Dr. Noureddine Bénichou is a Senior Research Officer at the National Research Council of Canada.  He holds a Ph.D. from Carleton University in Civil Engineering, and is the author of over 160 publications.  His research areas include fire resistance modeling and experimentation of structures, and fire risk analysis.  Before joining the Fire Research Program, he worked as a consultant developing design guidelines for use in performance-based building codes, and conducting studies on the trade-offs of fire department response time versus sprinkler protection.  Dr. Bénichou is a member of SFPE, CIB and CSCE, represents Canada in ISO/TC92/SC4, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University.