About the Workshop
The International Workshop on Flame Chemistry (FCWS) aims to advance understanding of combustion chemistry through close interaction between experiments, theory, and chemical kinetics modeling — particularly in the context of the global energy transition.
FCWS provides a focused forum to identify key scientific challenges, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and promote coordinated strategies toward predictive combustion chemistry models. The workshop addresses fundamental and applied aspects of flame chemistry underlying flame propagation, ignition, pollutant formation, and combustion system performance.
Special Issue — Call for Papers
Submission deadline: 31 July 2027
Welcoming original research and review articles on fundamental and applied combustion chemistry, with emphasis on topics discussed at the 8th FCWS: sustainable fuels combustion, advanced diagnostics, plasma-assisted combustion, AI/automation in quantum chemical approaches, and chemical kinetic model development.
Guest editors: Matteo Pelucchi, Andrea Comandini, Brandon Rotavera, Feng Zhang · Open access (APC $2,450 USD)
From the Last Edition
Full program, invited speakers, book of abstracts and agenda from the 8th FCWS in Kyoto are available in the archive.
History
The workshop was founded in 2012 by Yiguang Ju (Princeton University) and Hai Wang (Stanford University) with the mission to assemble leading experts in combustion chemistry, flame diagnostics, and kinetic modeling to identify critical knowledge gaps and chart pathways toward predictive high-pressure flame chemistry.
Since its inaugural edition at Warsaw University of Technology, the workshop has grown into a biennial community event held as a satellite of the International Symposium on Combustion, spanning Warsaw (2012), San Francisco (2014), Seoul (2016), Dublin (2018), Adelaide (2020, held online), online (2022), and Milan (2024). Each edition has produced structured research recommendations and fostered long-term collaborative initiatives across the combustion chemistry community.