Daniel Nilsson is a Swedish fire safety engineer and academic, currently serving as a Professor in Fire Engineering at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Nilsson has made contributions to the field of fire safety through his research, teaching, and leadership in the industry. His work focuses on human behaviour in fire, evacuation modelling, and the design of fire safety systems.[1][2][3]
Daniel Nilsson | |
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| Born | Sweden |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evacuation, Fire Engineering |
| Institutions | University of Canterbury |
Career
editNilsson's has been involved in numerous high-profile projects, including leading the "Changing evacuation behaviour to meet densified housing needs for our current and future population" BRANZ project from 2023 to 2025.[4] He is contributing to the "Extreme Wildfire: Our new reality – are we ready?" MBIE project from 2021 to 2026 and a NIST wildfire evacuation research project using GPS data.[5][6]
He has served as the Convenor of ISO TC 92/SC 4 WG11 – Human Behaviour in Fire since 2023 and as the Chair of ISO TC 92/SC 4 - Fire Safety Engineering from 2014 to 2022.[7][8]
Reference
edit- ^ profiles.canterbury.ac.nz https://profiles.canterbury.ac.nz/Daniel-Nilsson. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Introducing our new Head of Department | Engineering | University of Canterbury". www.canterbury.ac.nz. 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ Scopus. "Daniel Nilsson Profile".
- ^ BRANZ. "Our research portfolio".
- ^ "Wildfire evacuation perspective | University of Canterbury". www.canterbury.ac.nz. 2023-08-15. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Fighting wildfire with GPS data | PreventionWeb". www.preventionweb.net. 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ profiles.canterbury.ac.nz https://profiles.canterbury.ac.nz/Daniel-Nilsson/professional. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Team Professionals – Fire Research Group". Retrieved 2024-07-20.
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