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/...

Contact information

Phone number
+358504471582

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

Analyzing the gas temperature of a hydrogen jet fire in a compartment with the Fire Dynamics Simulator

Wenqian Liu, Frank Markert, Luisa Giuliani, Simo Hostikka 2024 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

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

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