Biography

Shaorun currently works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where he received his PhD in 2021. His primary research areas are combustion and fire safety engineering, particularly smouldering combustion, wood/peat fire, Wildland-urban-interface fire, material flammability, wildfire dynamics, and fire safety in novel energy technologies. He is also interested in problems relating to structure and industry fire protection, biomass and sustainable energy, environmental science, and geophysics.
Shaorun has been an editor of the IAFSS website and served as president of the SFPE (Society of Fire Protection Engineers) HK Student Chapter. He is also the winner of the SFPE Student Research Grant (first recipient in Asia), The Great Bay Area STEM Excellence Award, the Tree Grant from the Association of Fire Ecology (AFE), the CFPA Best PhD Thesis Award, and Top Award of the Student Essay Competition from the HK Institute of Engineers.

林少润，美国加州大学伯克利分校机械工程系博士后研究员，2021年博士毕业于香港理工大学消防安全工程研究中心。林博士的主要研究领域涉及火灾科学和消防安全工程，特别是森林火灾、森林城市交界域火灾、阴燃火灾、木材/泥炭火灾和新能源技术中的消防安全。林博士还涉猎与结构和工业防火、生物质燃烧、可持续能源、环境科学和地球物理学有关的研究课题。林博士目前在Combustion and Flame, Proceedings of Combustion Institute, Science of Total Environment, Fire Safety Journal等期刊发表了30多篇期刊论文（其中一座或通讯20余篇），并有40多次会议交流的经历。林少润博士是IAFSS官网的编辑，并曾担任国际消防工程师学会（SFPE）香港学生分会主席。林博士是亚洲首位SFPE学生研究奖得主，并曾获得大湾区STEM卓越奖、中国消防协会优秀博士论文和火灾生态学协会（AFE）Tree grant等。

Professional Appointment

2022.9-

Postdoctoral Scholar

Berkeley Fire Research Lab,

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.

Advisor：Dr Michael Gollner

Key Research Area: Wind-driven building-to-building fire spread at WUI

2011.09-2022.09

Postdoctoral Scholar

Research Center for Fire Safety Engineering,

Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering,

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Advisor：Dr Xinyan Huang

Key Research Area: Wildland Fire Dynamics

Education

2018-2021

Ph.D.

2011-2014

B.Eng.

Research Center for Fire Safety Engineering,

Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Department of Civil Engineering, Shenzhen University

Research Interests

Fire Dynamics, Smoldering, Wildland Fire, Wildland-urban interface Fire, Material Flammability, Energy and Environment.

Journal Publications

S. Lin, M. Conkling, C. Li, X. Huang, M. Gollner* (2023) Smoldering ignition of mulch by firebrand piles and its transition to flaming under external wind (in prepare)
Y. Qin1, Y. Zhang1, Y. Chen, S. Lin*, Y. Su*, X. Huang*, M. Zhou (2023) Impact of Snow on Underground Smouldering Wildfire in Arctic-Boreal Peatlands (under review)
S. Lin*, X. Huang* (2023) A Review of Ignition and Extinction Limits of Smoldering Fire. (in prepare)
S. Lin, Y. Qin, T. Zhang, S. Wang, X. Huang*, M. Gollner (2023) Effect of pre-charred surface and density on the fire performance of wood. (in prepare)

S. Lin*, T. Zhang, X. Huang, M. Gollner* (2024) Can Peat Fires be Initiated by a Glowing Firebrand? International Journal of Wildland Fire.
Y. Qin, Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, S. Lin*, X. Huang* (2024) Minimum Oxygen Supply for Smouldering Combustion: Influence of Fuel Size and Bulk Density. Combustion and Flame.
Y. Zhang1, Y. Su1, Y. Qin, Y. Chen, S. Lin*, X. Huang*, M. Zhou (2024) Resurfacing of Underground Peat Fire: Smoldering Transition to Flaming Wildfire on Litter Surface. International Journal of Wildland Fire.
林少润，王思言，孙培艺，袁晗，黄鑫炎*（2023）聚光阴燃点火的特性：实验和模拟. 燃烧科学与技术.
梁志荣，陈玉莹，林少润，黄鑫炎*（2023）泥炭阴燃过程气体排放特性分析. 燃烧科学与技术.
S. Lin, Y. Qin, X. Huang*, M. Gollner (2023) Use of Pre-Charred Surfaces to Improve Fire Performance of Wood. Fire Safety Journal.
P. Garg, I. Shan, S. Lin, M. Gollner*, C. Fernandez-Pello (2023) Limiting Conditions of Smoldering-to-Flaming Transition of Cellulose Powder. Fire Safety Journal.
X. Ju, M. Conkling, M. Hajilou, S. Lin, F. Mostafa, A. Ayyar, A. McDowell, M. Gollner* (2023) A Comprehensive Quantification of Firebrand Generation from WUI Fuels for Model Development. Fire Safety Journal,
W. K. Cheung, Y. Zeng, S. Lin, X. Huang* (2023) Modeling Carbon Monoxide Transport and Hazard from Smoldering for Building Fire Safety Design Analysis. Fire Safety Journal.
Y. Chen, Z. Wang*, S. Lin, Y. Qin, X. Huang* (2023) Thermal-Oxidative Decomposition of Biomass: Data Review and Machine Learning Prediction. Cleaner Materials.
Y. Chen, S. Lin, Y. Qin, N. Surawski*, X. Huang* (2023) Carbon Distribution and Multicriteria Decision Analysis of A Flexible Suite of Smouldering Biowaste Processing Technologies. Waste Management.
Y. Qin, Y. Chen, S. Lin*, X. Huang* (2022) Oxygen Supply Limits of Self-sustained Smoldering Propagation. Combustion and Flame.
Y. Qin, D. Musa, S. Lin*, X. Huang* (2022) Deep Peat Fire Persistently Smouldering for Weeks: A Laboratory Demonstration. International Journal of Wildland Fire.
S. Lin, S. Wang, X. Huang* (2022) Modelling smoldering ignition by an irradiation spot. Fire Safety Journal.
Z. Liang, S. Lin (co-first author), X. Huang* (2022) Smoldering Ignition and Emission Dynamics of Wood under Low Irradiation. Fire and Materials.
S. Lin, X. Huang* (2022) Extinction of wood fire: modelling smoldering and near-limit flame under irradiation. Fire Technology.
Y. Chen, S. Lin*, Z. Liang, X. Huang* (2022) Clean smoldering biowaste process: Effect of burning direction on smoke purification by self-sustained flame. Fuel Processing Technology.
S. Lin, H. Yuan*, X. Huang* (2022) A Computational Study on the Quenching and Near-Extinction Spread of Smoldering. Combustion and Flame.
Y. Chen, S. Lin, Z. Liang*, N. Surawski, X. Huang* (2022) Smoldering organic waste removal technology with smoke emissions cleaned by self-sustained flame. Journal of Cleaner Production.
黄鑫炎*，林少润，刘乃安 (2021) 林火中的阴燃现象：研究前沿与展望. 工程热物理学报.
Y. Chen, Z. Liang, S. Lin*, X. Huang* (2021) Limits of Sustaining a Flame above Smoldering Biomass. Combustion Science and Technology.
S. Wang, S. Lin (co-first author), Y. Liu, X. Huang*, M. Gollner (2021) Smoldering Ignition using a Concentrated Solar Irradiation Spot. Fire Safety Journal.
林少润，高健，黄鑫炎* (2021) 外加辐射下木材的蓝色近极限火焰及熄火极限. 工程热物理学报.
林少润，黄鑫炎*（2021）探索泥炭林火的小尺度实验方法. 燃烧科学与技术.
S. Lin, T. H. Chow, X. Huang* (2021) Smoldering Propagation and Blow-off on Consolidated Fuel under External Airflow. Combustion and Flame.
S. Lin, Y. Liu, X. Huang* (2021) Climate-induced Arctic-Boreal Peatland Fire and Carbon Loss in the 21st Century. Science of the Total Environment.
S. Lin, X. Huang*, J. Gao*, J. Ji (2021) Extinction of wood fire: A near-limit blue flame above hot smoldering surface. Fire Technology.
S. Wang, P. Ding, S. Lin*, J. Gong, X. Huang* (2021) Smoldering and flaming of disc wood particles under external radiation: Auto-ignition and size effect. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering.
S. Lin, Y. Liu, X. Huang* (2021) How to build a firebreak to stop smouldering peat fire: insights from laboratory-scale study. International Journal of Wildland Fire.
A. Khan, S. Lin*, X. Huang*, A. Usmani (2021) Facade Fire Hazards of Bench-Scale Aluminum Composite Panel with Flame-Retardant Core. Fire Technology.
S. Wang, P. Ding, S. Lin, X. Huang*, A. Usmani (2021) Deformation of Wood Slice in Fire: Interactions between Heterogeneous Chemistry and Thermomechanical Stress. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.
S. Lin and X. Huang* (2021) Quenching of Smoldering: Effect of Wall Cooling on Extinction. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.
Y. Liu, P. Sun, S. Lin, H. Niu* and X. Huang* (2020) Self-heating ignition of open-circuit cylindrical Li-ion battery pile: Towards fire-safe storage and transport. Journal of Energy Storage.
S. Lin and X. Huang* (2020) An Experimental Method to Investigate the Water-based Suppression of Smoldering Peat Fire. MethodsX 100934.
S. Lin, Y. K. Cheung, Y. Xiao and X. Huang* (2020) Can rain suppress smoldering peat fire? Science of the Total Environment 138468.
孙培艺，林少润，黄鑫炎 (2020) 滴落点火的实验研究. 工程热物理学报.
Q. Xie*, Z. Zhang, S. Lin*, Y. Qu and X. Huang* (2020) Smoldering of high-density cotton bale under concurrent airflow. Fire Technology.
P. Sun, S. Lin, X. Huang* (2019) Ignition of thin fuel by thermoplastic drips: An experimental study for the dripping ignition theory. Fire Safety Journal 103006.
S. Lin, X. Huang*, J. Urban, S. McAllister, C. Fernandez-Pello (2019) Piloted Ignition of Cylindrical Wildland Fuels under Irradiation. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering 5:54.
S. Lin, P. Sun, X. Huang* (2019) Can Peat Soil Support a Flaming Wildfire? International Journal of Wildland Fire 28(8) 601-613.
X. Chen, S. Lin, S. Kou* (2018) Effect of Composite Photo-Catalysts Prepared with Recycled Clay Brick Sands and Nano-TiO2 on Methyl Orange and NOx removal. Construction and Building Materials, 171: 152-160.

Conference Communications

S. Lin, Y. Qin, T. Zhang, S. Wang, X. Huang, M. Gollner. Can Pre-Charring Improve the Reaction-to-Fire Behaviors of Wood? 14th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Tsukuba, Japan, 22-27 Oct. 2023. [Poster]
S. Lin, T. Zhang, X. Huang, M. Gollner. Spotting Ignition of Peat by A Laboratory Firebrand. 14th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Tsukuba, Japan, 22-27 Oct. 2023. [Poster]
Y. Qin, Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, S. Lin, X. Huang. The Role of Fuel Properties on Smouldering Oxygen Thresholds. 14th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Tsukuba, Japan, 22-27 Oct. 2023. [Poster]
S. Lin, T. Zhang, X. Huang, M. Gollner. Can Peat Fires be Initiated by a Glowing Firebrand? Burgers Program and Combustion Institute Summer School on Fire Safety Science-Wildland/WUI Fire Behavior, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 5-9 June, 2023. [Poster]
W. K. Cheung, Y. Zeng, S. Lin, X. Huang. A Study of Building Fire Safety Performance under Smoldering. 14th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Taiwan, 14-18 May, 2023 [Oral]
Y. Qin, D. Musa, S. Lin, X. Huang. Dynamics of Long-lasting Underground Wildfire in Peatland. PolyU Research Student Conference 2023, Hong Kong, 2023 [Oral]
S. Lin and X. Huang. A 2-D Numerical Model to Explore the Quenching Distance of Smoldering Combustion. 12th FM Global Open Source CFD Fire Modeling Workshop, Norwood MA, USA, 4-5 April 2023. [Oral]
S. Lin, Q. Yun, X. Huang. Impact of Persistent Deep Underground Fire on Permafrost and Global Carbon Emissions. AGU Fall Meeting 2022.
S. Lin, X. Huang. How climate change accelerates the carbon emissions from Arctic-boreal peatland fires? International Association of Wildland Fire (Fire and Climate Conference), Pasadena, USA, 23-27 May. [Oral]
S. Lin, Y. Qin, X. Huang. Evaluation of fire performance of pre-charred woods. 12th International Conference on Structures in Fire, Hong Kong, 28 Nov-2 Dec 2022. [Oral]
Y. Qin, Y. Chen, S. Lin, X. Huang. Smoldering Oxygen Limits of Bidirectional and Unidirectional Propagation. 39th International Symposium on Combustion, Vancouver, Canada, 24-29 Jul 2022. [Poster]
D. Musa, Y. Qin, S. Lin, T. Mohd, Z. Mohd, X. Huang, Peatland Fire Management in Malaysia: Current Approaches and Research Needs. IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research, Coimbra, Portugal, 11-18 Nov 2022. [Oral]
Y. Qin, D. Musa, S. Lin, X. Huang. Persistent underground fire: Smouldering in deep peatlands. IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research, Coimbra, Portugal, 11-18 Nov 2022. [Oral]
S. Lin, S. Wang, Y. Liu, X. Huang, M. Gollner. Will Concentrated Sunlight Ignite a Wildfire? IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research, Coimbra, Portugal, 11-18 Nov 2022. [Oral]
S. Lin, X. Huang, J. Gao. Timber Fire Hazards: Residual Smoldering and Surface Flame, 4th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Safety Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao, Shandong, China. [Oral]
P. Sun, S. Lin, X. Huang. The Fire Risk of Dripping Thermoplasctics, 4th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Safety Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao, Shandong, China. [Poster]
S. Wang, S. Lin, X. Huang. Fire hazards of concentrated sunlight: smouldering ignition of thin fuels, 12th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, Queensland, Australia, 7-9 Dec 2021. [Oral]
S. Lin, X. Huang. Firebreak for Smouldering Wildfires: from Combustion Theory to Firefighting Application, 12th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, Queensland, Australia, 7-9 Dec 2021. [Oral]
S. Lin, Y. Liu, X. Huang. Estimation of carbon loss from arctic peatland fire in 21st century, 16th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit and 6th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Virtual Conference, 24-27 May 2021. [Oral]
S. Wang, S. Lin, X. Huang. Capability of concentrated sunlight on the smoldering ignition of wildland fuels, 16th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit and 6th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Virtual Conference, 24-27 May 2021. [Oral]
Y. Liu, P. Sun, S. Lin, H. Niu, X. Huang, Can self-ignition theory explain the mysterious fire in Li-ion battery pile, 38th International Symposium on Combustion, Adelaide, Australia, 24-29 Jan 2021. [Poster]
S. Lin, X. Huang, Extinction of Wood Fuels: A Near-limit Blue Flame Sustained above the Hot Smoldering Surface, 38th International Symposium on Combustion, Adelaide, Australia, 24-29 Jan 2021. [Poster]
S. Wang, S. Lin, X. Huang, Smoldering Ignition of Thin Paper by Concentrated Sunlight, 38th International Symposium on Combustion, Adelaide, Australia, 24-29 Jan 2021. [Poster]
S. Lin, Y.K. Cheung, Y. Xiao, X. Huang (2020) Critical rainfall to extinguish peat fires, 16th International Peatland Congress (IPC) 2020, Tallinn, Estonia. [Oral]
X. Huang, S. Lin, G. Rein (2020) Laboratory experimental framework to study peat fire, 16th International Peatland Congress (IPC) 2020, Tallinn, Estonia. [Oral]
P. Sun, S. Lin, X. Huang, Experimental study on the dripping ignition of thin fuel, 13th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Waterloo, Canada, 27 April – 1 May 2020. [Poster]
S. Wang, S. Lin, X. Huang, A. Usmani, Deformation of smoldering wood particle under external radiation, 13th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Waterloo, Canada, 27 April – 1 May 2020. [Poster]
S. Lin, X. Huang, Near-Limit Timber Fire Behavior under External Radiation, 13th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Waterloo, Canada, 27 April – 1 May 2020. [Poster]
S. Lin, X. Huang, What is the Rainfall Limit to Extinguish the Smoldering Peat Fire? 13th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Waterloo, Canada, 27 April – 1 May 2020. [Poster]
S. Lin and X. Huang, Suppression of peat fire by rain: the effect of rainfall with different intensities on the carbon emission flux from peat fire, 3rd International Smoke Symposium, California, United States, 20-24 April 2020. [Oral]
S. Lin, P. Sun and X. Huang, Can peat soil support a flaming wildfire?, 3rd International Smoke Symposium, California, United States, 20-24 April 2020. [Oral]
P. Sun, S. Lin, X. Huang, Fire Hazard and Ignition Mechanism of Thermoplastic Drips, 1st Asia-Pacific Combustion Institute Summer School, Viña del Mar, Chile, 10-16 Nov 2019. [Poster]
S. Lin, J. Gao and X. Huang, Near-limit flame and extinction limit of timber materials, Chinese National Combustion Meeting, Tianjin, China, 24-28 Oct 2019 [Oral]
S. Lin and X. Huang, Quenching of smoldering: effect of wall cooling and oxygen supply, 1st Asia-Pacific Combustion Institute Combustion Summer School, Chile, 10-15 Nov 2019 [Poster]
S. Lin, J. Gao and X. Huang, The Near Extinction Flame Behaviours of Charring Materials, 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Fukuoka, Japan, 1-5 July 2019. [Paper + Oral]
P. Sun, S. Lin and X. Huang, Experimental Study of Dripping Flame Ignition, 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Fukuoka, Japan, 1-5 July 2019. [Paper + Oral]
P. Sun, S. Lin and X. Huang, How dripping flames ignite a thin fuel? , 27th International Colloquium on the Dynamics on Explosions and Reactive System, Beijing, China, 28 July- 2 Aug, 2019. [Paper + Oral]
S. Lin, P. Sun and X. Huang, Critical Conditions for the Flaming Peat Fire in Wildland, 6th Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference, Sydney, Australia, 29 April- 3 May, 2019. [Oral]
S. Lin, H. Li, Y. Xiao and X. Huang, Effect of Fire on the Drying Process of Soil, 6th Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference, Sydney, Australia, 29 April- 3 May, 2019. [Oral+ Poster]
S. Lin, P. Sun and X. Huang, Three-Stage combustion of Peat under External Radiation, 8th East Asia Mechanical Engineering Workshop, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China SAR, 1-3 Dec 2018. [Oral]