The Combustion Institute is pleased to announce the invited speakers for the 39th International Symposium on Combustion in Vancouver, Canada. Throughout symposium week, experts in their respective fields will give plenary lectures and topical reviews on advancements in combustion science. During the opening session, participants will attend the Hottel Lecture, named after the late Hoyt C. Hottel (1903–1998), professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, and co-founder of The Combustion Institute.
Refer to the listing below for invited speakers (in alphabetical order) and their scientific topics. A speaker schedule and full presentation titles will be announced in the coming months.
Hottel Lecture
Marcus Aldén
Lund University, Sweden
Laser Diagnostics in Combustion
Plenary Lectures
Olaf Deutschmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Heterogeneous chemistry in combustion and energy sciences
Simone Hochgreb
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Physics of Reactive Flows
Deanna Lacoste
KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Plasma-Assisted Combustion
Jacqueline O’Connor
Pennsylvania State University, United States
Thermoacoustic Combustion Instability
Topical Reviews
Carlo Cavallotti
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Automation of Chemical Kinetics
Pascale Domingo
CORIA-CNRS, Normandie Université, France
Recent Developments in DNS of Turbulent Combustion
Guillaume Houzeaux and Daniel Mira
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
Numerical Methods and HPC
Bart Merci
Ghent University, Belgium
Numerical simulations of fires in mechanically ventilated enclosures
Murray J. Thomson
University of Toronto, Canada
Modeling soot formation in flames and reactors
Haiping Yang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Mechanism of Biomass Pyrolysis
The 39th International Symposium on Combustion will convene in Vancouver, Canada from Sunday, 24 July through Friday, 29 July 2022. The biennial symposium provides a scientific venue for sharing ideas and experiences on the development and applications of combustion science.
Questions regarding the 39th International Symposium on Combustion may be directed to: Office@CombustionInstitute.org.