Dr Anwar Orabi

Dr Anwar Orabi is a Lecturer in Fire Safety Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland. He joined the university in mid-2023 and brings expertise in Structural Fire Engineering, including numerical simulation for performance-based engineering, large-scale analysis of structures in fire, and the application of AI and data science for real-time risk mitigation. His research interests include fire safety strategies, structural fire resistance design, and the use of computational tools for fire modeling. Dr Orabi has several years of teaching and academic experience in Hong Kong, where he participated in key projects such as SureFire: Smart Urban Resilience and Firefighting and the Integrated Safety Engineering knowledge transfer initiative.

Anwar Orabi is a Lecturer in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland, specializing in Structural Fire Engineering and Fire Safety Engineering. His research focuses on the behavior of structural elements under fire conditions, including concrete slabs, timber members, and composite buildings. He develops computational models using tools like OpenSees and GiD to simulate fire impacts on structures. His work includes experimental studies on fire resistance, charring behavior of timber, and the performance of fire-rated materials. Orabi also investigates the collapse mechanisms of structures under fire, such as the World Trade Center 7 incident, and explores AI-based forecasting for structural-fire responses.