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Alon Gany
אלון גני
BornFebruary 1944 (age 82)
Tel-Aviv
EducationTechnion
AwardsInternational member of the National Academy of Engineering, member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Scientific career
FieldsAeronautical Engineering
InstitutionsTechnion, Princeton University

Alon Gany (Hebrew: אלון גני; born: February 1944) is an Israeli academic. He is a professor emeritus at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, in the Stephen B. Klein Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, where he held the Lena and Ben Fohrman Chair in Aeronautical Engineering.[1]

Gany is an international member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). He is also a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).[2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

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Alon Gany was born in 1944 in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine. He studied at Dvir High School in Kiryat Ata. His military service was in the Nahal. He later served in a paratrooper brigade as a reservist.[6]

Gany received a B.Sc. in chemical engineering from the Technion in 1968, followed by an M.Sc. in aerospace engineering in 1971 and a Ph.D. in the same field in 1975.[7]

His thesis, "Theoretical Investigation of Hybrid Rocket Motor Employing Liquid Oxidizer," was supervised by Professors Yaakov M. Timnat and Micha Wolfshtein.

Academic career

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Gany was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University.[7]

After joining the Technion faculty in 1979, Gany was promoted to associate professor in 1990 and full professor in 1996. During his career, he headed the Propulsion and Combustion Laboratory, directed the Sylvia and David Fine Rocket Propulsion Center and the Aerothermodynamics Laboratory, served as Dean of Students, and held the Lena and Ben Fohrman Chair in Aeronautical Engineering. He became Professor Emeritus in 2012.[8][1]

Gany has mentored over 100 Master's and Ph.D. students and postdocs at the Technion. He was a visiting Associate Professor at Princeton University and spent a sabbatical at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California as a Senior National Research Council (NRC) Fellow.[9]

Gany is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion (IJEMCP), and a member of the Editorial Board of Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves, and of the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE). He is also a Consulting Editor of FirePhysChem Journal.

Research

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Gany's research has focused on aerospace propulsion, energetic materials, and combustion, with particular emphasis on rocket propulsion (hybrid rockets and solid rockets), ramjets, and scramjets. His work has also been extended to marine propulsion systems, including water-breathing underwater ramjets, as well as hydrogen production and energy conversion technologies such as fuel cells.[1]

Gany's contributions to aerospace propulsion have had an impact on both theoretical and applied research. He is recognized for his work on metalized propellants, solid and hybrid rocket fuels incorporating metals.[10]

Gany also made contributions to the development of both air-breathing and underwater ramjet systems, including marine derivatives adapted for naval applications.[11]

Publications

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Gany has authored and co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, dozens of book chapters, several technical monographs, a propulsion textbook (in Hebrew), and several patents.[12][13][14]

selected articles

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  • Gany, A. and Caveny, L.H., "Agglomeration and Ignition Mechanism of Aluminum Particles in Solid Propellants", Proceedings of the17th Symposium (International) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, August 1978, pp. 1453-1461.
  • Pang, W-Q., Yetter, R.A., DeLuca, L.T., Fan, X-Z., Zarko, V., Gany, A., Zhang, X-H., “Boron-Based Composite Energetic Materials (B-CEMs): Preparation, Characterization and Applications”, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 93, 2022, 101038. DOI: 10.1016/j.pecs.2022.101038
  • Netzer, A. and Gany, A., "Burning and Flameholding Characteristics of a Miniature Solid Fuel Ramjet Combustor", J. of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 7, No. 3, May-June 1991, pp. 357-363.
  • Ben-Yakar, A., Natan, B. and Gany, A., "Investigation of a Solid Fuel Scramjet Combustor", J. of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 14, No. 4, July-August 1998, pp. 447-455.
  • Elitzur, S., Rosenband, V., and Gany, A., “Study of Hydrogen Production and Storage Based on Aluminum-Water Reaction”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 39, 2014, pp. 6328-6334.
  • Gany, A., “Innovative Concepts for High-Speed Underwater Propulsion”, International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion (IJEMCP), Vol. 17, Issue 2, 2018, pp. 83-109. DOI:10.1615/IntJEnergeticMaterialsChemProp.2018027877.
  • Dinisman, S., Eisen, N.E., and Gany, A., “Performance of Water-Augmented Metallized Hybrid Propellant Ram Rocket during Underwater Motion”, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 41, No. 5, 2025, pp. 542-549. DOI: 10.2514/1.B39699.
  • Michaels, D. and Gany, A., “Modeling and Testing of a Tube-in-Tube Concept for Separation of Bodies in Space”, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 129, 2016, pp. 214-222. DOI:10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.09.013
  • Zamir, I., Ben-Reuven, M., Gany, A., and Grinstein, D., "Investigation of Electrically Controlled Ammonium Nitrate – Epoxy Solid Propellant at High Pressures", Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, Vol. 46, 2021, pp. 477-483.DOI: 10.1002/prep.202000208
  • Elanjickal, S. and Gany, A., “Enhancement of the Fuel Regression Rate in Hybrid Propulsion by Expandable Graphite Additive", Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 192, No. 7, 2020, pp. 1253-1273. DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2020.1748017.
  • Muller, G.T. and Gany, A., “Increasing Burning Rate and Motor Thrust by Expandable Graphite Additives”, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 39, No. 5, 2023, pp. 709-717. DOI: 10.2514/1.B39126

Honors and awards

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Gany is an international member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) “For advances in the development of solid propellants for rockets and scramjets” and the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).[10] He is also a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).[4][5]

He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), Honorary Fellow of the High Energy Materials Society of India (HEMSI), and Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials (AIHEM). In 2025 he received the Head of MAFAT (the Israeli Directorate of Defense, Research, and Development) Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovative Mind.[15][16]

In the same year, he was also the recipient of the AIAA Wyld Propulsion Award “For pioneering contributions in propulsion research on metalized propellants, energetic materials, hybrid rockets, ramjets, and scramjets, with sustained excellence in educating generations of propulsion experts”.[11]

Personal life

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Gany is married to Ruth. They have 3 children and 9 grandchildren and live in Haifa.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Alon Gany - CV" (PDF). The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
  2. ↑ "Grapevine: Israeli academics bring the glory | The Jerusalem Post". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  3. ↑ "IAA Study Group Status Report" (PDF). The International Academy of Astronautics.
  4. 1 2 "האספה הכללית של האקדמיה הלאומית הישראלית למדעים בחרה שישה חברים חדשים". The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. May 21, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "AIAA Fellows" (PDF). The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
  6. ↑ "עמוד תמונה/אלבום". ישראל נגלית לעין (in Hebrew). 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  7. 1 2 Science, Ettay Nevo/Davidson Institute of (2024-10-23). "Awards and achievements for Israel: This week in space". Ynetglobal. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  8. ↑ Ain, Stewart (March 16, 2001). "Reserve Duty A bad Study Break". The Jewish Week.
  9. ↑ "Prof. Emeritus Alon Gany". T3. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  10. 1 2 "Professor Alon Gany". NAE Website. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  11. 1 2 "Wyld Propulsion Award". AIAA - Shaping the future of aerospace. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  12. ↑ "Alon Gany". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  13. ↑ "Search Patents - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  14. ↑ "Professor Emeritus Alon Gany receives the prestigious Wyld Propulsion Award". Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  15. ↑ "RINA Member Directory | RINA.org.uk". www.rina.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  16. ↑ Meyer, Michal (2025-06-05). "Professor Emeritus Alon Gany | Office for Academic Staff". Retrieved 2026-08-06.
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