معرفی
Patrick van Hees serves as Professor and Head of the Department of Building and Environmental Technology at Lund University's Faculty of Engineering (LTH). He actively contributes to LTH Profile Areas including Aerosols, Circular Building Sector, and The Energy Transition, with an ORCID ID 0000-0002-7405-607X.
His research specializes in fire safety engineering, focusing on:
- Fire behaviour of construction materials
- Performance-based fire engineering methodologies
- Computational fire modeling and development
- Sustainable fire retardant systems for wood structures
- Fire emissions in built environments
His publication trends show increasing focus on oxygen reduction systems (2024), fire emissions scaling (2023), and radiation shielding material safety (2025), demonstrating consistent contributions to fire dynamics modeling and sustainable building safety standards.
Professor van Hees serves on editorial boards for leading journals:
- Fire Safety Journal (2014–present)
- Fire Science Reviews (2012–present)
- Fire Technology (2010–2020)
His supervised work includes doctoral projects on sustained flame conditions and residential fire prevention, with active leadership in the MSB-funded project 'Fire Emissions from New and Existing Materials' (2022–2027) addressing workplace environmental challenges.
