Førsteamanuensis
Maria de Las Nieves Fernandez Anez
Arbeids- og kompetanseområde
I am an associate professor within fire safety in campus Haugesund, and study program coordinator for the Master in Fire Safety Engineering.
My main research lines are wildfires, smouldering fires and dust explosions, focusing on biomass and new fuels.
I finished my PhD on Flammability of Biomass at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid in 2016, where I also obtained my MSc in Environmental Risk (2012) and MEng in Mining Engineering (2011).
- ING4004 Advanced Fire Dynamics
- ING4007 Industrial Fire Safety
- Fire safety
- Wildfires
- Smouldering fires
- Dust explosions
Publikasjonar
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Biomass inertization to increase minimum ignition temperature
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BARA: cellular automata simulation of multidimensional smouldering in peat with horizontally varying moisture contents
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IAFSS workshop on education 2023 – Perspectives on the need for competence in fire safety engineering
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Understanding Wildfire Behavior in Scandinavia: Filling the Knowledge Gap and Improving Prediction Models
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Fire spread through a particle board cavity