Key details
Darren Blackshields
Research Fellow (Evacuation Modelling)
Darren Blackshields has worked as a research fellow at the 亚色影库's Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG) since 1999. He has been involved in developing the EXODUS evacuation model for buildings, aircraft and maritime environments. This has included work on the Royal Navy CVF class aircraft carrier, toxicity modelling for the British Home Office, and the European Union funded Framework 5 VELA, Framework 7 SAFEGUARD and Horizon 2020 AUGGMED projects. He has also been involved in the development of a version of the EXODUS model as part of a DASA project, related to security and the simulation of marauding armed terrorist attacks. Recently he has been involved in a number of aviation evacuation related projects for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as well as the OneHeart project in collaboration with Cranfield University. He has also been involved in a project for the Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA) related to updating the parameters within the Green Guide, to take into account a range of uses of sports grounds, including women’s football.
Darren Blackshields also lectures on the annual Principles and Practice of Evacuation Modelling (PPEM) short course that attracts an international audience of professionals working in the fire safety field. The course covers all aspects of fire safety engineering and human behaviour in emergency and circulation situations.
Responsibilities within the university
- Researcher (member of the Centre for Safety, Resilience and Protective Security and the Fire Safety Engineering Group)
- Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Evacuation Modelling (PPEM) short course
- MSc final project supervisor
Awards
2008 Jack Bono Engineering Communication Award from the US based Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE).
Research / Scholarly interests
Darren Blackshields research interests involve, Evacuation Modelling, Behaviour Modelling, Large Scale Urban Evacuation, Security and Video/Data Collection and Analysis. He is also actively involved in software development (i.e., C++, C#, python programming).
Recent publications
Article
Lawrence, Peter J. , Filippidis, Lazaros, Veeraswamy, Anand, Blackshields, Darren , Marzoli, Marcello , Marsella, Stefano (2025), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Safety Science, 187 . pp. 106854 ISSN: 0925-7535 (Print), 1879-1042 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2025.106854).
Filippidis, Lazaros , Lawrence, Peter, Anand, Veeraswamy, Blackshields, Darren , Cooney, David , Galea, Edwin (2024), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Safety Science, 173: 106438 . pp. 1-18 ISSN: 0925-7535 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106438).
Book section
Filippidis, Lazaros , Lawrence, Peter, Blackshields, Darren, Ewer, John (2023), . Nova Science Publishers. In: , , In: Michail Chalaris (ed.), The Challenges of Disaster Planning Management, and Resilience. Nova Science Publishers, New York (1st) . pp. 339-457 . ISBN: 9798886972290 (doi: https://doi.org/10.52305/QURT7964) NB Item availability restricted.
Conference item
Filippidis, Lazaros , Lawrence, Peter, Blackshields, Darren, Ewer, John (2022), . Department of Chemistry, Research Division on Risk, Hazards, Crises, and Safety at 鈥淗ephaestus鈥� Advanced research Laboratory School of Science, International Hellenic University. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Planning, Challenges of Disaster Management and Resilience (ICPCDMR), 11th - 13th February 2022, Athens and online In: Michail Chalaris (ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Planning, Challenges of Disaster Management and Resilience(ICPCDMR). Department of Chemistry, Research Division on Risk, Hazards, Crises, and Safety at 鈥淗ephaestus鈥� Advanced research Laboratory School of Science, International Hellenic University, Kavala, Greece INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLANNING, CHALLENGES OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE (ICPCDMR) (1st) . pp. 59-59 . ISBN: 9786185630089 (doi: https://www.idafk.com/icpcdmr-2022/indexEN.html).
Filippidis, Lazaros , Lawrence, Peter, Hulse, Lynn, Veeraswamy, Anand , Blackshields, Darren (2021), . SafeGreece. In: SafeGreece 2021: 8th International Conference on Civil Protection & New Technologies, 24th - 26th November 2021, Greece and online In: Katerina 鈥� Navsika Katsetsiadou (ed.), SafeGreece 2021 鈥� 8th International Conference on Civil Protection & New Technologies. SafeGreece, Greece, online SafeGreece 2021 (1st) . pp. 85-88 2654-1823 (Online) (doi: https://safegreece.org/safegreece2021/images/docs/safegreece2021_proceedings.pdf) NB Item availability restricted.
Conference proceedings
Lawrence, Peter , Pellacini, Veronica, Filippidis, Lazaros, Blackshields, Darren (2022), . TIB Open Publishing (Technische Informationsbibliothek) - DLR Institute of Transportation Systems. In: SUMO User Conference 2021, 13th to 15th September 2021, online In: Pablo Alvarez Lopez, Olaf Angelo Banse Bueno, Maria Giuliana Armellini, Michael Behrisch, Laura Bieker-Walz, Erdmann Jacob, Yun-Pang Fl枚tter枚d, Robert Hilbrich, Ronald Nippold, Johannes Rummel (eds.), SUMO User Conference 2021. 13 鈥� 15 September 2021, Virtual Event. TIB Open Publishing (Technische Informationsbibliothek) - DLR Institute of Transportation Systems, Hannover, Germany , 2 (1st) . pp. 33-51 2750-4425 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.52825/scp.v2i.90).
Monograph
Galea, Edwin , Lawrence, Peter, Filippidis, Lazaros, Cooney, David , Blackshields, Darren (2025), . Office of Aerospace Medicine, United States Federal Aviation Administration. In: , , , . Office of Aerospace Medicine, United States Federal Aviation Administration, Washington D.C., United States of America (1st) (doi: https://doi.org/10.21949/1529685) NB Item availability restricted.
Galea, Edwin , Lawrence, Peter, Cooney, David, Blackshields, Darren , Filippidis, Lazaros , United States. Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft Certification Service , 亚色影库. Fire Safety Engineering Group (2024), . United States Department of Transportation - Federal Aviation Administration - Office of Aviation - Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. In: , , , . United States Department of Transportation - Federal Aviation Administration - Office of Aviation - Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Washington, DC (doi: https://doi.org/10.21949/1529674).