Steven F. Son

Steven F. Son is the Alfred J. McAllister professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University and is affiliated with Purdue’s Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories. His research focuses on combustion, with an emphasis on energetic materials, including nanoscale energetic materials, microscale energetics (micro-energetics), heterogeneous combustion, reactive materials, combustion synthesis, and explosives safety. He has presented at many national and international scientific meetings and authored over 300 scientific publications. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Combustion Institute and an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Son holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.