Wood Science Talks

Wenxuan Wu: "I love timber fire safety issues!"

August 21, 2022 Rupert Wimmer Season 1 Episode 3
Wood Science Talks
Wenxuan Wu: "I love timber fire safety issues!"
Show Notes

Wenxuan Wu is a PhD student at The University of Queensland, and the winner of the student poster competition at the International SWST Convention that took place July 2022 in Australia. His research is about Smouldering issues of CCA-Treated Timber that can cause collapse of wooden buildings after bushfires. Wenxuan holds two master degrees, one in chemical engineering, and a second one in fire safety engineering. He claims that wood has its own advantages when it comes to fire safety, and he is also convinced that for Australia wood might be the best material for constructions. He sees himself as a research interest driven person, he loves teaching, and his vision is to become an real expert in general timber fire safety.