Student travel support available: We anticipate reimbursing student travel for the 41st International Symposium on Combustion in Kyoto at $500 per eligible student. In order to be eligible a student a) must be enrolled at a school within the Central States Section and b) must be the sole presenter of a paper at the meeting. We will contact you via email once we know the status of accepted papers.
James E. Peters Student Travel Fellowship: We will award one student in the section $2500 for travel reimbursement to the 41st International Symposium on Combustion in Kyoto. In order to be eligible a student a) must be enrolled at a school within the Central States Section and b) must be the sole presenter of a paper at the meeting. A student will receive either the Peters fellowship or the above student travel support, but not both. We will contact you via email with details for the application procedure once we know the status of accepted papers.
Any additional questions can be directed to Prof. Patrick Lynch at treasurer@cssci.org.
2026 Combustion Art Competition
The 2026 Combustion Art Competition will be held held May 17–19 during the Spring Technical Meeting. Submissions are due May 3. Here are the instructions.
2026 Early Career Investigator
The Central States Section has selected Prof. Suo Yang of the University of Minnesota as the inaugural recipient of its Early Career Award. Prof. Yang will deliver the Early Career Investigator Plenary Lecture at the 2026 Spring Technical Meeting in West Lafayette, where he will also receive honors before meeting attendees.
2026 Spring Technical Meeting
The 2026 Spring Technical Meeting will be held May 17–19 in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue University is the host. More details regarding the technical program, venue, and registration may be found at the meeting page on The Combustion Institute site.
2025 Annual Business Meeting minutes
The 2025 Annual Business Meeting was held on March 17 in conjunction with the 14th U.S. National Combustion Meeting. Draft minutes are available here and will be approved during the next Annual Business Meeting on 2026-05-18 at the 2026 Spring Technical Meeting in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The Board of Advisors has adopted a Code of Conduct, effective 2022-01-08, which governs members’ behavior at gatherings associated with The Combustion Institute.
