Simo Hostikka
Professori (Associate professor)
Professori (Associate professor)
T214 Civil Engineering
My research field is Fire Safety Engineering. It means utilization of scientific methods for the design and assessment of buildings and other infrastructure for the fire and evacuation safety. More specifically, the methods of numerical fire simulations are in the focus.
- Thermal radiation heat transfer, see e.g. THERAD
- Solid pyrolysis modelling and flame / fire retardancy, see e.g. FISAMA
- Fire-induced pressure and smoke spreading in energy efficient buildings, see e.g. PAHAHUPA
- Probabilistic fire risk analyses
- Reliability of passive fire protection systems (nuclear power plant fire safety)
In our research, we use and develop the Fire Dynamics Simulator -software.
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Areas of expertise
Fire safety, Thermal radiation, Pyrolysis
Honors and awards
Winning poster at CAE Conference and Exhibition 2020
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2020
Student prize: 2020 Harmathy award for the best student-led paper in Fire Technology -journal in 2019
Student prize: 2020 Harmathy award for the best student-led paper in Fire Technology -journal in 2019<br/><br/>The Tibor Z. Harmathy Award is presented annually to the student author who led the best Fire Technology paper. It includes a cash prize of $1,000 from Springer.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2020
Student prize: Dean’s award for the best MSc theses in 2019 in the School of Engineering
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2019
Student prize: MSc thesis award of Oskari Vilamo –fund
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2019
Student prize: Best PhD thesis of International Water Mist Association
I supervised Topi Sikanen's thesis that led him to Young Talent Award of IWMA.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2019
Student prize: Master's thesis award of Nordic Fire and Safety Days 2018
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jun 2018
Sjölin Award
The prize is awarded by the International Forum of Fire Research Directors, for “outstanding contributions over the past number of years to the FDS Development Team and the resulting impact of the team’s work on the advancement of fire engineering around the world”. Received with Kevin McGrattan, Howard Baum, Glenn Forney, Randall McDermott, Ronald Rehm, Jason Floyd, Timo Korhonen and William Mell. doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2012.12.002
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2012
Philip Thomas Medal of Excellence
Philip Thomas Medal of Excellence for the best paper at the eighth symposium of International Association of Fire Safety Science, 2005. Received with Timo Korhonen and Olavi Keski-Rahkonen.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2008
Interflam trophy
Received togetherwith Kevin McGrattan, Jason Floyd and Glenn Forney, for a key contribution to fire science.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2007
The best paper 2009 in Rakenteiden mekaniikka (Journal of Structural Mechanics)
The best paper 2009 in Rakenteiden mekaniikka (Journal of Structural
Mechanics) for the article “Experimental and numerical studies on projectile
impact” by A. Saarenheimo, M. Tuomala, K. Calonius, I. Hakola, S.
Hostikka and A. Silde
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2010
Research groups
- Performance in Building Design and Construction, Professor (Associate Professor)
Publications
Asumisterveys huoneistossa, kemialliset altisteet ja niiden vähentäminen liesipalotilanteen jälkeen
Marjaleena Aatamila, Marko Hassinen, Pekka Toivanen, Kalle Kiviranta, Juha Laitinen, Simo Hostikka, Emmanuelle Castagnoli
2023
Pelastustieto
MODELING THE THERMAL RADIATION PENETRATION INTO THE LIQUID FUELS FOR FIRE SIMULATIONS
F. Alinejad, H. Bordbar, S. Hostikka
2023
8th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)
On the importance and modeling of in-depth spectral radiation absorption in the pyrolysis of black PMMA
Farid Alinejad, Hadi Bordbar, Simo Hostikka
2023
Fire Safety Journal
Charring cylinders in cone calorimetry: How heat is distributed? – A survey towards fire performance of electrical cables
Morteza Gholami Haghighi Fard, Simo Hostikka
2023
Pelastustieto
Combustion characteristics of non-charring polymer cylinders - experimental and numerical study
Morteza Gholami Haghighi Fard, Simo Hostikka
2023
Combustion and Flame
Exploring the thermal characteristics, ignitions and heat release of oils and solid items at electric cooktops
Simo Hostikka, Tarique Jhatial, Marjaleena Aatamila
2023
Fire Safety Journal
Haitallisten aineiden syntyminen ja tuuletus liesipaloissa - laboratoriokokeet
Simo Hostikka, Emmanuelle Castagnoli, Raimo Mikkola, Rauli Törrö, Rahul Kallada Janardhan, Heidi Salonen
2023
Pelastustieto
Liesipalojen syttyminen ja paloteho - laboratoriokokeet
Simo Hostikka, Tarique Jhatial, Marjaleena Aatamila, Pekka Toivanen, Kalle Kiviranta, Marko Hassinen
2023
Pelastustieto
Impact of Interior Doors on Residential Fire Safety
Victoria, N. Hutchison, Simo Hostikka
2023
Residential Fire Safety
The MaCFP Condensed Phase Working Group: A Structured, Global Effort Towards Pyrolysis Model Development
Isaac Leventon, Benjamin Batiot, Morgan Bruns, Simo Hostikka, Yuji Nakamura, Pedro Reszka, Thomas Rogaume, Stanislav Stoliarov
2023
ASTM E05 - Symposium on Obtaining Data for Fire Growth Models