Guillermo Rein
{{short description|Professor of fire science}}
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| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
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| field = Fire, Combustion, Heat Transfer
| work_institutions = University of Edinburgh
Imperial College London
| alma_mater = ICAI School of Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
University of California at Berkeley
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| doctoral_advisor = Carlos Fernandez-Pello{{cite web |url=https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=156387 |title=List |website=genealogy.math.ndsu.noda.edu|access-date=2020-09-28}}
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Sugden Award
Arthur B. Guise Medal
Hinshelwood Prize
Officer's Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
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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.
Rein is best known for his contributions to smouldering combustion research in the field of fire science.{{cite web |title=Meet the Experts: Professor Guillermo Rein |url=https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/2019/06/19/meet-the-experts-professor-guillermo/ |website=Let's Talk Bromine |publisher=The International Bromine Council |access-date=11 March 2021 |date=19 June 2019}}
Biography
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/g.rein|title=Home - Professor Guillermo Rein|website=www.imperial.ac.uk}}
Research
His research meanly focus on heat transfer, combustion, fire and wildfire.[https://fsri.org/guillermo-rein Guillermo Rein], Fire Safety Research Institute, retrieved on 17/01/2024 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.{{Cite web |title=Scopus preview - Rein, Guillermo - Author details - Scopus |url=https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=13009145700 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=www.scopus.com}} His current h-index is above 60 and citation count is over 12,000 on Google Scholar.{{Cite web |title=Guillermo Rein |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OXHq05UAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=scholar.google.com}}
Rein has been editor-in-chief of the journal Fire Technology since 2012.{{Cite web|title=Fire Technology|url=https://www.springer.com/journal/10694/editors|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Springer|language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-17 |title=Wildfires are becoming more dangerous – here's why {{!}} Imperial News {{!}} Imperial College London |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/241572/wildfires-becoming-more-dangerous-heres/ |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=Imperial News |language=en}} He was associate editor of Proceedings of the Combustion Institute from 2013 to 2019;{{Cite book|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/proceedings-of-the-combustion-institute/editorial-board|title=Proceedings of the Combustion Institute Editorial Board}} associate editor of Thermal and Mass Transport (Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering) from 2016;{{Cite web|date=2016-04-07|title=New specialty section "Thermal and Mass Transport" now open for submissions!|url=https://blog.frontiersin.org/2016/04/07/new-specialty-section-thermal-and-mass-transport-now-open-for-submissions/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Science & research news {{!}} Frontiers|language=en}} and is on the editorial board of Safety Science{{Cite book|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/safety-science|title=Safety Science}} and the advisory board of International Journal of Wildland Fire since 2016.{{Cite web|title=CSIRO PUBLISHING|url=https://www.publish.csiro.au/wf/EditorialStructure|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.publish.csiro.au}} He was also on the editorial board of Fire Safety Journal from 2014 to 2017.
Selected awards
- 2009 Hinshelwood Prize{{Cite web|title=Previous winners {{!}} The Combustion Institute - British Section|url=https://www.combustion.org.uk/awards/previous-winners/#Hinshelwood|access-date=2021-03-04|website=www.combustion.org.uk|language=en-GB}}
- 2016 SFPE Lund Award{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfpe.org/page/LundRecipients/The-D.-Peter-Lund-Award.htm|title=The D. Peter Lund Award – SFPE|website=www.sfpe.org}}
- 2017 The Engineer Collaborate-to-Innovate Prize{{Cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/181686/fire-researchers-collaborate-innovate-award-with/|title=Fire researchers win Collaborate to Innovate award with Arup | Imperial News | Imperial College London|website=Imperial News|date=13 September 2017 }}
- 2017 Sugden Award
- 2018 Arthur B. Guise Medal{{Cite web|title=Arthur B. Guise Medal - Foundation|url=https://www.sfpe.org/foundation/foundationawards/foundationguise|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.sfpe.org}}
- 2020 Research Excellence Award{{Cite web|date=2020-03-06|title=Research Excellence Award {{!}} The Combustion Institute|url=https://www.combustioninstitute.org/resources/awards/the-research-excellence-award/,%20https://www.combustioninstitute.org/resources/awards/the-research-excellence-award/|access-date=2021-03-04|language=en-US}}
| rowspan=2 style="width:60px; vertical-align:top;" | File:ESP Isabella Catholic Order OFF.svg | Officer's Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic |
| — 10 March 2025 |
References
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External links
- [https://www.imperial.ac.uk/hazelab Imperial Hazelab's webpage]
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Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni
Category:Academics of Imperial College London
Category:Combustion engineering
Category:Fellows of the Combustion Institute
Category:Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Spanish science communicators
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Category:21st-century Spanish scientists
Category:21st-century British educators