FIRE: The Federation for International Refractory Research and Education

FIRE is a non-profit organization incorporated in Canada, with BY-LAWS and RULES.

FIRE members are academic institutions and companies active in the fields of refractories (manufacturers,suppliers,users and other services providers).

FIRE is managed by an Executive Committee (4) and a Board of Members (18 at the time: 7 from academia, 11 from industry).

FIRE Education Programs have started with the academic's year 2006-2007.

GOALS

To fund international studies and research activities in the field of refractories
To support academic education by promoting student exchanges and generating double(multiple) degree programs organized by two or more universities.
To pool the expertise, the experience and the willingness of the worwide most competent persons,institutions and companies in the field of refractories.

Updates

FIRE - The Federation for International Refractory Reseach and Education.

"FIRE: Its relevance to the prosperity of the refractory industry" - TARJ, annual meeting, Sendai, Japan, April 21st, 2009 [pdf]

Refractories Manual - "Education in a Global World - What does it imply ?" - October 2008 [pdf]

GFC - Journées Spécialisées Refractaires - September 2008 [pdf]

RHI Bulletin, "FIRE, an update", volume 2, 2007 [pdf]

"FIRE still growing" in Proceedings UNITECR 2007, Dresden, Germany, pp 102-105, September 2007 [pdf]

FIRE - Students

[Graduation Day in Limoges - December 5th, 2008]

Two French students in Japan [pdf]

FIRE Members at work

[in Limoges, May 11th, 2006] [in Orléans, May 12th, 2006]

[in Bruck/Mur, September 30th, 2006]

[in IJmuiden, October 14th, 2008]

Technical Program Committee Organizers for UNITECR 2009 [email]

Education and research, their relevance to the futur prosperity of the refractory industry

Robert E. Moore Memorial education symposium (nov.9, 2005) [doc] [ppt]

"What does Seduction has to do with Refractories Education in the 21st Century?", TAJR, Vol. 28, no.1 [pdf]

United technical conference on refactories - UNITECR 2009

11th Biennial Worldwide Congress on Refractories in Salvador, Brazil [+...]