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 MANAGERB.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 – RESEARCHERPhD 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 – POSTDOCB.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 – POSTDOCB.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. STUDENTB.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. STUDENTB.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. STUDENTBSc 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. |
EZRA BEN ABU – Ph.D. STUDENTB.Sc. Afeka 2020. Currently studying for direct Ph.D. degree. |
AVITAL REIZMAN – Ph.D. STUDENTB.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. STUDENTB.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. STUDENTB.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. |
SAGI SENDEROVICH – M.Sc. STUDENTB.Sc. Ben Gurion (summa cum laude) in structural engineering. From 2022 till 2024 conducted research in lab for structures under extreme loads at BGU. Currently working on modeling of multistable structures under fluid-structure interaction. |
YOAV BEN HAIM – M.Sc. STUDENTB.Sc. Technion 2024. Student in the Brakim excellence program. Working on the subject “Optimization of multistable metafluids”. |
PREVIOUS GROUP MEMBERS
- Eran ben-Haim, PhD student, 2020-2024
- 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.