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Infradex Thermal Imaging Seminar in Aalto
Hadi Bordbar hosted “BRING THE HEAT” seminar in Aalto presented by FLIR in partnership with Infradex. Representatives of these two companies exhibited their up-to-date thermal imaging technologies and cameras during a 2 hours seminar. The event was free and open … Continue reading
Spring 2019 visitors and new members in Aalto FSE team
We had a pleasure to welcome new members and short-term visitors to the FSE team: Ada Malagnino (right) from the University of Salento, Italy, is visiting our group for six months. Her PhD topic deals with the management of safety … Continue reading
Two doctoral positions open in the FSE group
New things are coming! We are hiring two new doctoral students to the team: First is about the numerical simulation of spectral thermal radiation in condenced phase materials. Hadi will be the advisor for this thesis – the best possible … Continue reading
Aalto FSE group in NFSD 2018
The Nordic Fire and Safety Days was held in Trondheim, Norway on 7.-8. June this time. From the Aalto fire safety engineering group, Prof. Simo Hostikka and doctoral students Aleksi Rinta-Paavola, Deepak Paudel and Teemu Isojärvi attended the conference. Prof. … Continue reading
Aalto FSE group: Summer trip to Suomenlinna
The fire safety engineering group visited the historic Suomenlinna fortress (UNESCO World heritage site) on 11th June. It was fun, exploring the tunnels and basking in the evening sun by the coast, as we watched the cruise set sail towards … Continue reading
Topi Sikanen’s Doctoral Defence
Today, 19th January, Topi Sikanen defended his dissertation on “Simulation of transport, evaporation, and combustion of liquids in large-scale fire incidents” supervised by Prof. Simo Hostikka. The opponent for his defence was Prof. Jennifer Wen from University of Warwick, UK. Congratulations … Continue reading
Aalto fire research team at IAFSS 2017
The 12th edition of the triennial IAFSS Symposium was held at Lund University, Sweden this year. Four members of the Aalto fire research group, headed by Prof. Simo Hostikka, were present at the symposium to share their research with … Continue reading
Will the induction cooktops wipe out kitchen fires?
Cooking or stove -originated fires are a significant group of residential fires. These fires start from a stove or a cooktop if it is left on alone, food is left on a hot pan for a long time or if … Continue reading
Nordic Fire and Safety Days 2017 – remember to submit
Aalto University is one of the organizers of the 2017 Nordic Fire and Safety Days. There are still few days to submit your abstract. Last year, it was great event. Posted by Simo Hostikka
New article highlights the importance of the fire -induced pressure
Our latest article, titled ‘Experiments and Numerical Simulations of Pressure Effects in Apartment Fires‘ is now available at Fire Technology -journal. It is OpenAccess. In this paper we summarize the experimental findings and numerical simulation validation. The main conclusion of … Continue reading