Congratulations to the 10 new members of the Salamander Honorary Society for their recent induction to the organization! 🎉 Active members are inducted by invitation based on their academic achievements and service to the department.

Join us at the STEM Graduate School Fair at 11am for an information session about Combined Programs, Master of Science and Master of Engineering programs in Fire Protection Engineering! Register at 🔗 go.umd.edu/gradfair2025

The Clark School celebrates Women's History Month and Multiracial Heritage Month in March. Read the dean's message: 🔗 bit.ly/4bstu31

Undergraduate fire protection engineering major Christine Welton shares some of her experiences at the Clark School during Women's History Month. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/4bstu31

The Clark School’s Community Success and Workforce Development Council (CSWD) is hosting a Queer and Ally Mixer on Friday, April 4, 2025. The event will be from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the JM Patterson Courtyard. RSVP🔗: go.umd.edu/QueerandAllyMi…

The celebration of life of Professor James Quintiere will be held on Saturday, May 3 at the University of Maryland, College Park campus. To learn more details and register, please visit 🔗 bit.ly/3Eir0YC. We hope to see you there to honor Dr. Quintiere's legacy.

The A. James Clark School of Engineering celebrates the Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month and the Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) Heritage Month on April. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/3EfoB10

High schoolers put their new fire protection engineering skills to the test at today’s burn competition at the ATF facility in Beltsville! From fire tornadoes to engineering fire detection and suppression systems, students explored the science behind flame behavior with Maryland Fire Protection Engineering🔥

At the 11th annual Fire Protection Engineering Design Challenge, “the Cinderellas,” a team from Elizabeth Seton High School, was named the overall winner of the competition.

Elliot Paisner '25, a senior fire protection engineering major, shares what it's like to be a student firefighter in an episode of the University of Maryland's "Peer Review" video series. Watch the short film and get to know his story at this link 🔗 bit.ly/4jJAcEx

A scene from last month represented a successful test of a prototype for an airborne robotic firefighter developed by Crossfire, a University of Maryland team of students and faculty competing in XPRIZE Wildfire. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/3YOouAw

Junior Maryland Fire Protection Engineering major Brian Chen is bringing the energy of lion dance to Univ. of Maryland!🐲🦁 Brian founded Terp Lions to celebrate culture and promote wellness on and off campus, through tradition, performance, and community. #APIDAHeritageMonth

Congratulations to our undergraduates: Robert ‘RJ’ McCandless, Samantha Farren, Nicholas Mertz, Ryan Vacek and Tori Latham, for their recent academic and service accomplishments celebrated by the A. James Clark School on April 24. Go Terps! 🐢

Registration is open for two upcoming undergraduate program information session dates. Join us for an hour on Zoom to learn how you can blaze your college and career path with a UMD Fire Protection Engineering B.S. degree! Register today: 🔗 go.umd.edu/FPEIS

Congratulations to our 2025 Capstone Design Expo winners for their project titled "BWI A/B Connector FPE Renovations"! 🏆 We also recognize all of our participating teams for their innovative solutions.

Engineering commencement will be held this Friday, May 23 at the Xfinity Center. Graduates check-in and gates will open at 10:30 AM, and the ceremony will begin at 12:00 PM. Commencement will also be live streamed via YouTube at this link: 🔗 youtube.com/live/Pcnr1j8Bw…

How do you major in the future? 🌐 At Maryland Engineering, academics are just the beginning. 🐢 Terp engineers gain real-world skills through research, career services, clubs, and a community that prepares them to lead and solve global challenges: eng.umd.edu/major-in-the-f…

Howard R. Baum, Glenn L. Martin Research Professor in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering, and retired NIST fellow, died at the age of 89. Read more about his dedicated career at the link: 🔗 bit.ly/4mtCKsx

Congratulations to the Fire Protection Engineering Class of 2025! You make us proud. 🐢 🎓

This Tuesday, WMAR reporter Elizabeth Worthington visited the Clark School to interview Team Crossfire from the XPRIZE competition to end wildfires. Our master's student, Lindon Luu, and department chair Arnaud Trouvé spoke to Elizabeth to discuss the impact of their work.