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MohammadReza Modarres is a dedicated researcher specializing in fire science, wildland-urban interface fires, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). He has earned his PhD with distinction and honor, with his research significantly contributing to the fields of combustion analysis, fire behavior modeling, and the development of fire safety engineering practices. Throughout his academic journey, MohammadReza has applied cutting-edge methods in CFD simulations and fire dynamics to understand complex fire behaviors, with a focus on improving fire risk assessment and safety strategies. His work continues to advance the understanding of fire behavior in both experimental and computational settings, aiming to enhance disaster management and public safety.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
MOHAMMADREZA MODARRES

Citation names

  • MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA
  • MReza. Modarres

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
EB18-D8B8-A7FB
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4201-0875

Email addresses

  • mohammad@adai.pt (Professional)
  • mohammadreza.modarres@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Turkish Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Persian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Azerbaijani (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/09/01 - 2025/03/12
Concluded
 Mechanical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Mechanical Engineering
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial Laboratório de Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2021/01/01
Attended
 Mechanical Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Mechanical Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2014/06/10
Concluded
 Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering (Propulsion) (Master)
Sharif University of Technology, Iran
"Developing a Zonal Combustion Approach to Improve the Chemical Reactor Network Prediction in Turbulent Diffusion Flame Modelings" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 3.64
2010/09/10
Concluded
 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Fluids and Thermal Sciences) (Bachelor)
University of Tabriz, Iran
"Simulation and Analysis of the O.457 Diesel Engine Fuel System for Diesel-knock Reduction and Pollution Control" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 3.91
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/02/02 - 2025/03/12 Research Assistant (Research) Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial Laboratório de Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial Laboratório de Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal
2018/01 - 2021/02 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos em Inovação Tecnologia e Políticas de Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/03 - 2018/01/01 Research Assistant (Research) Laboratório de Simulação em Energia e Fluidos - LASEF, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2011/12/08 - 2014/07/09 Research Assistant (Research) Sharif University of Technology, Iran
2004/09/10 - 2011/11/03 Research Assistant (Research) Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/03/15 - 2017/12/30 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2005/09/22 - 2009/06/24 Main Coordinator Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Organization for Exceptional Talents, Iran

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/09/17 - 2010/09/23 diesel engine simulation engineer I.D.E.M. :Iranian Diesel Engine Manufacturing, Iran
2009/09/02 - 2010/09/16 waterline and pump station design engineer Farazab Consulting Engineers Co., Iran
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/02 - Current FCT/PCLF/AGT/0109/2018
FCT/PCLF/AGT/0109/2018
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2024/01/01 - 2025/03/31 Vulnerable Elements and Risk Assessment, (VERA)
Vera/B12-2024
PhD Student Fellow
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/09 - 2019/09 FIREND: Portuguese National Project
FIREND: Portuguese National Project
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017/03 - 2018/01 Reference: FCT/IST/366/2017
Reference: FCT/IST/366/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/04/01 - Current Vulnerable Elements and Risk Assessment, (VERA)
Vera/B12-2024
Post-doc
Ongoing
2021/02 - 2024/01 House Refuge
FCT/PCLF/AGT/0109/2018
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/01/15 - 2023/01/14 Desenvolvimento de melhores práticas e normas para construções e suas envolventes em áreas de risco de incêndio florestal
PCIF/AGT/0109/2018
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção Energia Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/09 - 2020/12 Analysis of the Chemiluminescence Mechanism’s effectivity in Prediction of H2/CO Flames, with O2/Air Oxidizers
FCT/1018P.03916.1.01 KIC MSC RENE
Principal investigator
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/09 FIREND
Portuguese National Project
Principal investigator
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2017/03 - 2018/01 Numerical simulations of spatially evolving viscoelastic jets
FCT/IST/366/2017
Principal investigator
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. MohammadReza Modarres; Miguel Almeida. "Best Practices for Fuel Management Surrounding Buildings". Portugal, 2025.
    10.14195/978-989-26-2757-1
  2. MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA. "Natural Fuels". In Scientific Perspectives on Fire Risk Management in the Wildland-Urban Interface at the Property Scale. Portugal, 2024.
    Published
  3. MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Miguel Abrantes de Figueiredo Bernardo de Almeida. "Boas Práticas de Gestão de Combustíveis na Envolvente a Construções". In A GESTÃO DO RISCO DE INCÊNDIO RURAL EM EDIFÍCIOS DE HABITAÇÃO. Portugal, 2024.
    Published • 10.14195/978-989-26-2592-8
  4. Almeida, Miguel; MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA. Corresponding author: Almeida, Miguel. "Boas práticas de gestão de combustíveis". In A gestão do risco de incêndio rural em habitações, 61-92. Coimbra, Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra University Press), 2024.
    Published
  5. Miguel Abrantes de Figueiredo Bernardo de Almeida; MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA. "Proteção das Comunidades". In O que devo saber sobre tempestades de fogo?. Portugal, 2023.
    Published
  6. Miguel Almeida (0000-0002-0379-6062); Luis Mário Ribeiro; MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Domingos Xavier Viegas. "Regras Para o Edificado e Envolvente nos Territórios Rurais, Agência para a Gestão Integrada de Fogos Rurais (AGIF)". Agência para a Gestão Integrada de Fogos Rurais (AGIF), 2022.
    Published
  7. Miguel Abrantes de Figueiredo Bernardo de Almeida; Luis Mário Ribeiro; MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Domingos Xavier Filomento Carlos Viegas. "Compilação e análise da regulamentação seguida em vários países". In Regras para o Edificado e Envolvente nos Territórios Rurais. Portugal, 2021.
Conference paper
  1. MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Miguel Almeida (0000-0002-0379-6062); MohammadReza Modarres; Miguel Almeida. "Application of the Computational Fluid Dynamics in Forest Fires Investigations for Mitigation of the Wildland-Urban Interface Fires’ Risks". Paper presented in IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research & 17 2022 th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit, Coimbra, Portugal., Coimbra, 2022.
    10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_83
  2. Miguel Almeida (0000-0002-0379-6062); MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Juan Antonio Munoz; Miguel Almeida; MohammadReza Modarres; Juan Antonio Muñoz; Luís Mário Ribeiro. "Flammability characteristics of typical garden species". Paper presented in IX INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOREST FIRE RESEARCH & 17th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit, Coimbra, 2022.
    Published • 10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_92
  3. MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Miguel Almeida (0000-0002-0379-6062). "Modeling Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Behavior Using FDS". Paper presented in 5 2022 th Meeting of the Young Researchers of LAETA, Lisbon, 2022.
  4. Lopes, Rúben F. R.; MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; João Paulo Correia Rodrigues; Miguel Almeida (0000-0002-0379-6062). "Ensaio Experimental Demonstrador de Danos em Habitações Provocados por um Incêndio na Interface Urbano Florestal". Paper presented in 6º Cilasci – Congresso Ibero-Latino-Americano sobre Segurança contra Incêndioat, Belo Horizonte, 2022.
  5. MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Professor Dr. Masoud Darbandi; Hossein Ghanati; Gerry E. Schneider. "Cold Analysis of a Waste Gas Incinerator to Enhance its Mixing Capabilities Using CFD". Paper presented in 10 th , Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics Conference, Orlando, 2014.
  6. MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Professor Dr. Masoud Darbandi; MohammadReza Modarres; Masoud Darbandi. "Modeling of Gaseous Hydrocarbon Combustion Chamber for Investigation of Different Cross-Sections Influences on Species Mixing and Residence Time Performance". Paper presented in The 5 2014 th Iranian Combustion and Fuel Conference, Tehran, 2014.
    Published
Journal article
  1. MohammadReza Modarres; Miguel Almeida; Thiago Fernandes Barbosa; Domingos Xavier Viegas. "Sensitivity analysis of CFD-chemical reactor network approach with reactor numbers for Sandia flames D and E". Chemical Engineering Journal Advances (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2025.100893.
    10.1016/j.ceja.2025.100893
  2. MohammadReza Modarres; Miguel Almeida; Gilberto Vaz; Domingos X. Viegas. "Analytical formulations with experimental validation for determining the incident heat flux from firefronts". Fire Safety Journal (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2024.104205.
    10.1016/j.firesaf.2024.104205
  3. MohammadReza Modarres; Miguel Almeida; Thiago Barbosa; Domingos Xavier Viegas. "Turbulence-Inspired Zonal Combustion Modelling¿ Approach: Implementing the Crns in Turbulent Diffusion Flames". (2024): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/66181979/.
    10.2139/SSRN.4816808
  4. MohammadReza Modarres; Miguel Almeida; Domingos X. Viegas. "Experimental and numerical fire behaviour analysis in Eucalyptus globulus trees". International Journal of Wildland Fire (2024): https://doi.org/10.1071/WF23131.
    10.1071/WF23131
  5. Miguel Almeida. "A gestão do risco de incêndio rural em edifícios de habitação". (2024): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/71175444/.
    10.14195/978-989-26-2592-8
  6. MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Miguel Almeida (0000-0002-0379-6062); Domingos Xavier Viegas. "Analytical Mathematical Expression for Incident Heat Flux for Minimum Safety Distance Analysis, Applied in Wildfires". International Journal of Wildland Fire (2023):
    Submitted
  7. Thiago Fernandes Barbosa; Domingos Xavier Viegas; MohammadReza Modarres; Miguel Almeida. "Heat-Induced Increase in LPG Pressure: Experimental and CFD Prediction Study". Processes (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/11/7/1930.
    10.3390/pr11071930
  8. MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Miguel Almeida (0000-0002-0379-6062); Domingos Xavier Viegas. "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Fire Behavior in Eucalyptus Globulus Species with Flammability Analysis based on the Maturity and Arrangement". International Journal of Wildland Fire (2023):
    Submitted
  9. Lopes, Ruben F. R.; Modarres, MohammadReza; Rodrigues, Joao Paulo C.; Almeida, Miguel. "Experimental demonstration test of damages in houses caused by wildland-urban interface fires". Fire Safety Journal (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/63049468/.
    10.1016/J.FIRESAF.2023.103934
Manual
  1. Ribeiro, Luis M.; Miguel Abrantes de Figueiredo Bernardo de Almeida; Domingos Xavier Filomento Carlos Viegas; Daniela Alves; Barbosa, Thiago Fernandes; MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA. Planeamento da gestão de combustíveis - Efeito da distância e da frequência das intervenções na proteção das estruturas e rede viária. Portugal: Agência para a Gestão Integrada de Fogos Rurais, (AGIF). 2021.
    Published
Online resource
  1. MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA. PIV_ADAI: A MATLAB-Based GUI for Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) Image Processing. 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30528.96003.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30528.96003
Preprint
  1. Modarres, MohammadReza; Almeida, Miguel; Barbosa, Thiago; Viegas, Domingos Xavier. "Sensitivity Analysis of Coupled Cfd-Crn Based on the Numbers of Cstrs in Sandia Standard Flames D and E". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5026915.
    10.2139/ssrn.5026915
Report
  1. Almeida, Miguel; MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Ferreira, Carlos; Ribeiro, Luis M.. Corresponding author: Almeida, Miguel. 2024. International Workshop (1st). https://civil-protection-knowledge-network.europa.eu/news/new-vera-project-deliverable-identifying-europes-vulnerable-cross-border.
  2. Almeida, Miguel; Ribeiro, Luis M.; MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA. 2022. Análise do fluxo de calor incidente num edifício para diferentes cenários típicos da envolvente a construções no meio rural.
  3. Almeida, Miguel; Ribeiro, Luis M.; MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA; Domingos Xavier Filomento Carlos Viegas. 2021. Regras para o Edificado e Envolvente nos Territórios Rurais. https://www.agif.pt/app/uploads/2022/07/Relatório-Regras-para-o-Edificado-e-Envolvente-dos-Territórios-Rurais_FW_final.pdf.

Artistic / Performance

Visual artwork
  1. MODARRES, MOHAMMADREZA. Acetone Diffusion Flame Selected by the Combustion Institute.

Other

Other output
  1. Developing a Turbulence-Inspired Zonal Combustion Modeling Approach, Implementing the CRNs in Turbulent Diffusion Flames. 2023. Modarres, M.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85167552416&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-2586690/v1
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/01/04 Fire behaviour modelling at the Wildland Urban Interface Forest fires - from prevention to recovery
University of Aveiro ¿ (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022 Application of the Computational Fluid Dynamics in Forest Fires Investigations for Mitigation of the Wildland-Urban Interface Fires’ Risks IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research & 17 2022 th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit, Coimbra, Portugal.
University of Coimbra, ADAI (Coimbra, Portugal)
Distinctions

Award

2025 PhD defence with distinction and honor
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Portugal
2025 UC Tech Challenge 2025 – Best Startup Team Award
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 Ranked among the top 10 teams at the EIA-2019 congress for demonstrating exceptional innovation and creativity
European Innovation Academy, Portugal
2015 Recipient of the national Best M.Sc. Thesis Award, recognized for outstanding academic achievement and research excellence in Aerospace Engineering
2014 Outstanding Paper Award at the 10th International Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics Conference in Orlando, Florida, USA.
2010 Distinguished as the top Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's student in the province of Eastern Azerbaijan, Iran.
2004 Silver Medal - Student Astrophysics Olympiad
2004 4th province-wide honor
2004 Laboratory of Physics Olympiad | 3rd, Provincially
2004 Khwarizmi Young Festival | 4th, Provincially
2003 Silver Medal - Students Mathematical Olympiad