Action Committees

The committee is charged with the responsibility to review proposals for the Combustion Institute-Summer Schools.

Osamu Fujita, Chair/VP of Section Affairs, Hokkaido University, Japan
Fei Qi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Bin Yang, Tsinghua University, China
Rafael de Camargo Catapan, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

June 2023
Hideaki Kobayashi, Tohoku University, Japan
Simone Hochgreb, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
S. Mani Sarathy, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

June 2019
Hideaki Kobayashi, Chair, Tohoku University, Japan
Jacqueline O’Connor, Penn State University, United States
Fei Qi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Raffaele Ragucci, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, Italy

January 2016
Marcus Aldén, Co-Chair, Lund University, Sweden
Hideaki Kobayashi, Co-Chair, Tohoku University, Japan
Jacqueline O’Connor, Penn State University, United States
Raffaele Ragucci, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, Italy

June 2015
Marcus Aldén, Co-Chair, Lund University, Sweden
Hideaki Kobayashi, Co-Chair, Tohoku University, Japan
Raffaele Ragucci, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, Italy
Bin Yang, Tsinghua University, China
Xiaolin Zheng, Stanford University, United States

January 2015
Marcus Aldén, Co-Chair, Lund University, Sweden
Hideaki Kobayashi, Co-Chair, Tohoku University, Japan
Henry Curran, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Raffaele Ragucci, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, Italy
Bin Yang, Tsinghua University, China

June 2014
Marcus Aldén, Co-Chair, Lund University, Sweden
Hideaki Kobayashi, Co-Chair, Tohoku University, Japan
Henry Curran, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Xiaolin Zheng, Stanford University, United States

The committee is charged with the responsibility to provide the Executive Committee advice on programs and new initiatives from the perspective of early career scientists and practitioners.

Term Ends in 2025
Chloe Dedic, University of Virginia, United States
Brandon Rotavera, University of Georgia, United States
Alison M. Ferris, Princeton University, United States
Zhandong Wang, University of Science and Technology China, Hefei, China
Akihiro Hayakawa, Tohoku University, Japan
Wenting Sun, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

2017-2020
Patton Allison, Michigan State University, United States
Nicole Labbe, University of Colorado, United States
Mani Sarathy, Chair, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Jennifer Sidey, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

2016-2019
Christopher Kliewer, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Chin Yik Lee, Rolls-Royce, United Kingdom
Michael Mueller, Princeton University, United States
Jackie O’Connor, Pennsylvania State University, United States
Zhuyin Ren, Tsinghua University, China
Zeynep Serinyel, Universite d’Orleans, CNRS, France
Mariano Sirignano, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy

The committee is charged with the responsibility to advise the Board of Directors on the financial implications of CI administration, activities, and to recommend financial policies. The Finance Committee is composed of members appointed by the President, in consultation with the Executive Committee, to four-year staggered terms.

Kenneth Brezinsky, Chair, University of Illinois, United States
Derek Dunn-Rankin (Ex officio, Treasurer), University of California, Irvine, United States
Kang Huh, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Mark Linne, Edinburgh University, United Kingdom
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University Institute of Fluid Science, Japan
Mitchell D. Smooke, Yale University, United States

2016-2018
Kenneth Brezinsky, Chair, University of Illinois, United States
Suk Ho Chung, Seoul National University, Korea
Derek Dunn-Rankin (Ex officio, Treasurer), University of California, Irvine, United States
Mark Linne, Edinburgh University, United Kingdom
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University Institute of Fluid Science, Japan
Mitchell D. Smooke, Yale University, United States

2014-2016
Kenneth Brezinsky, Chair, University of Illinois, United States
Suk Ho Chung, Seoul National University, Korea
Derek Dunn-Rankin, University of California at Irvine, United States
R. Peter Lindstedt, Imperial College, United Kingdom
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University Institute of Fluid Science, Japan

2012-2014
Donald Lucas, Chair, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
Kenneth Brezinsky, University of Illinois, United States
Derek Dunn-Rankin, University of California at Irvine, United States
R. Peter Lindstedt, Imperial College, United Kingdom

2010-2012
Donald Lucas, Chair, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
Kenneth Brezinsky, University of Illinois, United States
Derek Dunn-Rankin, University of California at Irvine, United States
R. Peter Lindstedt, Imperial College, United Kingdom

The committee is charged with the responsibility to discuss and suggest strategies to strengthen the relations between academia and industry within CI.

Med Colket, Chair, Raytheon Technologies Research Center, United States
Ruud Eggels, Rolls-Royce Deutschland, Germany
Toshiro Fujimori, IHI Corporation, Japan
Sergey B. Dorofeev, FM Global Research, United States
Roger Cracknell, Shell Global Solutions, United Kingdom

2018-2021
Gautam Kalghatgi, Chair, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Meredith Colket, United Technologies Research Center, United States
Howard Levinsky, DNV GL, Denmark
Viktor Scherer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Min Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China 

2014-2018
Christof Schulz, Chair, University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany
Meredith Colket, United Technologies Research Center, United States
Gautam Kalghatgi, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Min Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China    

The committee is charged with the responsibility of identifying effective means of communicating to a broad population the importance of combustion science and applications, and to recommend specific outreach and public relation strategies that will enable the mission of The Combustion Institute.

Not applicable.

2014-2018
Margaret S. Wooldridge, Chair, University of Michigan, United States
Hong Im, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Timothy Jacobs, Texas A&M University, United States
Sebastian Kaiser, Universität Duisburg Essen, Germany
Larry Kostiuk, University of Alberta, Canada
Xiaoqing You, Tsinghua University, China
Judit Zádor, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Johan Zetterberg, Lund University, Sweden

The committee is charged with the responsibility to discuss and consider suggestions in maintaining the quality of CI journals and the content considered for the International Symposium on Combustion. (Committee members appointed by position.)

President: James F. Driscoll, University of Michigan, United States
Vice President/President-Elect: Philippe Dagaut, CNRS, France
Combustion and Flame Editors
–Fokion Egolfopoulos, University of Southern California, United States
–Thierry Poinsot, CNRS, France
PROCI Editors
–Daniel Haworth, Pennsylvania State University, United States
–Terese Lovas, NTNU, Norway
38th Symposium Program Co-Chairs
–Tim Lieuwen, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
–Fei Qi, Shanghai Jia Tong University, China

2016-2018
President: James F. Driscoll, University of Michigan, United States
Vice President/President-Elect: Philippe Dagaut, CNRS, France
Combustion and Flame Editors
–Fokion Egolfopoulos, University of Southern California, United States
–Thierry Poinsot, CNRS, France
PROCI Editors
–Volker Sick, University of Michigan, United States
–Alison S. Tomlin, Leeds University, United Kingdom
37th Symposium Program Co-Chairs
–Heinz Pitsch, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
–Hai Wang, Stanford University, United States

2014-2016
President: Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Vice President/President-Elect: James F. Driscoll, University of Michigan, United States
Combustion and Flame Editors
–Philippe Dagaut, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
–Fokion Egolfopoulos, University of Southern California, United States
PROCI Editors
–Volker Sick, University of Michigan, United States
–Alison S. Tomlin, Leeds University, United Kingdom
36th Symposium Program Co-Chairs
–Peter Glarborg, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
–Assaad Masri, University of Sydney, Australia

2012-2014
President: Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Vice President/President-Elect: James F. Driscoll, University of Michigan, United States
Combustion and Flame Editors
–Philippe Dagaut, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
–Fokion Egolfopoulos, University of Southern California, United States
PROCI Editors
–Volker Sick, University of Michigan, United States
–Alison S. Tomlin, Leeds University, United Kingdom
35th Symposium Program Co-Chairs
–Suk Ho Chung, University of King Abdullah Sience & Technology, Saudi Arabia
–Thierry Poinsot, Institute of Fluid Mechanics of Toulouse, CNRS, France

2010-2012
President: Charles K. Westbrook, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
VP/President Elect: Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, Bielefeld University, Germany
PROCI Editors
–Philip H. de Goey, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
–Volker Sick, University of Michigan, United States
34th Symposium Program Co-Chairs
–Robert Barlow, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
–Frederique Battin-Leclerc, Université de Lorraine, France
–Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University Institute of Fluid Science, Japan

The committee is intended to help institutionalize and provide general oversight for the perpetuation of effective governance practices.

Reginald E. Mitchell, Chair, Lund University, Sweden
Brian Haynes, University of Sydney, Australia
Mara De Joannon, Intituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione-CNR, Italy
Phillip Westmoreland, North Carolina State University, United States

Not applicable.

The committee is charged with the responsibility to review the By-Laws for the purpose of considering additions and/or revisions to meet CI needs.

Not applicable.

2012-2013
Phillip Westmoreland, Chair, North Carolina State University, United States
Frank Behrendt, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
Meredith Colket, United Technologies Research Center, United States
Mara de Joannon, Consiglio Nazionale delle Richere, Italy
Peter Lindstedt, Imperial College, United Kingdom
Reginald Mitchell, Stanford University, United States
Steven Shy, National Central University, Taiwan

The committee is charged with the responsibility to provide the program co-chairs suggestions prior to the planning of the International Symposium on Combustion. 

Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés, France
Charles Baukal, John Zink Company, LLC, United States
Mirko Bothien, Ansaldo Energia, Italy
Jeff Cohen, United Technologies Research Center, United States
Jim Driscoll, University of Michigan, United States
Fokion Egolfopoulos, University of Southern California, United States
Osamu Fujita, Hokkaido University, Japan
Peter Glarborg, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Brian Haynes, University of Sydney, Australia
In-Seuck Jeung, Seoul National University, South Korea
Yiguang Ju, Princeton University, United States
Gautam Kalghatgi, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University Institute of Fluid Science, Japan
Assaad Masri, University of Sydney, Australia
Keith McManus, GE Global Research Center, General Electric, United States
Hope Michelsen, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Masato Mikami, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Michael Mueller, Princeton University, United States
Jacqueline O’Connor, Penn State University, United States
Matthias Olzmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Heinz Pitsch, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Thierry Poinsot, CNRS, France
Guillermo Rein, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Mani Sarathy, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Christof Schulz, University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany
Jeffrey Sutton, Ohio State University, United States
Alison Tomlin, Leeds University, United Kingdom
Tamas Turanyi, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Hai Wang, Stanford University, United States
Youngbin Yoon, Seoul National University, South Korea
Hai Zhang, Tsinghua University, China  

2016-2018
Suk-Ho Chung, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Henry Curren, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Philippe Dagaut, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Jim Driscoll, University of Michigan, United States
Ruud Eggels, Rolls-Royce, Germany
Fokion Egolfopoulos, University of Southern California, United States
Peter Glarborg, Technical University of Denmark, Germany
Brian Haynes, University of Sydney, Australia
Simone Hochgreb, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Stephen Klippenstein, Argonne National Laboratory, United States
Hideaki Kobayashi, Tohoku University, Japan
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Assaad Masri, Sydney, Australia
Thierry Poinsot, CNRS, France Fei Qi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Christof Schulz, University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany
Volker Sick, University of Michigan, United States
Allison Tomlin, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

2014-2016
Peter Glarborg, Program Co-Chairs, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Assaad Masri, Program Co-Chairs, University of Sydney, Australia
Marcus Aldén, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Robert Barlow, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Sébastien Candel, CNRS, Labratoie EM2C, France
Suk-Ho Chung, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Roger Cracknell, Shell Global Solutions, United Kingdom
Philippe Dagaut, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Mara de Joannon, IRC-CNR, Italy
Jim Driscoll, University of Michigan, United States
Fokion Egolfopoulos, University of Southern California, United States
Brian Haynes, University of Sydney, Australia
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Howard Levinsky, DNV GL Energy/ University of Groningen, Netherlands
Steve Pope, Cornell University, United States
Christof Schulz, University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany
Hai Wang, Stanford University, United States
Huang Zhen, Shanghai University, China

2012-2014
Suk Ho Chung, ProgramCo-Chair, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Thierry Poinsot, Program Co-Chair, CNRS, France
Robert Barlow, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, CNRS, France
Jacqueline H. Chen, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Philip de Goey, Endhoven University, Netherlands
Philippe Dagaut, CNRS, France
James Driscoll, University of Michigan, United States
Fokion Egolfopoulos, University of Southern California, United States
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University, Japan
Epaminondas Mastorakos, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Paul Ronney, University of California, United States
Volker Sick, University of Michigan, United States
Jose Torero, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Charles Westbrook, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
Qiang Yao, Tsinghua University, China

2010-2012
Mitch Smooke, Yale University, United States
Hideaki Kobayashi, Tohoku University, Japan
Brian S. Haynes, University of Sydney, Australia
Marcus Aldén, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Piotr Wolanski, Warsaw University of Technology
Uwe Riedel, Institut für Verbrennungstechnik, Germany
Nickolai Smirnov, Moscow State University, Russia  

The committee is charged with the responsibility to solicit and review bids to host the International Symposium on Combustion.

Jeffrey Bergthorson, Chair, McGill University, Canada
Ken Brezinsky, University of Illinois Chicago, United States
Henry Curran, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Bassam Dally, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
In-Seuck Jeung, Seoul National University, Korea
Derek Dunn-Rankin, University of California, United States
Christopher Shaddix, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Youngbin Yoon, Seoul National University, Korea

2018-2021
Jeffrey Bergthorson, Chair, McGill University, Canada
Nabiha Chaumeix, CNRS, France
Henry Curran, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
Derek Dunn-Rankin, University of California, United States
Uwe Riedel, DLR-Institute of Low-Carbon Industrial Processes, Germany
Christopher Shaddix, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Youngbin Yoon, Seoul National University, Korea

2012-2018
Uwe Riedel, Chair, Institut für Verbrennungstechnik, Germany
Jeffrey Bergthorsen, McGill University, Canada
Nabiha Chaumeix, CNRS, France
Derek Dunn-Rankin, University of California at Irvine, United States
Shenqyang (Steven) Shy, National Central University, Taiwan
Qiang Yao, Tsinghua University, China

The committee is charged with the responsibility of offering recommendations to change procedures for the nomination and election of BOD members.

To be determined.

2018
Steve Pope, Chair, Cornell University, United States
Philippe Dagaut, CNRS, France
Simone Hochgreb, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Phil Westmoreland, North Carolina State University, United States
Qiang Yao, Tsinghua University, China      

The committee is charged with the responsibility to review and propose a slate of Board Members to become officers of the BOD.

2019
Med Colket, Chair, Consultant, United States
Philippe Dagaut, CNRS – Orléans, France
Fokion Egolfopoulos, University of Southern California, United States
Terese Løvås, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Karou Maruta, Tohoku University, Japan
Assaad Masri, University of Sydney, Australia
Bin Yang, Tsinghua University, China

2015
Marcus Aldén, Chair, Lund University, Sweden
Sebastien Candel, CNRS, France
Jim Driscoll, University of Michigan, United States
Yiguang Ju, Princeton University, United States
Terese Løvås, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University, Japan  

Heinz Pitsch, Chair, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Toshiro Fujimori, IHI Corporation, Japan
Zuohua Huang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
In-Seuck Jeung, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Yiguang Ju, Princeton University, United States
Perrine Pepiot, Cornell University, United States
Thierry Poinsot, Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, CNRS, France
Greg Smallwood, National Research Council Canada, Canada

2020
Phillip Westmoreland, Chair, North Carolina State University, United States
Pascale Desgroux, Université de Lille 1: Sciences et Technologies, France
Youngbin Yoon, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Yiguang Ju, Princeton University, United State
Greg Smallwood, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Heinz Pitsch, Aachen University, Germany
Toshiro Fujimori, IHI Corporation, Japan
Zuohua Huang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

2018
Mitchell Smooke, Chair, Yale University, United States
Meredith Colket, UTRC (Retired), United States
Pascale Desgroux, Université de Lille 1: Sciences et Technologies, France
Pascale Domingo, CORIA-CNRS, France
Osamu Fujita, Hokkaido University, Japan
Zhuyin Ren, Tsinghua University, China
Christof Schulz, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Phillip Westmoreland, North Carolina State University, United States
Youngbin Yoon, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

2016
Steven Pope, Chair, Cornell University, United States
Pascale Domingo, UMR 6614-CORIA, France
Fokion Egolfopoulos, University of Southern California, United States
Osamu Fujita, Hokkaido University, Japan
Graham Nathan, University of Adelaide, Australia
Zhuyin Ren, Tsinghua University, China
Christof Schulz, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

2014
Philippe Dagaut, Chair, CNRS-INSIS, ICARE, France
Marcos Chaos, FM Global, United States
Andrea D’Anna, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Philip de Goey, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
In-Seuck Jeung, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Terese Løvås, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Stephen Pope, Cornell University, United States
Christopher Shaddix, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Bin Yang, Tsinghua University, China

2012
Brian S. Haynes, Chair, University of Sydney, Australia
Marcus Aldén, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Melvyn Branch, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States
Jacqueline H. Chen, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Philippe Dagaut, CNRS Orléans, France
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, Universität Bielefeld, Germany

The committee is charged with the responsibility to advise the Board of Directors regarding new awards that the BOD has identified as priorities.

To be determined.

2015
Pascale Desgroux, Chair, Lille University of Science & Technology, France
Andrea D’Anna, DICMAPI – Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Philip de Goey, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Peter Lindstedt, Imperial College, United Kingdom
Stephen B. Pope, Cornell University, United States
Jürgen Troe, Göttingen Univer, Germany
Hai Wang, Stanford University, United States

The committee is charged with the responsibility to advise the Board of Directors regarding new meetings the BOD has identified as priority and to offer assistance with meetings.

To be determined.

2015
Raffaele Ragucci, Chair, Istitutso di Ricerche sulla Combustione, Italy
Frederique Battin-Leclerc, University Lorraine, France
Nils Hanson, Sandia Laboratory, United States
Fei Qi, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Uwe Riedel, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Germany

The committee is charged with the responsibility to perform an impartial review of the detailed information provided for each nominee prior to the election.

Andreas Dreizler, Chair, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Cecile Devaud, University of Waterloo, Canada
Mara de Joannon, STEMS-CNR, Italy
Renny Tassari, The Combustion Institute, United States
Subith Vasu, University of Central Florida, United States
Feng Zhang, University of Science and Technology of China, China

2020
Greg Smallwood, Chair, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Patton Allison, Michigan State University, United States
Bénédicte Cuenot, CERFACS, France
Akihiro Hayakawa, Tohoku University, Japan
Chris Shaddix, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Renny Tassari, The Combustion Institute, United States

2018
Greg Smallwood, Chair, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Yi Gao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Philip de Goey, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Chris Shaddix, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Barbara Waronek, The Combustion Institute, United States
Xiaoqing You, Tsinghua University, China

2016
Fei Qi, Chair, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Tina Kasper, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Reginald E. Mitchell, Stanford University, United States
Mani Sarathy, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Robert Tranter, Argonne National Laboratory, United States
Barbara Waronek, The Combustion Institute, United States

2014
Simone Hochgreb, Chair, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Scott Goldsborough, Argonne National Laboratory, United States
Mark Linne, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Reggie Mitchell, Stanford University, United States
Zhuyin Ren, Tsinghua University, China
Barb Waronek, The Combustion Institute, United States