Rate My Professor Evgeny Shafirovich

Dr. Shafirovich's primary research interests encompass combustion of energetic and gas-generating materials, combustion synthesis of advanced materials for aerospace and energy applications, and utilization of space resources for sustainable space exploration. Sponsored by the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and NASA, his projects focus on aerospace propellants, functional and high-temperature materials, hydrogen production and storage, advanced space power systems, and in situ resource utilization. He has earned major awards such as the Distinguished Paper Award from The Combustion Institute (2021), Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2013), University Faculty Marshal of Students for Fall Commencement, College of Engineering (2025), awards for supervising outstanding graduate theses (2018), excellence in student research mentoring (2016), and multiple recognitions for outstanding efforts in securing extramural funding (2012-2023). Key publications include "Fabrication, oxidation, and combustion of nanoscale magnesium diboride and tetraboride" (Combustion and Flame, 2026), "Oxidation of iron particles for energy storage: Experiments in a fluidized bed reactor and kinetic modeling" (Combustion and Flame, 2026), "A novel approach to synthesize mixed-metal oxides via direct metal combustion" (Materials Letters, 2026), "Oxidation and combustion of stabilized lithium metal powder (SLMP)" (Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023), and "Conceptual design of a space power system based on combustion of metals" (Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2023). His contributions have advanced combustion processes and space technologies.