Profiles

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 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.