Soheila Bigdeli, MS
Project Engineer
Ghent - Belgium
About Soheila
Education / Certifications
- MS, Fire Safety Engineering (MFSE), Ghent University
- MS, Chemical Engineering – Separation Processes, Tehran University
- BS, Chemical Engineering, Amir Kabir University
About Soheila
Soheila is a project engineer with experience in process safety, fire safety and research. She has a broad range of expertise, from detailed fire safety design in buildings to oil and gas and petrochemical plants. She has a strong background in FEED, detailed design, smoke modelling, QRA, Air Dispersion Modelling, HAZOP and HAZID studies, etc. and has worked on multiple projects using a wide range of software.
Soheila has multiple publications regarding carbon nanofiber growth and one on the quantitative fire risk assessment of accommodation area on offshore platforms. In her current role, she is part of a team that takes care of evacuation modelling, fire (spread) modelling, coding and the development of Revit software plugins to automate prescriptive code design checks.
Education / Certifications
- MS, Fire Safety Engineering (MFSE), Ghent University
- MS, Chemical Engineering – Separation Processes, Tehran University
- BS, Chemical Engineering, Amir Kabir University
See Insights from Soheila
Semantic Enrichment of a BIM Model Using Revit: Automatic Annotation of Doors in High-Rise Residential Building Models Using Machine Learning
"EvacRouteChecker" plugin uses machine learning to identify exit doors in low-detail BIM models, ensuring evacuation route compliance while streamlining the design process.
The Benefits And Challenges Of Integrating BIM Into Fire Safety Management + Design
Here's how the benefits of Building Information Modeling (BIM) can be better utilized in the Fire Safety Engineering field.