Education: Seneca Polytechnic FPET
Expertise: Fire inspections, building construction, fire suppression and fire ground operations
Industry: Fire service standards, building/fire inspections and fire suppression
Practising since: 2000
Faculty
Full-time professors
Kris Gillis
Derek Gruchy
Education: B.Eng., M.A.Sc.
Expertise: Human behaviour during fire emergencies, fire dynamics
Industry: Code consulting
Practising since: 2002
Kerry Kwan
Education: B.Sc, B.Ed, M.Ed, Ph.D
Expertise: Mathematics and science education
Industry: Education and academic
Practising since: 2015
Chris Posthumus
Education: Seneca Polytechnic FPET
Expertise: Fire sprinkler systems, hydraulic calculations
Industry: Fire sprinkler system design
Practising since: 1996
Scott Pugsley
Education: Seneca Polytechnic FPET, SET
Expertise: Fire sprinkler systems, special suppression systems
Industry: Fire sprinkler system design
Practising since: 1993
Mike Taghvaei
Education: B.S. (Electrical Engineering), Seneca Polytechnic FPET, P.Eng.
Expertise: Hydraulic calculations of sprinkler systems, fire pumps, special fire suppression systems
Industry: Code consulting, education
Practising since: 1985
Aneetha Vairavanathan
Education: P.Eng.
Expertise: Fire alarm systems and building code analysis
Industry: Code consulting
Practising since: 2005
Part-time instructors
Ali Asraei
Education: P.Eng Electrical
Expertise: Fire alarm systems and code consulting
Industry: Code consulting
Practising since: 2006
Jennifer Baker
Education: Ontario Fire College
Experience: Fire inspections, public education
Industry: Fire service
Practising since: 2010
Derek Collins
Education: Ontario Fire College, Toronto Metropolitan University
Expertise: Fire/building inspections, code enforcement, investigations, training and education
Industry: Fire service, fire/building inspections
Practising since: 1990
Evgenia Golovatenko
Education: Seneca Polytechnic FPET
Expertise: Life safety systems design and fire inspections
Industry: Fire service: inspection
Practising since: 2007
Ryan Nikaeen
Education: MSc. Aerospace Engineering, P.Eng.
Expertise: Aircraft design, robotic production line design
Industry: Aerospace, automotive
Practising since: 2019
Melissa Thomas
Education: Seneca Polytechnic FPET
Expertise: Ontario Fire Code, education and training
Industry: Academics
Practising since: 2008
Program Administrators
Derek Deonandan
Position: Program Manager, School of Fire Protection Engineering Technology and School of Environmental & Civil Engineering Technology
Hadi Majzoub
Position: Chair, School of Fire Protection Engineering Technology and School of Environmental & Civil Engineering Technology