Mohamed Beshir
Assistant Professor in Fire Safety Engineering
- 4531 Mackenzie, Carleton University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
- Email Mohamed Beshir
- 613-520-2600 ext 6001
Prof. Beshir’s mailbox is located in room 3432 C.J. Mackenzie Building, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada
Biography
Dr. Beshir joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton 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 Carleton 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
- Fire and smoke dynamics
- Fire and combustion modelling
- Compartment fires
- Fire safety resilience
- Urban fire spread
- Low/middle income societies fire safety
- Human behaviour in fire
Teaching Assignments 2026-2027
- ECOR 1055 Intro to Engineering Disciplines I
- CIVE 5609/IPIS 5504 Fundamentals of Fire Safety Engineering
- CIVE 5610 Fire Dynamics I
- CIVE/ACSE/ENVE 4918 Design Project
Previous Teaching Assignments
- CIVE 5609/IPIS 5504 Fundamentals of Fire Safety Engineering
- BLDG 5101 Introduction to Building Engineering
- ECOR 1045 Statics
Awards
- Sheldon Tieszen Student Award, International Association Fire Safety Science Symposium, 2020; https://iafss.org/awards/sheldon-tieszen-student-awards/.
- Best MSc Thesis Poster award, IMFSE, 2017; https://imfse.be/