Awards

Professor Bart Merci’s research interests have been broad and recognized for their innovation and significance. His research interests are CFD simulations of diffusion flames and compartment fires (e.g. in nuclear facilities, tunnels and atria) including smoke dynamics, flame spread and pyrolysis, and fire suppression. using water droplets. He has published 505 papers registered in Google Scholar which has attracted more than 6600 citations to date, and an h-index of 43. He has also contributed to 2 books, and 4 book chapters. He is co-Editor-in-Chief of Fire Safety Journal, the field’s leading journals and the official peer review publication of IAFSS. Under his stewardship since 2016, the journal has regained prominence, greatly increased citations, and regularly attracts very high-quality submissions. Also Professor Bart Merci is the co-creator and academic leader of the International Master of Science in Fire Safety Engineering (IMFSE), which he developed within the EU Erasmus+ framework. Over its 13-year history, IMFSE has produced 217 graduates from 78 nationalities, and currently enrolls more than 50 students across its two years of study. The programme has benefited from collaboration with 11 universities and 17 contributing companies. With this, Professor Bart Merci was recognised in 2018 with the SFPE Lucht Lamp of Knowledge Award. He have also been recognised by the SFPE Foundation, which awarded him the 2023 Arthur B. Guise Medal, and by The International FORUM of Fire Research Directors, which presented him with the 2022 Mid-Career Researcher Award.

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