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Researchers in 2025-26 repurposed two of Professor Drysdale’s burners to carry out cutting-edge research on combined floor and ceiling fires.

Researchers in 2025-26 repurposed two of Professor Drysdale’s burners to carry out cutting-edge research on combined floor and ceiling fires.

Dougal Drysdale

Born 1939

Dougal Drysdale

Fire Safety Engineer whose seminal textbook and outstanding research career inspired a new body of engineering science

Engineering Achievements

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His Life

  1. 1939 Born in Dunfermline
  2. 1962 Age: 23 Graduated from University of Edinburgh in Chemistry
  3. 1966 Age: 26 PhD in Combustion Chemistry from the University of Cambridge
  4. 1974 Age: 35 Returned to Edinburgh University as a Lecturer
  5. 1985 Age: 46 Published 'An Introduction to Fire Dynamics'
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