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Mohamed Beshir

Assistant Professor in Fire Safety Engineering

Prof. Beshir’s mailbox is located in room 3432 C.J. Mackenzie Building, 杏吧原创 University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada

Biography

Dr. Beshir joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at 杏吧原创 University in 2023. His research focuses on supporting fire safe and resilient built environments, reducing environmental and economic costs of construction, and promoting fire safety engineering in everyday society. Dr. Beshir is also passionate about improving fire safety in low- and middle-income communities. Prior to joining 杏吧原创 University, he worked as a fire engineer at a leading UK fire consultancy, where he worked on various projects related to residential, retail, and historical buildings. He received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2022, where he focused on understanding compartment fire dynamics and urban fire spread in informal settlements, contributing to improving the resilience of such communities to fires.

Research Interests

Teaching Assignments 2025-2026

Previous Teaching Assignments

Awards

Publications (selected)

  1. C. Lemmertz, M. Beshir, D. Rush, F. R. Centeno, (2023) 鈥楴umerical Study on the Effect of Atmospheric Wind on the Fire Severity in Informal Settlements with Different Dwellings鈥 Wall Thermal Characteristics鈥, Fire Technol, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-023-01364-0.
  2. M. Beshir, K. Omar, F. Centeno, S. Stevens, L. Gibson, D. Rush, (2021) 鈥楨xperimental and numerical study for the effect of horizontal openings on the external plume and potential fire spread in informal settlements鈥, Appl Sci 11:2380.
  3. M. Beshir, M. Mohamed, S. Welch, D. Rush, (2021) 鈥楳odelling the effects of boundary walls on the fire dynamics of informal settlement dwellings鈥, Fire Technol 57:1753鈥1781.
  4. R. Walls, C. Kahanji, A. Cicione, L. Gibson, M. Beshir, Y. Wang, D. Rush, (2021) 鈥楲arge-scale informal settlement experiment considering fire spread under opposed wind flow conditions鈥, Asia Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, Australia, 2021.
  5. Y. Wang, M. Beshir, R. Hadden, A. Cicione, M. Krajcovic, D. Rush, (2021) 鈥楲aboratory experiment of fire spread between two informal settlement dwellings鈥, Int J Therm Sci 171:107195.
  6. M. Beshir, Y. Wang, F. Centeno, R. Hadden, S. Welch, D. Rush, (2020) 鈥楽emi-empirical model for estimating the heat release rate required for flashover in compartments with thermally-thin boundaries and ultra-fast fires鈥, Fire Saf J 120:103124.
  7. F.C. Roman, M. Beshir, D. Rush, (2020) 鈥業nfluence of wind on the onset of flashover within small-scale compartments with thermally-thin and thermally-thick boundaries鈥, Fire Saf J . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.铿乺esaf.2020.103211.
  8. R. Walls, C. Kahanji, A. Cicione, L. Gibson, M. Beshir, Y. Wang, D. Rush, (2021) 鈥楲arge-scale informal settlement experiment considering fire spread under opposed wind flow conditions鈥, Asia Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, Australia
  9. Y. Wang, M. Beshir, A. Cicione, R. Hadden, M. Krajcovic, D. Rush, (2020) 鈥楢 full-scale experimental study on single dwelling burning behavior of informal settlement鈥, Fire Saf J 120:103076.
  10. U. KC, M. Beshir, A. Farooq, (2016) 鈥楽imultaneous measurements of acetylene and soot during the pyrolysis of ethylene and benzene in a shock tube鈥, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Volume 36, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 833-840.

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