 2003, FSEG publication, ‘Examining the effect of exit separation on aircraft evacuation performance during 90 second certification trials’ (see paper 138), which appeared in the Aeronautical Journal 2002, won the Hodgson Prize of the Royal Aeronautical Society for best paper. 

• In 2003, the EXODUS group, were awarded the 2002 Queen’s Anniversary Prize, with the citation:

  • “The University is a recognised world leader in the area of evacuation model development.  Use of its software technology by businesses and public authorities greatly enhances public safety and its specialised training offers vital expertise to the user community worldwide.”  

• In 2002, the EXODUS group were awarded the 2001 RINA/LR Safer Ships Award (Royal Institution of Naval Architects/Lloyds Register).  

• In 2002, the EXODUS group were awarded the 2001 CITIS (Communications & IT in Shipping) Award for Innovation in IT for Ship Operation for the maritimeEXODUS software.  

• In 2002, the EXODUS group were awarded the 2001 British Computer Society award for IT 2001 (the Oscars of the IT industry). BSC IT Award presentation:

  • “The winners not only demonstrate technical innovation, but also show how technology can be used to benefit society at large....,”  Judith Scott, Chief Executive of The BCS  

• In addition to winning the IT award, the EXODUS team received the gold medal from the British Computer Society.   

• In 2001 the UK MOD made the following announcement after analysing the results of an independent survey they commissioned on available evacuation models,

  • “....maritimeEXODUS was selected as the escape tool that most closely meets the needs of the MOD for the development of warship escape design guidance and assessment.”  

• In 1999, FSEG publication, ‘The Numerical Simulation of Aircraft Evacuation and its Application to Aircraft Design and Certification’ (see paper 109), which appeared in the Aeronautical Journal in 1998, won the Hodgson Prize of the Royal Aeronautical Society for best paper.  

• Prof Galea was invited to give the 1998 Howard Emmons Lecture at WPI in the USA on 11th November 1998. His lecture was entitled, ‘The Use of Mathematical Modelling in Fire Safety Engineering’.