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PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2016

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2016

Technion is a space where science and technology

generate innovation beyond the frontiers of the known.

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ut of the missionto be of service tothe country and

humankind for the global good, both the freedom ofpure scientific thought andthe process of application arecritical. This requires movingfrom a living dimension ofunlimited potential throughlayers of limitation. In these processes of negotiating time, space and speed, innovation is born. Yet it always starts with the unlimited.

Here at Technion, innovationis in our DNA. It is encodedin our mission and purpose.Through generations, we havelearned through experience thedepth of the wisdom of AlbertEinstein, chairman of the firstTechnion Society, that: “Wecannot solve problems with thesame thinking we used whenwe created them.” Out of the unlimited mind,new ideas are born, whichinclude new ways of thinking,new concepts and new methods. This requires openness and overview, both of which require some freedom in space and time. This year has seen breakthrough discoveries in areas ranging from energy

research, to advanced medicine,through to quantum mechanics.At the same time, this has beena historic year in transcending the limitations of national borders. In December, Technion and Shantou University in Guangdong Province, China, made history with the groundbreaking of Israel’s first ever institute of higher education in China: Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT). Made possible through a magnanimous gift of the Li Ka Shing Foundation, GTIIT will offer high-level, innovative, research-oriented undergraduate and graduate education. It represents a portal of pure potential for unlimited innovation, spanning east and west and bridging the academic map of today with the academic needs of the future. Across the globe in New YorkCity, this year also celebratedthe consolidation and floweringof the Joan and Irwin JacobsTechnion-Cornell Institute. The Institute today promotes andleverages a synergy betweenits parent institutions to offer aglobal perspective on technologytransfer, commercialization andentrepreneurship. To honorthe momentous initiation of

the game-changing institute inNYC, Technion conferred an honorary doctorate on the project’s visionary, former NYCMayor Michael R. Bloombergat the Technion Benefit Gala in New York City. At home at Technion, we doall we can to facilitate andpromote collaboration andresearch across the traditionallimits of individual disciplines.Research now and in the future will be done by people who canbridge between different fieldsof science. From high impactresearch into energy science,technology and engineeringat the Grand Technion EnergyProgram, through to the nanodimension at the Russell BerrieNanotechnology Institute(RBNI), and on to the frontiers of quantum science, we are empowering research beyond limits. As you will read in this report, the results are tremendously exciting, giving insight after insight into the way in which the science of today will impact our world tomorrow.

Prof. Peretz LaviePresident

“Out of the unlimited

mind, new ideas are born, which include

new ways of thinking, new concepts and

new methods.”- Prof. Peretz Lavie

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THE DREAM FACTORY

OVER 130START-UP COMPANIES

ESTABLISHED BY ALUMNI

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$200 M INVESTMENT RAISED

Executive VP for Research Prof. Wayne Kaplan (l) with BizTEC 2015 winning team, Peekaboo: Janna

Tenenbaum-Katan, doctoral student in the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Lior Har-Shai and Yoel Angel, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine graduates.

At Technion, there is a living spirit of entrepreneurship. The impact of the Technion network worldwide is such that Technion’s name is today the brand of a new paradigm of innovation through the gateways of academia.

Out of the Bronica EnretrepreneurshipCenter, there is a perpetual flow of events to inspire innovation, application and entrepreneurship. From BizTEC to 3 Day Startup (3DS) competitions, Hackathons, 3DS Healthcare, the Dream Factory, mentoring, workshops, lectures, and global events, education in entrepreneurship is embedded in all that is Technion.

BizTEC 2016 was launched during a grand opening event on April 4th at the Technion. This is the 12th year of Israel’s leading annual technological entrepreneurship competition, which

was established in 2004.Over 200 applicants, alumni, mentors and partners attended the keynote lecture, given by serial entrepreneur, Dov Moran, inventor of the Disk-on-key. 115 teams including 260 entrepreneurs have applied to BizTEC 2016. 53% of all applicants are students or alumni from the Technion. 17% of applicants are women; almost twice the average percentage of women-founders inthe Israeli Startup ecosystem.

BizTEC 2015 was won by Technion’sPeekaboo Group, which developed atechnology for the non-invasive

OVER 100LEADING MENTORS

Innovation

collection of sterile urine from baby girls. They received a 10,000 NIS prize from the Technion, the main sponsor of the competition.

Second place went to DeepSense, which predicts and helps prevent failures in industrial machines; and third place to SelfLift – a sustainable and inexpensive irrigation solution for small-scale farms.

Other technologies that reached thefinals: an app for locating products instores; smartphone-controlled robots;home monitor for pulmonary diseases; a non-invasive cardiac monitor; a system for navigation inside buildings; a laboratory management platform; a smart needle for tumor biopsies; and a wearable system designed to shorten athletes’ recovery time.

115 TEAMS

APPLIED TOBIZTEC 2016

(260ENTREPRENEURS)

47% ARE APPLICANTS FROM 15 OTHER ISRAELI

INSTITUTIONS AND ABROAD

53% OF APPLICANTS ARE TECHNION STUDENTS & ALUMNI

17% OF APPLICANTS ARE WOMEN

TWICE AVERAGE PERCENTAGEOF WOMEN FOUNDERS INISRAELI STARTUP ECOSYSTEM

BizTEC gives real-time, nitty gritty experience in the blood, sweat, tears and brilliance demanded when you want to get the big idea inside your head, out to the big world of commercial realities.

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FALLING WALLSShani Elitzur a doctoral student at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, won third place in the international Falling Walls Young Innovators competition in Berlin. Elitzur, one of the competition’s 100 finalists from 44 nations, presented an innovative technology for the production of hydrogen energy that could reduce dependence on oil through the use of hydrogen-based propulsion.

Falling Walls Lab is an international competition held in Berlin since 2011. More than 1,300 young scientists applied for the competition this year.

Elitzur recently received a grant from the Ministry of Science for developments in the field of alternative fuels for transportation – a NIS 300,000 grant that will enable her to continue her research. According to the Ministry of Science, Elitzur’s research program has

demonstrated applied feasibility with commercial potential.

Shani began her studies at Technion as a member of the IDF Academic Reserve, and went on to earn a master’s degree. For her doctorate, under the guidance of Prof. Alon Gany and Dr. Valery Rosenband, she is developing an innovative technology for producing energy from hydrogen.

The method is based on the interaction between aluminum and water in the presence of a very low dosage of an activating substance (2.5%). The electrical energy generated by the aluminum-water technology is higher by an order of magnitude than the electrical energy obtainable with the existing storage technologies, including lithium batteries.

The name of the competition is a tribute to the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the basic idea is that contestants will present breakthroughs that constitute breaking down ideological, technological and other “walls.”

Shani Elitzur, Falling Walls winner

Aerospace Engineering doctoral student Shani Elitzur won third place in the 2015 international Falling Walls Young Innovators competition in Berlin.

Innovation

T³’s task is to open the doors toinnovation, ushering new technologies into world markets. As part of Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd. (TRDF), T³’s success in bridging laboratory and marketplace is critical to Technion’s position as a global leader of innovation.

Today, the Josepho Industrial Research Center is a hub for entrepreneurship, company formation and commercialization. Under theauspices of T³, the Alfred MannInstitute at Technion (AMIT) is a nucleus of innovation that is supporting the formation of biomedical companies by Technion students, faculty and alumni.

Also this year, the Technion accelerator T-Factor was launched. T-Factor’s mission is to support Technion students, faculty and alumni in ‘creating their jobs’; providing seed funding, a mentorship network, access to Technion labs and infrastructure, fundraising support and workspace. The launch of T-Factor was swiftlyfollowed by a cooperation agreementbetween the accelerators of EcolePolytechnique (l’X) and the Technion,signed during the State visit to Israel by French Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, Emmanuel Macron. “This new collaboration will allowour institutions to further supportthe emergence and developmentof startups – a key strategic priorityfor both the Technion and l’X,” saidJacques Biot, President of EcolePolytechnique.

ENTERPRISE FOR ALL

T³ is capitalizingon thescientific andtechnologicalimpact ofthe Technionnetwork.

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he Technion mourns the loss of Alfred E. Mann, of Beverly Hills, CA.

A noted scientist, and entrepreneur, Mann was a loyal supporter who established the Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Development at Technion (AMIT), focused on enabling commercialization of innovative biomedical technologies that improve human health. Together with his wife, Claude, Al Mann was a Technion Guardian - a designation reserved for those who have reached the highest level ofcommitment. Alfred E. Mann was a biomedical industry pioneer, an innovative scientist, and a noted philanthropist. The son of parents who immigrated to the US from Russia, he received a BSc and MSc from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1969, along with a research team at Johns Hopkins University, Al Mann developed the first rechargeable

cardiac pacemaker which led to hisestablishing Pacesetter Systems for the development, manufacture, and distribution of cardiac pacemakers. Mann’s creativity in the medical device field was unbounded and he went on to found several other companies. Citing two from an impressive listing: Minimed, a manufacturer of microinfusion systems and continuous glucose monitoring systems; and Medical Research Group Inc., a manufacturer of implantable medication infusion systems and developer of a long-term glucose monitoring system and prosthetic artificial pancreas. Alfred Mann served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of MannKind Corporation, a diversified biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutics and drug delivery technologies for treatment of diabetes, cancer, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases. Al Mann was awarded a Technion Honorary Doctorate in 2005.

Alfred E. Mann had a sacred vision: to develop and commercialize

innovative solutions for significant

unmet medical conditions.

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AN abundant source OF

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Nanoscale photocatalysts composed of a quantum dot (green) embedded in a nano-rod (yellow) with a

platinum particle on its opposite tip (purple)

Energy

TheRISING SUN

ake water, recruit theenergy of the sun, and split the water into

hydrogen and oxygen. What do you get? An infinite source of renewable energy.

At the lab of Prof. Lilac Amirav, a perfect 100% light-to-hydrogen gas conversion efficiency has been introduced through solar water splitting, as reported in the scientific journal Nano Letters. These results surpass all previous benchmark conventions for all systems, optimizing this particular half reaction. The impressive efficiency was achieved through the

use of unique nanoparticle photocatalysts. From the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry to the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, hydrogen breakthroughs are making headlines. According to a prize-winning paper on solar fuels published in the prestigious journal Science by Prof. Yeshayahu Lifshitz and his Chinese colleagues, obstacles include the low solar to hydrogen energy conversionefficiency; poor catalytic stability; and the high cost of catalyst materials, often containing rare and precious

metals. Yet Prof. Lifshitz and his colleagues were able toovercome these problems bydeveloping a cheap, metal free, Earth-abundant and environmentally friendly catalyst made of a carbonnanodot–carbon nitride (C3N4)nanocomposite. Their findingsshowed a 2,000% higherperformance efficiency (20 times larger) as compared with other stable catalysts previously reported, working with unchanged hydrogen output for more than 200 days.

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When two multidisciplinarycenters join forces, thereis high energy impact on

the world. The focusedsynergy of the Russell Berrie

Nanotechnology Instituteand the Grand Technion

Energy Program is propellingTechnion innovations in

energy to new dimensions. Prof. Lilac Amirav


ORGANIC solarPOWER

Energy

rganic photovoltaic cellsconvert solar energy intoelectric power through

organic molecules. One advantage over “traditional” solar cells made of silicon is that they can be mounted on lightweight, flexible, and easy-to-replace sheets, which can be spread on roofs and buildings like wallpaper, converting solar energy intoelectrical current. In the future,they could also be used toprovide a cost-efficient andreliable source of electricity inisolated regions.

Despite the advantages of organic cells, their power conversion potential to this point has not been fully utilized, according to lead researcher Prof Nir Tessler, of the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering, and Head of the Wolfson Microelectronics Centre and the Sara and Moshe Zisapel Nanoelectronics Center. “In our study, we found thatthe electricity production andefficiency of organic photovoltaic cells are limited by structural aspects,” explains Tessler. “We have proved that these limitations are not related to the material, but to the device structure. We have developed an addition to the existing systems, improving the efficiency of converting solar energy into electric current inside the cell from 10% (a level considered to be “high

efficiency”) to 15% (the level at which industry experts say organic solar cells will be cost-effective), and adding 0.2 volts to the cell’s voltage.” The development is based on increasing the energy gap between the electrodes bychanging their fixed positionin the system. By doing so, the researchers were able to increase the voltage, leading toan increase in system power. “This improvement is significant for the relevant industry, and it was achieved by focusing on structural changes in the device, versus developing new materials, a common approach by researchers in this field. It might seem as if we have stretched the laws of physics with the aid of engineering.”

A patented Technionbreakthrough improves

the efficiency of organicphotovoltaic cells by 50 percent,

and could someday provide ahuge boost for the viability ofsolar power as a major source

of energy. The researcherspublished their findings in the

Journal of Applied Physics.

LivingSOLAR CELLS

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“This defense mechanism blocks more than 90% of the sun’s radiation.”

whenALGAE meetSUNSHINE

Marine and freshwater cyanobacteria protect themselves from overexcitation by activating the Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP). The OCP is activated by strong light illumination, changing from its orange to red state. The picture depicts three bacteria, one in full sunlight (top, reddish), one in the shade (bottom, orange hue) and one in the middle. Dvir Harris et al, PNAS 2016, have proposed a mechanism by which, after activation, the N-terminal domain of the OCP burrows in between units of the Phycobilisome antenna complex, thereby diminishing the flow of energy to the reaction centers.

Science

The Genius ofNATURE

hotosynthesis is the process by which plants and other organisms use

sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis is essential tothe animal kingdom: not onlyfor organisms that performphotosynthesis themselves, but for all living things. This isbecause even animals that donot perform photosynthesisconsume the primary product of photosynthesis – glucose. Just as the film in pre-digitalcameras can be overexposed,natural photosynthetic systems are also liable to become impaired as a result of overexposure, leading to the death of the organism. Photosynthesis is a sophisticated process within which, the genius of nature is still being understood. The recent Technion research throws light on the mechanisms of these organisms to protect the system

from overexposure to sunlight.One of these defense mechanisms has now been revealed in a study conducted by Prof. Noam Adir and doctoral student Dvir Harris of the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, in collaboration with Dr. Diana Kirilovsky and her laboratory at I2BC-CEA, in France. The article was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The defense mechanism wasdeciphered in cyanobacteria(often called “blue-green algae”). The main player in this mechanism is the protein OCP – a protein that modifies its structure and color in responseto intense light. This changeblocks the flow of energy that reaches the photosynthetic reaction center by means of a reaction between the active species of OCP and phycobilisome (PBS), the

protein complex that functions as a light-harvesting antenna in the cyanobacteria.

“In this study we discovered how the OCP blocks the energy,” explains Prof. Adir. “Ineffect, the protein acts as a biological switch. In responseto strong light, part of the protein penetrates into the PBS,changes the PBS structure, thereby diverting the flow ofenergy from the reaction centers. According to experiments performed in the Kirilovsky lab, this defensemechanism blocks more than90% of the sun’s radiation.As soon as the radiationdiminishes, the protein returns to its normal state and the flow of energy resumes.”

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Technion science has revealedhow during photosynthesis,

tiny bacteria protect themselvesfrom the more harmful aspects

of the sun’s rays.


The mechanical stimulation of cardiac cells could lead to better

pacemakers and advance the development of new therapies for cardiovascular diseases. The findings, published in Nature Physics, demonstrate for the first time that direct physical contact with the cardiac cells is not requiredto synchronize their beating. As long as the cardiac cells are in the tissue being mechanically stimulated, they are trained by the stimulation, with long-lasting effects that persist even after stimulation has stopped. “Cell-cell communicationis essential for growth,development and function,”explains Prof. Shelly Tzlil,of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. “We have shown that cells are able to

communicate with each other mechanically by responding to deformations created by their neighbors. The range of mechanical communication is greater than that of electrical and chemical interactions. Another significant discovery is that the duration of cell pacing is greater when the stimulus is mechanical, indicating that mechanical communication induces long-term alterations. The stimulation was appliedby an artificial “mechanicalcell,” consisting of a tiny probe (with a 0.0025 cm tip diameter) that generated (via cyclical indenting and pulling) periodic deformations in the underlying substrate (cardiac tissue). The deformations mimicked those generated by a beating cardiac cell that was also in the tissue. After a brief 10-minute training period, the cardiac cell synchronized its beating

rate with the mechanical cell. Furthermore, the cardiac cell maintained the induced beating rate for more than one hour after mechanical stimulation was stopped.

“In this study, we show that an isolated cardiac cell can be trained to beat at a given frequency by mechanically stimulating the underlying substrate,” says Tzlil. “Mechanical communication plays an important role in cardiac physiology, and is essential for converting electrical pacing into synchronized beating. Impaired mechanical communication will lead to arrhythmias even when electrical conduction is working properly. The medical implication is that adding mechanical elements to electrical pacemakers will significantly improve their efficiency.”

In a breakthroughthat could change

the future ofpacemakers,

Technionresearchers haveused mechanical

stimulation to “train”cardiac cells to beat

at a given rate.

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Prof. Shelly Tzlil


new technology for thedelivery of targeted anticancer therapeutics

in the body has been developed in the laboratory of Prof. Marcelle Machluf of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering. This technology dramaticallyincreases the therapy’s efficacy and prevents the side effects associated with existing chemotherapy. In animal model experiments, the system doubled life expectancy after the development of prostate cancer. Two problems in cancer treatments are the health-eroding side effects of chemotherapy, and the ability of cancer cells to develop resistance to these drugs. In response to this, gene therapy has proven effective in treating tumors and metastases. This involves the insertion of genes, such as nucleic acid sequences that are coded for the production of proteins. However, despite the potentialof gene therapy for cancer, thewidespread method in genetherapy – inserting genes into

target cells using viruses – canincite a harsh immune response. An article published in February in the journal Nano Letters heralds a breakthrough in the accurate delivery of genes to the target without the use of viruses. The new technology, developed in Prof. Marcelle Machluf’s laboratory, is an innovative delivery platform termed nanoghost. The nanoghosts are tiny particlesmade from the outer membrane ofmesenchymal stem cells. Thesecells are able to selectively targetvarious cancers. With the technology, developed by Prof. Machluf together with doctoral student Limor Kaneti, these cells may be produced in large quantities in the laboratory, emptied of their contents and turned into empty packages – nanoghosts. Specific genes areinserted into these packages andbegin to produce an anti-cancerprotein only upon reaching the tumor. Therefore, they do not harmhealthy tissue on their way to thetarget. Moreover, the anticancerprotein impacts not only the target

cells, but also adjacent cancer cells and the blood vessels that support the tumor. After the genetic material is loaded, the nanoghosts are injected directly into the bloodstream, through which they navigate to the tumor. Since outwardly, these are mesenchymal stem cells, the system detects these bodies as friendly and does not harm them; and since the vehicles do not release their cargo en route, they cannot harm healthy tissues. Only after they have reached the malignant tissue and homed in on it do they insert the gene into the tumor cells and initiate the production of the anticancer protein.

NanoHEALERS

Imagine we could access acancer treatment in which

the cells of the tumor are directly targeted with

gene therapy, eradicating the tumor at its root and

vastly increasingly life expectancy. Technion

research into thenanomedicine of tomorrow

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Nanoghosts, produced in the laboratory from stem cells, loaded with nucleic acids, injected into the patient and capable of navigating to the tumor.


EBL

One of the most advanced electron-beam lithography (EBL) tools in the world, the Raith EBPG5200 arrived at Technion in August and is now installed in the Micro-Nano Fabrication Unit (MNFU) in the Wolfson Microelectronics Centre and Sara and Moshe Zisapel Nanoelectronics Center.

E-beam lithography is the science and art of scanning a focused beam of electrons to draw custom shapes on a surface covered with

an electron-sensitive film. The EBL provides Technion with the ability to keep Israeli nanoscale research and the high-tech industry at the cutting edge.

EBL was purchased within the framework of the “Nanophotonicsfor Detection and Sensing” program, initiated by the Israeli National Nano Initiative and led by the Technion’s Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI).

E-Beam beyond limits

Adi Goldner, senior engineer at EBL installed in the MNFU, Wolfson Microelectronics Centre and Sara and Moshe Zisapel Nanoelectronics Center.


Handing you the future

Nano

erial innovator Prof.Hossam Haick has beenselected as one of the

world’s most influentialpeople for 2016 by the Americanmagazine GOOD. Haick’sinnovations range from electronic skin, the sniff phone for diagnosing cancer throughbreath samples, through to the development of a “Self- Administered Adhesive Patchfor Detection of Tuberculosis,”supported by the Bill & MelindaGates Foundation.

In March, Prof. Haick received the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. Haick, a member of the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, received the award for his tremendous contribution to the diagnosis of diseases through innovative markers that are present in the breath and skin.

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QUANTUM

Anomalous Floquet-Anderson Insulator as a Nonadiabatic Quantized Charge Pump

Phys. Rev. XThe quantum shift is the next frontier of scientific research. The coming technological shift is set to be as momentous as the invention of the microprocessor.

Science

he Technion Center for Quantum Science, Matter, and Engineering will be officially inaugurated at Technion in June 2016 at the

Mark and Diane Seiden International Symposium on Quantum Science, Matter, and Engineering hosted by the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute. The Technion Quantum Center is envisioned to encompass all nanotechnology research areas which deal with science in the quantum arena. A recent breakthrough in the ongoing worldwide effort to harness quantum technologies was recently made by Physics Prof. David Gershoni, who was awarded a 2015 ERC Advanced Grant. Gershoni and his team managed to construct a deterministic source of special quantum states of photons called cluster states, following a theoretical proposal by Prof. Netanel Lindner and his colleague Prof. Terry Rudolph. Gershoni’s preliminary demonstration, which was made using a device based on semiconductor quantum dots, represents a major milestone in quantum technology research: a deterministic source of these quantum states offers an efficient route for performing quantum computations with photons. As such, Gershoni’s device may have revolutionary potential for technological

applications as well as to our fundamental understanding of quantum systems. A new paper published in Physical Review X by Prof. Netanel Lindner of the Faculty of Physics is also putting the power of quantum mechanics to work. Lindner is investigating unique phases of matter which arise when a quantum system is subjected to an external oscillating drive. Lindner shows that in such a non-equilibrium setting, conventional relationships among topology, disorder, and quantum mechanics are drastically altered. His work unveils a phase in which the motion of particles at the edge of the system is chiral, despite complete localization in the bulk of the system. In equilibrium, such a situation is strictly impossible. Beyond its scientific importance, this novel quantum phase of matter has the potential to serve in future applications of quantum technologies, such as ultra-precision current standards. Additional global Technion activities in the quantum field include a research collaboration program with Waterloo University supported by the Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman Foundation, and an agreement with Würzburg University to hold five annual symposia supported by the Reinhard Frank Foundation.

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he Technion is the ideal place for cancer research for a number of reasons: the Institute’s high level of researchers and clinicians; unique interfaces between

medicine, engineering, life sciences and fundamental science; and close ties with hospitals affiliated with the institute’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine,” said Prof. Ze’ev Ronai, Co-director of the Technion Integrated Cancer Center . “Our vision is to offer patients the most advanced methods for diagnosing and treating cancer, which will allow hospitals to provide each patient with the most precise diagnosis and personalized treatment plan. It will bridge interactions between scientists and clinicians and will be of great benefit to both sides.” Prof. Ze’ev Ronai will head the Technion Integrated Cancer Center together with Distinguished Prof. Aaron Ciechanover. The establishment of the Center is being led by the generous support of

noted philanthropists Laura and Isaac Perlmutter and Lester Crown.

As part of a collaboration with the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center (LMC), Technion hosted its second joint cancer conference in December. “More than 500,000 Americans die of cancer each year, and every day around 4,500 new cases are diagnosed,” said Distinguished Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. “In comparison, in Israel, which is clearly smaller, each year there are 20,000 cancer-related deaths and 30,000 new cases. The good news is that cancer research in Israel is very advanced, and many excellent drugs are in advanced stages of development. Personalized medicine will help us transform cancer from being a serious and often fatal illness into a chronic disease, and modern medicine has already managed to significantly

The new Technion Integrated Cancer Center takes a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to discovery, medical innovation and life-saving treatments.

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inhibit some cancer types. I have no doubt that our cooperation with LMC will lead to a quantum leap in this area.” Drug-carrying “nanoghosts” that battle melanoma and new treatments for malignant mesothelioma will be the focus of the first joint research projects led by NYU Langone Medical Center and the Technion under a groundbreaking research initiative supported by Laura and Isaac Perlmutter.

NYU Langone and the Technion established the new partnership last year to advance global collaboration in cancer research and therapeutics. The joint program is positioned to attract additional, world-class support from institutions and individuals dedicated to eradicating cancer through focused and efficient research.

As part of a collaboration with the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, the Technion Integrated Cancer Center hosted the second joint cancer conference in December chaired by 2004 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Distinguished Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, TICC Co-director; Prof. Ze’ev Ronai, TICC Co-director; and Prof. Eyal Gottlieb, Director of the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter National Metabolomics Center at TICC. The NYU delegation was led by Prof. Dafna Bar-Sagi, Senior Vice President and Vice Dean for Science, Scientific Officer, NYU Langone Medical Center; and Prof. Benjamin Neel, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center Director.


GIRL POWER

Brains, opportunity and empowerment. Tech Women 2016 opens the floodgates to Israel’s next generation of female ingenuity.

echnion held the first conference for outstanding female high-school students from all over Israel “Tech Women 2016.”

Attended by 670 high-school students, the conference is designed to encourage female students to pursue higher education in science and engineering. Supported by the Rosalyn August Girls Empowerment (GEM) Mission, this first-of-its-kind conference was held in honor of International Women’s Day in March. There are presently over 5,000 female students at Technion, and 32% of the master’s degree students and 44% of doctoral students at the Technion are women. The 670 students all study advanced level mathematics, science, and technology for their matriculation exams. They met with female

researchers and faculty members, Technion alumnae, and female graduate students.

The students toured the laboratoriesand learned about the research topics and subject matter in five faculties: Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering. Addressing the students, Prof. Daniella Raveh of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, said: “I really love airplanes. They are my occupation and my hobby. I am fortunate in being able to do what I love and I also have a pilot’s license. Aeronautics is a field that’s suitable for men and women alike, and any good engineer who graduates from the faculty is guaranteed employment in the field.”

Introducing Tech Women“Here at Technion you can make any dream come true.”- Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Yael Yaniv

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“Andrew Viterbi’s understanding of the vital impact of electrical engineering on the State of Israel will help the Technion recruit the best and brightest students and faculty members.”- Prof. Peretz Lavie at the Technion Medal conferment to Prof. Andrew Viterbi

As a child, Andrew Viterbi and his family fled Italy for America escaping the persecution of the Jews. He went on to cofound Qualcomm and invented the Viterbi Algorithm, which is used in almost every cellular phone today, digital satellite broadcast receivers, and in voice recognition. Everyone around the world is somehow affected by this algorithm. The Viterbi family’s longstanding partnership with Technion was sealed this past year with a transformational gift that will guarantee Israel’s preeminent role in the global high-tech arena.

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Vision

he Faculty of Electrical Engineering has been named for Prof. Andrew Viterbi and his late wife, Erna. The plaque bearing the new

name of the Faculty was unveiled in December at a festive ceremony at Technion with the participation of Prof. Viterbi, his son Alan and daughter-in-law Caryn, Prof. Peretz Lavie, the Technion management, and leading alumni; followed by the dedication of the Erna Finci Viterbi Plaza.

A brilliant scientist, entrepreneur and corporate leader who has forever changed how people everywhere connect and communicate, Andrew Viterbi is the inventor of the Viterbi algorithm – a mathematical formula underlying the operation of most of today’s mobile devices.

The Viterbi algorithm enables quick and accurate decoding of many simultaneous signals and helps neutralize signal interference. The mathematical formula is used in all four international standards for digital mobile phones, as well as in data terminals, digital

satellite broadcast receivers and deep space telemetry. The algorithm is also used in DNA analysis and identification software.

Together with his late wife, Erna Finci, Prof. Viterbi has a long history of support for theTechnion and the State of Israel. They areGuardians of the Technion, a designationreserved for those who have reached the highestlevel of support. The Viterbi gifts to the Technion include the Andrew J. and Erna F. Viterbi Chair in Information Systems/Computer Science; Computech - the Andrew and Erna Finci Viterbi Center for Advanced Studies in Computer Technology; the Andrew and Erna Finci Viterbi Fellowship Program; and the Viterbi Family Foundation Faculty Recruitment Program.

Over the past twenty years, Technion alumnihave been responsible for the establishmentand management of more than 1,600 companiesthat have led to the creation of one hundredthousand jobs; around 35% of these companieswere founded by EE alumni.

(l-r) Prof. Andrew Viterbi, Caryn and Alan Viterbi

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“New York and Israel share a deep and unparalleled connection – and the Zuckerman Scholars Program is a prime example of how we can keep that relationship strong today and in the future.”-New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo

STEM ISGOING PLACES

(l-r) James Gertler, Einat Tamar, Prof. Moshe Sidi, Prof. Roy Kishony, Mortimer Zuckerman, and Eric Gertler on a visit to Technion in October 2015.

(l-r) American business leader and philanthropist Mortimer Zuckerman; New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo; Technion President Prof. Peretz Lavie

(l-r) New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo; Prof. Daniel Zajfman, Weizmann Institute of Science President; Prof. Menachem Ben Sasson, Hebrew University President; Mortimer Zuckerman; Prof. Peretz Lavie, Technion President; and Prof. Joseph Klafter, Tel Aviv University President, at the launch of the Zuckerman Program in NYC, January 2016.

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new bi-national program is opening a collaboration superhighway for scientists and innovators in the USA and Israel.

American business leader and philanthropistMortimer Zuckerman has announced the launchof the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program,a transformative initiative to empower leaders in science, technology, engineering, and math in the United States and Israel and, over time, foster greater collaboration between two of the world’s most advanced scientific research centers. The Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program willgive the highest-achieving American postdoctoral researchers and graduate students the ability to collaborate with leading researchers at Israel’s premier universities. The Zuckerman Faculty Scholars Program will facilitate the return of top Israeli scholars to these universities by providing vital resources. “At a time when collaboration is essential toadvanced scientific research, this program gives the next generations of leading American and Israeli academics the ability to work

together on cutting-edge research in ways that stand to benefit their fields for years to come,” said Zuckerman. “This program will give leading young scientistsfrom the US a chance to take their research to the next level by giving them access to some of the world’s most advanced laboratories, cutting edge projects and brilliant scientists in Israel,” said Nobel Prize Laureate, Distinguished Prof. Aaron Ciechanover. “It’s an incredibly exciting moment for scientific research in both countries.” “The best research is collaborative in nature, and in order to be the trailblazers in rapidly changing fields, it is vital to maintain strong networks with scholars abroad, particularly those in North America.” said Prof. Peretz Lavie, Technion President. “The new program will not only help improve scientific research at its highest level, but will also serve as a new and important pillar supporting the foundation on which the ties between Israel and the United States will continue to prosper.”

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“The Technion is an incarnation of that quintessential Israeli idea that nothing is impossible.”-Michael Bloomberg

Technion awards Michael R. Bloomberg an Honorary Doctorate for leadership in positioning New York City as a global capital of technological innovation.(l-r): Prof. Boaz Golany, Prof. Peretz Lavie, Michael Bloomberg

n March 2016, the key visionary and initiator of Cornell Tech, former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg received a Technion Honorary Doctorate in New York City.

The evening also highlighted the achievements of Technion successful innovators, including Shiri Azenkot, assistant professor at the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute whose research is enabling visually impaired people to see through interactive technology; and Ran Korber, Technion alumnus, CEO and co-founder of BreezoMeter, which monitors air quality for a healthier environment.

Cornell Tech is home to the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, focused on technology innovation in interdisciplinary hub areas of Connective Media, Health Tech and the Built Environment. The Runway Postdoctoral Program at the Jacobs Institute offers a one-year program for PhDs in tech, interested in launching their own startups.

When completed, the campus will span 12 acres on Roosevelt Island and house approximately 2,000 graduate students and hundreds of faculty and staff. Cornell Tech has been up and running since 2013 in temporary space provided by Google in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.

CORNERSTONE NYCHistoric milestone: The cornerstone of Cornell Tech in NYC was laid on Roosevelt Island, June 2015.

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GTIIT – architectural rendering

L O O K

E A S T“Creativity is the

defining centerpiece of our time — powering us

into the future.”- Li Ka-shing


Global history was made in Shantou, China onDecember 16, 2015, with the groundbreakingof the Guangdong Technion - Israel Instituteof Technology (GTIIT), located in GuangdongProvince. A partnership between Technion andShantou University, GTIIT will offer high-level,innovative and research-oriented undergraduateand graduate education. GTIIT is more than a new, global academicfacility, it also signifies new networks in theglobal map of cooperative research. “In thisday and age, no one has an iota of doubt that

technological innovation underpins a country’sability to create collective wealth, and thatit is the key impetus to individual success.Creativity is the defining centerpiece of ourtime — powering us into the future,” said Li Ka-shing. “The establishment of a Technion campus inChina is one more proof that Israeli innovationis breaking down geographic borders,” saidformer President of the State of Israel ShimonPeres who attended the ceremony. “China isone of Israel’s major partners in technology and

GTIIT Chancellor Li Jiange and Nobel Laureate, GTIIT Vice Chancellor Aaron Ciechanover bury a time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony.

Groundbreaking ceremony of GTIIT (l-r) Technion President Peretz Lavie; People’s Republic of China (PRC) Vice Minister of Science and Technology Cao Jianlin; Israel Minister of Science, Technology and Space Ofir Akunis; Governor of Guangdong Zhu Xiaodan; former Israel President Shimon Peres; Secretary of the CPC Guangdong Province Committee Hu Chunhua; Chairman of Li Ka Shing Foundation, Li Ka-shing; PRC Vice Minister of Education Hao Ping.

high-tech and more than 1,000 Israeli companies are active in China. I hope that the economic cooperation between the two countries will continue to expand, as both countries have much to share with, and learn from, one another.” GTIIT will comprise three units: a College ofEngineering; a College of Science; and a Collegeof Life Science. It is eventually expected toenroll some 5,000 students made up of 4,000undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students.GTIIT is fully supported by both the Guangdong

Provincial Government and the Shantou Municipal Government. These two governments granted the land for the university, and the Li Ka Shing Foundation has been supportive in the planning and construction of the interim campus. Li Ka-shing and his Foundation initiated the partnership between the Technion and Shantou University in 2013.

Secretary of the CPC Guangdong Province Committee Hu Chunhua shakes hands with Solina Chau, Director of the Li Ka Shing FoundationTechnion President Peretz Lavie reads the groundbreaking scroll

GTIIT – architectural rendering

Photos courtesy of: Government of Guangdong Province


OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSFour Technion students have won the Ariane de Rothschild Women Doctoral Program scholarships, awarded by the Rothschild Caesarea Foundation to promote equal opportunities in academia and society in Israel. The scholarship includes tuition fees and a living allowance for four years, and a onetime grant for participating in an international conference. (l-r) Maria Khoury Salameh, doctoral student in the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering; Hanan Abumanhal and Nitzan Krinsky, doctoral students in the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering; Yevgenia Orlov, doctoral student in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

NANO BIBLE TO SMITHSONIANThe Technion Nano Bible is now part of the Smithsonian Libraries collection, housed in the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology at the National Museum of American History in the US. Conceived and created by Prof. Uri Sivan and Dr. Ohad Zohar of the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute at Technion, the Nano Bible is engraved on a gold-plated silicon chip the size of a sugar grain, and was fabricated by engineers in the Micro-Nano Fabrication Unit (MNFU). Its text consists of more than 1.2 million letters carved with a focused beam of gallium ions, and must be magnified 10,000 times to be read.

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Technion President Peretz Lavie (l) presents Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton with the Nano Bible. Nancy Gwinn, Director of Smithsonian Libraries (center)

SEIDEN SYNERGYNorman Seiden, Deputy Chair of the Technion Board of Governors and a leader of the American Technion Society, was honored at Technion in December 2015 for three generations of support, which gave impetus to the optoelectronics and nanotechnology revolution in Israel. Honoring the Seiden family for its multidisciplinary support, President Peretz Lavie summarized: “You’ve helped make Technion what it is today.”

THE NEXT BIG THINGWith an exponential increase in data communications, excellentdata science is a top priority at Technion, which is pioneering thescience of Big Data, in multiple fields. The Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management is the first to offer an undergraduate degree program for top students in Data Science and Engineering, producing graduates who will be professional data scientists.

THE X-FACTORA new agreement with École Polytechnique (l’X) to promote relations between the accelerator programs, L’X and Technion’s T-Factor has been signed at Technion in the presence of the French Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, Emmanuel Macron. Participants in each accelerator will have privileged access to the other, providing participants at T-Factor with the chance to spend up to six weeks at L’X, and vice versa.

WAVELENGTHS COMPRESSEDNew technology to compress light wavelengths fourfoldoffers a way to focus light beyond normal wavelengths toreach nanoscales (a nanometer is a billionth of a meter) in length.“With increased brightness and resolution, microscopes will haveincreased accuracy at the molecular level,” says Prof. Guy Bartal ofthe Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering. The innovation opens theway to improvements in lab-on-chip devices and bioimaging.

(l-r) Frederic Josue, Executive Advisor to Havas Media Global; Muriel Touaty, Director General of Technion France; Jacques Biot, President of École Polytechnique; and Technion President Peretz Lavie.

Norman Seiden (center) flanked by his children who are carrying forward the Seiden legacy at Technion.


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CYBER CITY“Today, Israel and the Technion in particular, are leaders in maintaining thecountry’s ability to withstand cyber threats. Yet to continue to do this, wemust promote interdisciplinary research that relies on the capabilities ofthe Technion,” said Prof. Eli Biham, head of the new Cyber Security ResearchCenter launched at Technion in April 2016. The new center will serve as a focal point for scholars, disseminate research findings, and deepen awareness of the field via courses, lectures and outreach activities to the industry.

UNSCRIPTED SYMMETRYBorn in midtown Haifa in the historic area of Hadar, the TechnionFaculty of Architecture and Town Planning has returned to its original home. From the spring of 2016, the Hadarion – an octagonal building designed by architect Shlomo Gilad – serves as a studio and study center for Technion architecture students and researchersfrom which they are conceiving the Israel of tomorrow.

YAHOO TECHNION!Yahoo recently launched Yahoo Research, which will be responsible for developing and pushing research-led products into the market. Yoelle Maarek, who earned her PhD at Technion in Computer Science, is Vice President of this initiative. Illustrious alumna Dr. Maarek (r) gave a presentation to the French Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, Emmanuel Macron, during his visit to Technion in September.

PEARL OF WISDOMA.M. Turing Award, Harvey Prize laureate, and Technion alumnus, Prof. Judea Pearl this year received the 2015 Dickson Prize in Science by Carnegie Mellon University. The prize is awarded to Americans who have made an outstanding contribution to science. Prof. Pearl announced that he will be donating prize money to the Technion, where he completed his Bachelor’s degree.

Profs. Abraham Lempel (l) and Eli Biham at the launch.

MICHIGAN TECHNION ALLIANCETechnion continues its multitier academic collaboration with the University of Michigan (UM), through which researchers are accelerating the development of new medications and treatments. The UM-Israel Partnership for Research and Education collaboration includes research projects, student and faculty exchange, institutional joint ventures and technology commercialization. Awards are granted to scientists in UM, Technion and the Weizmann Institute to support research, foster innovation, and spur collaboration in biomedical science. The D. Dan and Betty Kahn - Technion - UM - Weizmann Partnership Symposium, “Biomedicine Meets Bioengineering”, was held in May 2016, celebrating five years of the collaboration. Technion Prof. Ofer Binah (r) and UM Prof. Daniel Michele were awarded the Eleanor and Larry Jackier UM/Technion and Weizmann Collaborative Research Award.

THE IMAGE VIBEPortable, ultrasound scanners can help professionals to make life-saving decisions in real-time even when they are on site at a medical emergency. Prof. Yonina Eldar’s lab at the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering is developing a small and efficient innovative ultrasound system that transmits scans to treating physicians immediately. Examinations involve the use of an advanced probe, which transmits to a remote processing unit or the cloud. The image is sent to the physician’s smartphone or tablet.

Prof. Yonina Eldar (r) and students Tanya Chernyakova and Regev Cohen.


In 2016, 47 years after walking on the moon, astronaut Buzz Aldrin will be present at Technion to participate in the events of the International Space University’s Space Studies Program. Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, recently joined the International Space University as Chancellor.

The prestigious ISU course, held for the first time in the Middle East, will be attended by Rona Ramon, founder of the Ramon Foundation and widow of the first Israeli astronaut, Col. Ilan Ramon, who died in the Columbia disaster. Israel’s Minister of Science, Technology, and Space Ofir Akunis will also attend.

Events open to the public will include a rocket launching competition, discussions on the latest innovations in space, and a panel discussion on the Columbia space shuttle disaster.

“ISU has a longstanding relationship with Israel in general and Technion in particular,” said ISU President Prof. Walter Peeters, “It is therefore a genuine pleasure for ISU to further enhance this relationship and convene the SSP16 session in Haifa. It is evident that there will be considerable interest from other countries to discover more closely the amazing high-tech achievements and cultural richness of the host site.”

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2016

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ISRAELTechnion Hosts the InternationalSpace University (ISU)

GIFTS & AWARDS-

FACTS & FIGURES

2015 - 2016


GIVING 2015-2016

GIVING 2015-2016

JACK BUNCHER FOUNDATION, PA, USA

ESTATE OF EUGENIE FROMER, NY, USA

MAURICE G. AND HYNDA GAMZE, IL, USA

ESTATE OF GILBERT W. GLASS, NY, USA

DR ELISHEVA AXELRAD GOLDSTEIN, NY, USA

BEVERLY AND CHARLES HIRSCH, IL AND FL, USA

JACK AND CANDEE KLEIN, CA, USA

THE KURZBAUER FAMILY, DC, USA AND AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

NOEMI AND JACQUES LANDAU, NY, USA

THE RAVITZ FOUNDATION FOUNDED BY EDWARD RAVITZ, MI, USA

EDMOND AND LILY SAFRA, MONACO

JANE F. AND D. LARRY SHERMAN, MI, USA

IRVING AND BRANNA SISENWEIN, CA, USA

THE SLATER FAMILY, MA AND FL, USA

CHARLES AND JULIETTE WEISSMANN, ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND

GUARDIANSTECHNION GUARDIANS HAVE MADE THE HIGHEST

LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

Sigma Aldrich Chemical Engineering Graduate Studies Complex Donated by Roma Broida WittcoffBaron Fund for Faculty RecruitmentBeracha Foundation Fund for the Recruitment of New Faculty in Life Sciences Steve and Ilene Berger Portable Biomedicine Innovation LaboratoryJames D. Blum Gift for the Establishment of the Ullmann Teaching Center Bomb Shelters WingJack Buncher Foundation Fund to Support the First Steps ProgramJoe Burnett Gift to Support the Technion–University Health Network International Centre for Cardiovascular InnovationApartment Presented by the Milton H. Callner Foundation in memory of Joan Callner Miller in the Morton and Beverley Rechler Family Foundation DormitoryAnthony Camisso Gift to Support the Technion–University Health Network International Centre for Cardiovascular InnovationCrown Family Foundation Histopathology Core and Faculty Recruitment FundMurray Dalfen Fund for Studying New Directions in Membrane ResearchApartment Presented by the Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation in memory of Maury L. Spanier in the Morton and Beverley Rechler Family Foundation DormitoryFund for the Digital Image Correlation SetupJ.R. Elyachar Central Library Maintenance FundApartment in the Morton and Beverley Rechler Family Foundation Dormitory in honor of Rod FeldmanJack Fleischer Second Chance Scholarship Fund

Elisha M. Friedman Postdoctoral Fellowship at JTCIMark Gelfand Gift to Support the Technion Ofanim ProgramNahum Guzik Distinguished Academic ChairDan Hagler Gift to Support the Technion–University Health Network International Centre for Cardiovascular InnovationMax and Rachel Javit Autonomous Medical SystemsTrudy and Norman Louis Nanophotonics Research FundDr Bernard and Bobbie Lublin Fund for the Technion Integrated Cancer CenterSimon Minz Family Foundation Gift to Support the Technion– University Health Network International Centre for Cardiovascular InnovationMoxie Foundation Fund for Biological Pacemaker Fabricated from Cardiac Pacemaker Cells Differentiated from Human KeratinocytesNew England Region Research Fund to Counter the Tunnel ThreatNew England Region Sensors and Platforms Subprogram of the Nanophotonics Research FundPalm Beach Chapter Project for the Prince Center for Neuro- degenerative Disorders of the BrainParker Family Multiple Myeloma Research FundGertrude and Raymond Pepp Kindergarten in Zielony Graduate Student VillageIsaac and Laura Perlmutter Gift to Support Joint Oncology Research Projects: NYUSoM - Technion CollaborationLaura and Isaac Perlmutter Chair for Cancer ResearchPlatzer Family Fund for Research at JTCI Judy and Donald Rechler Fund for the First Steps Program Morton and Beverley Rechler Family Foundation Environmental Fluid Mechanics Teaching Laboratory

Renovation of the Maurice and Ruben Rosen Solid State Institute BuildingDavid and Marjorie Rosenberg Student Support Fund at the TechnionGene and Anja Rosenberg Research Fund for Scanning and Analysis of Geometry in ChildrenApartment in memory of Seymour and Sylvia Rubenstein and Florence and Al Lerman in the Morton and Beverley Rechler Family Foundation DormitoryRobert J. Shillman Research Fund to Counter the Tunnel ThreatTauba and Solomon Spiro Family Foundation Gift to Support the Technion–University Health Network International Centre for Cardiovascular InnovationLouis and Bessie Stein Foundation Biotechnology and Food Engineering Complex Maintenance FundLeesa Steinberg Gift for the Control Room in the Wind-Tunnel ComplexTechnion UK Gift to Support Research to Counter the Tunnel ThreatAndrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical EngineeringIra Wagner Gift for the Biomedical Core FacilityThe Sanford I. Weill Endowed Founders Chair at JTCIChil and Berta Weissmann Academic Chair in Precision MedicineWhiteman International Foundation Fund to Support the Student Formula Car Project Susan and David Wilstein Main Gate to the TechnionAndrea and Lawrence Wolfe and Family Student Lounge

Avraham and Patricia Ashkenazi Endowed Graduate FellowshipDavid Finzi Graduate FellowshipMaurice G. Gamze Fellowship

Anne and Nathan Goldman FellowshipCharles "Buddy”and Beverly Kelner Hirsch and Jody Ann Hirsch Fellowship FundCharles and Beverly Hirsch Fellowship in Cancer ResearchJudith Kaplan Endowed Doctoral Fellowship Fund in the Grand Water Research InstituteJack and Beatrice Kelner Graduate Fellowship FundSaul and Gitta Kurlat Fellowship FundHal and Inge Marcus Endowed Fellowship Fund for PhD Students at JTCILipa and Yehudit Meshorer Graduate Fellowship FundCurt N. and Eleanor Parker Fellowship FundAnnual Operating Fund to Support Master’s Fellowship at JTCI donated by Susan and Elihu Rose FoundationRaymond J. and Betty Ann Rosen Doctoral Fellowships in Age- Related Macular DegenerationRaymond J. and Betty Ann Rosen Endowed Doctoral Fellowships in ChemistryRaymond J. and Betty Ann Rosen Endowed Graduate Fellowships in the Schulich Faculty of ChemistryChil and Berta Weissmann Doctoral Fellowship FundIsaiah and Harriet Zucker Doctoral Fellowship Fund

Alexander and Margaret Ehrenstein Memorial Scholarship FundIrwin Field Scholarship FundMichael N. Hoffman Scholarship FundIsaiah and Harriet Zucker Scholarship Fund

GIFTS

FELLOWSHIPS

SCHOLARSHIPS

A complete listing of past giving is available at http://report.technion.ac.il


A Menachem and Carmela Abraham, MA, USA Adelis Foundation, France Catherine and Frederick R. Adler, NY & FL, USA Alon Family Foundation, CA, USA Paul and Sherry Altura, CA, USA Maurice Amado Foundation, CA, USA Amdocs (Israel) Ltd. Annenberg Foundation, PA, USA Carl and Iris Barrel Apfel, FL, USA Applied Materials Foundation, CA, USA Eng. Paul S. Arieli (Goldschmidt) and Dr May Arieli, Israel Arison Foundation, FL, USA / Tel Aviv, Israel Lester Aronberg Foundation, IL, USA Norman and Helen Asher, IL, USA Victor and Eftichia Asser, Athens, Greece Automatic Data Processing, Inc., NJ, USA Florette and Henri Avram, Paris, France Itice Avram, Paris, France David and Stephanie Azrieli, Montreal, Canada

B Morton and Selma Bank, FL, USA Bank Hapoalim, Israel Ovadia Barazani’s Foundation, Haifa, Paris, London Samuel Barliant Family, IL, USA Daron and Ron Barness Family, AZ, USA Matilda and Gabriel Barnett, CA, USA Dr Euval and Olga Barrekette, NY, USA Syd Barrel, FL, USA

Claire S. Behar, CA, USA Bellock Family - Florence and Jack, FL, USA; Madeleine Morrison and Chuck, CO, USA, Emily and Steven, MI, USA Hilda and Manasche Ben- Shlomo Foundation, Liechtenstein Miriam B. and Louis J. Benjamin, FL, USA Yoda Leon and Luna Benoziyo, Lausanne, Switzerland Dr Irving and Jeanette Benveniste, CA, USA Beracha Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel Evelyn Berger, PA, USA Ilene and Steve Berger, PA, USA Bar-Nir Bergreen Family, PA, USA Ruth Berkowitz, Switzerland Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Family, IL, USA Russell Berrie Foundation, NJ, USA Jerry and Evelyn Bishop, NY, USA Scott M. Black, MA, USA Dahlia and Ilan Blech, CA, USA Neri and Bernard Bloomfield, Montreal, Canada Harold and Penny B. Blumenstein, MI, USA Richard C. and Carol Blumenstein, MI, USA Simon and Tekla Bond, NY, USA Octav Botnar, Switzerland Samuel and Millicent Broadwin, FL, USA Frances Brody, CA, USA Dita and Yehuda Bronicki, Yavne, Israel Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Bonn / Berlin, Germany

Paul and Rodica Burg, CA, USA Marshall and Marilyn Butler, NY, USA

C Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Foundation, Caesarea, Israel Milton H. Callner Foundation, Joan C. Miller and Family, IL, USA Arie Carasso, Israel Macabi and Matty Carasso, Herzliya, Israel Moshe Carasso and Sons Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel Yoel and Stella Carasso, Ramat Gan, Israel Fausta Carli, Gilberto Finzi, Italy Ruth S. Carne, FL, USA Caster Family, PA, USA Yoram and Zahava Cedar and their Trustees, CA, USA Stanley and Pamela Chais,CA, USA Leona and Marcy Chanin, NY, USA Paul and Carol Chanin, FL, USA Dr Lillian Chutick, NY, USA Dr Rebecca Chutick, NY, USA Said Cohen Foundation, CA, USA Jerome J. Cole, IL, USA Joan and Reginald Coleman Cohen, Brighton, England Alex and Tina Coler, CA, USA Sydney and Florence Cooper, Toronto, Canada Elizabeth and Sidney Corob, London, England Jeffrey Cosiol, NJ, USA & Costa Rica Crown Family, IL, USA Dr Gilbert and Betsie Cullen, MD, USA

D Haron Dahan Foundation, MD, USA Ruth and Gerard Daniel, FL, USA Davidow Charitable Fund, CA, USA William Davidson, MI, USA Rebecca and Oscar Davis, NY, USA Simon and Annie Davis Foundation, NY, USA André Deloro, Monaco Frances and Ralph DeJur, NY, USA Relly and Brent Dibner, MA, USA Dibner Fund, a Family Foundation, CT, USA Digital Equipment Corp., MA, USA Jay “Yechiel”and Nilly Dor, FL, USA and Tel Aviv, Israel Max and Lottie Dresher, IL, USA Jerome and Sylvia Drexler, CA, USA Eleanor and Mel Dubin, NY, USA

E Louis Edelstein Family, NJ, USA Alvin and Helene Eicoff Charitable Foundation, IL, USA Eldee Foundation, Montreal, Canada Elron Electronic Industries Ltd., Haifa, Israel Carla and Dr Hugo Elsbach- Hertzdahl Estate, Israel Col. J.R. and Anna Tulin Elyachar, NY, USA The Emerson Family, CA, USA Dr Joseph N. and Beatrice B. Epel, MI, USA Carol B. Epstein, MD, USA E. Ike Eshaghian Foundation, NY, USA Alex J. and Toby Etkin, MI, USA

F Hortense and Lawrence Fairberg, CT, USA Israel and Elizabeth F. Feldman, MD, USA Ben and Fanny Fieldman, CA, USA Lotte Fields, NY, USA



Sylvia and David I.A. Fine, CA, USA Minnie and Ruben Finkelstein, CA, USA Joseph and Edith Fischer, CA, USA Jess and Mildred Fisher Family, Washington, DC, USA Dr Regina Flesch, PA, USA Ruth Elaine and Stan Flinkman, CA, USA David and Paula Flitner, WY, USA Benjamin and Lena Fohrman, CA, USA Fohs and Sohn Families, OR, USA Hilda and Rudolph Forchheimer, NY, USA Alan and Tatyana Forman, NY, USA Reinhard Frank, MA, USA Ben and Florence Free, FL, USA Joseph and Sharon Freed, MI, USA Aron and Ruth Frenkiel and Family FL & NY, USA Hilda Friedland, FL, USA David and Davi-Linda Friedman, MA, USA Elisha M. Friedman, NY, USA Dr Orrie and Laurel Friedman, MA, USA Leonard Friedman, CA, USA Linda and Michael Frieze, MA, USA Boruch and Olga Frusztajer, MA, USA Rosalind Fuerst, NY, USA

G Uzia and Ella Galil, Israel Paul and Marilyn Geleris, CA, USA Mark I. Gelfand, MA, USA Gemunder Family Foundation Joel F. Gemunder, FL, USA German-Israeli Foundation for Science and Development, Jerusalem, Israel München, Germany

Sir Arthur and Lady Gilbert, CA, USA Meyer Gold, NY, USA Goldberg Guild Family, FL, USA Linda and Gary Goldberg, Toronto, Canada Irving P. Golden, FL, USA Murray Goldenstein, NY, USA Mimi Goldfinger, NY, USA Bess and Paul Goldings, NY, USA Richard N. Goldman, CA, USA Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, NY, USA Arlene and Arnold Goldstein, NY, USA Morris E. Goldstein, FL, USA Leslie and Susan Gonda (Goldschmied) Foundation, CA, USA Lee and Albert Goodstein, NY, USA Solvin and Wendy Gordon, MD, USA Sophia and Bernard M. Gordon, MA, USA Estate of Esther and Maynee Gospe, CA, USA Howard and Anne Gottlieb, IL, USA Salman, Evelyn, Stephen and Nancy Grand, MI, USA Emanuel Green, FL, USA Henry D. Greenspahn, IL, USA Herman and Gertrude Gross, NY, USA Irwin and Linda Gross, PA, USA Jeanne and Bela Grunberger, France Joseph S. and Caroline Gruss, NY, USA Rosalind and Joseph Gurwin, NY, USA Monroe Guttmann Foundation, PA, USA

Miriam and Aaron Gutwirth Fund, Tel Aviv, Israel Nahum Guzik, CA, USA

H Willard and Lillian Hackerman, MD, USA Uzi and Michal Halevy, TX, USA Dr Harry and Tamara Handelsman, MD, USA Dr Harold L. and Margaret Harris, IL, USA Homer and Gloria Harvey, CA, USA Morven and Michael Heller, London, England Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, NY, USA Paula Herschberg, NY, USA Hewlett-Packard, CA, USA Jon and Melissa Hirschtick, MA, USA Fred and Sandra Hittman, MD, USA Louis and Marjorie Stoll Holtz, FL, USA Eddie and Sala Hudes, CA, USA

I William Ingram, CA, USA Intel (Israel) Ltd.

J Joseph and Edythe Jackier, MI, USA Lawrence and Eleanor Jackier, MI, USA Dr Irwin M. and Joan Jacobs, CA, USA Shirlee Jacobs, FL, USA Jarndyce Foundation Max And Rachel Javit, FL, USA George Elbaum and Mimi Jensen, CA, USA Family of Ludwig Jesselson, NY, USA Julis/Dalven/Rabinowitz Family, CA, USA

K Kadoorie Charitable Foundations, Hong Kong D. Dan and Betty Kahn, MI, USA Judith and Maggie Kaplan, CA, USA Mickey and Alice Kaplan, CA, USA Sanford Kaplan Family, CA, USA Gerhard and Gertrude Karplus, NY, USA Fay and Max Katz, CT, USA Harvey and Mireille Katz, TX, USA Dr Albert Kaufman, CA, USA Barbara and Jack Kay, MD/FL, USA Dorothy and Martin Kellner, CA, USA Harriet J. and Philip E. Klein, MD, USA Michael F. Klein, MD, USA Stephen B. Klein, PA, USA Dr Isaac and Judy Kliger, MA, USA Amb. Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick, IL, USA Dorothy Kobritz and Anthony Rios, FL, USA Frances and Leo Kogan, CA, USA Jay M. Kogan Foundation, MI, USA Melville J. Kolliner, CA, USA Sidney and Vivian Konigsberg, CA, USA Anna and Alexander Konoff, NY, USA Jon-David Koppel, FL, USA Koret Foundation, CA, USA Jacob L. Kram, NJ, USA Margaret Strauss Kramer, FL, USA Theodore H. and Joan Krengel, IL, USA Helen G. Kruger, FL, USA George and Hannah Krumholz, FL, USA Sybil and Reuben Kunin, Toronto, Canada Saul and Gitta Kurlat, MA, USA Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, Japan


L Land Niedersachsen, Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Hannover, Germany Benny and Patrisia Landa, Israel Stephen A. Laser, IL, USA Lois and Leonard Laser, IL, USA Scott J. and Susan S. Leemaster, MI, USA Rose Lefkowitz, Toronto, Canada Legacy Heritage Fund Limited, NY, USA Corina Legrain, Barcelone, Spain Henry J. Leir, CT, USA William M. and Gloria Lester, FL, USA Leumi, Israel Dr Seymour Levine, NJ, USA Velva G. and H. Fred Levine, TX, USA Harry H. and Gene G. Lewin, CA, USA Meyer (Max) Lewin Estate, WV, USA Yale S. Lewine and Ella Miller Lewine, CA, USA Prof. Jacques and Dr Colette Lewiner, Paris, France Eric and Leza Lidow, CA, USA Mark and Claire Boonov Litchman, WA, USA Lorry I. Lokey, CA, USA Norman and Trudy Louis, CA, USA Samuel and Claire Luffman, FL, USA Herbert and Marianna Luxenberg, OH, USA Estate of David Lyman, HI, USA Natalie B. and Arthur J. Lyons, FL, USA

M Benard L. Maas Foundation, MI, USA Alex and Mary Mackenzie, FL, USA

Dr Saul Mackoff, IL, USA Ruth Mahler, FL, USA Alexandre Mallat, Paris, France Claude and Alfred E. Mann, CA, USA Hal and Inge Marcus, WA, USA William and Cynthia Marcus, MA, USA Jennie and Dorothy Markowitz Trust, IL, USA Sonia Marschak, IL, USA Dalia and Dan Maydan, CA, USA Medvedi, Shwartzman and Gensler Families, Israel Marjorie Meltzer, NY, USA Eta Meilichson, Herzliya, Israel Frank and Sharon Meyer, CA, USA Andre and Bella Meyer Foundation, NY, USA Philippe Meyer, Paris, France Joseph Meyerhoff Fund, MD, USA Maxwell E. and Frieda Miller, NJ, USA Amos and Anna Milo, FL, USA Marianne Minkoff Lerner, FL, USA Jessie Kaplan Mintz, CO, USA Minerva-Stiftung, München, Germany Raphael and Miriam Mishan, NJ, USA Dr Hyman and Myrna Mitchner, CA, USA Selma T. Mitrani, PA, USA Mitrani Family Foundation, NY, USA Maxine and Monte Monaster Foundation, IL, USA Monterey Design Systems, Inc. CA, USA Dr Morton and Toby Mower, MD, USA Peter Munk, Toronto, Canada David and Inez Myers Foundation, OH, USA

N Hubert and Lisette Nassau, London, England Bernice and Ruth Nathenson, IL, USA Samuel Neaman, CA, USA Abraham Nemes, Haifa, Israel Albert and Jean Nerken, NY, USA Neubauer Family Foundation, PA, USA Bela B. and Clara Nevai Charitable Foundation, FL, USA

O Or Yarok, Israel Bernard and Barbro Osher, CA, USA

P Curt and Eleanor Parker, IL, USA Gertrude and Raymond L. Pepp, CA, USA Beth S. Perlman, MD, USA Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Foundation, FL, USA Jeannette and Emery Pick, CA, USA David and Janet Polak, CA, USA Sandy and Herb Pollack, MA, USA Edith and Israel Pollak Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel Malka and Simha Pratt, Israel

R Gabriella and Shlomo Rakib, CA, USA Leonid and Alexandra Raiz, MA, USA Sully Rapkin, FL, USA Bruce and Ruth Rappaport, Geneva, Switzerland Rashi Foundation, Israel Sacta-Rashi Enterprises, Geneva, Switzerland Shirley and Manny Ravet, CA, USA Maria and Joseph Rebhun, CA, USA

Morton and Beverly Rechler Family Foundation, Inc., NY, USA Rudolph Reese, FL, USA Clara Reiss, NY, USA Barbara and Frank Resnek, MA, USA Hilda A. and Hershel M. Rich, TX, USA Milton Richter and Daniel I. Friss, FL / NY, USA Eugene N. Riesman, Montreal, Canada Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation, CA, USA Dorothy Kobritz and Anthony Rios, FL, USA Edward G. and Paula Robison, FL, USA Abraham and Sonia Rochlin Foundation, NV, USA Morris and Renée Rochlin, MI, USA Helen and Louis B. Rogow, CT, US Ilsa Rooz Trust, IL, USA Barrie Rose, Toronto, Canada David Rose, NY, USA Frederick P. Rose, Daniel Rose, Elihu Rose, NY, USA Betty and Raymond Rosen, CA, USA Michele and Maurice M. Rosen, PA, USA Irving and Adele Rosenberg Foundation, Inc., NY, USA Claire and Emanuel G. Rosenblatt, FL, USA Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, MD, USA Grace and Martin Rosman, MD, USA Eric and Lore Ross, NJ, USA Sheldon R. Roth Family, AZ, USA



Henry M. and Lillian R. Rothberg and Family, FL, USA Steven and Beverly Rubenstein Charitable Foundation, NJ, USA Allan Rubin, FL, USA Arthur Rubloff, IL, USA Julia and Joshua Ruch, NY, USA

S Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Ed Satell, PA, USA Michael and Helen Schaffer Foundation, MA, USA Rina and Avner Schneur Charitable Giving Fund, MA, USA Leonard and Harriet Schley, MA, USA Seymour and Claire Schonwetter, AZ, USA Seymour and Tanna Schulich, Toronto, Canada Harvey L. Segal, Washington D.C., USA Vilma and Ladislas Segoe, OH, USA Joan and Arnold Seidel, CA, USA Barbara and Norman Seiden, NJ, USA Les and Eileen Seskin, FL and PA, USA Prof. Rachel and Uriel Shalon, Haifa, Israel William and Sophia Shamban, CA, USA Andy and Kathy Shapiro, NJ, USA Eugene and Marlene Shapiro, AZ, USA Paul and Deane Shatz, Washington, D.C., USA Sholom and Theda Shefferman, MD, USA

Max and Amparo Shein, Mexico City, Mexico Irving and Sue Shepard, MS, USA David Shepherd, London, England Leonard and Diane Sherman, IL, USA Honey and Barry Sherman, Toronto, Canada Nate H. Sherman Foundation, IL, USA Claire and Norton Sherman, MA, USA Robert (“Dr. Bob“) and Mao Shillman, MA, USA Sylvia and Stanley Shirvan, NJ, USA Ramie and Gerald Silbert, NY, USA Roslyn and Julius Silver, CT, USA David and Edith Simchi-Levi, MA, USA Bernard Sklar, AZ, USA Jean and Jack Skodnek, FL, USA Scott Skodnek, FL, USA Michel and Esther Smidof, Geneva, Switzerland, FL, USA Jerry B. Smoler Family, IL, USA Sir Michael Sobell, Surrey, England Edna and Jonathan Sohnis, NY, USA Sheldon H. Solow Foundation, NY, USA Samuel and Helene Soref Foundation, FL, USA Ben and Shelley Sosewitz, IL, USA Bernard Spira, CA, USA Jacques H. Spreiregen, Monaco Louis and Bessie Stein Family Foundation, PA, USA Harry Stern Family Foundation, PA, USA Harry J. and Lou Stern, NY, USA Maria Steuerman, NY, USA Karl Stoll, NY, USA

Stone Family, Canada / USA Estate of Harry H. Stone, OH, USA Janice and Stanley H. Sussman, FL, USA Janey and Albert Sweet, CA, USA Gerard Swope, CT, USA

T Dr S. Jerome and Judith D. Tamkin, CA, USA Bernice and Joseph Tanenbaum, NY, USA Jordan and Irene Tark, IL, USA Henry and Marilyn Taub and Family, NJ, USA Joseph and Arlene Taub, NJ, USA Dr Sam B. and Eve Topf, FL, USA Benjamin and Sarah Torchinsky, Canada / Cayman Islands

U Siegfried and Irma Ullmann Foundation, NY, USA Anna, Louis and Dr George Ury, CA, USA

V Clément Vaturi, Paris, France Andrew and Erna Finci Viterbi, CA, USA Volkswagen-Stiftung, Hannover, Germany

W Wagner-Braunsberg Family Foundation, MD, USA Louis Waldman, FL, USA Famille Warszawski, France / Israel Weill Family Foundation, NY, USA Drs Mary and Arthur B. Wein, MD, USA Edna and K.B. Weissman, FL, USA Robert and Carol Weissman, FL, USA

Harry and Mary Werksman, CA, USA Lewis M. and Libby Weston, NY, USA Shirley and Arthur Whizin and Shelley and Bruce Whizin, CA, USA Susan and David Wilstein, CA, USA

Michael and Marilyn Winer, FL & MA, USA Roma Broida Wittcoff, MS, USA Joseph L. Wolf Foundation, MD, USA Wolfson Foundation, London, England

Y Moshe Yanai, Kfar Yehezkel, Israel Estate of Mildred Yellen, NY, USA

Z Kal and Joyce Zeff, CO, USA Ruth and Allen Ziegler, CA, USA Shalom Zielony, NY, USA Edith and Robert L. Zinn, TX, USA Yehuda and Nava Zisapel, Israel Zohar Zisapel, Israel Isaiah and Harriet Zucker, NY, USA


HONORARY DOCTORS*

ASir Patrick Abercrombie, 1953Prof. Anatole de Abragam, 1986Joseph Ackerman, 2009Frederick R. Adler, 1998Prof. Yakir Aharonov, 1992Elie Alalouf, 2010Yoram Alster, 2013Walter H. Annenberg, 1991Efraim R. Arazi, 1985MK Moshe Arens, 1986Ing. Paul S. Arieli (Goldschmidt), 2003Ted Arison, 1998Prof. Alain Aspect, 2011David J. Azrieli, 1985

B Justice Aharon Barak, 1998Alfred J. Bär, 2013 Zahava Bar-Nir, 2009Norman Belmonte, 2005David Ben Gurion, 1962Louis Benjamin, 1993Miriam Benjamin, 1991Gen. (Res.) Avihu Ben-Nun, 2006Evelyn Berger, 2006Prof. E. D. Bergman, 1955Angelica Berrie, 2008Prof. Sir Michael V. Berry, 2006Dr A. Biram, 1965Ilan Biran, 2013Prof. Joan S. Lyttle Birman, 1995Dr Joel Birnbaum, 1999Prof. R. Byron Bird, 1993Scott Black, 2007Simha Blass, 1958Arthur Blok, 1972Melvyn H. Bloom, 2013Michael R. Bloomberg, 2016Bernard M. Bloomfield, 1978

Neri J. Bloomfield, 1990Erik Blumenfeld, 1992Prof. David Bohm, 1992Dr Niels Bohr, 1958Dr Zeev Bonen, 2004Dr Carl de Boor, 2002Prof. Haim Brezis, 1998Dr. Andrei Zary Broder, 2014Frances Brody, 2002Lucien Bronicki, 2007Yehudit Bronicki, 2007Prof. Bernard Budiansky, 1995Marshall Butler, 2001

C Dr Santiago Calatrava, 2004Prof. Alberto P. Calderon, 1989Arie Carasso, 1988Prof. Srulek Cederbaum, 2012Prof. Malcolm Chaikin, 1991Stanley Chais, 2008Prof. Herman Chernoff, 1984Prof. Alexandre Joel Chorin, 2003Winston S. Churchill, 1997Dr Lillian Chutick, 1997Prof. Jacob Willem Cohen, 1988Prof. Morris Cohen, 1979Sydney C. Cooper, 1992Elizabeth Corob, 1993Sidney Corob, 1986Prof. Frank A. Cotton, 1983Edith Cresson, 2011Lester Crown, 1996

D P. F. Danel, 1952Dr George B. Dantzig, 1973Robert A. Davidow, 2007Dr Duncan Davies, 1982Dr Igor Dawid, 2009Prof. Arnold L. Demain, 2000Prof. Alan M. Dershowitz, 2014Bern Dibner, 1976Prof. François Diederich, 2012

Gen. Yaakov Dori, 1967Prof. Israel Dostrovsky, 1994Max Dresher, 1991Prof. Mildred S. Dresselhaus, 1994Prof. Daniel Drucker, 1983Prof. Jack D. Dunitz, 1990

E Prof. Beno Eckmann, 1983Dr Albert Einstein, 1953Col. Jehiel R. Elyachar, 1979J. Steven Emerson, 2013Dr Joseph N. Epel, 1994Dr Moshe Epstein, 2011Prof. Paul Erdos, 1983

F Yekutiel Federmann, 1989Israel Feldman, 2003Harry F. Fischbach, 1971Edith Fischer, 2005Max M. Fisher, 1991Dr F. Julius Fohs, 1957Dr William Fondiller, 1949R. J. Forbes, 1953Alan Forman, 2011Dr J. Franck, 1953Reinhard Frank, 2009Thomas L. Friedman, 2008Dr Dov Frohman, 1995Prof. Gilbert F. Froment, 1984

G Uzia Galil, 1977Dr Jacob M. Geist, 1987Mark Gelfand, 2011Raya Gensler, 2002Emmanuel Gill, 1994Arthur Gilbert, 1999Benno Gitter, 1991Prof. Israel Gohberg, 2008Alexander Goldberg, 1975Edward R. Goldberg, 1990Dr Emanuel Goldberg, 1957Gary Goldberg, 2012Joan Goldberg Arbuse, 1987

Prof. Jose Goldemberg, 1991Prof. Richard Goldstein, 1994Dr Sydney Goldstein, 1969Prof. Solomon W. Golomb, 2011Prof. Graham C. Goodwin, 2006Dr Bernard Gordon, 2005Stephen Grand, 2010Doreen Brown Green, 2014Joseph Gruss, 1989Joseph Gurwin, 2004

H Prof. Peter Haasen, 1993Homer Harvey, 1989Dr George H. Heilmeier, 1997Michael Heller,2010President Chaim Herzog, 1987Sandy Hittman, 2015Dr Christian Hodler, 1998Dr Nicholas J. Hoff, 1980Dr Alan Hoffman, 1986Prof. Roald Hoffmann, 1996Prof. Robert Hofstadter, 1985Gen. (Res.) Amos Horev, 1984Dr F. Houphouet-Biogny, 1962Eli Hurwitz, 1990

IIsin Ivanier, 1981Gen. (Res.) David Ivry, 1996

JLawrence S. Jackier, 2004Dr Irwin M. Jacobs, 2000Ludwig Jesselson, 1988Prof. Joshua Jortner, 2005Prof. Michel Jouvet, 1991

K D. Dan Kahn, 2011Prof. Thomas Kailath, 2011Dean Kamen, 2015Sanford Kaplan, 1995Dr Shlomo Kaplansky, 1950Dani Karavan, 2009

Prof. Marcus Karel, 1991Prof. Samuel Karlin, 1985Prof. Theodore von Karman, 1951Prof. Richard M. Karp, 1989Prof. Alfred Kastler, 1983Prof. Ephraim Katzir, 1983Martin Kellner, 1985Michael Kennedy Leigh, 1983Moshe Keret, 2000Dr Laurence R. Klein, 1982Philip E. Klein, 2004Prof. Leonard Kleinrock, 2010Prof. Sir Aaron Klug, F.R.S., 1989Teddy Kollek, 1994Prof. Karl Ludwig Kompa, 1995Sidney Konigsberg, 2002Yaacov Kotlicki, 2011Theodore H. Krengel, 2001

L Frank R. Lautenberg, 1984Benny Landa, 2004Justice Moshe Landau, 1980Prof. Rolf W. Landauer, 1991Prof. Robert S. Langer, 1997Dr Stephen A. Laser, 2009David Laskov, 1975Dov Lautman, 1995Prof. Jean Marie Lehn, 2009François Leotard, 1992Dr Richard A. Lerner, 2001William Lester, 1999Gustave Leven, 1991Hubert Leven, 2005Prof. Michael Levitt, 2015Israel Libertovsky, 1987Arch. Daniel Libeskind, 2008Eric Lidow, 1984Prof. Anders Lindquist, 2010Robert Lirmit, 1960Sir Ben Lockspeiser, 1952 Lorry I. Lokey, 2007Dr Walter C. Lowdermilk, 1952Prof. Robert E. Lucas, Jr., 1996

* Including Doctor of Architecture, Doctor of Science, Doctor of Science in Technology, Honorary Doctor, Honorary Doctor of Science

HONORARY DEGREES & AWARDS

M Prof. Thomas L. Magnanti, 2007Alexandre Mallat, 2002Alfred E. Mann, 2005 Galia Maor, 2010Harold Marcus, 2012Prof. Rudolph A. Marcus, 1998Dr Herman F. Mark, 1975Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, 2015Dr Dan Maydan, 2001Raphael Mehoudar, 2014Zubin Mehta, 2013Etia Meilichson, 1997Prof. Angelo Miele, 1992Dr Hyman Mitchner, 2010Gen (Res) Amram Mitzna, 2010Dr A. I. (Ed) Mlavsky, 1994Prof. Benno Müller-Hill, 2000Peter Munk, 2001Dr J. Fraser Mustard, 1995

N Avinoam Naor (Aharonovich), 2008Ruth Leventhal Nathanson, 2010Samuel Neaman, 1982Dr Yuval Ne’eman, 1966Shlomo Nehama, 2006Robert Neter, 1999Dr Caroll V. Newsom, 1958Itzhak Nissan, 2012M. Novomeysky, 1957

O Harry Oppenheimer, 1989Dr Eli Opper, 2012Prof. Simon Ostrach, 1986

P Prof. Amnon Pazy, 2006Lois Peltz, 2006Dr Arno A. Penzias, 1986Shimon Peres MK, 1985

Prof. Lev Pitaevskii, 2010David Polak, 2009Israel Pollack, 1993Rachel Pollak, 2005Manes Pratt, 1968Dan Propper, 1999

R Dr I. I. Rabi, 1963Yitzhak Rabin MK, 1990Prof. Seymour Rabinowitz, 1991Bruce Rappaport, 1979Ruth Rappaport, 2014Dr Johannes Rau, 2000Leon Y. Recanati, 1999Arnold Recht, 1999Prof. James R. Rice, 2005Hershel Rich, 1998Dr L. A. Richards, 1952Louis B. Rogow, 1988Barrie Rose, 2000Daniel Rose, 2013David Rose, 1961Edward E. Rosen, 1966Maurice M. Rosen, 1978Prof. Azriel Rosenfeld, 2004Prof. Alvin E. Roth, 2013Joel S. Rothman, 2015 Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, 1982Lord Rothschild, 1968

S Dr Henry Samueli, 2005George Sarton, 1953Prof. Harold A. Scheraga, 1993Dr M. Schiffer, 1972Maximilian Schlomiuk, 1989Michael Schor, 1985Seymour Schulich, 2007Prof. Helmut Schwarz, 2000Al Schwimmer, 1968Joan Seidel, 2012Norman Seiden, 1986J. R. Sensibar, 1963Dr Donna Shalala, 1994Prof. Rachel Shalon, 1988

Prof. Ascher H. Shapiro, 1985Max Shein, 1993Irving A. Shepard, 2001Dr Bernard Sherman, 2004Leonard H. Sherman, 1994Stanley Shirvan, 2006Avraham B. Shochat, 2002George P. Shultz, 1992Gil Shwed, 2004Ramie Silbert, 1996Julius Silver, 1971Prof. Barry Simon, 1999Haim Slavin, 1958Prof. Richard E. Smalley, 2004Prof. Louis D. Smullin, 1986Dr Solomon H. Snyder, 2002Michael Sobol, 1980Jonathan Sohnis, 2008Ben Sosewitz, 1999Prof. Jason L. Speyer, 2013Dr Philip Sporn, 1960Prof. Günter Spur, 2012Prof. Peter J. Stang, 2014Eugene Stearns, 1986Harry J. Stern, 2000Prof. Eli Sternberg, 1984Ing. Isaac (Eddie) Streifler Shavit, 2003Prof. Werner Stumm, 1989Prof. Nam Pyo Suh, 2007Dr Avraham Suhami, 1981Albert Sweet, 2014Gerard Swope, 1957Joseph Szydlowski, 1984

TJoseph Tanenbaum, 2007Henry Taub, 1983Marilyn Taub, 2014Prof. Karl Taylor Compton, 1954PM Margaret Thatcher, 1989Dr Lester C. Thurow, 2001Laurence A. Tisch, 1989Gen. Dan Tolkowsky, 1982Sam B. Topf, 1992

Prof. Barry M. Trost, 1997Abraham Tulin, 1957

U Jacob W. Ullmann, 1980Dr Harold C. Urey, 1962Prof. Heinrich Peter Klaus Ursprung, 1996

V Dr Yossi Vardi, 2009Dr Andrew J. Viterbi, 2000

WDr Selman A. Waksman, 1966Prof. Arieh Warshel, 2015Sanford I. Weill, 2015Prof. Felix J. Weinberg, 1990Aharon Weiner, 1971Prof. Victor F. Weisskopf, 1989Prof. Charles Weissmann, 2015Dr Chaim Weizmann, 1952Eitan Wertheimer , 2011Stef Wertheimer, 1992Lewis Weston, 1996Prof. Elie Wiesel, 2005Dr Eugene Paul Wigner, 1971Dr Shmuel Winograd, 1992Ben Winters, 1993Dr J. Wolfowitz, 1972Lord Leonard Wolfson, 1995Prof. Chi-Huey Wong, 2007Dr Robert B. Woodward, 1966J. W. Wunsch, 1955

YProf. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, 1989Moshe Yanai, 2012Elisha Yanay, 2013

Z Dr Felix Zandman, 1997Prof. Bruno Zevi, 1990Stanley Zielony, 2003Zvi Zilker, 2000

Yehuda Zisapel, 2001Zohar Zisapel, 2001

HONORARY FELLOWS**

A Giora Ackerstein, 2010Reuven Agassi, 2008Dr Qanta Ahmed, 2015Aron Ain, 2014Dr Kenneth Alberman, 1995Ruth Alon, 2013Carl Alpert, 1988Yosef Ami, 1990Helen Asher, 1991Victor Asser, 2009Drora Avissar, 2012

BAlfred Bar, 1995Moshe Bar-Ilan, 1995Zahava Bar-Nir, 2004Itzhak Bar-Nov, 1992Sarah Baruchin, 1986Albert Ben-David, 1990Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yitzhak Ben Dov, 2003Jack Bellock, 2000Norman Belmonte, 1997Louis Benjamin, 1986Miriam Benjamin, 1986Evelyn Berger, 2001Stephen Berger, 1982Sondra Berk, 2014Samuel M. Bernstein, 1975S. J. Birn, 1965Franklin G. Bishop, 1991Scott Black, 1999Helene Blanc, 1991Morley Blankstein, 1981Ela Rousso de Blasbalg, 1993Dahlia Blech, 2004Arthur Blok, 1954Melvyn H. Bloom, 1993Harry J. F. Bloomfield, Q.C., 2015

** Including Honorary Engineers


HONORARY DEGREES & AWARDS

Ilse Blumenfeld, 2009Milford Bohm, 1999Rebecca Boukhris, 2015David Brecher, 2004Frances Brody, 1992Gen. (Res.) Shlomo Burstein-Inbar, 2008Marshall Butler, 1994

CJoan Callner Miller, 1984Dr Coleman Caplovitz, 2007Arie Carasso, 1976Benjamin Carasso, 2004Macabi Carasso, 2007Yoel Carasso, 2007Stanley Chais, 2002Leona Chanin, 2004Paul Chanin, 1993Jack Chisvin, 1983Frances Cohen, 1984Simcha Cohen-Stern, 1999Hans Cohn, 2003Reginald Coleman- Cohen, 1983Alexander Coler, 1988Maurice Commanday, 1986Sydney Cooper, 1988Eedis Cooperband, 1981Jeffery Cosiol, 2012

DJeannette Dankner, 2005Robert Davidow, 1997Oscar Davis, 2011Albert Deloro, 2014André Deloro, 2009Brent Dibner, 2013David Dibner, 2001Prof. Dr Ing. Ulrich Draugelates, 2002Max Dresher, 1985Jerome Drexler, 1999Melvin Dubin, 1991Zvi Dvoresky, 1993Dr Isaac Dvoretzky, 2006

ELouis Edelstein, 1995Anna Tulin Elyachar, 1983Col. Jehiel R. Elyachar, 1953J. Steven Emerson, 2008Dr Joseph N. Epel, 1987Carol B. Epstein, 2009Alex J. Etkin, 1995Aaron Etra, 2004Joseph K. Even, 1991

FYekutiel Federmann, 1978Israel Feldman, 1992Rod Feldman, 2014Elias Fife, 1955Ruben Finkelstein, 1985Fausta Finzi Carli, 2011Edith Fischer, 2001Ruth Elaine Flinkman- Marandy, 2012Benjamin Fohrman, 1991Rudolph Forchheimer, 1997Alan Forman, 2005Reinhard Frank, 2004Benjamin Free, 1991Joseph Freed, 1998David Friedman, 2001Jerry Friedman, 1993Michael Frieze, 2000Michael Fuerst, 2010Samuel Fryer, 1959

GMark Gelfand, 2008Samuel Geltman, 1998Raya Gensler, 1994Moshe Bernard Gitter, 1979Dr Amit Goffer, 2015Aviva Goldberg, 2010Gary Goldberg, 2005Nathan Goldberg, 1977Joan Goldberg Arbuse, 1982Nathan Max Goldman, 1992Horace W. Goldsmith, 1975Ing. Aharon Goldstein, 1971Salomon Gottesfeld, 1985

Ben-Ami Gov, 2010Salman Grand, 1986Doreen Green, 2000Irving Greenberg, 1990Marguerite Greenberg, 2000Coleman Kenneth Greidinger, 2006Chaim M. Gringlas, 1989Irwin L. Gross, 2007Josef Gruenblat, 1979Joseph Gurwin, 1996Dipl. Ing. Helmut Gutmann, 1994Aaron Gutwirth, 1978

HUzi Halevy, 2014Dr Harry Handelsman, 2011Tamara Handelsman, 1998Burt I. Harris, 1987Louis Harris, 1988Lawrence Harvey, 1977Leo M. Harvey, 1972Alexander Hassan, 1975Max Hecker, 1954Tess Heffner, 1994Michael Heller, 2002Rose Herrmann, 1978Sandy Hittman, 2009Dr Christian Hodler, 1994Ruth Hoenich, 2001Charles Housen, 1997

IIvoncy Ioschpe, 1997Dr Jacob Isler, 1970Ing. Shaul Ivtsan, 2006

JJoseph H. Jackier, 1985Lawrence Jackier, 2000Jacobs K. Javits, 1973Martin Jelin, 1985Ludwig Jesselson, 1973Anatol Josepho, 1980Prof. Eliahu I. Jury, 2001

KD. Dan Kahn, 2006Shmuel Kantor, 1989Daniel Karp, 1994Dr Albert A. Kaufman, 1991Dorothy Kellner, 1999Leon Kempler OAM, 2008Adelaide Kennedy Leigh, 1991Michael Kennedy Leigh, 1975Avi Kerbs, 2015Nathan Kirsch, 1984Michael Klein, 2010Philip E. Klein, 1998Sidney Konigsberg, 1997Alexander Konoff, 1949Richard Aaron Koplow, 1992Yaacov Kotlicki, 2006Abba Kramer, 1988Theodore Krengel, 1984Reuben Kunin, 1991

LYeshayahu Landau, 1992Ing. Zvi Langer, 1981Dr Stephen A. Laser, 2003Ron Lazarovits, 2013Scott Leemaster, 2009Sidney Lejfer, 2011William Lester, 1991Avraham Lev, 1976Ruth Leventhal Nathanson, 2007Charles Levin, 2010Prof. Jacques Lewiner, 2006Leon Lidow, 1976Prof. Asger Lindegaard- Andersen, 1995Louis L. Lockshin, 1979Trudy Louis, 1994

MLouis Bernard Magil, 1983Alexandre Mallat, 1997Hal Marcus, 2006William Marcus, 1996Sonia Marschak, 2015Justice Roy Matas, 1981

Frank G. Meyer, 2002Pearl Milch, 1980Raphael Mishan, 2012Dr Hyman Mitchner, 2003Andre Molleson, 1989Monte Monaster, 1989Mark Moshevicz, 1983Prof. Burkhart Müller, 2001Ing. Gen. Robert Munnich, 1985

NErnest Nathan, 1982Albert Nerken, 1992Tzvi Neta, 2009Albert Newman, 1989Yehezkel Nussbaum, 1996

OSeniel Ostrow, 1982

PDaniel Peltz, 2014Lois Peltz, 2000David Polak, 2001Herbert W. Pollack, 2004Allen Prince, 2015Miriam Pushkar, 2000

RJudge Leonard Rabinowitz, 1984Norbert M. Rand, 1997Bennett Rechler, 2009Hannah Rechler Rabinowitz, 2009Arnold Recht, 1994Hershel Rich, 1992Eugene N. Riesman, 1986Joseph Riesman, 1976Morris Rochlin, 2002Louis Rogow, 1983Prof. Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler, 2012Maurice M. Rosen, 1972Howard Rosenbloom, 2010Shmuel Rotem, 2005

Joel Rothman, 2010Gyora Rubinstein, 1997

SNina Sabban, 2004Eliyahu Sacharov, 1973Edmundo Safdie, 1991Ed Satell, 2011Stefanie Sonia Schreier, 1984Dorothy Schussheim, 1992Alf Schwarcbaum, 1983Joan Seidel, 2005Norman Seiden, 1979Emanuel Shachar, 1990Uriel Shalon, 1982William Shamban, 1997Andy Shapiro, 2014Dr Stephen Shapiro, 1993Dr Zalman M. Shapiro, 1988Maurice Meir Shashoua, 2012Max Shein, 1978Irving A. Shepard, 1988Harry Sheres, 1989Beatrice Sherman, 1982Leonard H. Sherman, 1987Nate Sherman, 1977Norton Sherman, 1996Barnett Shine, 1972Stanley Shirvan, 1999David Silbert, 1984Gerald Silbert, 1993Ramie Silbert, 1988Peter Simon, 1993Cindy Sipkin, 2008Rafael Sirkis, 2011Jack Skodnek, 2006Esther Smidof, 2005Jonathan Sohnis, 2001Ben Sosewitz, 1990Eugene Stearns, 1976Louis Stein, 1982Senator Paul B. Steinberg, 2012Sir Louis Sterling, 1956Harry Stern, 1993Harry J. Stern, 1996Ivan Stern, 2010

Haim Stoessel, 1999Harold M. Stone, 1989Ing. Isaac (Eddie) Streifler Shavit, 1989Henri Strosberg, 1986Louis Susman, 1980Stanley Sussman, 2011Albert Sweet, 2011Janey Sweet, 2007Richard Swig, 1995Mariane Szego, 2008Sandor Szego, 2008

TVictor Tabah, 1973Joseph Tanenbaum, 2000L. Shirley Tark, 1979Henry Taub, 1980Isaac Taylor, 1977Dov Tirosh, 1997Gen. Dan Tolkowsky, 1975Sam Topf, 1983Benjamin B. Torchinsky, 1999Col. Yitzhak Turgeman, 2003

UJacob W. Ullmann, 1972Yona Uspiz, 1994

VClément Vaturi, 1993Dan Vilenski, 2005

WDr Arthur Wein, 1998Naomi Weiss Newman, 2014 K. B. Weissman, 1997Eli Welt, 2002Irving Wenger, 1991Mary Werksman, 1996Lewis M. Weston, 1987Alexander Whyte, 1972William Wiener, 2005Irma Wigdor, 1984Dan Wind, 1996Ben Winters, 1991Roma Broida Wittcoff, 1992

Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1956Sidney Wolberg, 1989The Hon. Laura Wolfson Townsley, 2012 Abel Wolman, 1972Joseph W. Wunsch, 1946

YSolm Yach, 1980Elisha Yanay, 1998Chaim Yaron, 2009

ZShlomo Zabledowitz, 1984Samuel Zabner, 1992

TECHNION MEDAL

Uzia Galil, 1997Gen. (Res.) Amos Horev, 1996Irwin Jacobs, 2013Martin Kellner, 2005Justice Moshe Landau, 1996Peter Munk, 2013 Samuel Neaman, 1997Bruce Rappaport, 1998Haim Rubin, 1997Norman Seiden, 2001Leonard Sherman, 2005Ben Sosewitz, 2008Henry Taub, 1998Dr Andrew J. Viterbi, 2015Lewis Weston, 2008

HARVEY PRIZE

Prof. James P. Allison, 2014Prof. Vladimir I. Arnold, 1994Dr Arthur Ashkin, 2004Prof. Robert Aumann, 1983Prof. Sir David Baulcombe, 2009Prof. Wolfgang P. Baumeister, 2005Dr Charles H. Bennett, 2008Prof. Charles L. Bennett, 2006Prof. Seymour Benzer, 1977Prof. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, 1999Prof. Sydney Brenner, 1987Dr John Cahn, 1995Prof. Pierre Chambon, 1987Prof. Claude Cohen- Tannoudji, 1996Prof. Paul B. Corkum, 2013Sir Alan Howard Cottrell, 1974Prof. George B. Dantzig, 1985Dr Robert H. Dennard, 1990Prof. Peter B. Dervan, 2002Prof. Freeman John Dyson, 1977Prof. David Eisenberg, 2008Prof. Ronald M. Evans, 2006Prof. Sir Richard Friend, 2011Prof. Hillel Furstenberg, 1993Prof. Robert G. Gallager, 1999Prof. Pierre-Gilles de-Gennes, 1988Prof. Reinhard Genzel, 2014Prof. Shlomo Dov Goitein, 1980Mikhail Gorbachev, 1992Prof. Michael Graetzel, 2007Prof. Harry B. Gray, 2000Prof. David J. Gross, 2000Prof. Stephen E. Harris, 2007Prof. Wayne A. Hendrickson, 2004Prof. Eric Kandel, 1993Prof. Michael Karin, 2010Prof. Richard Karp, 1998

Prof. George Klein, 1975Prof. Jon M. Kleinberg, 2013Dr Donald Knuth, 1995Prof. Willem J. Kolf, 1972Prof. Roger D. Kornberg, 1997Prof. Hans W. Kosterlitz, 1981Prof. Eric Lander, 2012Prof. Robert Langer, 2003Prof. Paul C. Lauterbur, 1986Prof. Philip Leder, 1983Prof. Bernard Lewis, 1978Prof. Saul Lieberman, 1976Sir James Lighthill, 1981Prof. C. Walton Lillehei, 1996Prof. Jacques-Louis Lions, 1991Dr Benoit B. Mandelbrot, 1989Prof. Herman F. Mark, 1976Prof. Benjamin Mazar, 1986Prof. Shuji Nakamura, 2009Prof. Judea Pearl, 2011Prof. James E. Peebles, 2001Prof. Jacob Polotsky, 1982Prof. Alexander M. Polyakov, 2010Prof. Michael Rabin, 1980Prof. Ephraim Racker, 1980Prof. Barnett Rosenberg, 1985Prof. Franz Rosenthal, 1984Prof. Bert Sakmann, 1991Prof. Gershom Scholem, 1974Prof. Claude E. Shannon, 1972Prof. Barry Sharpless, 1998Dr Peter Sorokin, 1984Prof. Edward Teller, 1975Prof. Bert Vogelstein, 2001Prof. Isaak Wahl, 1978Prof. Alvin Weinberg, 1982Prof. Robert A. Weinberg, 1994Prof. Edward Witten, 2005Prof. Amnon Yariv, 1992Prof. Eli Yablonovitch, 2012Prof. Ada E. Yonath, 2002Prof. Richard Zare, 1993


BOARD OF GOVERNORS

HONORARY CHAIRUzia Galil, Israel*

CHAIRLawrence Jackier, USA*

DEPUTY CHAIRSGen. (Res.) Amos Horev, Israel*Norman Seiden, USA

VICE CHAIRMartin Kellner, USA

EXECUTIVE SECRETARYAsaf Binder

PRESIDENTProf. Peretz Lavie*

EXECUTIVE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Prof. Moshe Sidi*

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRSProf. Hagit Attiya

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCHProf. Wayne Kaplan

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT& DIRECTOR GENERALMatanyahu Englman*

VICE PRESIDENT FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS& RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTProf. Boaz Golany

VICE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC PROJECTSProf. Paul Feigin

DEAN OF THE JACOBS GRADUATE SCHOOL Prof. Ben-Zion Levi

DEAN OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIESProf. Yachin Cohen

DEAN OF STUDENTSProf. Moris Eisen

DEAN OF THE AZRIELI DIVISION FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION & EXTERNAL STUDIESProf. Zeev Gross

MINISTER OF TRANSPORTMK Israel Katz

MAYOR OF HAIFAYona Yahav ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSProf. Bertil Andersson, SingaporeProf. François Diederich, SwitzerlandProf. Stephen Forrest, USAProf. Gabriel Krestin, NetherlandsProf. Shulamit Michaeli, IsraelProf. Eliot Phillipson, CanadaProf. Wei Shyy, Hong KongProf. David Simchi-Levi, USAProf. Howard Stone, USAProf. Mark Yudof, USA

MEMBERSPiero Abbina, ItalyJoseph Ackerman, IsraelReuven Agassi, IsraelRuth Alon, IsraelYoram Alster, Israel*Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig, IsraelJudge Hanoch Ariel, IsraelAvraham Assaf, IsraelVictor Asser, GreeceEli Ayalon, IsraelDr Naomi Azrieli, CanadaAvi Balashnikov, Israel*Zahava Bar Nir, USASarah Baruchin, IsraelDr Nayim Bayat, GermanySharon Beaconsfield, AustraliaNorman Belmonte, USADanny Benardout, GreeceIng. Albert Ben-David, IsraelIng. Yitzhak Ben-Dov, IsraelGen. (Res.) Avihu Ben-Nun, IsraelMatilda Beracha, GreeceSteven Berger, USAScott Black, USAHarry Bloomfield, Q.C., CanadaLucien Y. Bronicki, IsraelShraga Brosh, IsraelPinchas Barel Buchris, Israel*Paul Burg, USAYoel Carasso, IsraelJoseph Ciechanover, IsraelEdith Cresson, FranceJacob Dagan, IsraelRobert Davidow, USAShimon Dick, IsraelUri Dori, IsraelDr Alon Dumanis, IsraelIng. Zvi Dvoresky, IsraelDr Shimon Eckhouse, Israel*

Mooly Eden, IsraelJ. Steven Emerson, USACarol Epstein, USAProf. Juri Estrin, AustraliaIrwin Field, USASigal First, IsraelEdith Fischer, USARuth Flinkman-Marandy, USAAlan Forman, USADr Gilead Fortuna, Israel*Gideon Frank, Israel* Iaqueaniello Gaetano, ItalyMark Gaines, USAPearl Gameroff, Canada Jacques Garih, France David Gat, IsraelYitzhak Gat, IsraelEdward R. Goldberg, USAGary Goldberg, CanadaStephen Grand, USADoreen Green, CanadaDaniel Gutenberg, SwitzerlandGal Haber, IsraelGen. (Res.) Shalom Hagai, IsraelGad Haker, IsraelRobert Hanisee, USASir Michael Heller, UKLady Morven Heller, UKPeter Hersh, AustraliaDr Victor Hofman, Switzerland Maj. Gen. (Res.) Shlomo (Burstein) Inbar, IsraelIng. Shaul Ivtsan, IsraelDr Irwin Jacobs, USAGershon Kaddar, IsraelDr Shlomo Kalish, IsraelRonnie Kaplan, CanadaIlana Kaufman, Israel*Miri Katz, IsraelAvi Kerbs, IsraelMoshe Keret, IsraelMichael Klein, USAOfer Kotler, IsraelYaacov Kotlicki, IsraelKobi Kurtz, NetherlandsBenny Landa, IsraelYeshayahu Landau, IsraelMaj. Gen. (Res.) Amos Lapidot, IsraelDr Stephen Laser, USARon Lauder, USAEliaz Lavi, IsraelRon Lazarovits, AustraliaScott Leemaster, USASidney Lejfer, USACharles Levin, USADr Daphna Levi, IsraelProf. Jacques Lewiner, FranceMoshe Lichtman, Israel

Lorry I. Lokey, USA Dr Yoelle Maarek, Israel*Israel Makov, IsraelProf. Fadel Mansour, Israel*Dana Maor, Israel Joshua Maor, IsraelInge Marcus, USAShlomo Markel, IsraelDr Dan Maydan, USAJonathan Metliss, UKGiora Meyuhas, IsraelRaphael Mishan, USAJonathan Moller, IsraelGary Monnickendam, UKAvinoam Naor, IsraelDr Ben-Zion Naveh, IsraelShlomo Nehama, IsraelMeir Nissensohn, IsraelGilad Novik, IsraelDr Eli Opper, IsraelMarvin Ostin, CanadaDr Edgar Paltzer, SwitzerlandGuido Pardo-Roques, IsraelDaniel Peltz, UKLois Peltz, UKDavid Perlmutter, IsraelProf. Guilherme Ary Plonski, BrazilDavid Polak, USARina Pridor, Israel*Dan Propper, IsraelIrith Rappaport, IsraelDr Ruth Ratner, AustraliaLeon Recanati, IsraelArnold Recht, CanadaShlomo Reisman, IsraelProf. Dr Gerd-Volker Roeschenthaler, GermanyHoward Rosenbloom, USAGrace Rosman, USAMartin Rosman, USAHelio Bruck Rotenberg, BrazilJoel S. Rothman, USAHaim Rousso, IsraelKobi Rozengarten, IsraelNina Sabban, USAEdmundo Safdie, BrazilProf. Dr Thomas Scheper, GermanyArik Schor, IsraelYigal Schreiber, IsraelArie Scope, IsraelDr Yoram Sebba, IsraelArnold Seidel, USAJoan Seidel, USAStephen Seiden, USAIng. Shaul Shashoua, BrazilRaphi Shavit, Israel Leonard H. Sherman, USADr Robert Shillman, USA

* Technion Council member

Stanley Shirvan, USAAbraham Shochat, IsraelGadi Singer, IsraelMelissa Singer, CanadaRafael Sirkis, IsraelJonathan Sohnis, USASenator Paul Steinberg, USASimcha Stern, IsraelJustice (Ret.) Tova Strassberg- Cohen, IsraelIng. Isaac Eddie Streifler-Shavit, IsraelStefan Sturesson, SwedenProf. Dr. Roderich Suessmuth, GermanyIng. Sandor Szego, BrazilProf. Zehev Tadmor, IsraelIra Taub, USAIrwin Tauben, USAGideon Tolkowsky, IsraelItzhak Torgeman, Israel*Oded Tyrah, IsraelPim Van Den Dam, NetherlandsDr Yossi Vardi, IsraelJohn Veronis, USADan Vilenski, IsraelDr Andrew Viterbi, USADr Kobi Vortman, IsraelEyal Waldman, IsraelProf. Dr Peter Weinberger, AustriaEitan Wertheimer, IsraelAvigdor Willenz, IsraelLaura Wolfson-Townsley, UKBen Wygodny, CanadaDanny Yamin, IsraelMaj. Gen. (Res.) Shlomo Yanai, IsraelElisha Yanay, IsraelChaim Yaron, Israel*Dr Giora Yaron, Israel Imad Younis, Israel*Yehuda Zisapel, IsraelZohar Zisapel, IsraelMiriam Ziv, Israel*

ALTERNATE MEMBERSJacques Benkoski, USAJack Bensimon, CanadaSerge Bitboul, FranceJames Blum, USASteve Bramson, CanadaJulian Brass, CanadaMarilyn Caplovitz, USANeil Closner, CanadaBrent Dibner, USASteve Ekstein, CanadaGeorge Elbaum, USARita Emerson, USARod Feldman, USAGill Fishman, USALaura Flug, USA

Joseph Freed, USADavid Friedman, USAHarold Garfinkle, Canada Dr Harry Handelsman, USATamara Handelsman, USA Jon Hirschtick, USATommy Klatzkow, SwedenWilliam Marcus, USASteve Merling, CanadaEdward Nagel, CanadaRuth Owades, USABeth Perlman, USAHerbert Pollack, USAPaul Raducanu, CanadaBennett Rechler, USADavid Ronn, USA Joshua Ruch, USAJulia Ruch, USAAndrea Rush, CanadaLes Seskin, USAEugene B. Shapiro, USACindy Sipkin, USALawrence Sipkin, USAJosef Stern, SwedenCharles D. Wellner, USABruce Whizin, USARoma Wittcoff, USADr Frank Witte, Germany

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSMoshe Arens, IsraelNorman Belfer, USAEvelyn Berger, USAPaul Bernstein, USADr Joel Birnbaum, USADr Ilan Blech, USARobert Brand, USALeona Chanin, USAJack Chisvin, CanadaFrances Cohen, CanadaSidney L. Cohen, CanadaSydney C. Cooper, CanadaElizabeth Corob, UKJeanette Dankner, IsraelRichard Davison, USAMichael Dresner, IsraelProf. Jerome Drexler, USAMelvin Dubin, USADr Isaac Dvoretzky, USAProf. George Feher, USAIsrael Feldman, USADr Avi Friedman, CanadaMichael Frieze, USASofia L. de Grimberg, ArgentinaGary Gross, USAJordan Gruzen, USAJack Hahn, CanadaLouis N. Harris, UK

Dr Michael Helper, CanadaSandy Hittman, USADr Christian Hodler, GermanyCharles Housen, USA Ivoncy B. Ioschpe, Brazil Maggie Kaplan, USABarbara Kay, USA Nathan Kirsh, South Africa Stephen B. Klein, USA Theodore H. Krengel, USA Ing. Zvi Langer, Israel Alexander Lidow, USA Harold Marcus, USA Bernard Mars, USAFrank G. Meyer, USA Louis Milgrom, USA Jonathan Mitchell, USADr Hyman Mitchner, USARuth Leventhal Nathanson, USA Parviz Nazarian, USAJustice Shoshana Netanyahu, Israel Prof. Dr Ewald Nowotny, Austria Samuel Pisar, FranceRachel Pollak, Israel Eugene Riesman, Canada Morris Rochlin, USABarrie Rose, Canada Daniel Rose, USA Elihu Rose, USAShmuel Rotem, IsraelEric Samson, South Africa Dr Zalman M. Shapiro, USA Paul Shatz, USASholom Shefferman, USA Harry Sheres, Canada Emanuel Shimoni, Israel Abe Simkin, Canada Janey Sweet, USABernice Tanenbaum, USAJoseph Tanenbaum, USAJoseph Taub, USAGen. (Res.) Dan Tolkowsky, IsraelLucy Ullmann, USA Yona Uspiz, IsraelFrancois Wasservogel, FranceMary Werksman, USAStef Wertheimer, Israel Estelle Yach, South Africa Ruth Ziegler, USARobert Zinn, USA REPRESENTATIVES OF GROUPSAND ORGANIZATIONS

JEWISH AGENCYAlan Hoffman

ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERSAND ARCHITECTSSimcha AfekAmnon BartalEmanuel Zvi Libin

ISRAEL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIESProf. Yaron Silberberg

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONEyal Kaplan*Dr Ilana Maor

PROFESSORSProf. Robert Adler*Prof. Michael Aviram*Prof. Yehuda Pinchover*Prof. Raphael SemiatProf. Dan Zilberstein*

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSTBA

TEACHING STAFF UNIONAlon Dimatriuk

PROFESSORS EMERITIProf. Amos Komornik

FACULTY ASSOCIATIONProf. Eyal Zussman

ORGANIZATION OF PRACTICAL ENGINEERS (HANDESSAIM)Avraham Edga

THE M4 ORGANIZATION: THE ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES UNION AT THE TECHNION Zvi Bar-Deroma

UNION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORKERS AT TECHNIONVardit Friedmann

ORGANIZATION OF TECHNION PENSIONERSJosepha Ben-Yoseph

STUDENTS ASSOCIATIONUndergraduate StudentsOmer AmitNimrod Harani

Graduate StudentsAmir CohenHila Korach-Rechtman


FAST FACTS 2016

FOUNDED: 1912

STUDENT POPULATION: 14,286

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS: 18

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS: 50

GRADUATE PROGRAMS: 83

DEGREES AWARDED: 107,400

FACULTY: 553

TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF: 1,109

RESEARCH CENTERS: 60

BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS: 91

BUILT-UP AREA: 476,401 m2

DORMITORY BEDS: 4,430

NUMBER OF STUDENTS 2015/2016

DEGREES AWARDED (GRADUATES)

TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION

TOTAL DEGREES AWARDED (1924-2016)

1500

1000

500

TOTAL 478 157447454420275869 1660 1753 428 2166 1098 129 331 240 1115 1213 725 307 13 8

Bachelor’s: 10,012 Master’s: 3,127* Doctorate: 1,147 TOTAL: 14,286

Aerospace Eng.

Biomedical Eng.

Electrical Eng.

Chemistry

Materials Science & Eng.

Physics

Architecture & Town Planning

Biotechnology & Food Eng.

Industrial Eng. & Management**

Medicine***

Civil & Environmental Eng.

Mathematics

Technion Excellence Program

(1st-year students only)Biology

Education in Science & Technology

Chemical Eng.

International School

Multidisciplinary

Graduate Programs ****

Computer Science

Mechanical Eng.

General Eng. (M. Eng.)

* Does not include 39 Master’s in Applied Sciences at Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute** Including 249 MBA students, 111 of whom are externally funded

*** Including 476 MD 4th-6th year students, 135 of whom are on the Technion American Medical School Program

**** Applied Mathematics; Autonomous Systems & Robotics; Biotechnology; Design & Manufacturing Engineering; Energy; Polymer Engineering; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Real Estate Studies; Systems Engineering; Urban Engineering; and Vehicle Systems Engineering

2015 2016 Bachelor’s 1,841 1,911 MD 131 134* Master’s 765 801 PhD 193 205

TOTAL 2,930 3,051

Bachelor’s 78,810 MD 2,567 Master’s 20,891 PhD 5,132

TOTAL 107,400

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016BSc 8,970 9,173 9,270 9,503 9,536MD 559 581 660 459 476 MSc 2,384 2,507 2,796 2,886 3,127PhD 934 992 1,005 1,078 1,147

TOTAL 12,856 13,253 13,731 13,926 14,286

* Including 22 on the Technion American Medical School Program

All data correct to May 9, 2016

FACTS & FIGURES

2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15

97.8104.2

84.4

74.0

57.6

86.889.3

80.4

2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15

86.383.3

71.4

86.9

65.261.764.4

83.8

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

OPERATING BUDGET 2015/2016October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2016

INCOME Thousands of NIS % Government Allocation 981,390 68.6 Self Income 228,000 16.0 Tuition Fees 121,000 8.5 Technion Societies 68,400 4.8 Deficit 30,375 2.1 Total Income 1,429,165 100% EXPENDITURE Staff Emoluments 742,089 51.9 Pension Payments 264,394 18.5 Operating Expenses 192,354 13.5 Maintenance 122,952 8.6 Student Aid 107,376 7.5 Total Expenditures 1,429,165 100%

(*) The actuarial liability of the Technion as of September 30, 2015 was NIS 7.5 billion. The consolidated liability (Technion and TRDF) is NIS 8.2 billion.

Thousands Thousands of $US % of NIS* Buildings, Renovations & 16,662 47.6 63,965Infrastructure

Multidisciplinary Research Centers 10,301 29.4 39,803

Laboratories & Equipment 8,044 23.0 31,248 Total 35,007 100% 135,016

DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE 2014/2015October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2015

Millions of NIS %

CPI Linked Investments 3,063 51

Stocks 1,598 26

Shekel Unlinked 907 15Investments Foreign Currency 505 8 Investments

Total 6,073 100%

TECHNION INVESTMENTTOTAL INCOME FROM

TECHNION SOCIETIES ($US M)

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20

20

40

40

80

80

60

60

100

100

DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE ($US M)

SPONSORED RESEARCH FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES ($US M)

* $US 1 = 3.923 NIS

0

20

40

80

60

72.3

26.4

42.5

65.757.9

41.731.1 35.0

FISCAL OVERVIEW

TOTAL: 14,286


LEADERSHIP

Lawrence JackierChairman of the Boardof Governors

Prof. Hagit AttiyaExecutive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Prof. Wayne KaplanExecutive Vice Presidentfor Research

Matanyahu EnglmanExecutive Vice President and Director General

Prof. Boaz GolanyVice President for External Relations and Resource Development

Prof. Paul FeiginVice President for Strategic Projects

Gideon FrankChairman of the Council

Prof. Peretz LaviePresident

Prof. Moshe SidiSenior ExecutiveVice President

TECHNION DEANS

Dean of Undergraduate StudiesProf. Yachin Cohen

Dean of the Jacobs Graduate SchoolProf. Ben-Zion Levi

Dean of Azrieli Division of Continuing Education and External StudiesProf. Zeev Gross

Dean of StudentsProf. Moris Eisen

ACADEMIC HEADS

Faculty of Aerospace EngineeringProf. Yaakov Cohen

Faculty of Architecture and Town PlanningProf. Yehuda Kalay

Faculty of BiologyProf. Yehuda Assaraf

Faculty of Biomedical EngineeringAssoc. Prof. Amir Landesberg

Faculty of Biotechnology and Food EngineeringProf. Yuval Shoham

Wolfson Faculty of Chemical EngineeringProf. Gideon Grader

Schulich Faculty of ChemistryProf. Noam Adir

Faculty of Civil and Environmental EngineeringProf. Oded Rabinovitch

Faculty of Computer Science Prof. Irad Yavneh

Faculty of Education in Science and TechnologyProf. Yehudit Judy Dori

Faculty of Electrical EngineeringProf. Ariel Orda

Vice ChancellorGuangdong Technion-IsraelInstitute of TechnologyDistinguished Prof. Aaron Ciechanover

Department of Humanities and ArtsProf. Efraim Lev

Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and ManagementProf. Avishai Mandelbaum

Faculty of Materials Science and EngineeringProf. Eugen Rabkin

Faculty of MathematicsProf. Eli Aljadeff

Faculty of Mechanical EngineeringProf. Yoram Halevi

Rappaport Faculty of MedicineProf. Eliezer Shalev

Faculty of PhysicsProf. Assa Auerbach

Center for Pre-university EducationProf. Dan Zilberstein

Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell InstituteProf. Adam Shwartz

Technion InternationalProf. Anat Rafaeli

Technion Program for Excellence Prof. Michael Elad

ADDITIONAL OFFICERS

Deputy Senior Vice President Prof. Daniel Rittel

Deputy Vice President for ResearchProf. Anath Fischer

Deputy Vice President for Researchfor the Pre-Clinical Research AuthorityProf. Marcelle Machluf

Deputy Vice President for Academic AffairsProf. Moshe Shpitalni

Deputy Vice President for Computing and Information SystemsProf. Reuven Cohen

Deputy Vice President for Safety MattersProf. Yaacov Mamane

Deputy Director General for FinanceDganit Shindelman

Deputy Director General for Human Resources Ariel Hazan

Deputy Director General of OperationsZehava Laniado

FACULTY

AEROSPACE ENGINEERINGOksana StalnovAssistant Professor

Gil YudilevitchAssociate Professor

ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNINGUri Philip CohenAssistant Professor

Ram EisenbergAssistant Professor

Karel MartensAssociate Professor

BIOLOGYOded KleifeldAssistant Professor

CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGYouri GendelAssistant Professor

COMPUTER SCIENCEAlex M. BronsteinAssociate Professor

Yuval FilmusAssistant Professor

EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYTzipi Horowitz-KrausAssistant Professor

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGLior KornblumAssistant Professor

Shahar KvatinskyAssistant Professor

Tomer MichaeliAssistant Professor

HUMANITIES AND ARTSTzipora RakedzonTeaching Associate

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENTDavid AzrielLecturer

Tamir HazanAssistant Professor

Erez KarpasAssistant Professor

Reshef MeirAssistant Professor

Kinneret TeodorescuLecturer

MATERIALS SCIENCEAND ENGINEERINGYachin IvryAssistant Professor

MATHEMATICSBaptiste DevyverAssistant Professor

Danny NeftinAssistant Professor

MEDICINEJacob CohenClinical Assist. Professor

Zvi DwolatzkyClinical Assoc. Professor

Omri EmodiClinical Lecturer

Motti HaimiClinical Lecturer

Fahed HakimClinical Assist. Professor

Chen HalleviClinical Assist. Professor

Nogah KeremClinical Lecturer

Mogher KhamaisiAssistant Professor

Wisam KhouryClinical Assist. Professor

Daniel KurnikClinical Assoc. Professor

Shaul LinClinical Assist. Professor

Gabriel NierenbergClinical Lecturer

Mical PaulAssociate Professor

Yonatan SavirAssistant Professor

Yakir SegevClinical Lecturer

Oren Tomkins-NezerClinical Assist. Professor

Amir Weiss Clinical Lecturer

Yaniv ZoharLecturer

NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

ACADEMIC FACULTY 2015

Faculty Individuals Full Time Equivalents (FTEs)

Full Professor 227 227Associate Professor 159 157Assistant Professor 143 142Lecturer 9 9Others 15 15 Total 553 550

Clinical Track Appointments 324 127External Adjuncts 747 247


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AWARDS & HONORS*

INTERNATIONALAWARDS AND HONORS

ACADEMIA EUROPAEA

MemberProf. Craig (Chaim) Gotsman Faculty of Computer Science

ACM

FellowProf. Orna GrumbergFaculty of Computer Science“For contributions to research in automated formal verification of hardware and software systems.”

Distinguished VisitingProf. Judea PearlFaculty of Computer Science“For contributions to artificial intelligence through the development of a calculus for probabilistic and causal reasoning.”

Prof. Assaf Schuster Faculty of Computer Science“For contributions to cloud computing.”

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION

Humboldt Research AwardProf. Hossam HaickWolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute

AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY

FellowsProf. Michael GronauFaculty of Physics“For incisive contributions regarding tests of the Kobayashi-Maskawa theory of CP violation and searches for new physics in the decays of particles containing heavy quarks.”

Prof. Yakov KrasikFaculty of Physics“For contributions to the understanding of the physics of plasma cathodes, the generation of high-current electron beams and nanosecond-timescale gaseous discharges, and converging strong shock waves.”

Prof. Leonid PismenWolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering“For pioneering and ingenious contributions to fundamental fluid dynamics, particularly interfacial flows, dynamics of moving contact lines, and the analysis of instabilities and pattern formation in diverse systems.”

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Dickson Prize in ScienceDistinguished Visiting Prof. Judea PearlFaculty of Computer Science

IEEE

FellowProf. Avinoam KolodnyViterbi Faculty ofElectrical Engineering“For contributions to VLSI design and automation tools.”

IEEE Engineering in Medicineand Biology Society Distinguished Lecturer (2016-2017)Assoc. Prof. Alon WolfFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS 2015)Prof. Neri MerhavViterbi Faculty ofElectrical EngineeringBest Paper Award

IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award Prof. Yonina EldarViterbi Faculty ofElectrical Engineering“For outstanding early to mid-career contributions to technologies holding the promise of innovative applications.”

IEEE Signal Processing Society Prof. Yonina EldarViterbi Faculty ofElectrical EngineeringBest Paper Award

INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS

Isaac Newton Medal Distinguished Visiting Prof. Eli YablonovitchViterbi Faculty ofElectrical EngineeringFor “his visionary and foundational contributions to photonic nanostructures” which have spawned the research field of photonic crystals.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER-AIDED VERIFICATION

CAV Award Prof. Orna GrumbergFaculty of Computer Science“For the development and implementation of the localization-reduction technique and the formulation of counterexample-guided abstraction refinement.”

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BIONIC ENGINEERING (ISBE)

Outstanding ContributionAward (2016)Distinguished Prof. EmeritusDaniel Weihs Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

Draper Prize Distinguished VisitingProf. Andrew ViterbiViterbi Faculty ofElectrical Engineering“For development of the Viterbi algorithm, its transformational impact on digital wireless communications, and its significant applications in speech recognition and synthesis and in bioinformatics.”

NOMINET TRUST

2015 Nominet Trust 100Prof. Hossam HaickWolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering“SNIFFPHONE: A phone so smart, it sniffs out disease.”

POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES (PAT)

2015 Menachem Lewin Senior Award for Lifetime Achievement Prof. Emeritus Moshe NarkisWolfson Faculty ofChemical Engineering“For outstanding work in the field of polymers.”

THOMSON-REUTERS

Highly Cited Researcher 2015 Prof. Michael EladFaculty of Computer Science

Distinguished Prof. Mordechai (Moti) SegevFaculty of Physics andSolid State Institute

Distinguished Prof. Shlomo ShamaiViterbi Faculty ofElectrical Engineering


TORINO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

2015 Gili Agostinelli PrizeProf. Daniel RittelFaculty of Mechanical Engineering “For his contributions in Applied Mechanics.”

WORLD AQUACULTURESOCIETY (WAS)

Honorary Life AwardProf. Emeritus Yoram AvnimelechFaculty of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering“For a longstanding and significant contribution in aquaculture.”

HORIZON 2020THE EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONEXCELLENT SCIENCE

EUROPEAN RESEARCHCOUNCIL GRANTS

ERC Advanced GrantProf. David GershoniFaculty of Physics“Deterministic Generation of Polarization Entangled Single Photons Cluster States”

Distinguished Prof. Shlomo ShamaiViterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering“Cloud Wireless Networks: An Information Theoretic Framework”

ERC Consolidator Grant Nir AilonFaculty of Computer Science

ERC Proof of Concept (POC) GrantsDistinguished Prof. Mordechai (Moti) SegevFaculty of Physics

Assoc. Prof. Shy ShohamFaculty of Biomedical Engineering

ERC Starting GrantsAsst. Prof. Moran BercoviciFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

Asst. Prof. Avi SchroederWolfson Faculty ofChemical Engineering

Asst. Prof. Reut ShalgiRappaport Faculty of Medicine

Asst. Prof. Josué SznitmanFaculty of Biomedical Engineering

FUTURE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (FET) GRANTS

Asst. Prof. Roee Amit (Coordinator)Faculty of Biotechnology andFood Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Alexander LeshanskyWolfson Faculty ofChemical Engineering

Visiting Prof. Avi MendelsonFaculty of Computer Science Assoc. Prof. Boaz Pokroy Faculty of Materials Scienceand Engineering

ISRAELI AWARDSAND HONORS

COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Allon FellowsAsst. Prof. Yaron FuchsFaculty of Biology


Asst. Prof. Matthew SussFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

FOOD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION

Lifetime Academic Achievement AwardProf. Emeritus Shmuel YannaiFaculty of Biotechnology andFood Engineering

ISRAEL MATHEMATICAL UNION

Erdős Prize in MathematicsAssoc. Prof. Emanuel MilmanFaculty of Mathematics

ISRAEL PLANNERS ASSOCIATION

2016 Outstanding Planner AwardProf. Emerita Naomi CarmonFaculty of Architecture andTown Planning

ISRAEL POLYMERS AND PLASTICS SOCIETY

Honorary Member Prof. Yachin Cohen Wolfson Faculty ofChemical Engineering

MINISTRY OF DEFENSE HEAD OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Toren Prize Distinguished Prof. Emeritus Daniel WeihsFaculty of Aerospace Engineering“For his long-standing contributions to unique academic research highly important for the defense community.”

MUNICIPALITY OF TEL-AVIV-JAFFA

2015 Chaim Weizmann Prize for Exact SciencesProf. Ilan MarekSchulich Faculty of Chemistry“For his extraordinary achievements in the development of innovative methods for the synthesis of organic compounds.”

THE MARKER

40 Most Promising under 40 in Israel Asst. Prof. Moran BercoviciFaculty of Mechanical Engineering


WOLF FOUNDATION

2016 Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research Asst. Prof. Keren Censor-HillelFaculty of Computer Science

Asst. Prof. Netanel LindnerFaculty of Physics

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AWARDS & HONORS

TECHNION AWARDS AND CHAIRS

Alexander Goldberg Research PrizeAssoc. Prof. David ElataFaculty of Mechanical Engineering“On the Notion of a Mechanical Battery”

Henri Gutwirth Foundation Research GrantsAsst. Prof. Ofer ManorWolfson Faculty ofChemical Engineering“Pattern Deposition at MHz to GHz Surface Acoustic Waves for 3D Printing of Nano-structures out of Solute Molecules and Colloidal Particles”

Asst. Prof. Alex HayatViterbi Faculty ofElectrical Engineering “High-Temperature Superconducting Optoelectronic and Topological Nano-devices”

Asst. Prof. Yaron AmouyalFaculty of Materials Scienceand Engineering“Defects and Interfaces in Thermoelectric Materials”

Uzi and Michal Halevy Innovative Applied Engineering Award (2015)Assoc. Prof. Avner RothschildFaculty of Materials Scienceand Engineering“Tandem Cells for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage”

Juludan Research Prize (2015)Prof. Alon WolfFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

Sanford Kaplan Prize for Creative Management in the 21st Century High TechnologyProf. Hossam Haick, Gady Konvalina, and Meital Segev-BarWolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering

Raymond and Miriam Klein Research PrizeAssoc. Prof. Doron ShiloFaculty of Mechanical Engineering“The Kinetic Relation for Twin Wall Motion in NiMnGa”

Hilda and Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Awards (2015)Prof. Yonina Eldar, Tanya Chernyakova, Noam WagnerViterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering“Fourier Domain Beamforming: the Path to Compressed Ultrasound Imaging”

Asst. Prof. Amir GatFaculty of Mechanical Engineering“Solid-Liquid Composite Structures as Lighter-Weighted and Enhanced Performance Aircraft Wings”

Prof. Benveniste (Benny) NatanFaculty of Aerospace Engineering“A Rocket Engine that Uses Green Hypergolic Gel Propellant”

Prof. Israel Schechter and Dr Valery Bulatov Schulich Faculty of Chemistry“A New Analytical Technology: Laser Multiphoton Electron Extraction Spectroscopy”

Prof. Avraham ShtubDavidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management“Decision Support System for Project Management: The Project Team Builder (PTB)”

Dr Moshe TordjmanRussell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute and Solid State Institute“Novel P-type Dopant for Superior Diamond Surface Conductivity”

Daniel Shiran Memorial PrizeAssoc. Prof. Ester SegalFaculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering“Nanostructured Porous Silicon as Drug Carriers and their Behavior in Neoplastic Tissues”

Henry Taub Prizes for Academic Excellence (2015)Assoc. Prof. Oren CohenFaculty of Physics

Prof. Michael EladFaculty of Computer Science

Prof. Yonina EldarViterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Itai YanaiFaculty of Biology

Moshe Yanai Awards for Excellence in Education (2015)Prof. Joseph AvronFaculty of Physics

Prof. Shlomo BekhorFaculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Prof. Joseph Ben-Asher Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

Asst. Prof. Ayelet Baram-TsabariFaculty of Education in Technology and Science

Asst. Prof. Moran BercoviciFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Ran El-YanivFaculty of Computer Science

Prof. Daniel LewinWolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering

Prof. Ilan MarekSchulich Faculty of Chemistry

Prof. Ross PinskyFaculty of Mathematics

Prof. Danny RazFaculty of Computer Science

Assoc. Prof. Mark TalesnickFaculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

LEADERS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY and CAREER ADVANCEMENT CHAIRS

Chanin FellowAssoc. Prof. Karel MartensFaculty of Architecture and Town Planning

Horev FellowsAsst. Prof. Yachin IvryFaculty of Materials Science and Engineering

Asst. Prof. Tomer MichaeliViterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

David and Inez Myers Career Advancement Chair in Life SciencesAsst. Prof. Yonatan (Yoni) SavirRappaport Faculty of Medicine

Shalon FellowAsst. Prof. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus Faculty of Education in Science and Technology

Jacques Lewiner Career Advancement ChairAsst. Prof. Shlomo RazamatFaculty of Physics

Taub FellowsAsst. Prof. Roy SchwartzFaculty of Computer Science

Asst. Prof. Yuval FilmusFaculty of Computer Science


Viterbi Fellows in the Centerfor Computer Engineeringat the TechnionAssoc. Prof. Alex Bronstein Faculty of Computer Science

Asst. Prof. Shahar KvatinskyViterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Young Investigators Chair for Economics and Finance ResearchDr Reshef MeirDavidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management

NEW CHAIR INCUMBENTS

Stephen E. Berger Chair in EngineeringProf. Benveniste (Benny) NatanFaculty of Aerospace Engineering

Max (Maksymillian) Dresner and Dr Hanna Cymet-Dresner and their son Dr Pawel Dresner Chair in Work Study and Methods Engineering Prof. Shmuel OnnDavidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management

Louis Edelstein Chair in Medicine and Medical Research Prof. Ehud KleinRappaport Faculty of Medicine

David Erlik Chair in SurgeryProf. Yaron Har-ShaiRappaport Faculty of Medicine F.M.W. Academic ChairProf. Hossam HaickWolfson Faculty of Chemical EngineeringJoseph Israel Freund ChairProf. Eli BihamFaculty of Computer Science

Sydney Goldstein Chair in Aeronautical EngineeringProf. Jacob (Yaacov) CohenFaculty of Aerospace Engineering

Nahum Guzik Distinguished Academic ChairDistinguished Prof. Yitzhak ApeloigSchulich Faculty of Chemistry

Norman and Trudy Louis Chair in Engineering Prof. Eugen RabkinFaculty of Materials Science and Engineering

Mendes France Chair in Management and Economics Prof. Ron HolzmanFaculty of Mathematics

Betty Ann and Raymond J. Rosen Chair in Life Science Prof. Dan ZilbersteinFaculty of Biology

The Schlesinger Chair in Manufacturing SystemsProf. Erez HasmanFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

Robert J. Shillman Distinguished Research Chair Distinguished Prof. Mordechai SegevFaculty of Physics

Shirley Tark Chair in Aircraft Prof. Itzchak FrankelFaculty of Aerospace Engineering

Shmuel and Hanna Tolkowsky Chair in Mechanical EngineeringProf. Oleg GendelmanFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

Yeshayahu Winograd Chair in Fluid Mechanics and Heat TransferProf. Eyal ZussmanFaculty of Mechanical Engineering

The Abel Wolman Chair in Civil Engineering Prof. Oded RabinovitchFaculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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