ISFEH9 Awards
The ISFEH9 Award Committee chaired by Professor Charles Fleischmann awarded prizes for two best papers, four best student presentations, and one best poster presented at the Seminar.
The award is sponsored by FM Global.
Congratulations to the winners!
Best Papers

Addressing the Problem of Poor Gas Leak Detection Rates on UK Offshore Platforms
by Ryan Hilditch and James McNay,
WSP Australia and Micropack (Engineering) UK

Rankine-Hugoniot Model in Rapid Boiling of CO2
by Per Morten Hansen, André Vagner Gaathaug, Dag Bjerketvedt, and Knut Vaagsaether
University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

Best Student Presentations

CFD Study of Fire-Induced Pressure Variation in a Mechanically-Ventilated Air-Tight Compartment
Junyi Li, Tarek Beji, and Bart Merci
Ghent University, Belgium

The Structure of Polyoxymethylene-Air Counterflow Flame
Roman Glaznev, Alexander Paletsky, Munko Gonchikzhapov, Oleg Korobeinichev, Alexander Karpov and Artem Shaklein
Novosibirsk State University, Russia

Effects of electric current and sample orientation on flame spread over electrical wires
Luyao Zhao, Qixing Zhang, Ran Tu, Jun Fang, Jinjun Wang, and Yongming Zhang
University of Science and Technology of China, China

Radiative Extinction of a Diffusion Flame in Microgravity
Egor Kuznetsov, Alexander Snegirev, and Ekaterina Markus
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia
Best Poster

Manifestation of Instability Effects in Pure Thermal Plumes
Evgenii Khrapunov and Yuriy Chumakov
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Krylov State Research Centre, Russia