The Combustion Institute congratulates the 2016 medalists and award winners, recognized during the 36th International Symposium on Combustion. Winners were selected for their significant contributions in the field of combustion. CI also congratulates the award committees, who had the honor and the responsibility to seek nominations and select winners among our international community of combustion scientists and practitioners.
The 2016 award winners are as follows:
Bernard Lewis Gold Medal
Awarded to Robert J. Kee, Colorado School of Mines, United States
For brilliant research in the field of combustion, particularly on pioneering development of chemically reacting flow simulations and the CHEMKIN family of models.
Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal
Awarded to Philippe Dagaut, CNRS-INSIS, ICARE, France
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.
Ya B. Zeldovich Gold Medal
Awarded to Thierry Poinsot, Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse (CNRS and Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse), France
For outstanding contributions to the theory of turbulent combustion and combustion dynamics, particularly for influential developments of DNS and LES and their combustion applications.
The Inaugural Jürgen Warnatz Gold Medal
Awarded to Henning Bockhorn, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
For exceptional scientific contributions having a major impact on combustion applications, including the fundamental understanding of soot evolution and combustion noise.
Silver Combustion Medal
Awarded to Steffen Terhaar, General Electric, Switzerland | Kilian Oberleithner, Technical University of Berlin, Germany | Christian Oliver Paschereit, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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.
The Inaugural Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award
Awarded to Adam Steinberg, University of Toronto, Canada
For demonstrated excellence in fundamental or applied combustion science research.
Bernard Lewis Fellowships
Five recipients include:
Liming Cai, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Sili Deng, Princeton University, United States
Luc-Sy Tran, Bielefeld University, Germany
Shengkai Wang, Stanford University, United States
Bo Zhou, Lund University, Sweden
Please join The Combustion Institute in congratulating these recognized members of the international combustion community. Questions regarding awards may be directed to: Office@CombustionInstitute.org.