Geoff Thomas is a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington, lecturing in Fire Safety, Building Codes and Structures. Prior to this, Geoff was the Fire Engineering Manager at Sinclair Knight Merz, with projec...More
Geoff Thomas is a senior lecturer at the School of Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington, lecturing in Fire Safety, Building Codes and Structures. Prior to this, Geoff was the Fire Engineering Manager at Sinclair Knight Merz, with projects, in New Zealand, Hong Kong, The Philippines and Indonesia. His PhD was the first awarded in New Zealand in Fire Engineering in 1997. Geoff also runs a consultancy, including assessing buildings for access and facilities for the disabled. He was elected a fellow of Engineering New Zealand in 2016 for services to the engineering profession. Geoff has lectured in Tokyo University of Science's international degree program for Fire Engineering, the leading such degree program in East Asia, and has been an invited speaker at several Asian Fire Education and Research Symposiums.
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