Professional Activities

• Combustion Institute Finance Committee 2011 - Present

• Chemical Kinetics Colloquium Co-Chair, 34th International Symposium on Combustion, Warsaw, 2012.

• Member National Science Foundation Review Panel for CTS, CAREER Grants, May 2006, September 2008.

• Member National Science Foundation Review Panel for SBIR Grants, April, 2004.

• Co-Chairman, Host Committee for the 30th International Symposium on Combustion held at UIC July, 2004

• Co-Chairman, Host Committee for the 3rd Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute held at UIC March, 2003.

• Member, National Science Foundation Review Panel for Career Awards, CTS, November, 2001

• Member, National Science Foundation Review Panel for Major Research Instruments, CTS, May, 2001

• Member, Executive Committee, Central States Section, The Combustion Institute, 1999-2010

• Co-Chair, Colloquium on Materials Synthesis and Catalytic Combustion, The Twenty Eighth International Symposium on Combustion, August, 2000.

• Co-Chair, Colloquium on Materials Synthesis and Catalytic Combustion, The Twenty Seventh International Symposium on Combustion, August, 1998.

• Co-Organizer, BP Oil Workshop on Diesel Low Emissions Additives, Sept. 22-23, 1994.

• Chairperson, Chemistry of Aromatics Session. Twenty Fifth Symposium (Int’l.) on Combustion, July, 1994.:

• Member, NASA Review Committee for Microgravity Combustion Science Proposals, 1993.

• Member, National Academy of Sciences Review Committee for AFOSR Chemistry Division Proposals, 1992.

• Member, National Science Foundation Panel for Review of Small Business Innovative Research Proposals, 1992.

• Poster Session Organizer and Chairman - The Twenty-Fourth Symposium (International) on Combustion, 1992.

• Chairperson, Symposium on Combustion Chemistry Session, A.C.S. National Meeting, August, 1991.:

• Member at Large, Executive Committee of the Eastern Section of the Combustion Institute. 1989-1991; Secretary 1991-Present.

• Chairperson, Reaction Kinetics II Session. Twenty-Second Symposium (International) on Combustion, August 1988.:

• Chairperson, Eastern States Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Elementary Chemical Processes Session, December 1986, Laser Ignition Session, October, 1991.:

• Invited Attendee, Arco Chemical Company Faculty Forum on Methanol Fuels, 1984.

• Member; Steering Committee of The C.U.N.Y. Graduate School Doctoral Students' Council involved in budget planning and administration, 1975 - 1977.

• Member; Dean's Faculty Advisory Committee, Princeton University, 1989-1996.

• Member; American Chemical Society.

• Member; Combustion Institute.

• Member; American Institute of Chemical Engineers

• Member; American Society of Mechanical Engineers