Prof. Bart Merci receives a lifetime achievement award
(10-09-2025) Prof. Bart Merci is the first Belgian ever to receive the Howard W. Emmons Award, a prestigious lifetime achievement award presented by the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS).
Howard W. Emmons Award
The award is described as ‘a prestigious recognition of distinguished career achievement in fire science and engineering awarded by the IAFSS once every three years at its International Symposia on Fire Safety Science’. For the first time in history, the award goes to a Belgian.