Guillermo Rein (born May 1975) is a professor of fire science in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. His research is focused on fire, combustion, and heat transfer. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Fire Technology and Fellow of the Combustion Institute.

Guillermo Rein Soto-Yarritu
Born
Alma materICAI School of Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
University of California at Berkeley
AwardsFellow of the Combustion Institute Sugden Award Arthur B. Guise Medal Hinshelwood Prize
Scientific career
FieldsFire, Combustion, Heat Transfer
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh
Imperial College London
Doctoral advisorCarlos Fernandez-Pello[1]

Rein is best known for his contributions to smouldering combustion research in the field of fire science.[2]

Biography

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Rein obtained his Industrial Engineering degree at the ICAI School of Engineering in 1999. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and obtained an MSc in 2003 and a PhD. in 2005. He taught at the School of Engineering of the University of Edinburgh (2006–2012), where he was a senior lecturer before moving to Imperial College in 2012.[3]

Research

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His research meanly focus on heat transfer, combustion, fire and wildfire.[4] He is best known in three areas: polymer and wood ignition; design of fire-resistant structures; and wildfire spread and mitigation.

Rein, together with his research group and collaborators, has edited two books, published six book chapters and over 200 journal publications.[5] His current h-index is above 60 and citation count is over 12,000 on Google Scholar.[6]

Rein has been editor-in-chief of the journal Fire Technology since 2012.[7][8] He was associate editor of Proceedings of the Combustion Institute from 2013 to 2019;[9] associate editor of Thermal and Mass Transport (Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering) from 2016;[10] and is on the editorial board of Safety Science[11] and the advisory board of International Journal of Wildland Fire since 2016.[12] He was also on the editorial board of Fire Safety Journal from 2014 to 2017.

Selected awards

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References

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  1. ^ "List". genealogy.math.ndsu.noda.edu. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Meet the Experts: Professor Guillermo Rein". Let's Talk Bromine. The International Bromine Council. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Home - Professor Guillermo Rein". www.imperial.ac.uk.
  4. ^ Guillermo Rein, Fire Safety Research Institute, retrieved on 17/01/2024
  5. ^ "Scopus preview - Rein, Guillermo - Author details - Scopus". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Guillermo Rein". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Fire Technology". Springer. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Wildfires are becoming more dangerous – here's why | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  9. ^ Proceedings of the Combustion Institute Editorial Board.
  10. ^ "New specialty section "Thermal and Mass Transport" now open for submissions!". Science & research news | Frontiers. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  11. ^ Safety Science.
  12. ^ "CSIRO PUBLISHING". www.publish.csiro.au. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Previous winners | The Combustion Institute - British Section". www.combustion.org.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  14. ^ "The D. Peter Lund Award – SFPE". www.sfpe.org.
  15. ^ "Fire researchers win Collaborate to Innovate award with Arup | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. 13 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Previous winners | The Combustion Institute - British Section". www.combustion.org.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Arthur B. Guise Medal - Foundation". www.sfpe.org. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Research Excellence Award | The Combustion Institute". 6 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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