The Central States Section conducts some activities through committees, both standing and ad hoc. The composition of the Nominating Committee is dictated by the By-Laws.
| Type | Name | Members |
|---|---|---|
| Standing | Combustion Art Competition (2024) | Ya-Ting Liao, Chair (Case Western University) |
| Standing (ex officio) | Conduct Review (2024) | Waruna Kulatilaka, Chair (Texas A&M University) Ramanan Sankaran (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Patrick T. Lynch (University of Illinois at Chicago) Monique S. McLain (Purdue University) |
| Standing (one-year terms) | Nominating (2024) | Waruna Kulatilaka, Chair (Texas A&M University) Robert S. Tranter (Argonne National Laboratory) Ramanan Sankaran (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Michael Bunce (Mahle Powertrain LLC) |
| Standing | Outreach (2024) | Omid Samimi-Abianeh, Chair (Wayne State University) Ya-Ting Liao (Case Western University) Ramanan Sankaran (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
| Standing | Program (2024) | Kalyan K. Srinivasan, Chair (University of Alabama) Babak Shotorban, Vice-Chair (University of Alabama–Huntsville) |
| ad hoc | Undergraduate Research Competition (2024) | Omid Samimi-Abianeh, Chair (Wayne State University) Ya-Ting Liao (Case Western University) Ramanan Sankaran (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
| ad hoc | James E. Peters Student Fellowship (2024) | Patrick T. Lynch, Chair (University of Illinois at Chicago) Patton Allison (Michigan State University) Monique S. McLain (Purdue University) Albert Ratner (University of Iowa) |
| ad hoc | Code of Conduct (2021) | Kathleen M. Tacina, Chair (NASA Glenn) Waruna Kulatilaka (Texas A&M University) Robert S. Tranter (Argonne National Laboratory) |
| ad hoc | By-Laws Revision (2021) | Kathleen M. Tacina, Chair (NASA Glenn) Charles E. Baukal, Jr (The John Zink Company) Charles E.A. Finney (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Waruna Kulatilaka (Texas A&M University) |