Hawkins Welcomes Forensic Engineer Jari Capassi

We are delighted to announce the opening of Hawkins’ new office in Italy and to welcome Eur Ing Jari Capassi as an Associate based in Rome. 

Jari brings a wealth of experience and expertise in forensic engineering. He began his career as a Trainee Process Engineer while completing his BSc thesis. His research focused on characterising volatile organic compound (VOC) contamination in photolithography. Using Thermal Desorption-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (TD-GC/MS) and thermal outgassing analyses on silicon wafers, he identified the contamination source, and developed mitigation strategies that delivered significant potential cost savings. 

During his Master’s degree, Jari participated in an exchange programme at Delft University of Technology, where he developed a mathematical resilience indicator to analyse the vulnerability of hazardous industrial installations to domino effects. His work combined resilience assessment with cost-effectiveness analysis to support optimal recovery strategies for chemical industrial clusters following major incidents.  

Jari has since gained extensive experience as a Forensic Engineer, providing expert technical consultancy in both civil and criminal proceedings. He has conducted more than 400 investigations involving fires and explosions, ranging from small domestic incidents to multi-million-euro losses affecting retail premises, warehouses, process plants, factories, photovoltaic installations, wind turbines, and wildland areas. His expertise includes advanced fire modelling using FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator) and arson investigation. 

In addition, Jari has experience reconstructing road traffic collisions, including vehicle examinations and 3D dynamic simulations using PC-Crash software. 

We are delighted to welcome Jari to Hawkins and look forward to the expertise and insight he will bring to our clients in Italy and beyond.