In March 2017, The Combustion Institute Board of Directors established the Fellows Program of The Combustion Institute to recognize distinguished members of the international combustion community for outstanding scientific contributions. The first Fellows Selection Committee is now assembled and charged with the responsibility to evaluate nominees each year and select candidates to become Fellows. The committee consists of 12 members who have agreed to serve staggered terms over a three-year cycle.
The following is a list of committee members based on term length:
Term Ends in 2018
Stephen Pope, Chair, Cornell University, United States
Ronald Hanson, Stanford University, United States
Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus, Bielefeld University, Germany
Mitchell Smooke, Yale University, United States
Term Ends in 2019
Peter Lindstedt, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Assaad Masri, Vice-Chair, University of Sydney, Australia
Kaoru Maruta, Tohoku University, Japan
Jose Torero, University of Maryland, United States
Term Ends in 2020
Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, Université de Lorraine, France
Jacqueline Chen, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
Andreas Dreizler, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Fei Qi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
The first annual Call for Nominations for the Fellows of The Combustion Institute will be released by 30 June 2017. The selection committee will convene electronically to evaluate nomination packages after the nominations are closed on 30 September 2017. (Committee members are not permitted to nominate or otherwise support any candidates.) The selection process is scheduled to conclude in January 2018. The first class of Fellows will be announced in late-January 2018.
About the Fellows Program of The Combustion Institute
Members of the international combustion community recognized by their peers as distinguished for outstanding contributions to combustion, whether it be in research or in applications, may be designated Fellows of The Combustion Institute. This lifetime honorific title confers no special rights, privileges or duties. Fellows are active participants in The Combustion Institute, as evidenced by the publishing of papers in CI affiliated journals, attendance at the International Symposia on Combustion, and/or attendance at CI Section meetings. For more information about the Fellows program refer to the governing document accepted by the Board of Directors.