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Rate My Professor Nicholas Kanizaj

University of New South Wales

#3,355 worldwide#3,248 in Australia

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5.08/20/2025

Makes learning exciting and meaningful.

4.05/21/2025

Knowledgeable and truly inspiring educator.

5.03/31/2025

A true gem in the academic community.

4.02/27/2025

Always positive and motivating in class.

5.02/17/2025

Encourages creativity and critical thinking.

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About Nicholas

Dr. Nicholas Kanizaj is a Senior Lecturer in Explosive Ordnance and Postgraduate Explosive Ordnance Program Coordinator in the School of Engineering and Technology at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. He joined UNSW in 2022. Since 2016, he has conducted commercial research for domestic clients in the areas of rocket propellants, small arms propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics. Kanizaj's research specializations include propellant design, additive manufacture of energetic and reactive materials, and advanced formulation technologies relevant to explosive ordnance manufacture. His active research areas encompass next-generation energetic and reactive materials, additive manufacture of structures relevant to explosive ordnance design, rocket and ramjet fuel design, and government-contracted projects on upscaled energy storage systems and improvements to their rate and delivery efficiency. Keywords associated with his work include defence, propulsion, supersonic, weapon, energy storage, chemical, and manufacture. He leverages atypical formulation technologies for the manufacture of novel propellant and pyrotechnic systems.