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 (2025) | Ya-Ting T. Liao, Chair (Case Western University) Chong M. Cha, Vice-Chair (Rolls-Royce Corporation) |
| Standing (ex officio) | Conduct Review (2027) | Ramanan Sankaran (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Kalyan K. Srinivasan (University of Alabama) Patrick T. Lynch (University of Illinois at Chicago) Monique S. McClain (Purdue University) |
| Standing (one-year terms) | Nominating (2026) | Ramanan Sankaran, Chair (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Kalyan K. Srinivasan (University of Alabama) Waruna Kulatilaka (Texas A&M University) Pinaki Pal (Argonne National Laboratory) |
| Standing | Outreach (2025) | Omid Samimi-Abianeh, Chair (Wayne State University) Ya-Ting T. Liao (Case Western University) Pinaki Pal (Argonne National Laboratory) |
| Standing | Program (2028) | Babak Shotorban, Chair (University of Alabama–Huntsville) Daniel R. Guildenbecher, Vice-Chair (Purdue University) |
| ad hoc | Outstand Student Presentation Award (2026) | Kathleen M. Tacina, Chair (NASA Glenn Research Center) Erik L. Braun, Vice-Chair (Air Force Research Laboratory) |
| Standing | Representatives to the U.S. Sections (2026) | Waruna Kulatilaka (ex officio) (Texas A&M University) Ramanan Sankaran (ex officio) (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Kalyan K. Srinivasan (ex officio) (University of Alabama) Ya-Ting T. Liao (Case Western University) Steven F. Son (Purdue University) |
| ad hoc | James E. Peters Student Fellowship (2026) | Patrick T. Lynch, Chair (University of Illinois at Chicago) Monique S. McClain (Purdue University) David A. Rothamer (University of Wisconsin–Madison) |