Albert Simeoni

Albert Simeoni

Fire Protection Engineering
Professor and Department Head
AFFILIATED DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE
Fire Protection Engineering
EDUCATION
PhD Mechanical Engineering Universite de Corse Pascal 2000
MSc Mechanical Engineering Polytech Marseille 1996
MEng Mechanical Engineering, IUSTI 1996
BS Physics and Applications University of Corsica 1994
Expert Bio

Professor Simeoni is a renowned expert in wildfires. His research focuses on the unusual or poorly understood fire behavior that leads to high impact on people and property. The increase in the severity of wildland and wildland-urban interface fires leads to an increased impact on people’s lives and their property. The goal of his work is for regions to become more resilient to wildfires and other types of fires in the built environment.

Research areas/Expertise
built environment
Fire Protection Engineering
fire
fire safety
fire science
first responder safety
wildfires
wildland fires
fire characteristics
Fire dynamics
fire modeling
Fire test and product standards
fire testing
fire tests
Air quality
Extreme weather

Media Coverage

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Reuters
Fact Check - In wake of Maui fires, here's why some trees survive damage

Fire protection engineering professors Albert Simeoni and James Urban were quoted in a Reuters Fact Check article on the dynamics of the devastating fires in Hawaii. They explain how wildfires spread and why some things in a burned area avoid damage when so much else is destroyed.

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