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Show Opening Remarks James E. Hovis Continued The organizational meeting of what was then called the U. S. Committee on Flame Radiation, took pla~e in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1952, was chaired by Professor Hoyt Hottel of MIT and attended by 10 representatives from steel companies, :aif·companies, a glass company, a combustion equipment builder and sever~r ies~arch and academic institutions. The American Flame Research Committee, a~ it is present,ly structured, met first in New York City in January 1955. Professor Hoyt Hottel served as Chairman of the American Flame Research Com~ittee until 1973 and its membership, through the years, have included broad segments of basic industry, representatives ' of research institutions and of the academic community. The objectives of the Committee are _ a~ follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. (- 1 . Support the International Flame Research Foundation and provide an input to the direction bi it~ p'~ograin. Provide a forum fo~ ~pplied 'J~o~bustion re search and technology in America. . ~: . r , A ccumulate the results ot "fundamental and applied combustion research. Provide and dis seminate to its membership, all reports accumulated, including these related to ener-gy co.nse(r-vation and environment; and, to selected government, industry or general public groups. The hard value of membership in the American Flame Research Committee is derived both from the work done at the International Flame Research Foundation at IJmuiden, Holland and from our bi-annual Technical Meetings. Each member of the American Flame Research Committee receives complete re search reports on aU work done at IJmuiden and can benefit from the use of that facility by contracting work in areas where the capability there is superior to that available inhouse. We are striving to improve the content of our Technical Meetings from the standpoint of selecting a critical area of research need and presenting an International Symposium designed to cover the particular subject in a comprehensive manner, with presentations by industry and research. Our spring meeting this year was an International Symposium on fluidized bed combustion, was well attended and of extreme interest to those who participated. I am confident that you, here, will equally benefit from this International Symposium on NOx reduction. The long range goal of the American Flame Research Committee is to build its membership from basic as well as processing industries to a level of at least 100. Our present membership is made up of 32 industrial plus 10 independent members representing the academic community. A n application form for membership is attached in the Proceedings to these opening rem.arks. All of you are urged to .consider membership at this time. |