Benjamin J. Glasser

Benjamin J. Galsser

Distinguished Professor

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Phone:(848)445-4243
Fax:(732)445-2581
Email:bglasser@rutgers.edu
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Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 1996
  • M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1991
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1989

Honors

  • Consulting Editor, AIChE Journal, 2012
  • Rutgers School of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Award to advisee, Matt Metzger, 2012
  • ISPE Poster of the Year Award (with M. Metzger), 2009
  • AIChE Particle Technology Forum Best Poster Award (with B. Remy), 2009
  • The Scholar-Teacher Award from the President of Rutgers University, 2009
  • AIChE Particle Technology Forum Best Poster Award (with M. Metzger and K. LaMarche), 2007
  • Best PhD in Particle Technology Award to advisee, Stephen Conway from the AIChE, 2005
  • Inducted into Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2005
  • First Prize, AIChE National Student Poster Competition (with C. Sutton and E. Liss), 2000
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Young Faculty Award, 2000
  • Charles and Johanna Busch Research Award, 1999
  • Merck Excellence Faculty Development Award, 1998
  • Dean's Fund for Scholarly Travel Award, 1993
  • National Postgraduate Scholarship, 1991-1992
  • Foundation for Research and Development Scholarship, 1990
  • University Senior Bursary, 1990
  • South African Institution of Chemical Engineers Medal, 1989
  • SASOL Medal, 1989
  • Gencor Prize, 1988
  • E.J.A. Loerincz Scholarship, 1987
  • Jacob and Pauline Pertz Merit Scholarship, 1986
  • Standard Bank Scholarship, 1986

Professional Affiliations

Research Interests

  • The mechanics of fluidized beds
  • Multiphase flows and reactors
  • Flow and segregation of granular materials
  • Nonlinear dynamics of transport processes in fluid-particle systems
  • Pharmaceutical engineering