Alex Duffy
About Alex Duffy
Alex Duffy is a Senior Fire Safety Engineer at Arup in Sydney, Australia, with a diverse background in geospatial mapping, disaster resilience, and fire safety engineering.
Title
Alex Duffy holds the position of Senior Fire Safety Engineer.
Current Role at Arup
Since 2019, Alex Duffy has been working as a Senior Fire Safety Engineer at Arup, based in Sydney, Australia. In this role, Alex leads the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Engineering Skills for the Australasia region, delivering performance-based fire safety strategies for a range of complex development projects.
Work Experience
Alex Duffy's professional background is extensive. From 2018, he served at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry as Assistant to an Expert Witness for five months. Prior to this, he worked for a year as a Strategist at the Center for Disaster Resilience, University of Maryland. Earlier roles include a two-year tenure as a Geospatial Data Cataloguing Assistant at Harvard Map Collection and three years as a Fire Engineer at AECOM Australia Pty Ltd. He also gained international experience working in various capacities, such as Fire Lead at the International Arts Megacrew during the 2011 Burning Man Festival and as a Fire Intern at Arup in 2010.
Education and Expertise
Alex Duffy's academic qualifications include a Master in Design Studies in Urbanism Landscape Ecology from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, completed between 2015 and 2017. He also holds a Master of Engineering in Structural Engineering with Architecture from the University of Edinburgh, attained between 2006 and 2011. His International Baccalaureate from St. Georges British International School, achieved between 2004 and 2006, includes subjects like Physics, Geography, and English.
Specialized Skills
Combining a unique academic background in geospatial mapping, disaster resilience, and urbanism landscape ecology, Alex Duffy enhances disaster resilience strategies. His skills in geospatial mapping are integrated with fire safety engineering to develop sophisticated and effective fire safety solutions for complex projects.