Research Projects Funded by Industry and ARC

1. Development of Advanced Intumescent Coatings for Enhancing Fire Safety of Building Materials. Total Funding: $150,000; Project Period: March 2026 – April 2028; Funding Body: Quill Essential Services; Researchers: Md Kamrul Hassan, Swapan Saha

2. Fire Performance Assessment to Determine the Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) of Wood Polymer Composites. Total Funding: $5,050; Project Period: January 2024 – May 2024; Funding Body: Wombat Timbers Pty Ltd; Researchers: Md Kamrul Hassan, Swapan Saha, Bijan Samali, Md Delwar Hossain

3. Mapping the Fire Protection Industry and Associated Professions. Total Funding: $50,000; Project Period: December 2021 – February 2022; Funding Body: Fire Protection Association Australia; Researchers: Payam Rahnamayiezekavat, Sameera Wijesiri Pathirana, Md Kamrul Hassan, Grahame Douglas.

4. Fire Rating for Structural Capacity of Cable Tray Brackets in Modular Cold‑Form Rolled Systems. Total Funding: $8,500; Project Period: September 2020 – March 2021; Funding Body: Sayfa Systems Pty Ltd; Researchers: Md Kamrul Hassan, Swapan Saha.

5. Fire Safety of Columnform Columns in the New Clinical Building, Cabrini Hospital Malvern. Total Funding: $12,000; Project Period: September 2018 – October 2018; Funding Body: Stairform Pty Ltd; Researchers: Md Kamrul Hassan, Zhong Tao.

6. Fire Rating of Columnform Columns CO1 (180 × 1500) and CO2 (150 × 900). Total Funding: $11,000; Project Period: September 2017 – October 2018; Funding Body: Stairform Pty Ltd; Researchers: Md Kamrul Hassan, Zhong Tao.

7. Assessment of Fire Rating Using Columnform – Extension 1. Total Funding: $15,000; Project Period: December 2016 – September 2017; Funding Body: Stairform Pty Ltd; Researchers: Zhong Tao, Md Kamrul Hassan.

8. Work Health and Safety Management Using Building Information Modelling. Funding: $350,000+; Project Period: 2020 – 2021; Funding Body: Centre for Work Health and Safety, NSW Government; Researchers: Swapan Saha, Kerry London, Payam Rahnamayiezekavat, Peng Zhang, Yingbin Feng

9. ABCB’s Online National Construction Code Education Program. Funding: $100,000+; Period: 2020 – ongoing; Funding Body: Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) via Pointsbuild; Researchers: Kerry London, Swapan Saha, Payam Rahnamayiezekavat, Peng Zhang, Grahame Douglas

10. Reduced Scale Fire Testing Program for Fire Retardant Materials. Funding: $186,398; Project Period: 2017-2022; Funding Bodies: Australian Research Council (ARC) & Fire and Rescue NSW via UNSW; Researchers: Swapan Saha

11. Full Scale Fire Testing Program for Fire Retardant Materials. Funding: $186,398; Project Period: 2017-2022; Funding Bodies: Australian Research Council (ARC) & Fire and Rescue NSW via UNSW; Researchers: Swapan Saha

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