Recently, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) announced on their official platform that the SFPE Hefei Student Chapter of our laboratory stood out among 124 chapters around the world and won the 2024 Gold Award for Chapter Excellence. Remarkably, this is the second time the chapter has received this honor, after winning the gold award for the first time in 2023.

Since its establishment in 2021, the SFPE Hefei Student Chapter has consistently devoted itself to deepening connections and interactions among students from various institutions and colleges. It has meticulously constructed a high-quality platform that enables undergraduate and graduate students in the field of fire safety science to achieve seamless connection and in-depth communication with internationally renowned engineers and scientists. Through close collaboration with numerous acclaimed organizations, the chapter has not only significantly broadened the horizons of students and researchers but also markedly improved their ability to collaborate, jointly propelling the advancement of this field to a new level.

The SFPE Hefei Student Chapter has successfully carried out a series of landmark activities recently, including the International Forum for Graduate Students Future Scientists in Fire Safety and Seminar With Young Scholars How To Start Your Career, highlighting its important role in promoting academic exchanges and international cooperation. By broadening students' research horizons and fostering cross-university and global academic dialogues, these activities have significantly deepened their comprehension of the crucial issues in the field of fire safety science.

The presidency of the SFPE Hefei Student Chapter, including Haonan Chen, Yiyang Hu, and Liaoying Zhou, is advised by Professor Yu Wang. Looking ahead, the SFPE Hefei Chapter remains committed to building upon this success. We are excited about the future and are already planning new initiatives to further advance fire engineering practices and education, the presidency of the SFPE Hefei Student Chapter added. Leveraging this opportunity, we aim to further showcase the remarkable research achievements of the State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, infusing youthful vitality into the academic sphere.