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The Combustion Institute Members Meeting

The Combustion Institute Members Meeting. San Francisco, California, United States Monday, August 4, 2014. Combustion Institute Changes from 2012 to 2014. By-Laws Reviewed by a By-Laws Committee that gave recommendations to the Board

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The Combustion Institute Members Meeting

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  1. The Combustion InstituteMembers Meeting San Francisco, California, United States Monday, August 4, 2014

  2. Combustion Institute Changes from 2012 to 2014 • By-Laws • Reviewed by a By-Laws Committee that gave recommendations to the Board • Changes adopted in (newly established) regular electronic Board meeting: • Board of Director’s are elected to serve one six-year term • New election process that enables larger participation of membership • Individual Sections may have a maximum 4 representatives on the Board

  3. New Election Process Nomination Policy Committee • Recommended the changes of voting process to the Board, including: • Electronic voting for registered members, 2 candidates per open position • Suggested Single Transferrable Vote (STV) voting method Nomination Committee Received and handled nominations according to new process Teller Committee • Random Order ballots suggested for electronic ballot

  4. New Board of Directors Members CONGRATULATIONS TO: • Pascale Desgroux, Lille University of Science and Technology, France • FokionEgolfopoulos, University of Southern California, USA • Osamu Fujita, Hokkaido University, Japan • AssaadMasri, University of Sydney, Australia • Heinz Pitsch, RWTH Aachen University, Germany • MinghouXu, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China

  5. New Ad-Hoc Committees Industry Relations Committee • Discuss strategies how the relations between academic and industry can be strengthened Media and Outreach Committee • Advises CI regarding website design and functions, e.g. to add video recordings and social media • Media advisory to the Symposium • Assists in developing Newsletter and Media guides

  6. New Ad-Hoc Committees ICISS (International CI Summer Schools) Committee • Advised to establish signature CI summer (winter) school program for young scientists, co-funded for 3 years by CI • ICISS guidelines available on CI website • Two deadlines per year (next is January, 2015) • Reviewing proposals for 2015

  7. Combustion Institute Changes from 2012 to 2014 • Symposium • Highest number of paper and poster submissions ever • Added 8th parallel session • Added 5th day poster session • Adjusted time for social events to extend time for presentations • PROCI • Increased capacity for 35th Volume to 3 parts for publication, if needed

  8. Paper Submissions by Continent

  9. Paper Submissions by Colloquia

  10. Symposia History

  11. Symposia History

  12. Symposia History

  13. Symposia History

  14. WiPP Submissions by Continent

  15. WIPP Submissions by Colloquia

  16. New Functions for Young Scientists Young Scientists Mixer • CI supports early get-together for young scientists to enable networking of this group: • 653 young participants (students and postdocs up to 3 yrs after degree) will enjoy “welcome mixer” sponsored by CI

  17. Increased support for Students Student Presenter Support • CI has increased (to total of about 250,000 US$) student support for Symposium: • 208 Oral Presenters received free ($300) registration plus $400 Student Travel Award, 362 WiPP Presenters received free ($300) for registration

  18. Bernard Lewis Fellowship Awardees CONGRATULATIONS TO: • Casey Allen, Marquette University, USA • Benedetta Franzelli, Stanford University, USA and EM2C-CNRS, France • Carmela Russo, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, Italy • Zhandong Wang, University of Science & Technology of China, China • Fujia Wu, Princeton University, USA

  19. Symposia Improvement • Professional Conference Organizer • MZ Congressi • Design website for 36th Symposium and the future • Provide continuity and offer Local Organizers support

  20. Finance Update

  21. Finance Update

  22. CI Office Changes • CI Office • New functions and personnel • Media Outreach position to be added in Fall, 2014 • Tasks will include refreshing the CI Website, designing a Newsletter and other items to support the Media and Outreach Profile of the CI; use of social networking functions will be explored

  23. CI Office Changes • CI Office • Regular web conferences with • Pres/VPs/office (biweekly), Executive Committee (monthly), Board (6 month), and about 10 committees (as needed) • Relocation of the CI Office was necessary due to new functions • Increased office space, meeting room

  24. New Business

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