The Combustion Institute
Quarterly newsletter for the advancement of combustion science

Welcome to the first edition of The Combustion Institute quarterly newsletter. The news we feature here will provide a regular source of information about CI announcements and events, biennial symposia, and advancements in combustion. Select the colorful linked items below to access complete articles and other items. If the images do not display in your email, please view this email in your web browser.

The newsletter is one example of the new communications technology CI has currently developed. We have also posted an important announcement about a modern Account Management System (AMS) that will go live on 15 January 2017. The AMS will work in conjunction with the new CI website to maintain detailed user accounts, accept submissions and registrations, and provide a newsletter subscription option to grow our outreach.

Until the new AMS is launched, registered users cannot access their accounts, and new users cannot sign up for accounts. I request our community remain patient during this transition in technology. The rollout of the new AMS is our top priority. In the meantime, news and events may be followed on the CI website and our new social media channels.

The incorporation of modern communications tools assists our mission to promote and disseminate research activities in all areas of combustion science. The issues our members address are challenging and interdisciplinary. It’s our plan to raise awareness of that important work for the benefit of society.

‒James F. Driscoll, President

CI Summer Schools Approved - The Combustion Institute has recently approved two programs for the 2017 CI Summer School initiative. Based on a strict review of submitted proposals, comprehensive programs were approved for Princeton University, United States and Tsinghua University, China.

Board of Directors Election Results - Members of The Combustion Institute Tellers’ Committee and President Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus have validated the 2016 Board of Directors elections results. From a slate of 10 candidates, five directors were elected by the membership, including two of the four candidates from industry. The new directors represent the geographically diverse sections of the Institute, and come from academia, government labs and industry.

37th Symposium Program Co-Chairs Appointed - The Combustion Institute is thrilled to announce the appointment of Heinz Pitsch and Hai Wang as the Program Co-Chairs (PCCs) for the 37th International Symposium on Combustion in Dublin, Ireland. The PCCs set the tone for the technical program for each symposium, including the selection of invited speakers and oversight of combustion colloquia.

Robert J. Kee, 2016 Recipient of the Bernard Lewis Gold Medal - Robert J. Kee is the 2016 recipient of the Bernard Lewis Gold Medal, for brilliant research in the field of combustion, particularly on pioneering development of chemically reacting flow simulations and the CHEMKIN family of models.

Philippe Dagaut, 2016 Recipient of the Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal - Philippe Dagaut is the 2016 recipient of the Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal, for outstanding experimental and kinetic modeling contributions to combustion chemistry, especially in the use of the jet-stirred reactor to study fuels for practical engine applications.

Thierry Poinsot, 2016 Recipient of the Ya. B. Zeldovich Gold Medal - Thierry Poinsot is the 2016 recipient of the Ya. B. Zeldovich Gold Medal, for outstanding contributions to the theory of turbulent combustion and combustion dynamics, particularly for influential developments of DNS and LES and their combustion applications.

Henning Bockhorn, Inaugural Recipient of the Jürgen Warnatz Gold Medal - Henning Bockhorn is the inaugural recipient of the Jürgen Warnatz Gold Medal, for exceptional scientific contributions having a major impact on combustion applications, including the fundamental understanding of soot evolution and combustion noise.

2016 Recipients of the Silver Combustion Medal - Steffen Terhaar, Kilian Oberleithner, and Christian Oliver Paschereit are the 2016 recipients of the Silver Combustion Medal, for the outstanding paper, Key parameters governing the precessing vortex core in reacting flows: An experimental and analytical study, presented at the previous International Symposium on Combustion.

Adam Steinberg, Inaugural Recipient of the Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award - Adam Steinberg is the inaugural recipient of the Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award, for demonstrated excellence in fundamental or applied combustion science research.

2016 Recipients of the Bernard Lewis Fellowship - Liming Cai, Sili Deng, Luc Sy Tran, Shengkai Wang, and Bo Zhou are the 2016 recipients of the Bernard Lewis Fellowship, established to encourage high quality research in combustion by young scientists and engineers.

CI Member Chemist Receives Chinese Friendship Award - Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, former CI President (2012-2016) and professor of chemistry at Bielefeld University, Germany, has been honored with the People’s Republic of China Friendship Award. On Thursday, 29 September 2016, the Chinese government conferred its award on 50 foreign experts from 18 countries working in China, in recognition of their contribution to China’s development.

NASA Calls for Research Proposals - The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration has released the third call for proposals for the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) entitled, Use of the NASA Physical Sciences Informatics System. Ground-based research proposals are being solicited to generate new scientific insights by utilizing experimental data residing in NASA’s Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) system.