María Thomsen
María Thomsen
María es Ph.D. en Ingeniería Mecánica de la Universidad de California Berkeley, Estados Unidos, con minors en Materiales y Ciencias Forestales; y tiene un Máster en Ciencias de la Ingeniería Mecánica de la misma casa de estudios. Maria también obtuvo un Magíster en Ciencias de la Ingeniería Industrial en la Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, de Valparaíso, en Chile, de donde se tituló de ingeniera industrial.
Sus áreas de investigación se relacionan con la seguridad contra incendios y combustión, estudiando los procesos de propagación e ignición de llamas bajo diversas condiciones ambientales, enfocándose particularmente en análisis de inflamabilidad y el estudio de materiales resistentes al fuego. Su trabajo ha involucrado colaboraciones con la Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y el Espacio (NASA) y ha sido publicado en revistas internacionales. Maria ha participado también en proyectos de ingeniería y peritajes de incidentes en Estados Unidos.
En noviembre de 2020, se incorporó como profesora a la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias UAI. Anteriormente, se desempeñó como investigadora postdoctoral tanto en la Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, como en la Universidad de California Berkeley, Estados Unidos.
Transient heat transfer mechanisms in flame spread under oscillating flows</>
Pinto, P., Thomsen, M., Xi, X. & Urban, J., sep. 2026, In: Combustion and Flame, 291.Sooting behavior of laminar flames produced with clear and black cast PMMA</>
Pinto, P., Littin, M., Verdugo, I., Severino, G., Cruz, J., Escudero, F., Urban, J., Thomsen, M., Fuentes, A. & Demarco, R., sep. 2026, In: Fire Safety Journal, 163.Transition from point ignition to flame spread in porous fuel beds</>
Ferrer, J., Fevre, C., Thomsen, M., Demarco, R., Fuentes, A., Fernández-Pello, A. & Reszka, P., jul. 2026, In: Fire Safety Journal, 162.Flame extinction of thermally thick PMMA in Earth gravity versus microgravity</>
Liveretou, C., Rivera, J., Bardy, M., Fernandez-Pello, C., Gollner, M., Etzenbach, L., Thomsen, M., Olson, S. & Ferkul, P., may. 2026, In: Fire Safety Journal, 160.Separating convective and radiative heat fluxes in horizontal flame spread over PMMA</>
Pinto, P., Thomsen, M., Xi, X. & Urban, J., feb. 2026, In: Combustion and Flame, 284.Radiation effects on horizontal flame spread under non-steady airflows</>
Pinto, P., Xi, X., Thomsen, M. & Urban, J., ene. 2026, In: Fire Safety Journal, 159.Local convective heat fluxes in concurrent flame spread</>
Pinto, P., Thomsen, M., Urban, J. & Xi, X., 2026, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 42.Downward opposed flame spread response to non-steady airflow</>
Miska, A., Pinto, P., Xi, X., Thomsen, M. & Urban, J., dic. 2025, In: Fire Safety Journal, 158.Spatio-temporally resolved radiation modeling in horizontal concurrent flame spread</>
Pinto, P., Xi, X., Thomsen, M. & Urban, J., oct. 2025, In: Fire Safety Journal, 156.Transient horizontal flame spread under non-steady concurrent airflow</>
Pinto, P., Xi, X., Miska, A., Thomsen, M. & Urban, J., may. 2025, In: Fire Safety Journal, 152.Extinction of opposed flame spread over thin paper</>
Thomsen, M., Fernandez-Pello, C., Urban, D. & Olson, S., 2025, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 41.The Effect of Normoxic Atmospheres on Upward Flame Spread Over a Thin Fabric</>
Thomsen, M., Carmignani, L., Garg, P., Fernandez-Pello, C., Gollner, M., Ruff, G. & Urban, D., 2025, In: Combustion Science and Technology, 198, 4, p. 904-920.Spot ignition of a wildland fire and its transition to propagation</>
Wang, S., Thomsen, M., Huang, X. & Fernandez-Pello, C., jun. 2024, In: International Journal of Wildland Fire, 33, 7.The limiting oxygen volume fraction for opposed flame spread extinction</>
Liveretou, C., Scudiere, C., Rivera, J., Etzenbach, L., Thomsen, M., Fernandez-Pello, C., Gollner, M., Olson, S. & Ferkul, P., ene. 2024, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40, 1-4.Sooting behavior on a spreading flame over PMMA rods under different oxygen concentrations</>
Thomsen, M., Cruz, J., Escudero, F., Fernandez-Pello, C. & Fuentes, A., dic. 2023, In: Fire Safety Journal, 141.On the Growth of Wildland Fires from a Small Ignition Source</>
Thomsen, M., Fernandez-Pello, A. & Williams, F., 2023, In: Combustion Science and Technology, 195, 14, p. 3542-3556.Effect of sub-atmospheric pressure on the characteristics of concurrent/upward flame spread over a thin solid</>
Carmignani, L., Garg, P., Thomsen, M., Gollner, M., Fernandez-Pello, C., Urban, D. & Ruff, G., nov. 2022, In: Combustion and Flame, 245.Determining flame temperature by broadband two color pyrometry in a flame spreading over a thin solid in microgravity</>
Thomsen, M., Cruz, J., Escudero, F., Fuentes, A., Fernandez-Pello, C., Gollner, M., Urban, D. & Ruff, G., 2022, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39, 3, p. 3909-3918.Downward Flame Spread Rate Over PMMA Rods Under External Radiant Heating</>
Thomsen, M., Carmignani, L., Rodriguez, A., Scudiere, C., Liveretou, C., Fernandez-Pello, C., Gollner, M., Olson, S. & Ferkul, P., 2022, In: Fire Technology, 58, 4, p. 2229-2250.On simulating the effect of gravity on concurrent flame spread over thin paper through variations in ambient pressure</>
Thomsen, M., Fernandez-Pello, C., Urban, D. & Ruff, G., oct. 2021, In: Combustion and Flame, 232.Three-wavelength broadband soot pyrometry technique for axisymmetric flames</>
Cruz, J., Escudero, F., Álvarez, E., da Silva, L., Carvajal, G., Thomsen, M. & Fuentes, A., jun. 2021, In: Optics Letters, 46, 11, p. 2654-2657.Downward burning of PMMA cylinders</>
Thomsen, M., Fernandez-Pello, C., Olson, S. & Ferkul, P., 2021, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38, 3, p. 4837-4844.Buoyancy Effect on Downward Flame Spread Over PMMA Cylinders</>
Thomsen, M., Fernandez-Pello, C., Huang, X., Olson, S. & Ferkul, P., ene. 2020, In: Fire Technology, 56, 1, p. 247-269.Opposed flow burning of PMMA cylinders in normoxic atmospheres</>
Thomsen, M., Fernandez-Pello, C., Huang, X., Olson, S. & Ferkul, P., dic. 2019, In: Fire Safety Journal, 110.Buoyancy effects on concurrent flame spread over thick PMMA</>
Thomsen, M., Fernandez-Pello, C., Ruff, G. & Urban, D., ene. 2019, In: Combustion and Flame, 199, p. 279-291.Transition from opposed flame spread to fuel regression and blow off</>
Huang, X., Link, S., Rodriguez, A., Thomsen, M., Olson, S., Ferkul, P. & Fernandez-Pello, C., 2019, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37, 3, p. 4117-4126.Concurrent flame spread over externally heated Nomex under mixed convection flow</>
Thomsen, M., Huang, X., Fernandez-Pello, C., Urban, D. & Ruff, G., 2019, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37, 3, p. 3801-3808.On simulating concurrent flame spread in reduced gravity by reducing ambient pressure</>
Thomsen, M., Fernandez-Pello, C., Urban, D., Ruff, G. & Olson, S., 2019, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37, 3, p. 3793-3800.Flame spread limits (LOC) of fire resistant fabrics</>
Thomsen, M., Murphy, D., Fernandez-pello, C., Urban, D. & Ruff, G., jul. 2017, In: Fire Safety Journal, 91, p. 259-265.Soot measurements in candle flames</>
Thomsen, M., Fuentes, A., Demarco, R., Volkwein, C., Consalvi, J. & Reszka, P., abr. 2017, In: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 82, p. 116-123.The effect of pressure and external heating on the nomex flame spread limits (LOC)</>
Thomsen, M., Huang, X., Fernandez-Pello, C., Alonso, A., Urban, D. & Ruff, G., 2017.Flame spread over a fire resistant fabric under external heating</>
Thomsen, M., Huang, X., Alonso, A., Fernandez-Pello, C., Urban, D. & Ruff, G., 2017.Environmental effects on the flammability properties of fire resistant fabric</>
Thomsen, M., Murphy, D., Fernandez-Pello, C., Urban, D. & Ruff, G., 2016.Opposed flow flame spread over fire resistant fabric with external radiation, reduced pressure and elevated oxygen</>
Thomsen, M., Murphy, D., Fernandez-Pello, C., Urban, D. & Ruff, G., 2015.Understanding Solid- and Gas-Phase interactions influencing the flaming ignition of wildland fuel beds</>
Reszka, P. (Principal Investigator) & Thomsen, M. (Co-Investigator)1/04/26 → 1/04/30.
Impulsando el uso de materiales de construcción sostenibles : avanzando en la modelación del comportamiento ante incendios de elementos estructurales de madera</>
Reszka, P. (Principal Investigator) & Thomsen, M. (National Co-Investigator)18/12/25 → 18/12/26.
Predicting emerging wildfire hazards for climate change adaptation strategies</>
Thomsen, M. (Principal Investigator) & Reszka, P. (National Co-Investigator)1/12/23 → 1/12/24.
Fire retardant apparatus (fra): fomentando la adaptación al cambio climático a través de la optimización del combate de incendios forestales</>
Reszka, P. (Director) & Thomsen, M. (Researcher)14/10/22 → 14/10/24.
Advancing the Fundamental Understanding of Gas Phase Processes and Radiative Properties of Diffusion Flames Spreading over Solid Fuels</>
Thomsen, M. (Principal Investigator)15/03/24 → 15/03/27.
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GAS PHASE AND RADIATIVE PROPERTIES IN BOUNDARY LAYER DIFFUSION FLAMES SPREADING IN SOLID FUELS</>
Thomsen, M. (Principal Investigator)15/04/20 → 15/04/23.