1,000th Undergrad FPE Degree AwardedThe Department of Fire Protection Engineering at the Clark School graduated its 1,000th undergraduate student earlier this spring. The department is one of only a handful of such programs across the country, and the only one offering accredited undergraduate degrees. Its graduates form a close-knit community whose members play leading roles in corporate, government, and academic institutions. Coincidently, the 20th Ph.D. degree where the principal research advisor was a faculty member in the department also was awarded. The department expects to graduate its 300th master's degree student this summer. A Far-Reaching Impact Clark School Fire Protection Engineering: A One-of-a-Kind Program Although more than a half century has passed since the program was initiated, the Clark School still has the only program in the country to award engineering accredited bachelor’s degrees in fire protection engineering. Initiating its graduate degree program in 1989, it is one of only three graduate-level programs in the country. The department recently announced a new chair. Jim Milke, P.E. is the fourth chair of the department, following John Bryan, Steven Spivak and Marino di Marzo. Milke is among those first thousand B.S. graduates from the department and has served on the faculty since 1981. He recently was nominated to be president of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, the international professional organization in the field. For more information, visit the web site of the Department of Fire Protection Engineering.
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