Awards
- Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize in Technology for the paper The Influence of Travelling Fires on a Concrete Frame (published in the journal Engineering Structures)., Lloyd’s Register, 2011
- Best Poster Award at Spring 2010 Meeting for "Experimental Review of the Homogeneous Temperature Assumption in Post-Flashover Compartment Fires", British Section of The Combustion Institute, 2010
- Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize in Technology for the paper "A Novel Multiscale Methodology for Simulating Tunnel Ventilation Flows during Fires" (published in the journal Fire Technology)., Lloyd’s Register, 2010
- 15th Lord Ezra Award for outstanding achievement in the study of combustion engineering for developing the STAR smouldering technology for remediation of contaminated soils., Combustion Engineering Association, 2009
- Distinguished Paper Award on Fire Research at the 32nd International Symposium on Combustion for the paper "Carbon Emissions from Smouldering Peat in Shallow and Strong Fronts", The Combustion Institute, 2009
- Hinshelwood Prize for meritorious work in combustion by a younger scientist, British Section of The Combustion Institute, 2009
- Best Poster Award Audience Choice at the 9th9th Symposium on Fire Safety Science for "Fire Fighting Coal Mine Fires: Characterization and extinguishing methods using small-scale Experiments", International Association of Fire Safety Science, 2008
- Bodycote Warrington Fire Research Prize for the best paper for "Characterisation of Dalmarnock Fire Test One", The Institution of Fire Engineers, 2007
- FM Global Award for the best paper at the 5th International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards for the paper "Round-Robin Study of a priori Modelling Predictions of The Dalmarnock Fire Test One", Fire and Explosion Hazards, 2007
External Positions
- Member, Committee, International Association for Fire Safety Science, 2011
- Chairman since 2011. Previously (2010-2011), Vice-chairman., Fire Dynamics Working Group, European Network COST TU0604 "Integrated Fire Engineering and Response", 2010
- Committee member, Combustion Physics Group, Institute of Physics, 2009
- Member. Re-elected in 2011, Committee, British Section of the Combustion Institute, 2008
Fellowships
- Senior Research Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering and Leverhulme Trust, 2010 - 2011
Editorial Boards
- Fire Science Reviews (journal by Spinger), Editorial Board member, 2011
- Associate Editor of Fire Technology (journal of NFPA by Spinger), Associate Editor since 2010. Previously (2009-2010) Editorial Board member.