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Glasser, Benjamin John was born on September 13, 1968 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of David and Sylvia Rhoda Glasser.
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Benjamin John Glasser
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Benjamin John Glasser, South African chemical engineer, educator. Achievements include research in Shear Instabilities in Granular Flows; research in bubbles and clusters in fluidized beds develop with same physical mechanism. Recipient Bristol-Myers Squibb Young Faculty award, Bristol-Myers Squibb, 2000, Dean's Fund for Scholarly Travel grant, Princeton University, 1993, National Postgraduate Scholarship, University of the Witwatersrand, 1991.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1989. Master of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1990. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1995.
Career
Research assistant Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1990—1995. Research scientist Cambridge Hydrodynamics Inc., 1995—1996. Assistant professor Rutgers University, Piscataway, 1997—2003, associate director, pharmaceutical engineering program, 1999, associate professor, since 2003.
Visiting scientist Merck & Company, Inc., West Point, 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (session chair annual meeting 1998—2004), American Physical Society.
Connections
Married Jacqueline Eve Berger, June 20, 1967. Children: Rachel Elizabeth, Emma Nicole.
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South African
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Recipient Bristol-Myers Squibb Young Faculty award, Bristol-Myers Squibb, 2000, Dean's Fund for Scholarly Travel grant, Princeton University, 1993, National Postgraduate Scholarship, University of the Witwatersrand, 1991.Recipient Bristol-Myers Squibb Young Faculty award, Bristol-Myers Squibb, 2000, Dean's Fund for Scholarly Travel grant, Princeton University, 1993, National Postgraduate Scholarship, University of the Witwatersrand, 1991.