Overview
Background
Dr David Lange joined the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland in early 2018. Originally from the the UK, he has a Masters and a PhD, both from the University of Edinburgh. Following completion of his studies, he spent a number of years working in the UK developing fire safety strategies for a range of premises including laboratory and commercial facilities, and residential buildings; as well as conducting fire risk assessments and risk engineering projects in a range of industrail areas including HPR facilities. He then spent 6 years working as a senior research scientist for SP / RISE in Sweden, conducting research in a range of different areas such as fire resistance, facade fire safety, crisis management and infrastructure resilience. His work at the University of Queensland covers a broad range of areas related to fire safety.
David is a Registered Professional Engineering in Queensland (RPEQ), a registered engineer in New South Wales, as well as a Chartered Engineer (CPEng) at the member grade of Fellow with Engineers Australia (FIEAust). He is on the National Engineers Register (NER) in Australia and is an APEC Engineer and an International Professional Engineering registered in Australia (IntPE). He is also a member of the SFPE.
His current research projects are in the areas of:
- Fire safety of timber buildings
- Design of buildings for vertical fire spread
- Lithium Ion Battery fire safety
- Structural fire engineering
- Fire engineering design
- Application and development of risk analysis techniques in fire safety engineering
Availability
- Associate Professor David Lange is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework), University of Edinburgh
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
Research interests
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Structural Fire Engineering
The behavior and performance of traditional and novel construction materials, structures, elements and systems exposed to high temperature as a result of fires in buildings.
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Probabilistic, risk and performance based design
This includes both the development and application of probabilistic methods and performance based design methodologies to the design of structures for fire; as well as the definition of performance goals for these methodologies.
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Infrastructure resilience
The application of resilience concepts to modern infrastructure and the communities which infrastructure assets and systems support
Works
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2008
Conference Publication
Collapse of tall buildings in multi-storey fires
Lange D. and Usmani A. (2008). Collapse of tall buildings in multi-storey fires. doi: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.9-1291
2007
Conference Publication
A risk based framework for performance based fire safety design of steel and composite structures
Lange D., Usmani A. and Torero J. (2007). A risk based framework for performance based fire safety design of steel and composite structures.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor David Lange is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Fire performance of low carbon reinforced concrete with non-metallic reinforcement
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Studying the impact of technological change on the resilience of buildings
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Matthew Mason, Dr Juan Hidalgo Medina
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Doctor Philosophy
Mass Timber Behaviour in Fire
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Felix Wiesner, Dr David Morrisset
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Doctor Philosophy
Complexity in Fire Safety Engineering
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Seligmann
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Doctor Philosophy
Examining the resilience of communities to fire
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Resilience in structural fire engineering
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Matthew Mason, Dr Anwar Orabi
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Master Philosophy
Experimental and numerical techniques for the investigation of the fire response of tunnel linings
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Coupled effects of stress and temperature changes on concrete structures
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Vinh Dao
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Doctor Philosophy
Resilience of Underground Infrastructure Use of Digital Engineering
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cristyn Meath, Dr Jurij Karlovsek
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Doctor Philosophy
Multi-functional unit-based life-cycle assessment of sustainable concrete containing recycled waste materials
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Rebecca Gravina
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Doctor Philosophy
Mitigating Fire Hazards for Structures in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Anwar Orabi
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Doctor Philosophy
Numerical Fire Modelling for Modern High Performance Computing Infrastructure
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr David Morrisset, Dr Anwar Orabi
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Doctor Philosophy
Physics-informed Machine Learning Approaches for Numerical Modelling of Structures Under Extreme Conditions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Anwar Orabi
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of a causal network topology analysis tool for mining and fire safety engineering
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Seligmann, Associate Professor Steven Micklethwaite
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Doctor Philosophy
Assessing the Influence of Model Complexity in Flame Spread: An Integrated Experimental and Numerical Study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Juan Hidalgo Medina, Dr Felix Wiesner
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Development of a risk management framework for enhancing tunnel safety operation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jurij Karlovsek, Associate Professor Jiwon Kim
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Parametric Analysis of the Fire Performance of Laminated Veneer Lumber
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Juan Hidalgo Medina, Dr Cristian Maluk
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Characterisation of the fire dynamics in Ventilated Facades
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Juan Hidalgo Medina
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Contribution of Convection and Radiation at the Preheating Stage during Fire Spread in Fuel Beds
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Juan Hidalgo Medina, Mr Jeronimo Carrascal Tirado
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Behaviour of Axially Pre-Loaded FRP Tube Confined Concrete Columns Under Lateral Impact Loadings
Principal Advisor
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Risk Assessment based on Maximum Allowable Damage
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cristian Maluk, Dr Juan Hidalgo Medina
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Doctor Philosophy
Life-Cycle Risk Assessment of RC Structures under Earthquake and Fire
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Probabilistic Downburst Risk Assessment of Power Transmission Line Networks
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Matthew Mason
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Open-plan compartment fire dynamics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cristian Maluk, Dr Juan Hidalgo Medina
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor David Lange directly for media enquiries about:
- Fire Engineering
- Resilience of infrastructure
- Structural fire engineering
- Structural fire response
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