This project explores the history of fire safety research at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Various groups conducted fire research at the school, starting with the Center for Urban Environmental Studies (CUES) in the 1960s and 1970s and eventually the NYU Fire Research Group of the 2000s and 2010s.
The purpose of fire research in New York City would change over time in response to the events of the day as new challenges and obstacles prompted new concerns over fire safety. This project aims to present a summary of the major fire safety studies conducted by the school alongside the historical context surrounding these studies in order to better understand the motivations of the people involved and the general goal of fire research at those points in time.
Note: The school that is now known as the NYU Tandon School of Engineering has had many different names in its history as it navigated a rather complicated history of mergers and acquisitions. For simplicity, I will refer to the school as either "Brooklyn Poly" or "NYU Tandon" depending on the rough time period in question, even in cases where the source material being used specifies an alternative name.
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Avi Perl