Invited by Fire
protection department (SWJTU), on May 28, 2015, Professor Qingsheng Wang,
doctoral supervisor and the head of Fire Protection & Safety Technology
(OSU), gave a speech to the teachers and students and communicated with them at
X4520.
Professor Wang, Xiewen Hu (vice dean), Junmin
Chen (dean assistant) and Yuchun Zhang (head of department) discussed the
development situations of this major in both universities, its likeness and
differences and future research cooperations. Besides, they discussed
undergraduate 2+2 program, semester exchange program and graduate training
plan.
Then, Professor Wang did a report ofCurrent Research Progress in Fire Protection
Engineering. He introduced that OSU is the first one in North America to
establish this major, and OSU is also known as “the West Point in the field of
Fire Protection”
Previously, some cooperation activities have
been done, such as undergraduate 2+2 program and semester exchange program. Several
students got the chance to study one semester in OSU for free，and one of those students even got a double
degree there and stayed to get master degree. This September, another two
students of Fire Protection Engineering will also study in OSU for free.
Qingsheng Wang is an associate professor of Fire
Protection & Safety Engineering Technology and Graduate Faculty of Chemical
Engineering at OSU. He is a registered professional engineer and certified
safety professional. Dr. Wang is the author of 40 referred journal papers,
22 proceedings, and 72 technical presentations. He is the ASSE JSHER Editor and
on the Editorial Board for 4 journals and the invited reviewer for over 25
journals. Dr. Wang has been the session chair/co-chair of Global Congress on
Process Safety since 2011. He has received funding from the NSF, NRC, NIOSH,
Big 12 Faculty Fellowship, OSU and ASSE Foundation.
