LF LAMINAR FLAMES, including ignition, structure, propagation, extinction, stabilization, dynamics, and instabilities

  • Prof. Fabrizio Bisetti, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • Prof. Pedro L García-Ybarra, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
  • Dr. Fabien Halter, CNRS-ICARE, France
  • Prof. J.A. van Oijen, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands
  • Prof. Alberto, Cuoci Politecnico di Milano, Italy

TC TURBULENT COMBUSTION, including experiments, theory, and simulations applied to turbulent flames

  • Prof. Christian Hasse, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
  • Dr. Andrea Giusti, Imperial College, UK
  • Prof. Alessandro Parente, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  • Dr. Edward S. Richardson, University of Southampton, UK
  • Prof. Nilanjan Chakraborty, Newcastle University, UK
  • Prof. Hong Im, King Abdullah University, Saudi Arabia

CD COMBUSTION DIAGNOSTICS, including the development and application of diagnostics for the understanding and control of combustion phenomena and radiative transfer

  • Dr. Fengshan Liu, National Research Council, Canada
  • Dr. Patrizio Massoli, Istituto Motori – CNR, Italy
  • Prof. Brent Webb, Bringham Young University, USA
  • Dr. Patrizia Minutolo, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, CNR, Italy
  • Dr. Patton Allison, Michigan State University, USA
  • Dr. Gaetano Magnotti, King Abdullah University, Saudi Arabia
  • Prof. Javier Ballester, University of Zaragoza, Spain

RK REACTION KINETICS AND REDUCED MECHANISMS, including the chemistry of hydrocarbons, biofuels, oxygenated fuels, and reduction methodologies

  • Prof. Mani Sarathy, King Abdullah University, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr. Zeynep Serinyel, CNRS-ICARE, France
  • Dr. Mariano Sirignano, Università di Napoli, Italy
  • Prof. Maria U. Alzueta, University of Zaragoza, Spain
  • Prof. Alessio Frassoldati, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

PF POLLUTANT FORMATION AND CONTROL, including the physical and chemical processes affecting the formation, growth, and destruction of  NOX, SOX, soot, PAH, dioxins, and other large molecules

  • Dr. Barbara Apicella, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, CNR, Italy
  • Dr. Nadia Sebbar, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Dr. Mario Commodo, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, CNR, Italy
  • Dr. Nabiha Chaumeix, CNRS-ICARE, France
  • Dr. Maria Abian, University of Zaragoza, Spain

HC HETEROGENEOUS COMBUSTION AND PYROLYSIS, including fundamental aspects of pyrolysis, gasification, and combustion of solid fuels (e.g., coal, char, and biomass) as well as combustion of propellants and catalytic combustion

  • Dr. Stefano Cimino, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione – CNR, Naples, Italy
  • Dr. Lufei Jia, CETC-Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
  • Dr. Osvalda Senneca, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione – CNR, Naples, Italy
  • Prof. Alberto Gomez-Barea, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
  • Prof. Viktor Scherer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
  • Dr. Fernando Preto, CANMET, Energy-Ottawa, Canada

SC STATIONARY COMBUSTION SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, including combustion in fluidized beds, incineration, utility boilers, plants and industrial applications

  • Prof. Mario Costa, Instituto Superior Tecnico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Prof. Fabrizio Scala, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
  • Prof. Edward J. Anthony, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK
  • Prof. Panagiotis Grammelis, The Centre for Research and Technology, Thessaloníki, Greece
  • Prof. Filip Johnsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

EG ENGINE, GAS TURBINE AND SPRAY COMBUSTION, including simulations and experiments and novel processes and fuels for these applications

  • Dr. Bianca Maria Vaglieco, Istituto Motori – CNR, Naples, Italy
  • Dr. Christophe Allouis, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione – CNR, Naples, Italy
  • Dr. Fernando Biagioli, GE, Switzerland
  • Dr. Raffaele Ragucci, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione, CNR, Italy
  • Prof. José Vicente Pastor, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

FE FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS, including fundamental aspects of fires as well as applications to building construction and urban/wildland fires

  • Dr. Franco Tamanini, Factory Mutual, Norwood, USA
  • Prof. Almerinda Di Benedetto, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
  • Prof. Carlos Fernandez-Pello, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Prof. Bart Merci, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
  • Prof. Ernesto Salzano, Università di Bologna, Italy

CC CO2 CAPTURE PROCESSES AND NEW CONCEPTS, including oxy-fuel combustion, chemical looping combustion, gasification and other novel processes

  • Prof. Fabio Montagnaro, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
  • Dr. Mara de Joannon, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione – CNR, Naples, Italy
  • Dr. Paola Ammendola, Istituto di Ricerche sulla Combustione – CNR, Naples, Italy
  • Prof. Anders Lyngfelt, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  • Prof. Henrik Thunman, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden