Rate My Professor David Lange

Associate Professor David Lange joined the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland in early 2018. Originally from the United Kingdom, he earned both a Master's degree and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. Before his academic career, he worked in the UK developing fire safety strategies for laboratory, commercial, and residential premises, as well as conducting fire risk assessments and risk engineering projects in industrial areas including high-pressure research facilities. Subsequently, he spent six years as a senior research scientist at SP/RISE in Sweden, where his research covered fire resistance, facade fire safety, crisis management, and infrastructure resilience. At the University of Queensland, Lange serves as Deputy Director of Higher Degree by Research and Associate Professor in Structural Engineering, leading efforts in fire safety engineering.

Lange's research specializations include fire safety of timber buildings, design of buildings for vertical fire spread, lithium-ion battery fire safety, structural fire engineering, fire engineering design, and the application and development of risk analysis techniques in fire safety engineering. He holds professional designations such as Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland (RPEQ), registered engineer in New South Wales, Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) at Fellow level with Engineers Australia (FIEAust), National Engineering Register (NER), APEC Engineer, International Professional Engineer (IntPE Aus), and is a member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). Key publications include 'The fire safety strategy' (Fire Safety Journal, 2026), 'The landscape of complexity in fire safety design of buildings' (Fire Safety Journal, 2026), 'Enablers of Quantitative Risk Assessments in Major Hazard Facilities versus those in Fire Safety Engineering' (Safety Science, 2026), and the book chapter 'Novel techniques and approaches for risk based application of resilience concepts to critical infrastructure: an introduction to the IMPROVER project' (2017). He leads funded projects from ARC Research Hubs, Natural Hazards Research Australia, and Lloyd's Register Foundation, advancing fire-resilient infrastructure, assets, and safety in urban, resources, energy, and renewables sectors. Lange is a media expert on fire engineering, infrastructure resilience, and structural fire response.