I aim for developing new engineering principles capable of reducing the wildfire risk and of building resilient communities.
Qualifications & Memberships
Research Interests
My research focusses on numerical and experimental study of fire and wildland fire behaviour and suppression. I aim for developing new engineering principles capable of reducing the wildfire risk and of building resilient communities.
I have been involved in several projects focused on wildfire behaviour (including its interactions with vegetation, atmosphere and built environment WUI), fire risk and wildfire engineering. My area of expertise is combustion and fire safety using experimental and numerical tools.
Additionally, some of my research involves advanced simluation of sprinklers system's performance for fire extinction, combustion analysis using laser diagnostics and Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations applied to fire.
Recent Publications
- Florez Trujillo DF., Valencia A. and Avendano-Uribe B. (2023) Informal Settlement Fires in Colombia. Fire Technology http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10694-023-01413-8.
- Valencia A., Melnik KO., Sanders N., Sew Hoy A., Yan M., Katurji M., Zhang J., Schumacher B., Hartley R. and Aguilar-Arguello S. (2023) Influence of fuel structure on gorse fire behaviour. International Journal of Wildland Fire http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf22108.
- Katurji M., Noonan B., Zhang J., Valencia A., Shumacher B., Kerr J., Strand T., Pearce G. and Zawar-Reza P. (2022) Atmospheric turbulent structures and fire sweeps during shrub fires and implications for flaming zone behaviour. International Journal of Wildland Fire 32(1): 43-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wf22100.
- Penney G., Baker G., Valencia A. and Gorham D. (2022) The CAED Framework for the Development of Performance‐Based Design at the Wildland–Urban Interface. Fire 5(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire5020054.
- Valencia A., Zheng Y. and Marshall AW. (2022) A Model for Predicting the Trajectory and Structure of Firefighting Hose Streams. Fire Technology 58(2): 793-815. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10694-021-01175-1.