Benjamin Ralph
Director, Head Of Building Safety And Fire, And Member Of The London And South East Leadership Team at Architectural Association
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBenjamin Ralph is a Chartered Engineer and director leading Building Safety and Fire at Hollis, where he sits on the London & South East leadership team and shapes cross-disciplinary strategy across the full property lifecycle. With over a decade of hands-on experience from research at NIST contributing to the Fire Dynamics Simulator HVAC module to leading fire safety teams at Foster + Partners, he blends experimental fire science, CFD modelling and risk-based engineering with commercial and regulatory insight. He focuses on practical, integrated solutions that go beyond compliance to improve resilience amid evolving legislation such as the Building Safety Act and outcomes of the Grenfell Inquiry. An interdisciplinary researcher (MASc, PhD) exploring natural language processing, complexity science and systems thinking, he champions inclusive practice—particularly for disability and neurodiversity—while mentoring industry and academic programmes.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Fire Safety Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Fire Safety Science and Engineering at The University of EdinburghMaster of Engineering (MEng) Civil Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng) Civil Engineering at University of SouthamptonMaster of Applied Science (MASc) Interdisciplinary Problems and Methods, Master of Applied Science (MASc) Interdisciplinary Problems and Methods at LIS: The London Interdisciplinary SchoolPost-Graduate Diploma (PGDip) Fire Safety Engineering, Post-Graduate Diploma (PGDip) Fire Safety Engineering at Ulster University
Github Skills (5)
simulations10
simulation10
fortran10
computational-fluid-dynamics10
simulator10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
firemodels/fds
Jul 2015 - Sep 2022
Fire Dynamics Simulator
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:92 commits, 78 PRs, 96 comments in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily contributed to the `fds` repository by implementing corrections and improvements to the HVAC mass transport module within the FDS source code, which is written in Fortran. Their work involved modifying existing subroutines, such as `hvac.f90`, and fixing initialization issues. The user also appears to be involved in fixing potential issues with ducts, and in making updates to other modules, demonstrating proficiency in the codebase and a focus on functionality and accuracy within the fire simulation environment.
fire-dynamicssimulationsimulatordynamicsfire-dynamics-simulator
bmralph/fds
Sep 2016 - Sep 2022
Fire Dynamics Simulator
Contributions:155 pushes, 38 branches in 6 years 1 month
fire-dynamicssimulationsimulatordynamicsfire-dynamics-simulator
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