Name of the Project Leader:	Prof. Brian J. Meacham - Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA) e-mail address: place email address here Please contact the Project leader if you wish to participate
Classification of the studied system:	6 story High-rise Hospital, with an atrium
Object of the Study:	horizontal evacuation of a patient room floor in a hospital
Building layout	CAD File PDF File

Project Initiation Date:	October 1st, 2012
Project Participants:	Alberto Alvarez (Worcester Polytechnic Institute - USA, place email address here)
	Majed Almejmaj (Worcester Polytechnic Institute - USA, place email address here)

Description of the object of the 'test bed' study

Project 1 concerns the optimization of horizontal evacuation of a patient room floor in a high-rise general hospital, in case of a fire starting in a corridor of that floor.

The objectives related to Project 1 are to:

• insure the safe displacement of the patients susceptible to be affected by the effects of the fire originating in the corridor
• minimize the number of patients affected by any fire originating in the corridor as well as limit the damages to the

Alberto Alvarez - WPI (2012-10-01)