Edward L. Dreizin, Ph.D.

2018 Excellence in Research Prize and Medal Recipient

Edward L. Dreizin, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He received his M.S. in molecular physics and Ph.D. in applied physics from Odessa State University, Ukraine, in 1985 and 1992, respectively. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1992 and worked as a Research Scientist at AeroChem Research Labs, Princeton, N.J. from 1993 until 1999. He joined the faculty at New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1999. Prof. Dreizin was the recipient of the Excellence in Research Award from Newark College of Engineering (NCE) in 2012 and 2017; he also received the NCE Excellence in Teaching Award for graduate instruction in 2015.

Dreizin has authored and co-authored more than 250 peer-reviewed journal papers, several book chapters and holds four patents. He advised 17 graduated Ph.D. students as well as multiple M.S. students and undergraduates involved in research with his group at NJIT. He serves as an associate editor for the International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion, as a Member of the International Editorial Council for Combustion Explosions and Shockwaves, and as a Member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis. He served as the editor for the 2012 Volume of the Materials Research Society Proceedings, entitled Properties, Processing, and Applications of Reactive Materials. He has given invited lectures in China, Singapore, Russia, Italy, Canada, as well as at multiple U.S. universities, companies and government laboratories.

Dreizin’s research is mostly in the areas of reactive materials and metal combustion. Over the years, his work applied materials science concepts to explore, understand and improve processes of metal combustion, important for the development of advanced propellants, explosives and pyrotechnics.