Fire protection engineering students and researchers at the University of Maryland will soon be able to conduct fire experiments in a new, one-of-a-kind laboratory.
FM Global donated $135,000 to establish the lab in the A. James Clark School's Department of Fire Protection Engineering.
Work conducted by students and faculty in the new lab will help advance the field of fire science and engineering to help reduce risk and improve fire prevention, the leading cause of commercial and industrial property destruction worldwide. The new lab is expected to open in April 2008.
FM Global's gift also will create a new FM Global Welcome Center that will serve as the department's main entrance and reception area. It will feature an interactive wall to give fire protection engineering greater prominence as a profession and field of study. It also will help recruit prospective students, according to the university.
Fire protection engineering is a highly specialized field, and the Clark School is the only accredited undergraduate fire protection engineering program in the country. The reception area is expected to be completed by September 2007.
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