Pedro Reszka
Pedro Reszka
Pedro Reszka es Ingeniero Civil Mecánico de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile y Doctor en Ingeniería de Seguridad contra incendios por la Universidad de Edimburgo, Escocia en 2008.
Es profesor asistente de la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, e investigador de Built y Earth Center de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.
Se desarrolla en las áreas de seguridad contra incendios y combustión, donde combina el conocimiento con experiencia industrial, permitiendo que los resultados de su investigación tengan aplicaciones en campos como la conversión y eficiencia de la energía, emisión de contaminantes, seguridad de procesos y contra incendios forestales.
Ha desarrollado proyectos de investigación experimentales y numéricos, tanto en Chile como en Europa, colaborando con investigadores de varias universidades y ha sido autor de publicaciones científicas. Ha participado en proyectos de ingeniería, análisis de riesgos y peritajes de incidentes en Chile, EEUU, Reino Unido, Perú y Colombia.
Effect of convective losses on the spread of flame over pine needle beds</>
Dakshnamurthy, S., Ferrer, J., Fuentes, A., Demarco, R. & Reszka, P., 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.Impact of linearly increasing heat flux on the ignition of wildland fuels</>
Gallardo, J., Burgos, C., Reszka, P., Fuentes, A. & Demarco, R., may. 2026, In: Fire Safety Journal, 160.Understanding the role of buoyancy and inertia in wind-aided vegetative fires</>
Singh, A., Cuevas, J., Ziazi, R., Reszka, P. & Simeoni, A., ene. 2026, In: Fire Safety Journal, 159.Development of UAV Spectral Models for Estimating Leaf Water Content at Canopy Level for Eucalyptus globulus and Pinus radiata</>
de Armendaiz, M., Chicharro, I., de Miguel, S. & Reszka, P., 2026, In: Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 54, 5, p. 2033-2048.Cracking quantification of wood exposed to constant heat fluxes</>
Aguilar, B., Reszka, P., Acem, Z., Boulet, P., Parent, G. & Terrei, L., dic. 2025, In: Fire Safety Journal, 158.Bench-scale flammability testing to optimize the effectiveness of fire retardant treatment of wildland fuels</>
Álvarez, C., Correa, N., Valenzuela, F., Reveco, M., Ferrer, J., Demarco, R., Fuentes, A., Simeoni, A. & Reszka, P., nov. 2025, In: Fire Safety Journal, 157.Experimental Study on Flame Interaction of Dual Parallel Line Fires on Slopes</>
Zhang, H., Zhou, K., Xia, C., Reszka, P. & Simeoni, A., 2025, In: Fire Technology, 61, 7, p. 5003-5021.Radiative characteristics of laminar Eucalyptus Globulus flames at different coflows</>
Pinto, P., Severino, G., Cruz, J., Rivera, J., Demarco, R., Reszka, P. & Fuentes, A., sep. 2024, In: International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 203.Workforce and task optimization to guarantee oxygen bottling under a COVID-19 pandemic scenario</>
Severino, G., Rivera, J., Parot, R., Otaegui, E., Fuentes, A. & Reszka, P., may. 2024, In: International Journal of Production Economics, 271.Assessing wildfire risk to critical infrastructure in central Chile</>
Severino, G., Fuentes, A., Valdivia, A., Auat-Cheein, F. & Reszka, P., abr. 2024, In: International Journal of Wildland Fire, 33, 4.The role of smoldering in the ignition of Pinus palustris needles</>
Gong, W., Cuevas, J., Reszka, P. & Simeoni, A., feb. 2024, In: Fire Safety Journal, 143.Effect of moisture content on the spotting ignition of live wildland fuels</>
Reveco, M., Álvarez, C., Gallardo, J., Valenzuela, F., Severino, G., Fuentes, A., Reszka, P. & Demarco, R., ene. 2024, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40, 1-4.Understanding the effect of char oxidation on wood temperature profiles for varying heating and oxygen conditions</>
Correa, N., Cuevas, J., Fuentes, A., Torero, J. & Reszka, P., ene. 2024, In: Fire Safety Journal, 142.An interpretable machine learning model for predicting forest fire danger based on Bayesian optimization</>
Liu, Z., Zhou, K., Yao, Q. & Reszka, P., 2024, In: Emergency Management Science and Technology, 4.Char depth of several wood species under single or double heat exposures</>
Terrei, L., Erez, G., Aguilar, B., Acem, Z., Suzanne, M., Reszka, P., Boulet, P. & Parent, G., 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2885, 1.Use of an electric heater as an idealized firebrand to determine ignition delay time of Eucalyptus globulus leaves</>
Álvarez, C., Moreno, G., Valenzuela, F., Rivera, J., Ebensperger, F., Reszka, P. & Fuentes, A., dic. 2023, In: Fire Safety Journal, 141.The MaCFP Condensed Phase Working Group</>
Leventon, I., Batiot, B., Bruns, M., Hostikka, S., Nakamura, Y., Reszka, P., Rogaume, T. & Stoliarov, S., 2023.Ignition of Wildland Fuels Exposed to a Time-Decreasing Incident Heat Flux</>
Valenzuela, F., Rivera, J., Ebensperger, F., Alvarez, C., Reszka, P., Auat Cheein, F. & Fuentes, A., 2023, In: Combustion Science and Technology, 195, 14, p. 3596-3611.Machine learning assisted remote forestry health assessment</>
Estrada, J., Fuentes, A., Reszka, P. & Auat Cheein, F., 2023, In: Frontiers in Plant Science, 14.A simplified analytical model for radiation dominated ignition of solid fuels exposed to multiple non-steady heat fluxes</>
Parot, R., Rivera, J., Reszka, P., Torero, J. & Fuentes, A., mar. 2022, In: Combustion and Flame, 237.Understanding the role of fire retardants on the discontinuous ignition of wildland fuels</>
Rivera, J., Ebensperger, F., Valenzuela, F., Escandar, L., Reszka, P. & Fuentes, A., 2022, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 39, 3, p. 3775-3783.Retrieval of vegetation indices related to leaf water content from a single index</>
Villacrés, J., Fuentes, A., Reszka, P. & Cheein, F., abr. 2021, In: Plants, 10, 4.Ignition of wildland fuels by idealized firebrands</>
Rivera, J., Hernández, N., Consalvi, J., Reszka, P., Contreras, J. & Fuentes, A., mar. 2021, In: Fire Safety Journal, 120.Experimental temperature profiles in timber elements subjected to fire conditions</>
Correa, N., Fuentes, A., Torero, J. & Reszka, P., 2021.Candle flame soot sizing by planar time-resolved laser-induced incandescence</>
Verdugo, I., Cruz, J., Álvarez, E., Reszka, P., Figueira da Silva, L. & Fuentes, A., dic. 2020, In: Scientific Reports, 10, 1.Moisture content estimation of Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus globulus from reconstructed leaf reflectance in the SWIR region</>
Arevalo-Ramirez, T., Villacrés, J., Fuentes, A., Reszka, P. & Auat Cheein, F., may. 2020, In: Biosystems Engineering, 193, p. 187-205.Ignition delay times of live and dead pinus radiata needles</>
Reszka, P., Cruz, J., Valdivia, J., González, F., Rivera, J., Carvajal, C. & Fuentes, A., mar. 2020, In: Fire Safety Journal, 112.Foliar moisture content from the spectral signature for wildfire risk assessments in Valparaíso-Chile</>
Villacrés, J., Arevalo-Ramirez, T., Fuentes, A., Reszka, P. & Cheein, F., dic. 2019, In: Sensors, 19, 24.Piloted ignition delay times on optically thin PMMA cylinders</>
Hernández, N., Fuentes, A., Reszka, P. & Fernández-Pello, A., 2019, In: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37, 3, p. 3993-4000.Summary of workshop large outdoor fires and the built environment</>
Manzello, S., Blanchi, R., Gollner, M., Gorham, D., McAllister, S., Pastor, E., Planas, E., Reszka, P. & Suzuki, S., sep. 2018, In: Fire Safety Journal, 100, p. 76-92.Analysis of soot propensity in combustion processes using optical sensors and video magnification</>
Garcés, H., Fuentes, A., Reszka, P. & Carvajal, G., may. 2018, In: Sensors, 18, 5.Soot propensity detection by Eulerian video magnification</>
Pino, J., Cuevas, J., Escudero, F., Reszka, P. & Fuentes, A., jul. 2017.Fire Behavior of Timber and Lignocellulose</>
Reszka, P. & Torero, J., may. 2016.The Great Valparaiso Fire and Fire Safety Management in Chile</>
Reszka, P. & Fuentes, A., jul. 2015, In: Fire Technology, 51, 4, p. 753-758.A methodology for the estimation of ignition delay times in forest fire modelling</>
Reszka, P., Borowiec, P., Steinhaus, T. & Torero, J., dic. 2012, In: Combustion and Flame, 159, 12, p. 3652-3657.Flammability studies for wildland and wildland-urban interface fires applied to pine needles and solid polymers</>
Simeoni, A., Thomas, J., Bartoli, P., Borowieck, P., Reszka, P., Colella, F., Santoni, P. & Torero, J., nov. 2012, In: Fire Safety Journal, 54, p. 203-217.Analysis of the ventilation systems in the Dartford tunnels using a multi-scale modelling approach</>
Colella, F., Rein, G., Carvel, R., Reszka, P. & Torero, J., jul. 2010, In: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 25, 4, p. 423-432.Round-robin study of a priori modelling predictions of the Dalmarnock Fire Test One</>
Rein, G., Torero, J., Jahn, W., Stern-Gottfried, J., Ryder, N., Desanghere, S., Lázaro, M., Mowrer, F., Coles, A., Joyeux, D., Alvear, D., Capote, J., Jowsey, A., Abecassis-Empis, C. & Reszka, P., may. 2009, In: Fire Safety Journal, 44, 4, p. 590-602.In-depth temperature measurements in wood exposed to intense radiant energy</>
Reszka, P. & Torero, J., jul. 2008, In: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 32, 7, p. 1405-1411.Characterisation of Dalmarnock fire Test One</>
Abecassis-Empis, C., Reszka, P., Steinhaus, T., Cowlard, A., Biteau, H., Welch, S., Rein, G. & Torero, J., jul. 2008, In: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 32, 7, p. 1334-1343.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.
Toxicity of particulate emissions from next-gen fuels: characterization of chemical composition and detailed morphology of flame-generated soot particles</>
Reszka, P. (Co-Investigator)1/04/25 → 1/04/29.
Impact of local flaming conditions on the detailed structure of flame-synthesized nanomaterials: from soot to metal-oxides nanoparticles</>
Reszka, P. (Co-Investigator)1/04/25 → 1/04/29.
Predicting emerging wildfire hazards for climate change adaptation strategies</>
Thomsen, M. (Principal Investigator) & Reszka, P. (National Co-Investigator)1/12/23 → 1/12/24.
Adquisición cámara infrarroja multiespectral de alta velocidad para caracterización de la combustión de sistemas reactivos y determinación de huella espectral de sistemas complejos</>
Reszka, P. (Associate Researcher)3/11/22 → 3/05/26.
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.
Understanding the connections between abiotic stress and forest vulnerability to fires</>
Reszka, P. (Principal Investigator) , Poupin, M. (Associate Researcher) & Ledger, T. (Principal Investigator)1/12/21 → 1/12/24.
Understanding Wildfire Hazards Posed by Ignition in Continuous and Discontinuous Configurations</>
Reszka, P. (Researcher)1/12/17 → 1/12/20.
Detailed numerical modeling of liquid-fuels: effect of PAH species on soot nucleation and adsorption mechanisms</>
Reszka, P. (Co-Investigator)1/04/22 → 1/04/25.
Fostering e-Fuels and Biofuels: Revealing Sooting Propensity and Evolution of Soot Maturity and Morphology in Non-Premixed Flames</>
Reszka, P. (Co-Investigator)1/04/22 → 1/04/25.
Improving the understanding of wildland fuel transport processes: studying flammability on surrogate fuel beds</>
Reszka, P. (Principal Investigator)1/04/23 → 1/04/26.