Dr Martyn McLaggan is an Adjunct Fellow in Fire Safety Engineering within the School of Civil Engineering. He was previously responsible for leading research on combustible cladding and fire performance of building façades. He also coordinated and managed the Cladding Materials Library which involved developing and implementing suitable testing methodologies to provide knowledge to practicing fire safety engineers. Dr McLaggan’s research has predominantly focused on the design of buildings, particularly those involving modern architecture with innovative materials.
Earlier he worked as a Research Consultant and Postdoctoral Fellow at DBI – The Danish Institute of Fire & Security Technology and Lund Technical University where he provided technical expertise for a wide variety of performance-based fire engineering solutions. His primary research project during that time was the development of an intermediate-scale experimental approach to assess the fire risk associated with external insulation façade systems. He previously attained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh on novel fire testing frameworks for Phase Change Materials and hemp-lime insulation, and has an MEng in Architectural Engineering from the University of Strathclyde.
Journal Article: Upward flame spread behaviour of cladding materials on a medium-scale ventilated façade experimental setup with a single combustible wall
Mendez, Julian E., McLaggan, Martyn S. and Lange, David (2024). Upward flame spread behaviour of cladding materials on a medium-scale ventilated façade experimental setup with a single combustible wall. Fire Safety Journal, 142 104020, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.104020
Journal Article: Effect of cavity parameters on the fire dynamics of ventilated façades
Mendez Alvarez, Julian E., Lange, David, Hidalgo, Juan P. and McLaggan, Martyn S. (2022). Effect of cavity parameters on the fire dynamics of ventilated façades. Fire Safety Journal, 133 103671, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103671
Journal Article: Factors influencing the fire dynamics in open-plan compartments with an exposed timber ceiling
Nothard, Sam, Lange, David, Hidalgo, Juan P., Gupta, Vinny, McLaggan, Martyn S., Wiesner, Felix and Torero, Jose L. (2022). Factors influencing the fire dynamics in open-plan compartments with an exposed timber ceiling. Fire Safety Journal, 129 103564, 103564. doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103564
Facade fires - an adjustable experimental setup for measuring cavity flame spread
(2018–2019) Research Donation Generic
Characterisation of the fire dynamics in Ventilated Facades
Doctor Philosophy
Mendez, Julian E., McLaggan, Martyn S. and Lange, David (2024). Upward flame spread behaviour of cladding materials on a medium-scale ventilated façade experimental setup with a single combustible wall. Fire Safety Journal, 142 104020, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.104020
Effect of cavity parameters on the fire dynamics of ventilated façades
Mendez Alvarez, Julian E., Lange, David, Hidalgo, Juan P. and McLaggan, Martyn S. (2022). Effect of cavity parameters on the fire dynamics of ventilated façades. Fire Safety Journal, 133 103671, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103671
Factors influencing the fire dynamics in open-plan compartments with an exposed timber ceiling
Nothard, Sam, Lange, David, Hidalgo, Juan P., Gupta, Vinny, McLaggan, Martyn S., Wiesner, Felix and Torero, Jose L. (2022). Factors influencing the fire dynamics in open-plan compartments with an exposed timber ceiling. Fire Safety Journal, 129 103564, 103564. doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103564
Xu, Hangyu, Pope, Ian, Gupta, Vinny, Cadena, Jaime, Carrascal, Jeronimo, Lange, David, McLaggan, Martyn S., Mendez, Julian, Osorio, Andrés, Solarte, Angela, Soriguer, Diana, Torero, Jose L., Wiesner, Felix, Zaben, Abdulrahman and Hidalgo, Juan P. (2022). Large-scale compartment fires to develop a self-extinction design framework for mass timber—Part 1: Literature review and methodology. Fire Safety Journal, 128 103523, 103523. doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103523
Maximum allowable damage approach to fire safety performance quantification
Cadena, Jaime E., McLaggan, Martyn, Osorio, Andres F., Torero, Jose L. and Lange, David (2022). Maximum allowable damage approach to fire safety performance quantification. Fire Safety Journal, 128 103537, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103537
McLaggan, M.S., Hidalgo, J.P., Osorio, A.F., Heitzmann, M.T., Carrascal, J., Lange, D., Maluk, C. and Torero, J.L. (2021). Towards a better understanding of fire performance assessment of façade systems: Current situation and a proposed new assessment framework. Construction and Building Materials, 300 124301, 124301. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.124301
Haridevan, Hima, McLaggan, Martyn S., Evans, David A.C., Martin, Darren J., Seaby, Trent, Zhang, Zhanying and Annamalai, Pratheep K. (2021). Dispersion methodology for technical lignin into polyester polyol for high-performance polyurethane insulation foam. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 3 (7) acsapm.1c00430, 3528-3537. doi: 10.1021/acsapm.1c00430
Upward flame spread for fire risk classification of high-rise buildings
McLaggan, Martyn S., Gupta, Vinny, Hidalgo, Juan P. and Torero, Jose L. (2021). Upward flame spread for fire risk classification of high-rise buildings. International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, 10 (4), 299-310. doi: 10.21022/IJHRB.2021.10.4.299
Flammability trends for a comprehensive array of cladding materials
McLaggan, Martyn S., Hidalgo, Juan P., Tirado, Jeronimo Carrascal, Heitzmann, Michael, Osorio, Andres and Torero, José L. (2020). Flammability trends for a comprehensive array of cladding materials. Fire Safety Journal, 120 103133, 103133. doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2020.103133
Flame spread and smoke & toxicity testing interpretations for plastic pipes
McLaggan, M. S., Kristensen, L. S. and Møller, C. (2019). Flame spread and smoke & toxicity testing interpretations for plastic pipes. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part A: International Journal of Maritime Engineering, 161, A195-A199. doi: 10.3940/rina.ijme.2019.a2.502tn
Crewe, Robert J., Hidalgo, Juan P., Sørensen, Martin X., McLaggan, Martyn, Molyneux, Shirley, Welch, Stephen, Jomaas, Grunde, Torero, Jose L., Stec, Anna A. and Hull, T. Richard (2018). Fire performance of sandwich panels in a modified ISO 13784-1 small room test: the influence of increased fire load for different insulation materials. Fire Technology, 54 (4), 1-34. doi: 10.1007/s10694-018-0703-5
McLaggan, Martyn S., Hadden, Rory M. and Gillie, Martin (2017). Flammability assessment of phase change material wall lining and insulation materials with different weight fractions. Energy and Buildings, 153, 439-447. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.08.012
Fire performance of phase change material enhanced plasterboard
McLaggan, M. S., Hadden, R. M. and Gillie, M. (2017). Fire performance of phase change material enhanced plasterboard. Fire Technology, 54 (1), 117-134. doi: 10.1007/s10694-017-0675-x
Fire performance of sandwich panels in a modified ISO room test
Sørensen, M. X., Hidalgo, J. P., McLaggan, M. S., Crewe, R. J., Molyneux, S., Sønderskov, A., Jomaas, G., Welch, S., Torero, J. L., Stec, A. A. and Hull, T. R. (2014). Fire performance of sandwich panels in a modified ISO room test. Materiały Budowlane, 2014 (10), 58-61.
The response of exposed timber in open plan compartment fires and its impact on the fire dynamics
Nothard, Sam, Lange, David, Hidalgo, Juan P., Gupta, Vinny and McLaggan, Martyn S. (2020). The response of exposed timber in open plan compartment fires and its impact on the fire dynamics. 11th International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF2020), Online, 30 November - 2 December 2020. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/5d97785
McLaggan, Martyn, Wilkens Flecknoe-Brown, Konrad, Dragsted, Anders and Van Hees, Patrick (2018). Heat release and flame spread assessment of insulation in External Thermal Insulation Composite System (ETICS) facades. 3rd European Symposium on Fire Safety Science, ESFSS 2018, Nancy, France, 12-14 September 2018. Institute of Physics Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1107/3/032021
The Material Library of Cladding Materials
McLaggan, Martyn S., Hidalgo, Juan P., Osorio, Andres F., Heitzmann, Michael, Carrascal, Jeronimo, Lange, David, Maluk, Cristian and Torero, Jose L. (2019). The Material Library of Cladding Materials. UQ eSpace. (Collection) doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.441
Facade fires - an adjustable experimental setup for measuring cavity flame spread
(2018–2019) Research Donation Generic
Characterisation of the fire dynamics in Ventilated Facades
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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