Wood & Fire Safety 2024

Oisik Das is currently a Professor at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. Oisik is a passionate and driven researcher having a strong background in fire, biochar, and biocomposites through a master's degree from Washington State University (USA), a PhD from the University of Auckland (New Zealand), a postdoc from KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden). Oisik Das is one of the first people in the world to add biochar to materials in 2014 during his PhD at the University of Auckland and extensively investigated fire behaviour of composites having sustainable fire-retardants. 

Dr. Laura Hasburgh is a Materials Research Engineer at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WI, where she focuses on the thermal degradation of wood polymers, material properties at high temperatures, and timber construction with respect to fire growth, smoldering, and product fire endurance. Dr. Hasburgh actively participates in both ASTM International on the development of fire standards and Society of Fire Protection Engineers as a member of the committees on Professional Qualifications and Design Fire Scenarios.

Linda Makovicka Osvaldova is professor at the University of Zilina, Slovakia, Faculty of Security Engineering, Department of Fire Engineering. She studied at the Faculty of Wood at the Technical University in Zvolen, the study program "Fire Protection" in the engineering study and the study program "Wood Processing Technology" in doctoral degree. She obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from the Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. She deals with safety issues testing of materials used in technological processes, building constructions, as well as natural materials in forest fires and their impact on the safety of rescue components during firefighting.
 

PART I: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.- Characteristics of the Cognitive State Structure of Preschoolers with Brain Lesions.- Behavioral Challenges in Young Children with Down Syndrome.- Development of Reaching in Blind Children: Continued Discussion.- Cognitive Development of Preschool Children with Hearing Impairments: Results of an Experimental Study.- Possibilities of Studying the "Revival Complex" in the Early Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Identification of the Risk of their Formation.- PART II. SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ("STUDENT PORTRAIT.- Dynamics of Educational Achievements of Second-grade Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Experimental Study.- Personal Learning Outcomes for 7-8-year-olds with Sensory Impairments.- PART III. MODIFICATION OF THE METHODOLOGY FOR STUDYING THE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN.- Methodological Issues of Identifying Gifted Children with Disabilities.- Current Scientific Image of Children with Motor Impairments: Clinical, Psychological, and Pedagogical Peculiarities and Special Educational Needs.- Implementation of an Integrated Approach in Speech Therapy Examination.- On the Issue of Developing a Unified Quality Assessment System for Speech Therapy at Different Stages of Comprehensive Support for Education, Development, and Rehabilitation of Children with the Consequences of Local Brain Lesions.- Psychological Classification of Autism Spectrum Disorders.- PART IV: EDUCATION MANAGEMENT: CHILDREN WITH SEN AND RETROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.- Formation of the System of Education, Research, and Support for Children with Disabilities in Soviet Russia (100th Anniversary of the Experimental Medical-Pedagogical Station).- Creating Specialized Conditions for Differentiated Education of Children with Special Needs in Russian Ungraded Schools.- Results of Monitoring Education Quality in Ungraded Educational Institutions: Children's Special Educational Needs.- Development of the Special Professional Training System for Teachers to Work with Children with Disabilities in China.