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Albert Simeoni, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in the United States of America

 

Short Biography: Albert Simeoni is Department Head and professor in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Before joining WPI, he held academic positions in fire research in the UK (university of Edinburgh) and in France (university of Corsica). He has also spent over 10 years volunteering and working as a firefighter in France. Starting as a volunteer firefighter, he ultimately led all aspects of fire, wildland fire, and rescue operations, in the capacity of Chief of Fire Station. His research is geared towards developing experimental, analytical, and numerical techniques to better understand fire dynamics and to predict fire and wildland fire behavior, as well as their impact on people and structures, inside buildings, in the wildlands, or at the wildland-urban interface.