People

AMIR GAT – PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (FULL CV)

B.Sc. Technion, 2005 (summa  cum laude). From 2005 till 2010, special track PhD, Technion. From 2010 to 2012, postdoctoral researcher CalTech (GALCIT). Currently Associate Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

NADAV ZEMAH – LAB MANAGER

B.Sc. Ben Gurion, 2014 (cum laude). M.E. Technion, 2019.From 2014 till 2018, R&D and Mold Engineer, Keter Plastic Ltd. From 2018 till 2020, R&D and Product Engineer, Chromagen Ltd.

DR. ANNA ZIGELMAN – RESEARCHER

PhD in Applied Math. (2015) Technion. From 2015 till 2020 Postdoc fellow in Chem. Eng. Department. Currently, a researcher working on models which involve asymptotical and numerical solutions of non-linear PDEs and integro-differential equations.

DR. LIOR SALEM – POSTDOC

B.Sc. BGU 2012. Ph.D. Technion 2021 (Technion Autonomous Systems Program). Currently working on search and rescue robotic platforms (co-supervised with Yizhar Or)

DR. SHAI ELBAZ – POSTDOC

B.Sc. Technion, 2005 (summa cum laude). From 2005 till 2013 Design Engineer, Elbit Systems Ltd., UAS (Silver Arrow). Ph.D. Technion, 2018. Currently postdoctoral researcher researching the subject of “Creating complex deformation patterns and increasing effective rigidity of elastic plates and shells via viscous flows in complex internal channel networks.” 

ISRAEL GABAY – Ph.D. STUDENT

B.Sc. Technion 2018 (summa cum laude). Works on “Theoretical and experimental investigation of elastic deformations driven by dielectrophoretic forces.”  (co-supervision with Moran Bercovici)

NETANEL CHEN – Ph.D. STUDENT

B.Sc. Technion 2015 (Cum Laude). M.Sc. Technion 2018, on “Dynamics and Instabilities of Soft Airfoil”; Brakim excellence program. From mid-2017 served in IAEC as an R&D Mech. engineer. Currently working on “Chord-wise Aeroelasticity with Application to Shape-Morphing Airfoils” and “Enhanced Impact Mitigation via Embedded Viscous Fluids.”

SOFIA KUPERMAN – Ph.D. STUDENT

BSc Technion, 2017, MSc Technion, 2019 (Cum Laude). Currently working on optimizing the efficiency of green energy storage by modeling fluid dynamics and particle interactions in flow batteries.

ERAN BEN-HAIM – Ph.D. STUDENT

B.Sc. Technion 2016 (cum laude). Student in the Brakim excellence program. From 2018 served in Rafael Advanced Defense System as an R&D Mech. engineer. Currently direct Ph.D. student. Working on the subject “Leveraging Bi-Stability for Minimalistic Control of Fluid Based Soft Actuators: Theoretical and Experimental Investigation.” (co-supervised with Yizhar Or)

EZRA BEN ABU – Ph.D. STUDENT

B.Sc. Afeka 2020. Currently studying for direct Ph.D. degree.
Working on the subject: “Energy cycles of multistable MetaFluids”

AVITAL REIZMAN – Ph.D. STUDENT

B.Sc. Chemical Engineering Technion, 2019. M.Sc. Chemical Engineering Technion, 2022: “Dynamic Coating Using the Acoustowetting Phenomenon”. Currently works on dynamics of floating particles.

YARON VEKSLER – Ph.D. STUDENT

B.Sc. Technion, 2014 (Summa Cum Laude). M.Sc. Technion 2018 (Summa Cum Laude). From 2016 to 2022 worked as an engineer in Unit 81, The Special Operations Technology Unit, IDF. From 2022 works as a researcher in General Motors. Currently working on shape-morphing multistable structures.

YOSSI ABRAMOV – M.Sc. STUDENT

B.Sc. Tel Aviv (2015) (with honors). From 2015 till 2018 Mechanical Engineer Officer, IAF. From 2018 till 2021 Mechanical Design Engineer, IAF. Working on minimal controlled multistable soft growing robot for medical applications.

PREVIOUS GROUP MEMBERS

  • Dor Suki, M.Sc. student 2022-2023
  • Nitzan Popper, M.Sc. student 2021-2023
  • Ofek Peretz, Ph.D. student 2018-2022 (Currently Postdoc @ Cornell)
  • Eldar Zacharin, M.Sc. student 2020-2022.
  • Peter Brietman, Ph.D. student 2018-2021 (Currently @ nvidia)
  • Michael Pukshansky, M.Sc. student, 2019-2021 (Currently @ GM).
  • Benny Gamus, PhD student, 2016-2021 (Currently @ Blue White Robotics)
  • Dotan Ilssar, Postdoc 2018-2021 (Currently Postdoc at ETH)
  • Evgeniy Boyko, Ph.D. student, 2014-2020 (Currently Assist. Prof. @ Technion)
  • Yoav Matia, Ph.D. student, 2014-2019 (Currently Postdoc @ Cornell, Thesis, website)
  • Lior Goldstein, M.Sc. student (external), 2014-2019.
  • Shai Elbaz, Ph.D. student, 2014-2018
  • Arie Tulchinsky, Ph.D. student, 2014-2018 (Currently Researcher @ Kamag)
  • Netanel Chen, M.Sc. student, 2016-2018
  • Amit Vurgaft, M.Sc. student, 2016-2017
  • Itai Sarig, M.Sc. student, 2015-2017
  • Hila Jacob, M.Sc. student, 2014-2016
  • Yonathan Friedman, M.Sc. student, 2014-2016
  • Tsah Elimellech, M.Sc. student, 2014-2016
  • Yonathan Achache, M.Sc. student, 2014-2016
  • Roei Elfassi, M.Sc. student, 2014-2016
  • Yoav Green, Postdoc, 2015-2016 (Currently Assist. Prof. @ Ben-Gurion U.).
  • Max Linshits, M.Sc. student, 2012-2014
  • Allaka Himabindu, M.Sc. student, 2013-2014
There are open positions for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers.