Faculty
Vinny Gupta
Assistant Professor in Fire Safety Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Research focus includes understanding and quantifying fire behaviour of complex systems such as Li-ion batteries, timber compartment fire dynamics, flame spread over solids, gaseous and water mist fire suppression, and the burning of materials.
Elizabeth Weckman
Elizabeth Weckman is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, as well as a member of the Fire Research Group at the University of Waterloo. She is also a Professional Engineer of Ontario. Her current research revolves around improving our understanding of wildfire emissions and developing community-based risk assessment methods, as well as fire performance of mass timber systems and compartment fire behaviour.
Course Instructors

Peter Senez
Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo
Professor Senez teaches the Advanced Fire Investigation course.