Darko Perović

Fellow in Fire Safety Engineering

CERN

About Me

Hello world! My name is Darko Perović. I am passionate about engineering, impressed with the speed of technological development of humanity, excited about seeing what the future will bring, and happy about being a part of it. After living in seven countries, studying in four, and finishing an international masters program, I realized how fruitful multicultural and multi-professional collaborations are. I genuinely believe that making this world a better and safer place to live is every engineer’s duty.

I am particularly interested in the fields of fire dynamics, structural and fire safety engineering with an emphasis on numerical modelling (CFD and FEM), and in experimental work for model validation and research purposes. Being inspired by many great people, which lead me to most of my achievements, I aim towards inspiring others and enjoy helping people prosper.

Interests

Fire Risk Assessment
Fire Dynamics
Civil Engineering
Long-distance running
SCUBA diving
Cooking

Education

MSc in Fire Safety Engineering, IMFSE, 2018

Ghent University, Lund University, and University of Edinburgh
BSc in Civil Engineering, 2015

University of Belgrade

Experience

Fellow in Fire Safety Enginering

CERN - The European Organization for Nuclear Research

Sep 2021 – Present Geneva, Switzerland

Study leader for the FIRIA project applied to two vital CERN facilities – a general purpose detector – Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) and an accelerator - Proton Synchrotron (PS). My work on the FIRIA project is focused on fire risk assessment, fire modeling, and efficient parallel computing using high-performance computing. I am in charge of computing and fire hazard work packages.

Apart from the work on the FIRIA project, I have also been involved in providing expert advice in refurbishment projects of multiple CERN buildings (industrial, office, and multipurpose) on applying the Swiss fire protection regulations of the AEAI.

Furthermore, I supervised an MSc thesis and summer student projects focusing on ad hoc and standardized fire tests applied to CERN specific fuels and conditions.

Research Consultant

DBI - The Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology

May 2019 – Aug 2021 Copenhagen, Denmark

Numerical modelling (CFD and FEM) for tackling various industry and research projects. Experiments on material characterization, smoke and soot analysis. Risk assessment tasks. Work with several industries – construction, naval, and offshore.

Research Assistant

University of Queensland

Dec 2018 – Mar 2019 Brisbane, Australia

Conducted research in the field of timber structures – experimentally determining and correlating charring and regression rates of cross-laminated timber CLT.

Recent Publications

Darko Perović, Patrick Van Hees, Oriol Rios Rubiras, Saverio La Mendola (2018). Identification and characterization of design fires to be used in performance-based fire design of CERN facilities.

PDF Source Document

Darko Perović, Ivan Glišović, Boško Stefanović (2015). Project of 5-floor masonry building with timber roof.