INDUSTRY

GUIDE TO
TECHNION
Research Projects > Research Services > Technology Transfer
Cover: Electromagnetic Collapse of Metallic Cylinders
Optical Microsope

Mr. Zev Lovinger and Prof. Daniel Rittel

Dynamic Fractures Laboratory
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Small hollow metallic cylinders are collapsed onto a copper core using intense
electromagnetic fields. The experiment lasts a few microseconds. Optical (light)
microscopy is used to characterize the deformed microstructure of the cylinder.

From LABSCAPES exhibition at Technion, created and curated by Mrs. Anat Har-Gil.
INDUSTRY
GUIDE TO
TECHNION
Research Projects > Research Services > Technology Transfer

Produced by Technion Research and Development Foundation (TRDF).

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First Edition May 2014.

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 Industry Guide to Technion

Contents

6 About the Technion 67 Ion Implantation Laboratory

10 Research Cooperation with Industry 67 Near Field Optical Scanning and Raman Microscopy Laboratory
11 Liaison Office 68 Variable Temperature, Ultra-High Vacuum, Scanning Probe Microscope
16 Affiliates Programs (VT-UHVSPM) Laboratory
17 Research Equipment and Infrastructure 69 Surface Science Laboratory
20 Research Contracts 70 Stephen and Nancy Grand Water Research Institute (GWRI)
24 Technology Transfer 74 Blumenstein Family Information Center (BFIC)
25 Technion Technology Transfer (T3) 75 Transportation Research Institute (TRI)
30 Alfred Mann Institute at the Technion (AMIT) 76 Traffic Management Research Center
31 BioRap Technologies Ltd.
78 Faculties
33 Interdisciplinary Research Programs 79 Aerospace Engineering
34 Lorry I. Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences and Engineering (LS&E) 81 Aerodynamics Laboratory
36 Life Sciences and Engineering Infrastructure Center 81 Computational Laboratory for Aerospace Structures
37 Light Microscopy and Imaging Unit 81 Cooperative Autonomous Systems Laboratory
38 Flow Cytometry Unit 82 Distributed Space Systems Laboratory
39 Technion Genome Center 82 Philadelphia Flight Control Laboratory
40 Technion Center for Structural Biology (TCSB) 83 Krumbein Aircraft Structures Laboratory
41 Bioinformatics Knowledge Unit (BKU) 83 Sylvia and David I.A. Fine Rocket Propulsion Center
42 Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP) 84 Turbo and Jet-Engine Laboratory
44 Technion Photovoltaic Laboratory 84 Turbomachinery and Heat Transfer Laboratory
44 Technion Hydrogen Technologies Research Laboratory (HTR) 86 Architecture and Town Planning
45 Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Energy Storage Complex 88 Visualization Laboratory (VizLab)
45 Satell Family Nitrogen-Hydrogen Alternative Fuels (NAHF) 90 Technion Computer Oriented Design and Manufacturing Laboratory
Reaction Research Laboratory (T_CODE)
46 Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI) 90 Center for Architectural Research and Development
48 Focal Technological Area - Nanophotonics for Advanced Light Detection 90 Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS)
50 Technion Autonomous Systems Program (TASP) 91 Architectural Heritage Research Center
52 Technion Computer Engineering Center (TCE) 92 Biology
54 Intel Collaborative Research Institute-Computational Intelligence (ICRI-CI) 93 Smoler Proteomics Center
95 Biomedical Engineering
55 Research Institutes 96 Lorry I. Lokey Tissue Regeneration Group in the Biomedical
56 National Building Research Institute (NBRI) Engineering Laboratories
57 Testing Hall and Structural Engineering Laboratory 97 Biotechnology and Food Engineering
58 Impact Laboratory 98 Synthetic Biology Laboratory
58 Building Materials Laboratory 98 Nanostructured Molecular Assemblies Laboratory
59 Thermal and Energy Laboratory 98 Molecular and Applied Biocatalysis Laboratory
60 Radiation Safety in Construction Laboratory 98 Applied Genomics and Food Microbiology Laboratory
60 Seskin Virtual Construction Laboratory 98 Chemistry of Foods and Bioactive Ingredients Laboratory
62 Norman and Helen Asher Space Research Institute (ASRI) 99 Mammalian Cell Technology Laboratory
63 Distributed Space Systems Laboratory (DSSL) 99 Biopolymers and Food Nano-Biotechnology Laboratory
63 Electric Propulsion Laboratory 99 Cancer Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Laboratory
63 Space Interferometry Laboratory 99 Molecular Nutrition Laboratory
64 SAMSON Project 99 Goldstein Packaging Laboratory
66 Solid State Institute (SSI) 99 Biomaterials Laboratory
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100 Host Defense Peptides Laboratory 148 Electron Microscopy Center

100 Functional Nanomaterials, Biosensors, and Sensors Laboratory 148 FEI Titan 80-300 keV S/TEM
100 Protein and Enzyme Engineering Laboratory 150 FEI Tecnai G2 T20 S-Twin TEM
100 Molecular Biology of Pathogens Laboratory 150 FEI Strata 400s Dual Beam FIB
100 Electron Microscopy 151 Zeiss Ultra-Plus FEG-SEM
107 Chemical Engineering 151 FEI E-SEM Quanta 200
108 Interfacial Phenomena Laboratory 151 X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory
108 Injection molding Extruder Laboratory 153 Mathematics
108 Laser Light Scattering Laboratory 154 Mechanical Engineering
109 Laboratory for Nonmaterial Based Devices (LNBD) 155 Materials Mechanics Center
109 Rabin Laboratory - Desalination and Water Treatment 155 Computational Fluid Dynamics laboratory (CFDLAB)
109 Photocatalysis and Thin Film Laboratory 155 Multiphase Flow and Thermal Management Laboratory
110 Small and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS) 156 Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory
110 Electron Microscopy 156 Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamical Systems (NCDS) Laboratory
111 Material Characterization 157 Shamban and Microsystems Tribology Laboratories
112 Electronic Device Fabrication and Analysis 157 Micro- and Nano-Fluidics Laboratory (MNFL)
113 Thin Film Characterization 160 Medicine
113 Particle Sizing and More 162 Medicine AP - T2Med
114 Water and Desalination Laboratory 164 Biomedical Core Facility
114 Micro-Fluids Laboratory 164 Imaging and Microscopy Center
116 Chemistry 166 Genomic Center
118 Chemical and Surface Analysis Laboratory 167 Flow Cytometry Center
119 NMR Laboratory 168 Preclinical Research Authority
120 Mass Spectrometry Laboratory 170 Physics
120 X-ray Crystallography Laboratory
121 Civil and Environmental Engineering 173 Service Units
122 Structural Engineering and Construction Management Division 174 Russell Berrie Nanoparticles and Nanometric Systems
122 National Building Research Institute (NBRI) Characterization (NNSCC)
123 Environmental, Water and Agricultural Engineering Division 174 Spectroscopy
124 Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Research Center 175 Static and Dynamic Light Scattering
125 Agricultural Engineering Research Center 175 Atomic Force Microscope
125 Transportation and Geo-Information Division 176 Preparative HPLC
127 Computer Science 176 LCMS
131 Education in Science and Technology 177 Israel Institute of Metals (IIM)
135 Electrical Engineering 182 Azrieli Continuing Education and External Studies Division
140 I. Kidron Microelectronics Research Center in the Wolfson Building 183 Center for Computational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
for Microelectronics and the Zisapel Building for Nanoelectronics and Technion Minerva Centers (TAMNUN)
142 Industrial Engineering and Management
145 Technion-Microsoft Electronic Commerce Research Center 184 Research Equipment List
146 Materials Science and Engineering
148 Metallographic Laboratory
148 Furnace Laboratory
148 Conventional TEM specimen preparation
148 Magnetron Sputtering
Industry Guide to Technion An introduction

From the very beginning,

the relationship between the
Technion and Israeli industry
has been of prime importance.
As early as 1925, Menachem
Ussishkin, a mining engineer by
profession, opened his keynote
address at the opening ceremony
of the Technion with the following words: “Basic research
and applied research are the two sides of the same coin.”
Indeed, throughout its history the Technion has supported
applied research, viewing its relationship with industry
as being of prime importance. Technion graduates have
been responsible for transforming the basis of the Israeli
economy from agriculture to high-tech, and play a major
role in the Start-Up Nation phenomenon.

As we enter the second century of its existence, the relationship between the
Technion and industry is becoming even more important. In order to serve the
Israeli economy effectively, it is vital that industry be aware of current research at
the Technion, and the advanced facilities and services the Technion offers.
The prime goal of this booklet is to make this kind of information easily available.
For each Faculty we have given a short history and a summary of the main themes
of its activities and links to the relevant topics and facilities, including QR Codes,
names of staff, and contact details.

We hope that you will find this booklet informative and useful.

Prof. Peretz Lavie

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Industry Guide to Technion Technion in brief

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology is a public

research university in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1912, it
is the oldest university in Israel. The Technion offers
degrees in science and engineering, and related
fields such as architecture, medicine, industrial
management, and education. It has 18 academic
faculties and 52 research centers. Since its founding, it
has awarded 95,821 degrees, and its graduates are cited
for providing the skills and education behind the creation
and defense of the State of Israel.

Interesting facts
The Technion’s 616 Faculty members currently
Out of 59,100 Technion 15% of Technion female
include three Nobel Laureates in chemistry.
graduates who are graduates have also
currently of working launched businesses.
In 2012, the magazine Business Insider ranked the
age, a quarter (24%)
Technion among the World’s top 25 engineering
are either CEO’s or Of all Technion
schools.
VP’s. Another 41% hold graduates, 35% work in
management positions. industry, and 12% work
In 2011, the Technion partnered with Cornell
in R&D; thus nearly
University to submit a winning proposal to New York
10,882 Technion half of all graduates are
City to set up the Jacobs Technion Cornell Institute
graduates, or 18.4% of employed in jobs that
of Innovation (JTCII) on Roosevelt Island.
all graduates, work or either directly produce
have worked, in startup goods and services, or
In 2013, the Technion embarked on establishing the
companies. help design and create
Technion Guangdong Institute of Technology (TGIT)
them.
in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China.
13,500 Technion
graduates, nearly a Of all Technion
In 2013, Technion was ranked in sixth place in the
quarter of all graduates, graduates employed
world for entrepreneurship and innovation, in the first
have initiated a in industry, 75% are
comprehensive survey conducted by the MIT.
business. employed in high-tech
industries.
In 2013, the Center for World University Rankings
ranked the Technion 66th in the World.
Source: Technion’s Contribution to the Israeli Economy through its Graduates,
by Amnon Frenkel and Shlomo Maital, S. Neaman Institute Working Paper,
January 2012
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ABOUT
THE
TECHNION
Industry Guide to Technion Technion in brief

In 2013, the Shanghai Academic Ranking rated the

Technion as 77th in its list of the World’s top 100
universities. (l-r)
Dist. Prof. Avram Hershko
Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2004
In 2013, the Technion was the only school outside of
Dist. Prof. Aaron Ciechanover
the United States to make it into the top 10 on a new Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004
Bloomberg Rankings list of schools whose graduates Dist. Prof. Dan Shechtman
are CEOs of top US technical companies. Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2011

Dist. Prof. Arieh Warshel

Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2013
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Neuroscience

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molecules into hydrogen and
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could revolutionize energy storage
of hydrogen-based fuels
Industry Guide to Technion Research Cooperation with Industry

RESEARCH
COOPERATION
WITH INDUSTRY
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LIAISON OFFICE
The Liaison Office promotes research and development opportunities
for Technion researchers and partners in Israel and around the World.
The Liaison Office offers a proactive and time-efficient interface for
creating partnerships between Technion researchers and industries.
Upon receiving a list of an industry’s technological needs, it can search
http://liaison.technion.ac.il the Technion campus for suitable researchers and facilities, and promote
customized cooperation. The Liaison Office not only initiates the
process of collaboration, but also closely follows the entire process, and
assists in its various stages.

Contact Industry-Academia Cooperation and Services

Alex Gordon The Technion provides a wide range of R&D opportunities for national,
Head of Liaison Office international and global companies searching for a technological edge
Tel: +972-4-829-3097 through collaboration. The combination of world-class researchers, a
[email protected] wide spectrum of state-of-the-art facilities and laboratories, research
centers and institutes, together with extensive experience with
industrial partners, ensure that the Liaison Office offers the highest
level of cooperation.

Technion Liaison Office Services for Industries:

Translating an industry’s needs into scientific and technological requirements
Coordinating campus resources with an industry’s technological needs
Linking relevant researchers with industrial partners
Coordinating visits, networking sessions, and seminars with industries.
Meetings with relevant researchers
Mediating between industry and the researchers’ needs and viewpoints
Assisting in finding the appropriate financial tools for each project
Providing assistance during all phases of the project

Making contact Arranging Evalulation Forming a

with Industry Visiting the the partner’s of cooperation research
and other partner visit to the potential cooperation
partners Technion project
Industry Guide to Technion Research Cooperation with Industry

Mutual Advantages of Industry-Academic Cooperation

Risk and cost reduction of R&D | Shortening time to market | Access
to research and industrial infrastructures | Access to the wide range
of resources of academic and industrial knowledge | Direct access
to future skilled employees | A platform for upgrading and educating
industrial staff | Public awareness through high visibility collaboration |
Initiating research projects based on industrial needs
 
Modes of Cooperation
The Liaison Office has extensive experience with European Union
Framework programs, as well as programs of the Office of the Chief
Scientist of the Ministry of Economy (OCS), and other relevant programs.
The OCS programs are jointly funded by the OCS itself, and by industry.
The five main programs that deal with technology transfer are: Magnet,
Magneton, Nofar, Kamin, and Meymad, described below.

EU Framework Programs
The main core activity of the Liaison Office is to encourage and assist
researchers and their partners in forming research consortia, and
developing training and career development networks and individual
excellence projects, all within EU Framework programs.

These industry-relevant programs include:

Technological Consortia:
This is the main funding tool for sustainable strategic collaboration
between stakeholders in a specific topic. A successful consortium
includes relevant partners, from idea to market, on a specific
technological topic. The more industry-oriented consortium should
be naturally top-down market-driven. The more generic type
normally deals with the development of a setup of new technologies,
examining their feasibility in future applications, products, and
markets. Some consortia may extend into a community, combining
research and training, as well as academic and business and
technology transfer. The partnership consortium may cooperate with
other consortia and projects.

Future and Emerging Technologies (FET):

Part of the European Horizon 2020 program will be FET activities. This
program provides the greatest potential for academia to collaborate with
industry in the European frame. FET will be the most innovative applied
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research tool, with focus on the development and transfer of cutting-

edge knowledge between industry and academia.

Innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SME):

This is a 3-stage program aimed at the start-up and promotion of new
emerging innovative companies in the EU. 1st Stage - Feasibility risk IP
pilot activity, individual start-up with a €50,000 budget, up to 6 months
duration, 2nd Stage - Demonstration prototype design scale-up and
business plan with a €1-3 million budget over 1-2 years (Co-fund),
3rd Stage - Commercialization fund-raising by a COSME-EU funding
consortium or other organization.

Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE):

This aims at the promotion of international industry and academia staff
exchange, with the goal of knowledge transfer between sectors.

Innovative Training Networks (ITN):

This provides support for training of early stage researchers (less than
5 years with MSc degree) in multi-partner networks, including a strong
industrial focus. Under the ITN umbrella is the European Industrial
Doctorate (EID) program funding doctorate positions with a minimum
of 50% of the time spent within the industry.

European Research Council - Proof of Concept (ERC POC):

Researchers who have received an ERC grant can apply for a
subsequent Proof of Concept (POC) grant to fund further development
of results which have market potential. This can include demonstration
models for industry, licensing, or the creation of spinoff companies.
Funding is approximately €150,000 for up to 18 months.

Projects Directly Funded by Industry

In this mode, the Technion carries out a research project that is guided
by the industry’s needs. Cooperation could be a fully-funded project, a
combined industry and Technion research program, laboratory funding,
a joint research center, or other arrangement. Terms of collaboration,
including budget, duration, IP, or a combination with a framework
agreement, would be adopted for each project. This is a flexible and
pragmatic mode of operation.
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Programs of the Office of the Chief Scientist

Magnet:
This 3-5 year program supports the formation of industrial consortia with
Israeli academic institutions, to perform joint generic pre-competitive
research, technological development, and innovation in a particular topic,
http://www.moital.gov.il/ which may lead to a new generation of advanced products.
CmsTamat/Rsrc/
MadaanEnglish/
MadaanEnglish.html Magneton:
This 1-2 year program supports transfer of technology from an
academic institution to an Israeli industrial company, in all fields.
The ultimate budget of Magneton is NIS 3,400,000 in total, for both
academia and industry. The Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy
funds 66% of this budget, and 34% is funded by the industrial partner.
The academic institution is funded 100% through this budget.

Nofar:
This program, lasting 12-15 months, supports advanced stages of applied
academic research, not yet oriented towards a specific product, but
already of interest to a business partner, and aims to bring the research to a
mature phase. This program is limited to the feasibility phase. Later phases
require other programs. This program enables an Israeli business partner
(or an Israeli R&D subsidiary of an international company) to invest in it in
the future, forming a cooperation based on the research achievements.
The Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy funds 90% of the budget
(maximum NIS 450,000), and 10% is funded by the industrial partner. The
partner has the first right to examine the research results.

Kamin:
This is a 1-2 year program which bridges between basic and applied research
that is not ready yet to be funded by industry. Kamin is open to all fields of
science and technology. The maximum funding for a 1-year project is NIS
360,000, which is 90% of the requested budget. The maximum funding for
a 2-year project is NIS 680,000, which is 85% of the requested budget. In
special cases an additional year may be funded, the maximum funding being
NIS 264,000, which is 66% of the requested budget.
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Meymad:
The program promotes creative and innovative dual-use technologies,
particularly aimed at the international market. Governmental funding is
at the level of 50%-66% of the approved budget. The projects adopt either
the Magneton or Nofar scheme, according to the nature of the project. The
maximum Magneton-based budget is NIS 5 million for a research period of
up to 30 months. For a Nofar-based project, the maximum budget is NIS
500,000 for a research period of up to 15 months.

Bilateral and Multinational Industrial Programs

In these frameworks, the Technion can sub-contract Israeli industries.
The main participants are the industries funded by the Ministry of
Economy, according to the Direct Industrial R&D Scheme. The other
parties are funded by their national body, according to its rules. This
scheme includes multinational programs, such as EUREKA, Galileo, and
ETP-GTI ERANET programs, and additional bilateral funds, such as BIRD,
CIIRDF, and KORIL-RDF.

Additional Programs
There are additional governmental programs for industry-academia
collaboration, such as programs by the Ministry of Science, Technology
and Space, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the
Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, and others. The Liaison Office,
together with other units in TRDF, assists in locating available programs
and in submitting a proposal.

Faculty Services and Student Programs

Various Technion faculties also have a person in charge of industrial
cooperation, such as joint seminar days and carrying out relevant
student projects based on particular industrial needs. These projects are
specified by the industry, and are usually carried out by undergraduate
students. The projects may include two mentors, one from industry
and one from the Faculty. The industry receives a very high-level
development solution at a very low cost. These projects interface, and
preserve and continue the existing industry-academia relationship, and
may affect the content of academic courses. As added value, these
projects provide hands-on experience for the students, and prepare
them for dealing with real-life problems. In many cases these students
are later employed by the industry.
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INDUSTRIAL
AFFILIATES
PROGRAMS

The Industrial Affiliates Programs (IAPs) are intended to facilitate direct ties
between academia and industry. Supported by corporate membership fees,
these programs provide access for industry to research in departments, and
programs of interest. IAP members typically attend meetings, receive copies
of reports and publications, and have opportunities to recruit students. Any
interested company may join an affiliate program. This framework transcends
traditional borders to form win-win relationships, while achieving and
maintaining excellence.
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RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Accessing Information and the Use of Research
Equipment and Infrastructure in the Technion
The Technion is comprised of 17 research faculties and a large number
of research centers, institutes, and laboratories. The research performed
by the Faculty, students and staff of these units is facilitated by the
presence of hundreds of items of scientific and engineering equipment,
in many cases with the most advanced capabilities in Israel, and in
some cases in the World. For instance, in the field of visualization,
Technion microscopes and other types of equipment allow researchers
the ability to see natural and synthetic materials, from atoms all the
way up to industrial structures. The Technion’s advanced equipment is
available for use to outside researchers, including those from industry.

Finding the correct equipment or infrastructure

The Technion’s website can aid industrial researchers and manufacturers
in their search for specific equipment or other infrastructure that may be
of assistance for their research requirements. General research sites that
are good starting points are:

Research faculties and

interdisciplinary research centers
http://www1.technion.ac.il/en/technion-
research-units

Specific labs and equipment

http://www.admin.technion.ac.il/manlam/
Research_Equipment.html

Specific research centers, with

sub-listings of equipment present
in the centers
http://www.admin.technion.ac.il/manlam/
Infrastructure_centers.html
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Use of Technion equipment

Scientific and engineering equipment can be found in the personal
laboratories of Faculty members, as well as in Faculty Equipment
Centers. Most of the larger and more expensive items of equipment
can be found in the Technion’s Interdisciplinary Research Centers.
The regulations for each area are thus dependent on the responsible
laboratory. The website links below can lead you to these centers, and
include specific information on how to contact the responsible scientific
team, as well as details of the capabilities of the equipment, requests
for time, and costs. The teams responsible for the equipment are very
knowledgeable about its performance, and will help in determining
whether the equipment can perform your experiments, as well as how
best to plan them. The major interdisciplinary infrastructure centers are:

Russell Berrie Nanotechnology

Institute (RBNI)*
http://rbni.technion.
ac.il/?cmd=infrastructure.395

Lorry I. Lokey Center for

Life Science and Engineering
http://isu.technion.ac.il

Faculty of Medicine Center for

Interdepartmental Equipment
http://www.medicinelab.org.il/
website/index.asp

Solid State Institute

http://solid-state.technion.ac.il

Faculty of Chemical Engineering

http://ceweb.technion.ac.il/research-labs
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Schulich Faculty of Chemistry

http://schulich.technion.ac.il/
Facilities-Services-Schulich-Technion

Virtual Facility Map

http://rbni.technion.ac.il/.upload/rbni_map2013%5B1%5D.swf
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RESEARCH
CONTRACTS
The Technion carries out various research activities with industry (both
Israeli and multi-national), governments and public institutions.

Agreements (as opposed to grants) between the Technion and

industry typically fall into one of the following categories:

Service Framework
Agreement / Research Collaborative
Laboratory Agreement Research
Agreement Agreement

Contractual arrangements depend on the parties’ control over scope

and timing of the activities, budgeting, the nature of the services
provided or the research conducted, ownership in and to the intellectual
property rights, and the relevant model of using thereof, type of research
personnel involved, etc.

Service Agreement / Laboratory Agreement

These agreements are typically used at the Technion in the
following situations:

Rendering standard services at the various Technion centers and

laboratories: for example, providing proteomic analysis at the Smoler
Proteomics Center, microscope work by the Titan Microscope at the
Material Engineering Faculty, or conducting preclinical trials at the
Pre-Clinical Research Authority.

For such services, standard agreements address industry's concerns

and requirements, such as full ownership of the results, confidentiality
obligations, etc.
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Technion personnel render a service based on specific equipment

and expertise therein, providing the results to a client; while no
intellectual input is required and no scientific publications are sought
by Technion personnel.

For such services we use our standard laboratory agreement

appropriate to the industry/client’s requirements.

Research Agreements
Typically, industry from one side and Technion personnel from the
other side, wish to conduct a specific research project, aimed at
generating useful and valuable intellectual property. Such a project may
be based on intellectual property or know-how originating from the
Technion, the Industry, or even available in the public domain.

Research activities to be performed by Technion personnel vary. We

at the Technion recognize that working with a large university can be
challenging, and we are therefore committed to simplifying the process.
We take a flexible approach, tailoring solutions to meet the specific
needs of all parties, especially the need of industry to use the results of
such a research project to improve its own capabilities. Each research
agreement is unique, and receives our full attention.

Research agreements include many aspects, as specifically required for

the related project, including the research scope and program, related
budget and schedule of payments, reports, confidentiality obligations,
academic publication issues, responsibility and liability, and intellectual
property ownership and related terms for the right to the use thereof.

In general, the process begins with defining the scope of the work and
the expected timeline and budget with the relevant Technion personnel.
Research progress and related deliverables are reported in a timely
manner, following a schedule agreed by the Technion and the industry.

Following the initiation of such agreements, the research authority and

the legal department proceed as follows. The research authority will
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contact the industry asking for a representative to be responsible for

all project-related matters, as well as a contact person responsible for
payment by the industry. The legal department will handle the related
agreement setting, negotiating all relevant terms, while balancing
parties’ requirements and expectations.

Some important issues will need to be addressed in the agreement:

Academic Publication:
The research team varies from one project to another. It usually
includes a Technion faculty member, senior research personnel, such
as post-doctoral fellows, research assistants, professional engineers and
technicians, and students. The research team is required to publish its
work, even if it is part of a sponsored research project. As the project
results may be more strategic and competitive in nature, we usually set
a proper mechanism, granting the industry a reasonable time to review
the draft of the publication and protect related intellectual property
prior to publication. Of course, such publications will not include any
confidential industry information.

Intellectual Property Rights - Ownership and the Right to Use:

According to our standard model, any intellectual property rights
arising out of a research project performed by a Technion research
team are owned exclusively by the Technion. In the case that both
parties have contributed to the generation of the intellectual property
(i.e., inventorship contribution), the rights are jointly owned. The
industry is granted the first option to receive an exclusive right to use
the intellectual property (both the Technion's and the jointly-owned
rights) for its own use, under commercial terms to be further negotiated
with the Technion. Such commercial terms shall include the relevant
consideration that the Technion will be paid for using the IP (usually
royalties), relevant field of use/application, agreements regarding IP
protection expenses, etc.

Best Efforts - No liability for implementation of deliverables:

It is important to understand that funding a research project is different
from hiring a commercial entity for up-scaling, improving, designing,
or developing products. The Technion is an academic institution
performing research work; hence we cannot guarantee the success
of research projects and success in reaching the expected outcomes.
The research activities shall be performed on a 'Best Efforts' basis, and
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the Technion shall release itself from any liability related to realizing the
outcome in products or services.

Conflicts of interest, ethics and regulations:

The Technion has established ethics, bylaws and other regulations
which may influence research activities. For example, the principal
investigator of a certain industry-funded research project that has also
provided private consulting services to the industry in the past may
have a conflict of interest.

It is not necessarily the case that all conflicts must be eliminated, but
they must be disclosed and properly managed. Mechanisms exist for
handling conflict situations.

Framework Collaborative Research Agreement

With large and frequent funding industrial partners, the Technion looks
favorably on establishing framework agreements to which specific
research projects are appended.

A framework collaborative research agreement involves a standard set

of terms to apply to all research activities which the industry sponsors
at the Technion. An agreed-upon Statement of Works (SoW) with the
specific details is worked out on a case-by-case basis, and is subject to
the framework terms.

A framework collaborative research agreement is usually tailored for the

industrial partner's specific field, and may grant the partner more flexible
terms that those in standard agreements.

Major Research Centers:

Such a center is established based on substantial industry commitment.
The terms of use of a center's derived intellectual property are tailor-
made on a case-by-case basis.

Summary
The Technion is committed to building strong relationships with our
industrial partners, contributing to their economic development and
competitiveness. These valuable partnerships help boost the Technion's
research excellence and deliver solutions to industry's current
challenges and needs.
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TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER

Home to three Nobel Laureates, the Technion is recognized as the

game changer, the secret behind Israel becoming a technological
powerhouse. As Israel's first university, it has a long history of taking
seemingly impossible challenges and turning them into opportunities.
The Technion is credited worldwide for its ability to generate start-
ups, its remarkable ability to innovate, and its deep relationship
with industry. Ranked sixth worldwide for entrepreneurships
and innovation (according to a survey conducted recently by
MIT in collaboration with Skolkovo), the Technion has made a
significant impact in all fields of applied science and technology,
including electronics, information technology, water management,
nanotechnology, life sciences, chemistry, clean-tech, materials
engineering, and aerospace engineering.
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Technion Technology Transfer - T3

The Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd. (TRDF)
is a fully-owned subsidiary of the Technion. Among others, TRDF,
through T³ –Technion Technology Transfer – is responsible for
the commercialization of the Technion's intellectual property (IP).
www.t3.technion.ac.il TRDF's policy for commercialization of technologies developed
by Technion researchers and employees is derived from the
Technion's vision and goals. T³ aims to commercialize technologies
developed at the Technion primarily via (a) license agreements and
raising investment/funding for further development of discoveries/
inventions, and (b) establishment of spin-off companies. The
main purpose of T³ is to open the doors to innovation, facilitating
the transformation of new ideas into successful products and
companies in World markets.
Contact
Benjamin Soffer T³’s mission is to provide the tools needed to facilitate and
Chief Executive Officer support the transformation of scientific discoveries and
Tel: +972-4-829-4851 innovations into real-life, applied solutions. By creating optimal
[email protected] alliances between scientists, industry and investors, T³ enables
the smooth transfer of technologies to the commercial sector.
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WHAT
MAKES
ISRAEL
ONE OF
THE MOST
INNOVATIVE
PLACES ON
EARTH?
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As part of TRDF, T³’s success in bridging between the laboratory and

the marketplace has been critical in confirming the Technion's position
as a global pioneer of innovation. Through its activities, T³ aims to
ensure that the companies to which Technion IP is licensed, and new
incorporated spin-off companies based on Technion IP, will contribute
to Israel’s economy, advancement and welfare, and that the products
they develop will improve the quality of life and longevity of the citizens
of Israel and the World.

During recent years, T³ has enjoyed a robust and marked increase, both
in the number of patent families originating from Technion research,
and in the number of commercialization successes.

T³’s activities include:

Analysis of new inventions and concepts developed at the Technion.
Protection and maintenance of IP.
Licensing technologies developed at the Technion.
Incorporation of spin-off companies based on Technion IP.
Support and investments in Technion-affiliated companies.
Negotiation and approval of the IP and business aspects of
agreements with industry.

Into Business
In its commercialization efforts, T³ is guided by the belief that a key
component in bridging the gap between scientific innovation and
commercial success is the development of a coherent high-throughput
methodology of technology transfer. This involves creativity, time,
tenacity, and an excellent team of professionals. T³’s commercialization
strategies are customized to meet the requirements of each venture. It
is this ability to adapt to the needs of investors and the market that has
made T³ a winning pioneer in world-class technology transfer.
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For more information: T³’s main commercialization avenues include:

www.t3.technion.ac.il/ The Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program, in which entrepreneurs
entrepreneurship are engaged in a joint effort to identify applications for technologies,
and to form start-up companies. As part of this program, in exchange
for equity royalties, the EIR program invites entrepreneurs to
commercialize the Technion’s groundbreaking technologies. The
program introduces experienced entrepreneurs to the Technion’s
research environment, offering them all the support needed to
identify promising technologies and launch start-up companies.

Licensing of Technion intellectual property (IP) to established

companies.

Incorporation of spin-off companies based on Technion IP within the

framework of incubators, based on seed (usually angel) investments.

T³ aims, as far as possible, to enable the technology transfer by licensing

(against royalties) the technologies to companies in Israel, so that
they continue to contribute to the development and prosperity of the
country's economy.

Technologies for commercialization

Available Technologies
With over 600 granted patents and over 850 patents pending, T³ brings
you the best in Technion know-how and research. You can check our
database of available technologies for commercialization, and also
subscribe to new technology updates at: www.t3.technion.ac.il.
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Technion Fund
During the past four years, Technion-originated companies have
attracted investments exceeding $200 million. Such investments testify
to the value of, as well as the confidence of sophisticated private
investors in, the technologies emanating from the Technion.
The Technion and TRDF have formed a limited partnership – the
Technion Investment Opportunities Fund. This $10 million fund
was established by the Technion and TRDF in order to exercise the
Technion's pre-emptive rights in its portfolio of companies. Each
potential investment is reviewed by the Investment Committee of the
Fund, and is then confirmed by its Executive Committee.

Alfred Mann Institute at the Technion (AMIT)

T3 also incorporates spin-off companies based on Technion IP in
the framework of internal commercialization, such as the Alfred
Mann Institute at the Technion (AMIT). AMIT, established in 2006,
is a technology accelerator, which supports the development and
commercialization of exceptional biomedical innovations conceived by
Technion researchers.
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http://www.amitechnion.com
Alfred Mann Institute at the Technion (AMIT)
The Alfred Mann Institute at the Technion (AMIT) is a technology
Contact incubator, which supports the development and commercialization of
[email protected] exceptional biomedical innovations conceived by Technion researchers.
Established in 2006 by Dr. Alfred E. Mann, an American entrepreneur
and philanthropist, the Institute aspires to bridge the gap between
academic research and commercial success.

AMIT pursues the creation of significant value for patients, by nurturing

research creativity with structured development and sophisticated
commercialization.

By creating significant commercial value, we position subsidiaries for

later stage technology transfers, generating significant returns for the
Technion and the inventors.

AMIT has a multidisciplinary core team of employees and consultants,

led by Dr. Zeev Gilkis, a former corporate investment manager and a
director of several high-tech and biotech companies. It operates under
the common control of the Technion, the American Technion Society
(ATS), and the Alfred E. Mann Foundation (AMF).

Four ventures currently operate as part of AMIT: Sealantis Ltd., which

develops alga-mimetic tissue adhesives; ACC, which develops anti-
cancer therapeutics; Sanoculis, which develops revolutionary devices
for glaucoma treatment; and Accellta, which develops and markets
stem-cell technologies.

Located on the Technion campus and part of the Technion community;

AMIT is the home for Technion researchers who envision the
transformation of their discoveries and inventions into viable products
for the benefit of patients and healthcare providers. 
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Contact: BioRap Technologies Ltd.

Dr. Orit Shaked, CEO BioRap Technologies Ltd. is a technology transfer company built
Tel. +972-4-829-5402 upon patented technologies and creative innovations developed by
Fax. +972-4-855-2296 the research scientists of the Rappaport Institute for Research in the
[email protected] Biomedical Sciences at the Technion. Biorap Technologies provides
a one-stop shop for advancing the development of groundbreaking
www.bio-rap.com discoveries by fostering strategic collaborations with industry
through licensing, sponsored research, and new venture agreements.
The Rappaport Institute, which is housed within the Rappaport
Faculty of Medicine of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,
consistently introduces promising new technologies, which can then
be developed into products and services that benefit society and
human health worldwide.

BioRap Technologies encompasses three main areas of activity:

Technologies for licensing:
Novel Molecules - For the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune,
cardiovascular disease and cancer.
http://www.bio-rap.com Medical Diagnostics - Novel markers for diabetes complications,
cancer, autoimmune diseases, and both common and rare
inherited genetic disorders.
Specialized Technology - Cell therapy using light-sensitive
ion channels for cardiac and neurodegenerative modulation.
Therapeutics/Vaccines - Novel therapeutic vaccines for
cancer treatment.

In-vivo/in-vitro services for biomedical companies:

Bioresearch Tools - Protein-protein interactions, stem cell
technologies, and experimental cell platforms.
Personalized Cancer Therapy - Novel targets and biomarkers
based on host response.
Immuno-based Platform: A novel platform for discovery of
therapeutic antibodies and soluble receptors for treating
inflammatory, autoimmune diseases and cancer.
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Technology
Cooperation
Transfer with Industry

Genomics Core Facility - The Genomics Core facility at the

Rappaport Institute provides genomic services to Rappaport
investigators and external users. Our goal is to facilitate the
utilization of state-of-the-art technologies and bioinformatics
support in genomics research by academic researchers, clinician
scientists at hospitals, and scientists in pharmaceutical and biotech
companies nationwide.

Genomics Core Facility:

The Genomics Core facility at the Rappaport Institute provides
genomic services to Rappaport investigators and external users. Our
goal is to facilitate the utilization of state-of-the-art technologies and
bioinformatics support in genomics research by academic researchers,
clinician scientists at hospitals, and scientists in pharmaceutical and
biotech companies nationwide.

Accomplishments:
Azilect®, an effective drug in the treatment of the signs and symptoms
of Parkinson’s disease, currently marketed by Teva Pharmaceuticals
world-wide, was invented by Prof. Emeritus Moussa Youdim and Prof.
Emeritus John Finberg, members of the Rappaport Institute.
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INTERDISCIPLINARY
RESEARCH
PROGRAMS

TECHNION AUTONOMOUS
SYSTEMS PROGRAM
Grand Technion
Energy Program
 Industry Guide to Technion Interdisciplinary Research Programs

The Lorry I. Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences and

Engineering provides a unique opportunity to bring the worlds of
medicine, life sciences, and engineering together. Where else but at the
Technion, a leader in high-tech and innovation in fields of engineering
and medicine, could such a center be created? Nobel Prize laureate
Aaron Ciechanover had a vision of this Center, and it was adopted with
enthusiasm by Lorry I. Lokey, a longtime supporter of research and
educational institutions.
Contact:
Prof. Yoram Reiter The Lokey Center brings together the diverse but related fields of
Head systems biology, bioinformatics, proteomics, tissue regeneration and
Tel. +972-4-829-2785 stem cell biology, genomics, imaging, bio-processing engineering,
[email protected] structural biology, metabolomics and information processing. The
Center provides state-of-the-art equipment to a cadre of outstanding
http://lokey.technion.ac.il researchers, allowing inter-disciplinary exchange between scientists
with various areas of expertise. The Center provides an environment
of excellence to foster creative research in life sciences, with the
complementary skills in engineering and technology. It offers
these scientists tools to help solve problems associated with basic
life sciences and biomedical engineering, create new diagnostic
techniques in medicine, and extend the frontiers of knowledge in
science and technology.
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LOKEY
CENTER

Research Areas
Systems Biology Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics Tissue
Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology Imaging and microscopy
Cell Analysis Bioprocess Engineering Information Processing
Structural Biology Biological networks Metabolomics

Facilities at Emerson Life Sciences Building

National Proteomics Center Bioinformatics Knowledge Unit
Technion Center for Structural Biology LS&E Infrastructure Unit
Technion Genome Center
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LIFE SCIENCES
AND ENGINEERING
INFRASTRUCTURE
CENTER
Contact: The Life Sciences and Engineering (LS&E) Infrastructure Center was set
Dr. Maayan Duvshani-Eshet up in 2007 as a collaborative venture between the LS&E at the Lokey
Tel. +972-4-829-5834 Center and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI).
[email protected]
The main aim of the Center is to provide state-of-the-art technology
http://isu.technion.ac.il and expertise to researchers from diverse disciplines, including biology,
biotechnology, bioengineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, food
engineering, material engineering, and physics.
Services and
Instruments: The Center serves researchers from the Technion, as well as from other
Microscopy and imaging academic institutions and industry. It organizes seminars and workshops
Flow cytometry on the most up-to-date technology and applications.
Histology unit
Technion Genome Center At the LS&E Infrastructure Center, users receive full training and support,
Real- time qPCR from designing the experiments to data analysis. The Technion team
includes scientists who are experts in their field to provide the best service.

The Center has 3 major divisions:

Light Microscopy and Imaging Unit
Flow Cytometry Unit
Genomic facility services - the Technion Genome Center

The Center is open to all users at the Technion as well as other

academic institutions and industry.
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Light Microscopy and Imaging Unit

The Light Microscopy and Imaging Unit is headed by Dr. Nitzan Dahan,
and offers advanced light microscopy equipment. The Unit supports
researchers from diverse fields of life sciences, physics, chemistry, and
engineering.

The Unit’s main equipment includes:

Contact: 3 confocals, two inverted and dedicated to live imaging, and one
Dr. Nitsan Dahan
with a spectral detector and multi-photon laser system.
Tel. +972-4-829-5131
2 fluorescent inverted microscopes.
[email protected]
Fluorescent binocular
High-content/high-throughput imaging system.
http://isu.technion.ac.il/ Dedicated image analysis and processing software.
ISU/Templates/showpage.
asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&
TMID=84&FID=574 The Unit provides service and support, from designing the experiment
asp?DBID=1&LNGID= to data analysis, with a full software range of: Imaris, Image J/FIJI, ZEN,
1&TMID=84&FID=574
AxioVision, and InCell Investigator.

Applications include:
Fast image acquisition for live cell imaging and time-lapse studies
Z-Stacks for localization of cells in living tissues and
3-D reconstruction
High-resolution localization of sub-cellular compartments
and quantities co-localization
Spectral imaging and detection
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer – FRET
Multi-channel fluorescence imaging
Quantitative co-localization
Fluorescence recovery after photo-bleaching – FRAP
Multi-photon imaging
Automated slide imaging
Cell-based assays and detection, including: compound
screening, Phenotypic profiling, RNAi screening, Whole organism
imaging, Cell lineage studies, Cell cycle studies, Cell migration,
Organelle and protein trafficking, Morphology analysis, DNA
content analysis, and Apoptosis/cell viability
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Flow Cytometry Unit

The Flow Cytometry Unit has two analyzers and a sorter:

Analyzer: BD FACS Calibur - 2 lasers, 4 channels

Analyzer: BD LSR-II - 4 lasers, 12 channels and
Contact:
High Throughput System (HTS)
Dr. Efrat Barak
Sorter: BD FACS Aria-III - a four-laser sorter with 12 channels
Tel. +972-4-829-3676
that can sort the analyzed particles or cells for further growing
[email protected]
and analysis
http://isu.technion.ac.il/ISU/
Templates/showpage. The Unit serves all the Technion’s units, as well as other academic
asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1& institutions and industry.
TMID=84&FID=551

The Unit provides service, from designing the experiment to data

analysis, with a full software range of FSC express and ModFit

Additional services:
The Unit also has two real-time quantitative PCR's (ABi and Bio-Rad).
In the Histology Unit there are cryostatic, paraffin-embedded and
EM-sample preparation facilities.
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Technion Genome Center

As part of the LS&E Infrastructure Center since 2009, the Technion Genome
Center (TGC) is at the forefront of sequencing technology, providing
state-of-the-art services to researchers from diverse disciplines.

TGC plays a central role in enabling the Technion’s researchers

to find answers to the pressing questions of the 21st century
develop genome technology.

TGC offers a range of services from designing the experiment, through

library preparation and sequencing, to bioinformatics analysis.

The mission of TGC is to maintain and expand its role as Israel’s leading
sequencing facility, and therefore TGC continuously upgrades its
equipment as new technology becomes available. TGC’s team, located
in the Technion’s new Emerson Life Sciences Building, includes highly-
trained and experienced scientists, bioinformaticians and molecular
biology specialists who have a proven record of working together with
researchers from the Technion, other universities, and industry.
TGC’s customers include all Israeli universities, research institutes,
hospitals and genetic institutes, as well as industrial companies and
Contact:
start-ups.
Assoc. Prof. Itai Yanai
Head
TGC’s state-of-the-art equipment includes:
Tel. +972-4-829-3763
Illumina HiSeq 2500
[email protected]
Illumina MiSeq
Agilent Bravo automation system for sample preparation
Dr. Tal Katz-Ezov
Agilent TapeStation 2200 - DNA and RNA quality control
Tel. +972-4-829-5168
Covaris E220 - DNA shearing system
[email protected]
Advanced molecular biology laboratory
http://isu.technion.ac.il/tgc
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TECHNION CENTER
FOR STRUCTURAL
BIOLOGY

The center was jointly established by the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology

Institute (RBNI) and the Lorry I. Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life
Sciences and Engineering (LS&E). In order to enhance molecular-level
biomedical research at the Technion, the LS&E took the initiative in
establishing the Technion Center for Structural Biology (TCSB). Headed by
the highly experienced structural biologist Dr. Hay Dvir, the TCSB provides
both expertise and infrastructure for macromolecular crystallography
http://tcsb.technion.ac.il
to enable state-of-the-art structural biology research on campus. TCSB
is equipped with the most advanced infrastructure for macromolecular
crystallography anywhere in the Middle East, including state-of-the-art
robotic and automation systems for high-throughput crystal growth
and X-ray data collection. The Center is engaged in molecular studies
of wide-ranging areas in life sciences, with an emphasis on functional
and mechanistic understanding of the interaction between biological
Contact:
macromolecules such as proteins and DNA. Dissecting biological processes
Dr. Hay Dvir
with such high-resolution approaches is often crucial in unraveling
Head
the molecular basis of diseases and for the rational development of
Tel. +972-77-877-1901
therapeutics via structure-based drug design.
[email protected]
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BIOINFORMATICS
KNOWLEDGE UNIT
(BKU)
http://bku.technion.ac.il

Price list

Contact:
Assoc. Prof. Yael
Mandel-Gutfreund
Head & Academic Advisor The Bioinformatics Knowledge Unit (BKU) provides science researchers at
Tel. +972-4-829-3958 the Technion and its affiliated hospitals with computational methods and
[email protected] tools to make their research more productive, saving time, effort and cost.
BKU provides consulting to individual laboratories, arranges workshops and
Dr. Michael Shmoish seminars for students, technical, and academic staff, and makes state-of-
Tel. +972-4-829-4302/5378 the-art computing tools, data resources, and computing power available to
[email protected] all. Consulting activities include help-desk services as well as involvement in
research projects and grants. Other modes of cooperation are possible, and
Dr. Fabian Glaser ideas and suggestions are welcome.
Head of the Structural
Bioinformatics Expert Research Areas
Tel. +972-4-829-3701 The BKU provides consultation services to researchers and staff of the
[email protected] faculties of life sciences and exact sciences at the Technion and its affiliated
hospitals. We aim to establish cooperation with researchers. Currently we
Dr. Elizabeth Bartom support research in, amongst others, genomics and high-throughput data
Computational Biologist analysis (RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, etc.), application of R-system, phylogenetic
Tel: +972-4-829-5186 analysis, protein-protein and protein ligand docking, molecular dynamics,
[email protected] structure-based mutational analysis, and novel gene annotation.
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NANCY AND STEPHEN

GRAND TECHNION
ENERGY PROGRAM
(GTEP)
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Grand Technion
Energy Program

The Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program brings

the best science and engineering researchers together to work in a
broad interdisciplinary track to discover and exploit alternative and
renewable energy sources, to search for and develop alternative non-
carbon-based fuels, to seek solutions for more efficient energy use,
and to reduce the environmental damage caused by the production
and burning of fossil fuels.

Research Areas
Alternative Fuels Energy Storage and Conversion Renewable Energy
Sources Energy Conservation.

Proposed research topics that these areas will address are: expanded uses
for solar energy, including solar photo-voltaic cells, for the generation
Contact: of electricity, solar-powered air conditioning and solar process heat;
Prof. Gideon Grader development of non-carbon-based alternative fuels; biomass generation
Head of combustible gases; wind turbine design; energy storage; optimization
Tel. +972-4-829-5098 of urban planning for energy conservation; improving engine performance
[email protected] by reducing friction and using advanced combustion processes; and the
development of power sources for microelectronic devices.
http://gtep.technion.ac.il
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Technion Photovoltaic Laboratory

This is a central Technion facility established jointly by GTEP and RBNI
to provide advanced tools for the fabrication and characterization of
photovoltaic (PV) devices. The Photovoltaic Center comprises two
laboratories; one for the fabrication of photovoltaic cells, and the
other for the characterization of these cells.
Contact:
Dr. Guy Ankonina
Laboratory personnel offer both technical services and assistance in the
PV Laboratory Engineer
design, fabrication, and characterization of organic, inorganic, and hybrid
Tel. +972-4-829-5014
PV devices. The laboratory serves the PV community of the Technion and
[email protected]
the broad optoelectronics community in Israeli academia and industry.
http://gtep.technion.ac.il/
Professionals from industry come to the Center for the characterization of
photovoltaic_laboratory.php devices and for support in fabrication.

Technion Hydrogen Technologies Research Laboratory (HTR)

This is a central Technion facility, established jointly by the Grand
Technion Energy Program (GTEP), the ADELIS Foundation and
the Solar Fuels I-CORE, to provide basic and advanced tools for
developing technologies for low-cost, highly-efficient hydrogen
production from diverse renewable sources.

The laboratory personnel offer both technical services and assistance

Contact:
in the design and characterization of hydrogen production
Dr. Nurit Shaham-
technologies. The laboratory serves the general Technion community
Waldmann
and Israeli academia and industry. Launched in August 2013, the HTR
Laboratory Engineer
Laboratory is now fully active.
Tel. +972-4-829-2118
[email protected]

http://gtep.technion.ac.il/
hydrogen_technologies_
research_laboratory.php
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Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Energy Storage Complex
This complex was established by GTEP as the first academic complex
for research into energy storage. Investigations are focused on
advanced, rechargeable Li-ion and metal-air battery systems using
high energy fuels such as lithium and silicon.
Contact:
Prof. Yair Ein Eli The Energy Storage Complex includes four hubs:
Head, Energy Storage Powder Preparation Hub
Complex Electrochemical/Chemical Laboratory
Tel. +972-4-829-4588 Analysis of Hub-battery Discharge and Characterization
[email protected] X-ray Diffraction Laboratory
http://gtep.technion.ac.il/
central_lab.php Laboratory personnel offer both technical services and assistance in
the design and characterization of energy storage technologies.

Satell Family Nitrogen-Hydrogen Alternative Fuels (NAHF)

Reaction Research Laboratory
The Center was established by GTEP to promote the development of
non-carbon fuel technologies. Investigations focus on the reactions
of nitrogen-based fuels commonly encountered in fertilizers. The
challenges are to develop clean, efficient, and environmentally
friendly combustion technology of these energetic materials.

The Center includes the following facilities:

Contact:
High-pressure batch reactors
Prof. Gideon Grader
High-pressure continuous reactors
Head
Chemical analysis and characterization units of the effluent gases
Tel. +972-4-829-5098
[email protected]
Laboratory personnel offer both technical services and assistance in
http://gtep.technion.ac.il/ measurements of effluent gasses from combustion processes.
alternative_fuels.php
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Supported by the Russell Berrie Foundation, the Government

of Israel through TELEM, and the Technion; RBNI aims
at positioning the Technion and the State of Israel at the
forefront of global nanotechnology research and development.
Vigorous recruitment of bright new faculty members from
research laboratories around the World, extensive investment
in infrastructure, new educational programs for training the
next generation of scientists and engineers, and nurturing of
Contact:
multidisciplinary collaborations within campus, as well as with
Prof. Gadi Eisenstein
industry and other academic institutions, provide the vehicle
Head
for achieving the desired impact on the Technion, the State of
Tel. +972-4-829-
Israel, and the well-being of humankind.
4694/4526/5116
[email protected]

http://rbni.technion.ac.il
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RUSSELL
BERRIE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
INSTITUTE
(RBNI)
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Industrial Liaison
Dr. Kassel serves as the contact person between industry and RBNI,
helping industry to identify contacts within the Technion to solve
problems, or suggest use of particular infrastructure.

Industrial Liaison: Dr. Kassel will also help identify RBNI-related research projects that
Dr. Elyakim Kassel could potentially lead to industrial processes or products.
Tel. +972-52-879-9525
[email protected] Nanotechnology Infrastructure
Electron Microscopy Center (Faculty of Materials Science and
http://rbni.technion.ac.il/
?cmd=industry.362 Engineering) Electron Microscopy Center for Soft Matter (Faculty
of Chemical Engineering) Zisapel Nanoelectronics Center (MNFU)
- (Faculty of Electrical Engineering) Center for Nano Photonics
(Faculty of Electrical Engineering Fischbach Building) Joint GTEP
and RBNI Technion Photovoltaic Laboratory (Zisapel Building) Life
Sciences and Engineering Infrastructure Unit (Emerson Building)
Smoler Proteomics Center (Faculty of Biology) Biomechanics
and Tissue Engineering Center (Faculty of Bio-Medical Engineering)
Surface Characterization Center (Solid State Institute) Russell
Berrie Nanoparticles and Nanometric Systems, Characterization
Center X-ray and Particle Characterization Facilities (Faculty of
http://rbni.technion.
ac.il/?cmd=infrastructure.395 Chemical Engineering) Center for Computational Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology (Computer Center) Technion Center for
Structural Biology.

Focal Technological Area - Nanophotonics for Advanced Light

Detection, Imaging, Inspection, Smart Sensors, Energy Conversion
The focus of this activity is light nano-detectors, enhanced by
nanophotonic structures and applications, including sensing and
ultra-high resolution inspection.

Cooperation with industry

The photonics-related industry in Israel is expected to be directly
transformed by the project's technologies, detectors, sensors, modules,
platforms, and systems. While a significant portion of the research
outcome is expected to be absorbed in the large industrial entities of
defense, detectors, semiconductors, and inspection; in two evolving
fields we expect to promote new initiatives and start-up activities: bio-
medical optical probing and diagnostics, and solar energy harvesting.
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In the medical field many Israeli companies are looking for

applications for optical diagnostic probes (optical pathology), and
some of the sensing configurations are proposed in the Focal
Technology Area (FTA) - a project funded by the government and
the Technion under RBNI, and directly applicable to them.

A large segment of the inspection and metrology industry in

Israel will be directly up-graded by novel ultra-high-resolution
methodologies and technologies.

The field of solar energy harvesting is making its first steps in

Israel, but is expected to increase dramatically due to available
investments and the type of innovation.

Products expected to emerge from, or to be affected by,

technologies developed in the framework of this project, include:
pillar-based NIR-SWIR-MIR sensors and imagers; imagers with
plasmonics-based smart pixel optics; miniature optical clocks
and photonic-based magnetometers; nanophotonic parametric
oscillator-based sensors; plasmonic multispectral, polarization
diversity functional imagers; extreme resolution inspection systems
with emphasis on microelectronics and biomedics; efficient
hybrid thin layer solar cells; efficient solar-electrochemical cells;
nanophotonic-enhanced medical probes: high-resolution OCT;
plasmonic-enhanced medical Raman probes; micro-nano photonic
circuit platforms and elements; flexible sensors; and integrated
communication transceivers.

Cooperation already exists with SCD, Elbit, and Tower Jazz in novel
detectors, 3G Solar in solar cells, and with Rafael in special sensors,
Contact: amongst others.
Prof. Meir Orenstein
Tel. +972-4-829-2299/4696 Services to industry - except for specific consultations - will be based
[email protected] on the highest quality e-beam lithography (EBL) tool purchased for
the project, and will be used by industrial partners for nanopatterning.
Liaison: EBL can be performed on 200 mm wafers with very rapid exposure
Dr. Sharoni Feldman (50 MHz) and ultra-high resolution - line width 6 nm, and 15 nm
Tel. +972-54-818-8631 adjustment between two layers of patterns. A special feature of this tool
[email protected] is lithography on a non-flat (e.g. curved) substrate.
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TECHNION
AUTONOMOUS
SYSTEMS
PROGRAM
(TASP)
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Quad-Copter Snake Robot

Autonomous systems represent the next great step forward in the

fusion of machines with sensors, computers, and communication
capabilities. The objective is to develop intelligent systems that
can interact dynamically with the complexities of the real world.
These systems make independent decisions about how to act,
even in groups, especially in unplanned, changing, or unexpected
conditions. Autonomous system applications include performance-
enhanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); swimming medical
micro-robots that can travel through the human body; unmanned
vehicles for underwater, land-based, and space exploration;
environmental disaster cleanup operations; rescue operations;
detection, identification, and neutralization of chemical and biological
weapons and explosives; transportation and traffic control systems;
communication networks; and a wealth of other applications that
drive progress in defense, medicine, and industry. The Technion does
research in all these areas

TASP Centers
Arlene and Arnold Goldstein UAV and Satellite Center
Unmanned Ground Systems Center
Unmanned Marine Systems Center

Two Centers under construction:

Contact: Autonomous Medical Systems
Dist. Prof. Emeritus
Autonomous Agent Systems
Daniel Weihs
Head
Collaborations:
Tel. +972-77-877-3197
Agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
Fax. +972-4-829-5060
for NIS 1 million annual research support.
[email protected]
Participation in ROBIL, a three-university project to design a humanoid robot,
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funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
index.php/en and the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
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TECHNION
COMPUTER
ENGINEERING
CENTER

The TCE Center is designed to lead worldwide computer engineering

research and education, and to operate as a focal point for academic
and industrial collaboration. Computer Science and Electrical
Engineering are two of the Technion's leading faculties. With the TCE
Center, these Faculties intend to take a national and international
leadership role in cutting-edge research and development. The
TCE Center provides the foundation and facilities for computer
engineering research and education. Its unique model facilitates an
unprecedented platform for industrial-academic partnership, and
creates a novel eco-system beneficial to both.
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Research Areas
Applied Computer Engineering domains, such as:
Computer Architecture and Systems Cloud Computing
Communication and Networking Data Bases Data Processing and
Data Mining Machine Learning Computer Graphics Computer
Vision Cyber Security Social Networks Quantum Computer
Engineering.

Industry-Affiliated Opportunities
A major goal of the TCE Center is to bridge the academia-industry
Contact: gap by encouraging academic members to contribute knowledge
Prof. Assaf Schuster and experience in joint applied research with industry. The Center
Head welcomes part- and full-time visitors from industry, interested in
Tel. +972-4-829-4330 research collaboration or seeking expert help. Visitors may engage
[email protected] in research, education, and innovative projects. In order to create a
suitable environment that will accommodate both TCE and industry,
Ms. Ruth Boneh TCE has adopted an open IP policy to govern TCE activities, where all
Director results generated in the scope of TCE activities are open to the public,
Tel: +972-77-887-1927 and IP will be dealt with on a per case basis.
[email protected]
TCE members need to sign the TCE Memorandum of Understanding
Ms. Reut Levy (TCE MOU).
Secretary
Tel: +972-77-887-1921 Industry Members
[email protected] Check Point Yahoo! Labs EZChip HP IATI- Israel Advanced
Technology Industries IBM Intel Matrix Marvell Mellanox
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Motorola Solutions Rafael Ravello Systems SAP EMC
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Intel Collaborative Research Institute -

Computational Intelligence (ICRI-CI)
Intel Laboratories has launched Intel Science and Technology Centers
and Intel Collaborative Research Institutes to foster collaboration of
Intel and academia. Each research community is Intel-funded, jointly-
led, and focused on a specific technology domain, bringing top
researchers from academia and Intel together to explore and develop
new answers to existing and new questions. The mission is to build
Contact: global collaborations with academic pioneers to discover and utilize
Prof. Uri Weiser computing to enrich the human experience. The resulting insights
Technion are expected to bring in new technologies that will be used by Intel
Tel. +972-4-829-4763 and the industry to build better, more exciting, products, and maintain
[email protected] Israel's leading position.

Prof. Naftali Tishby The Intel Collaboration Research Institute for Computational
Hebrew University Intelligence (ICRI-CI) Center was inaugurated on May 22, 2012.
Tel: +972-2-549-4569 It is focused on machine learning, brain-inspired computing, and
[email protected] heterogeneous computer architectures. ICRI-CI's vision is to deliver
breakthroughs in architecture, algorithms, and usage models. The
Mr. Ronny Ronen center carries out fundamental research in the above domains, as
Intel well as developing capabilities in the areas of learning audio/visual
[email protected] systems and intelligent agents.

Mr. Shalom Greenberg In Israel the Institute is based at the Technion in Haifa and the
Intel Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and also includes researchers from
[email protected] Bar-Ilan University, the Weizmann Institute of Science, and Shenkar
College of Engineering and Design. The Center is mainly connected
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RESEARCH
INSTITUTES

National Building
Research Institute

TRI
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NATIONAL
BUILDING
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
(NBRI) The National Building Research Institute was established in October
1988, as a joint venture of the Israeli Ministry of Construction and
Housing and the Technion, IIT. It is based on the highly respected
50-year-old Building Research Station, and maintains its professional
tradition. Its main objective remains advancement of knowledge in
the building sciences, solution of long-range problems of the building
sector through methodological research, as well as support in solving
short-term needs, in areas where expertise is crucial.

NBRI members include the Civil Engineering Faculty, whose research

is in the areas of Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering,
Building Materials, Performance and Technology and Construction
Management and Economics, as well as researchers and graduate
students in these areas. NBRI has a large laboratory hall with a
massive testing floor and several specific laboratories in these areas.
Contact:
Assoc. Prof. Rachel Becker NBRI has a long-standing collaboration with industry, assisting Israeli
Research and Development manufacturers and builders in the investigation of innovations, and
Tel. +972-4-829-2242/3 in studying basic issues related to their products or processes. In
[email protected] addition to research collaboration, NBRI provides testing services
when other laboratories are not equipped to do so. Reports include
Eng. Jacov Vitman detailed description of the test and results. NBRI does not engage in
Testing services standard testing and certification, or in providing expert opinions.
Laboratory Engineer & Manager
Tel: +972-4-829-3027 The price of the testing service includes manpower and use of equipment.
[email protected] It depends on the specific work, and comprises a set-up fee for the specific
test plus the price per hour or part of an hour, according to the complexity,
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manpower, and type of equipment used for testing.
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Testing Hall and Structural Engineering Laboratory

The main testing hall at NBRI includes several testing facilities for
material and structural tests, as outlined below, and a strong test floor,
which enables versatile arrangement of various set-ups for medium-
to large-scale specimens of structural components, such as beams,
columns, walls, etc. Part of this floor is dedicated to a permanent
special steel frame, with a 500-kN, 150-mm stroke actuator, that
enables testing of specimens with a height of up to 2 m. This actuator
is connected to an MTS controller that enables testing with stroke
Shaking Table
control to a variety of static and dynamic loading programs.

The specific equipment in this laboratory includes:

Shaking Tables: Large 1-DoF table, 3 x 3 m, up to 50 kN, 1-10 Hz,
horizontal sway ±50 mm. Small 1-DoF table, 40 x 60 cm, up to 40 N.
Compression and Tension Testing Systems: Manually controlled
machines with capacities of 1, 100, 300, 1000, and 5000 kN
Controllable Actuators: In compression and tension with
capacities of 100 and 500 kN, and in compression with a
capacity of 2000 kN
Hydraulic Jacks: 25 jacks and a central control system. Force
capacities are 160, 180, 320, 350, 420, and 500 kN, and maximum
travels are 60, 100, 150, 380, and 450 mm
Static and dynamic measurement laboratory: Includes data
acquisition systems, and a variety of force, displacement,
acceleration and strain transducers, as well as pulsators. Force
transducers include compression of 100, 250, 500 and 5000 kN;
tension 5 and 50 kN; tension and compression 5 and 50 kN; and
1000kN compression and hollow 500 kN
tension machine and pulsators
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Impact Laboratory
The Impact Laboratory is built partly below ground. The space of
this specially reinforced concrete laboratory comprises a control and
operation room with a safety and operational controller, and various
electrical, mechanical, and computational facilities. The laboratory is
used to test the impact response of structural elements and materials
to low velocity and high velocity impact loads, penetration processes
in structural and geotechnical systems, and the blast response of
structural elements.

The laboratory floor includes two large isolated foundation blocks

supporting a gun system and a target holder system. Specially
Air Gun
constructed interior reinforced concrete walls provide separation of
different safety zones.

The specific equipment in this laboratory includes:

Air-guns for high-velocity impact, and a moderate-velocity
air gun system
Low-velocity impact system
Small caliber shooting system
High-speed cameras: A high-speed monitoring system.
High-speed velocity measurement system
Monitoring systems: For dynamic acceleration, pressure,
strain, and displacement
Blast shock tube: Under development

Building Materials Laboratory

The laboratory is equipped with various accessories to test chemical,
physical and mechanical properties of building materials, such
as concrete (in both fresh and hardened states), gypsum, lime,
masonry, plaster, grout, natural stone, metals, timber, fiber-reinforced
materials, chemical and mineral admixtures for concrete, as well
as industrial by-products, such as coal fly ash, chemical gypsum,
recycled aggregates, recycled plastics, and rock waste. The laboratory
facilities can be used to simulate behavior of various building
materials under special environmental and loading conditions, and
for testing strength, permeability, durability, shrinkage-induced
cracking, corrosion resistance, water/gas/water penetration, sorptivity,
resistance to salt attack, UV radiation, and thermal and hygric cycles.
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The laboratory is also equipped for non-destructive testing of

mechanical properties.

The specific equipment in this laboratory includes:

Climatic Rooms: Regulated temperature ±0.5°C and humidity ±5%
Climatic Chambers: Temperature range: -10 to +150°C, RH = 25%-99%
Carbon Dioxide Chamber: up to 5% of CO2
Ovens: For drying and heating
Mercury Intrusion Porosimeter: up to 0.4 GPa
Thermo-Gravimetric Analyzer TGS-2
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Small Wind Tunnel: 90x60 cm cross-section and 180 cm length, for
testing building materials under drying conditions in hot climates
Uniaxial Restrained Shrinkage Apparatus: Closed loop system for
measuring strains and stresses in early age concrete
Chemical Shrinkage Measuring System
Climactic Chamber
Adiabatic and Isotheral Calorimeters: For measuring heat of
cement hydration
Rheometer: For measuring rheological properties of fresh
concrete mixes
Portable Non-Destructive Testing Instruments: For ultrasonic
pulse, rebound, electro-magnetic, electrical conductivity, optical
and other measurements
Chloride and Water Penetration Measuring Systems
Set-up for Testing Corrosion of Reinforcement Steel in Concrete

Thermal and Energy Laboratory

The Thermal and Energy Laboratory is capable of testing the thermal
conductivity of building materials, thermal and energy performance
of wall specimens of surface area 1.2x1.2 m, and the air and water
permeability and performance under a pressure difference of any
vertical building envelope element, such as walls, windows and
curtain-walls, with a surface area up to 4x4 m.

The equipment in this laboratory includes:

Guarded hot plate: Thermal conductivity measurements
of specimens up to 5 cm thick in the range 10°C to 50°C.
Hot box: For the investigation of steady-state thermal and energy
performance of 1.2x1.2 m wall specimens.
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Air and water permeability test facility: For investigating air and
water tightness of vertical elements of up to 4x4 m. The nominal
pressure difference capacity is up to 3000 Pa, and the air flow
range is 210 m3 h-1.

Radiation Safety in Construction Laboratory

The laboratory can assist in measuring natural radionuclides in
building materials, radon flux from soils and building materials, and
Air and Water Permeability perform continuous as well as long-term average radon monitoring in
Test Facility
enclosed spaces.

The equipment in this laboratory includes:

Scintillation gamma-spectrometers for measuring natural
radionuclides in building materials
Beta-spectrometer for measuring radon flux from soils
Continuous radon monitors and electrets
Gamma dosimeters
Radon permeability test installation for testing building materials
and radon-barrier materials.
Radon exhalation testing chambers for measuring radon
exhalation of building materials (6.5 and 85 L)

Seskin Virtual Construction Laboratory

The primary foci of the Virtual Construction Laboratory (VC Lab)
include Building Information Modeling (BIM), Lean Construction,
and the synergies between the two. Its computing and virtual reality
infrastructure enables tackling a wide range of topics, not only in
Construction Management, but in diverse fields such as Architecture
and Town Planning, Transport, Design Collaboration, and others.

The specific equipment in this laboratory includes:

A CAVE (CAVE Automated Virtual Environment): the EON Mobile
Icube, a reconfigurable 3-wall PC workstation-based immersive
environment, in which participants are completely surrounded
by virtual imagery and a sound system. The system has a DLP
active stereo-projection system, 3D stereo rear-projection screens,
a floor-mounted screen structure, EON Professional Software
(EON Studio, Visual Effects, RPC, EON CAD, Raptor and Physics
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Engine as well as EON Server), a Natural-Point eight-camera wide

field of view infrared wireless motion tracking system, and active
stereo glasses

KanBIM™ mobile touch screen workstation: Includes a mounted

PC workstation (Intel i7 950 6GB RAM DDR III NVidia GTX 460) and
a 42” touch screen monitor (Elo Touch Systems 42” Model
ET4200L-AUWA).

Dual-screen BIM workstations: Five stations with a variety of

BIM software tools.
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NORMAN
AND HELEN
ASHER
SPACE
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
(ASRI)
The ASRI operates with a broad national perspective. It fosters
interdisciplinary work and collaboration of Israeli researchers from all
Technion departments, as well as from other universities, agencies,
and industry. The ASRI has also established collaborative projects with
institutions in other countries.

The ASRI was established in 1984. Its members are professors in

eight academic departments of the Technion (Physics, Aerospace,
Mechanical, Chemical, Civil and Environmental, and Electrical
Engineering, Computer Sciences, and Architecture).

Its research and technical staff are involved in various activities,

including research and development of small satellites.

The Asher Space Research Institute has achieved global recognition,

having succeeded in bringing space-related research activities to the
Contact: forefront of science, technology, and academia, both nationally and
Assoc. Prof. Ehud Behar
internationally. The Institute is now regarded one of the most prestigious
Head
research centers on campus, and attracts high-profile visitors.
Tel. +972-4-829-5561
[email protected]
Laboratories
In addition to its support of space-related research around the
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Distributed Space Systems Laboratory (DSSL)

The DSSL was designed and built in the Faculty of Aerospace
Engineering, and is located in the Asher Space Research Institute.
Research efforts are focused on dynamics and control of multiple
spacecraft formation flying, a topic attracting much interest in the
http://www.technion.ac.il/ United States and Europe. The DSSL also serves as a resource for
~dssl instruction and education.

Electric Propulsion Laboratory

The present-day stage in the development of worldwide spacecraft
technology is characterized by the increasing use of electric
propulsion (EP) for solving a broad spectrum of problems; from
correction of a spacecraft position in orbit, to a radical change of
its flight trajectory, and implementations of interplanetary missions.
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electric-propulsion The application of electric propulsion allows a significant reduction
of spacecraft mass as a consequence of propellant saving. This, in
turn, provides substantial mission cost savings. ASRI researchers
invented the patented CAMILA thruster that is now on track to
commercialization.

Space Interferometry Laboratory

The Space Interferometry Laboratory (SILy) seeks novel solutions for
improving the angular resolution of telescopes for both astronomical
and Earth observations from space. The resolution of a traditional
telescopic imaging system is strictly limited by the size of the aperture
and the color of light that is observed. Telescopes as large as 30 and
http://asri.technion.ac.il/ 50 m are currently being designed, but in space, limitations on size
space-interferometry and weight are severe. The Hubble space telescope, for example,
has a mirror diameter of 2.4 m. In order to minimize aberrations,
the mirror needs to be thick, which costs valuable space, and more
importantly, weight, which the mission needs to launch into space.
Telescopes much larger than Hubble, therefore, very quickly become
far too heavy and expensive for space missions. Our laboratory is now
involved in a project to develop a segmented telescope that will allow
the optics to be deployed in space to be larger than the launcher.
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SAMSON Project
The State of Israel is a proud member of the space club, which
comprises fewer than ten nations that design, build, and launch their
own satellites. As such, Israel’s space industries are world-renowned,
SAMSON and have achieved their well-respected standing for the satellites they
have built, and are building and selling today. In contrast, the research
PROJECT at the Asher Space Research Institute (ASRI) is mostly concerned with
Israel’s space technology a decade from now, and beyond.

Small university-scale satellites, such as those of the Technion’s

SAMSON mission, are becoming the primary tool for training
engineering students on a worldwide basis, as well as for testing
novel applications in space before they can be implemented on large,
commercial satellites. University space research, by its nature, is too far
advanced for industries to immediately turn their concepts and designs
into current business. Nevertheless, many industries do have vision, and
realize that today’s research is tomorrow’s potential business.

Over the past two years, the Technion has claimed the role of
spearheading small-satellite research in Israel, mostly owing to the
SAMSON project. Under the leadership of ASRI, we have now built a
diverse group of several dozen researchers and engineers from the
Technion and collaborating Israeli industries. The industries work
pro-bono, as they recognize the technological value of being part of a
cutting-edge space mission. In the space business, where customers
are few, SAMSON provides a rare opportunity for industry to be part
of a novel, yet real, mission through which their people and hardware
gain valuable prestige in the space industry.

Current SAMSON Industry Partners

The space division of Israel Aerospace Industries – MBT Space – is
Israel’s primary space contractor, and the home of Israel’s highly
successful Ofeq and Amos satellite lines. Once SAMSON was
conceived, MBT Space volunteered to provide systems engineering
services to the project, as well as their other expertise in satellite
building, attitude and thermal control, thermo-acoustic testing,
systems integration, etc. MBT Space has just developed a new “bus”
(basic units) for nano-satellites. We are in the process of purchasing
three such units for the SAMSON satellites, which will be one of the
first test beds for the new bus.
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Image courtesy of Dr. Vladimir Balabanov (ASRI)

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. is the backbone of Israel’s
defense industries, and is probably its most profitable member. Rafael
designs and builds thrusters and thruster components for most of
Israel’s satellites. Rafael was part of SAMSON early on, when one of
its engineers instructed group student projects. Since SAMSON was
conceived in 2011, these projects have been geared towards the
SAMSON mission. Under the instruction of engineers from Rafael’s
Space Directorate, Technion students designed the thruster system of
SAMSON that will be the key to the success of its formation flying and
the geo-location missions.

ELTA Systems Ltd., a subsidiary of IAI, is one of Israel's leading defense

electronics companies. Several Elta engineers are core members of
the SAMSON team, and are working closely with the SAMSON team
to develop the geo-location payload.

Beyond all the above, several small and medium Israeli enterprises
(SMEs) are important members of the SAMSON collaboration:
Spacecialist - for its expertise in systems engineering and
launch technologies
BAE Systems - Rokar - for its GPS flight models
Accubeat - for its atomic clock for high-precision time-keeping
that is the key to the geo-location algorithm
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SOLID STATE
INSTITUTE
(SSI)
The Solid State Institute is an interdisciplinary research center
designated to house and serve scientists from various faculties who
are interested in the study of solids and solid interfaces. Pure and
applied research projects, some of which may ultimately be of use
to industry, are being carried out at the Institute in many individual
and/or collaborative research efforts. The physical proximity fosters
cooperation between scientists from different disciplines and different
faculties that otherwise would not take place.

Service Laboratories
Ion Implantation Laboratory Near Field Scanning Optical
Microscopy and Raman Spectroscopy Laboratory Surface Science
Laboratory Ultra-High Vacuum Surface Probe Microscopy
Laboratory X- Ray Laboratory
Contact:
Prof. Prof. David Gershoni Individual Researcher Laboratory Functions
Head Extreme non-linear optics Coherent electronic transport Non-
Tel. +972-4-829-3630 linear optics Optically-detected magnetic resonance and near-field
[email protected] optics Quantum optics and time-resolved spectroscopy Photo-
induced infrared spectroscopy Diamond-film deposition Electrical
http://solid-state.technion.ac.il characterization, Electro-optical characterization and magneto-optical
spectroscopy
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Main service laboratories

Ion Implantation Laboratory

The Ion Implantation Laboratory was established some 30 years
ago. The facility is based on a 350 keV ion implanter, with the ability
of utilizing many different ion species for implantation at multiple-
Contact: charged ion states under different conditions, such as sample
Prof. Prof. Emeritus temperature, orientation, etc.). It can implant nearly any ion with
Refael Kalish isotopic resolution. In this respect it is unique in Israel, and is most
Head useful for versatile research applications. The laboratory collaborates
Tel. +972-4-829-3907/8 with many local industries, as well as worldwide.
[email protected]

http://solid-state.technion.
ac.il/labs/labsdisplay.
php?name=Ion%20
Implantation

Ion Implanter

Near Field Optical Scanning and Raman Microscopy Laboratory

The Laboratory is based on the Nanonics CryoView 2000™ set-
up, purchased in 2007. It introduces integrated microscopy to low-
temperature research. It is capable of simultaneous near-field scanning
Contact: optical microscopy (NSOM and atomic force
Evgeny Lindner microscopy (AFM) or confocal imaging of surfaces
Tel. +972-4-829-3421/3919 in variable temperature environments.
[email protected]
The unit comprises a helium flow cryostat with
Prof. David Gershoni optical access from above and below the sample.
Tel. +972-4-829-3630 It is capable of simultaneous AFM and NSOM
[email protected] at temperatures down to 10ºK. It provides high
resolution photoluminescence measurements
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at a lateral scanning range of 50 by 50 μm and
ac.il/labs/labsdisplay.
php?name=The%20Nano%20 heights of about 10 μm.
Photonics%20Laboratory NSOM apparatus
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The UHVSPM apparatus in the VT-UHVSPM lab

Contact: Variable Temperature, Ultra High Vacuum, Scanning Probe

Dr. Cecile Saguy Microscope (VT-UHVSPM) Laboratory
Tel. +972-4-829-3547 The Laboratory is based on an Omicron Variable Temperature Ultra
[email protected] High Vacuum Scanning Probe Microscope system, purchased in 2005.

It includes an atomic force microscope (AFM) and a scanning force

microscope (STM) with the following technical capabilities:
True pico-ampere scanning tunneling microscopy
and spectroscopy
Scanning tunneling imaging mode
Contact or non-contact AFM.
Beam deflection AFM
Liquid helium and nitrogen cooling from 25ºK to room
temperature, and heating up to 1000ºK
Indirect and direct current sample heating
Continuous imaging during temperature ramping
Vacuum basis pressure: 3×10-10 mbar
Sample introduction through load-lock chamber
Scan size from sub-nano to 8 μm
Additional sample characterization and preparation chamber
equipped with: Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), low energy
electron diffraction (LEED), an argon ion gun for sputter cleaning,
in-situ cleavage apparatus, a gas inlet and leak valve for in-situ
adsorption experiments, an H2 cracker for atomic hydrogen
surface treatment, and a valve for analysis and preparation
chamber vacuum isolation
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The system has so far been mainly used for

the following measurements:
Visualization of solid surface and nanostructure topography with
vertical resolution of less than 0.01 nm and lateral resolution of
less than 0.1 nm.
Determination of chemical, electric, magnetic, and mechanical
surface properties at atomic scale.
In-situ cleaving and imaging of semiconductor nanostructures
down to atomic resolution (interface roughness, atom
intermixing).
Direct measurement of local electronic properties (density
of states, band gap, Coulomb blockade).
In-situ surface diffusion processes.
Leakage current on high-k dielectric materials.
Local work function measurements.

Surface Science Laboratory

The Surface Science Laboratory serves as a center for basic and
applied research in the areas of surface and thin film physics and
chemistry. Since 1980, hundreds of industrial companies have taken
advantage of the Laboratory's facilities, and have been given analytical
and research services essential for their activities.

The Laboratory specializes in three surface-sensitive

analytical techniques:
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) -
Thermo VG Scientific Sigma Probe, England.
XPS provides the chemical composition of solid surfaces with
chemical bonding information. The key features of XPS are:
Identification of all elements except hydrogen and helium
Surface sensitivity (probes top 2-10 nm of the material)
Quantitative analysis with 0.1 atomic % sensitivity
The XPS apparatus in the surface Chemical bonding information from core level energy shifts
science laboratory Depth profiling with good depth resolution
Local surface analysis with a microfocused monochromatic
X-ray source (down to 15 μm beam diameter)
Electronic structure information

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ToF-SIMS - Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

(TOFSIMS5, ION-TOF GmbH, Germany)
TOF-SIMS provides elemental and molecular information from the
uppermost layer of organic and inorganic surfaces, thin layer depth
profiling, and secondary ion chemical imaging.

The key features of TOF-SIMS are:

The TOF-SIMS apparatus in the
surface science lab Elemental and molecular chemical detection
All element detection, including hydrogen
Surface sensitivity (1 to 3 atomic layers)
Depth profiling capability (from a few nanometers down
to a few microns depth)
ppm detection limits
Depth resolution to about 1 nm; spatial resolution
in the sub-micron range
High mass resolution (M/ΔM > 8,000)
In-situ sample cooling (down to 150ºK) or heating (up to 900ºK)

Scanning Auger Microscopy/Auger Electron Spectroscopy

(SAM/AES) Thermo VG Scientific Microlab 350, England
AES provides information on the solid surface and sub-surface
elemental composition.

The key features of SAM/AES are:

Identification and quantification of all elements except
hydrogen and helium
Surface sensitivity (2-10 nm sampling depth, 0.1 atomic
% sensitivity)
Sub-micrometer lateral resolution with an electron beam size
Contact: of less than 10 nm
Dr. Catherine Cytermann Depth profiling with good depth resolution
Tel. +972-4-829-3148 Secondary electron imaging (identical to SEM) and Auger
[email protected] electron elemental mapping
Dr. Kamira Cohen-Weinfeld Partial chemical and electronic structure information from
Tel. +972-4-829-3148 line shape analysis
[email protected]

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STEPHEN
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GRAND
WATER
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
(GWRI)
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The Stephen and Nancy Grand Water Research Institute (GWRI) was
established in 1993. Its mission is to promote and support research and
management of Israel’s water resources, maintaining the Technion’s
leading position and Israel’s world leadership in the domain.

The Technion, given its international and regional pre-eminence in

science, engineering and technology, relies on the GWRI leadership
to continue the line of research excellence that provides solutions to
water-related problems.

The GWRI emphasizes advancement of water science, engineering

and management tools in Israel, the Middle East, and other water-
sensitive regions worldwide. The GWRI focuses on innovative and
sustainable approaches, technologies and methods for overcoming
water shortage and preserving the quality of water resources
at lowest possible cost, while saving energy and diminishing
environmental and ecological impact. The GWRI is committed to lead
water research in Israel, while maintaining good working relations
with the academic, research, and industrial sectors both locally and
internationally.
Stephen and Nancy
Grand Water Research
Research and Development Areas
Institute
Water treatment, desalination and treatment of wastewater:
Water treatment (physico-chemical, biological) Advanced
Prof. Avi (Abraham) Shaviv,
desalination technologies Membranes: design-synthesis-
Head
modifications-testing-modeling Wastewater treatment: biological,
Tel: +972-4-829-2602
chemo-physical, membranes, nanofiers / nanotubes/nanochannels
[email protected]
Post-treatment of desalinized sea water Treatment of industrial
wastewater Gray-water recycling and management aspects
Dr. Tamar Milgrom Master,
Coordinator
Preservation of water resources, hydrology - source quantity and
Tel: +972-4-829-2220
quality, wastewater reuse and efficient irrigation:
[email protected]
Hydro-geophysics Hydrological processes, including climate change
effects Monitoring and modeling at various scales Fluid dynamics
Natalie Almog,
of complex water systems Development of advanced analytical and
Secretary
monitoring tools Reuse of reclaimed wastewater for sustainable crop
Tel: +972-4-829-3351
production Water use efficiency
Fax: +972-4-822-4246
[email protected]
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Water and environmental microbiology:

Applied Genomics and Water Microbiology Pathogen survival in
water systems and in plants irrigated with reclaimed wastewater
Advanced methods for bacterial detection Microfluidics for
advanced bio-sensing

Management of urban water systems, water resources

management and policy:
Water resource systems analysis Management of water distribution
systems Multi-objective optimization models Security and
reliability aspects Water resources under uncertainty and risk
Water-sensitive planning Enviromatics: utilization of distributed
multi-modal sensor networks for water sensing and decision-making

Interaction with the water industry sector

GWRI members are deeply involved with the Israeli and international
water industry through active participation in R&D projects, scientific/
professional meetings, consulting to industry, and involvement in
professional steering committees.

Research projects are conducted by GWRI researchers sponsored

directly by various water industries, including SANOFI; Mekorot-
Israel National Water Co.; Haifa Chemicals Ltd.; Maccabi Carasso Ltd;
Agat Engineering Consulting and Design 2000 Ltd; Israel Electric
Corporation; Hydranautics Inc.; and Oil Refineries Ltd.

A significant portion of the research projects are funded by leading,

competitive and prestigious local and international funding agencies
(e.g., BSF, ISF, BARD, BMBF and DKFZ, Technion-Niedersachsen fund
[Germany], US-AID/MERC, FP-7 [EU]).

Involvement and Interaction with Governmental

Offices/Authorities
GWRI as an institute, as well as its individual members, are deeply
involved with Israeli governmental offices and authorities. This activity
includes interaction with: the Israeli Water Authority at various levels;
and participation and/or chairing of Professional/Steering Committees
at the Ministry of Infrastructures - Water and Energy, the Ministry of
Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Science, and the Ministry
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of Agriculture. GWRI members also contribute to, amongst others,

Israel’s Institute of Standards and Water and Wastewater Corporations.

Research projects conducted by GWRI researchers are funded directly

by governmental agencies/ministries, such as the Ministry of Industry,
Trade and Labor, the Water Authority, the Ministry of Environmental
Protection, the Ministry of Science, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the
Standards Institution of Israel.

The GWRI jointly organizes with the Samuel Neaman Institute for
Advanced Studies in Science and Technology and the Water Authority
“The Water Forum”, with more than 100 participants, including leading
researchers, water specialists, government officials and the Water and
Energy Office of the Minister of Infrastructures. The forum's aim is to
discuss and analyze key issues of Israel’s water-related management
problems in annual workshops.

GWRI members are also deeply involved in leading/chairing or

participating as members of steering committees of the following
professional societies: the Israeli Desalination Society - IDS, the Israeli
Society of Soil Science - ISSS, the Israel Agricultural Engineering
Society, the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences,
and the Israel Analytical Chemistry Society.

Blumenstein Family Information Center (BFIC)

The GWRI’s Blumenstein Family Information Center (BFIC) is
unofficially recognized as Israel's national water-related information
center, and is a gateway to a variety of local and international
databases, providing speedy access to water-related topics. The BFIC
assembles, archives, summarizes, and makes accessible, publications
on Israel’s water issues through an organized database. The BFIC
Blumenstein Family Water database contains approximately 50,000 items related to water,
Information Center with thousands of new items added annually. It also contains the
“Who’s Who in the Israel Water Sector,” which lists more than 2,000
Ella Offenberger, individuals and organizations.
Tel: +972-4-829-3800/4014
Fax: +972-4-829-3577 ella@ A team of information specialists is on hand to assist researchers,
gwri.technion.ac.il planners, engineers, students, decision-makers, and the general
public, in locating the required information.
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TRANSPORTATION
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE

The Transportation Research Institute (TRI) began its operations in

October 1977. It serves as a center and framework of cooperation for
faculty members from various Technion units whose research covers
a wide spectrum of transportation subjects. This research, largely

TRI
financed by state funds, is primarily directed at solving problems of
crucial national importance: road safety, traffic congestion, energy
and environmental issues, transportation planning, transportation
systems analysis, and road maintenance.

The Institute has gained recognition in Israel and abroad as leading

in the transportation research areas of its expertise. The main
achievements and accumulated benefits from the research projects
have yielded significant results in improving road safety, transport
infrastructure, traffic control, and environmental quality.
In recent years the Institute has set itself as an important goal
of raising public understanding and awareness of the fields of
Contact:
transportation and road safety, using the capabilities of the Institute's
Assoc. Prof. Shlomo Bekhor
researchers.
Head
Tel. +972-4-829-2901
Research Areas
[email protected]
Road Safety Traffic Engineering and Control Vehicle, Energy and
http://tri.technion.ac.il Environmental Engineering Transportation Planning, Urban planning
and Land Use Road and Pavement Engineering
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Traffic Management Research Center

The Traffic Management Research Center (TMRC) was founded in
1994 as part of the Transportation Research Institute. The Center
specializes in developing algorithms, methodologies, and systems for
promoting sustainable urban mobility.

http://tri.technion.ac.il/ TMRC conducts multidisciplinary research, based on know-how and

Transportation/Templates/ expertise in Transportation Engineering, Industrial and Management
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Engineering, Operations Research, Economics, Statistics, System
Analysis, and Software Engineering.

TMRC works in close cooperation with all the major transport

authorities in Israel, as well as with high-tech companies. Alongside
the local cooperation, TMRC is also involved in international research
projects through various research frameworks, such as the EU R&D
Framework Program.

R&D examples
INBAR
INBAR is a signal-program planning system developed by the TMRC
for the Ministry of Transport, and constitutes the standard system for
signal-program design in Israel.

A systematic approach composed of both mathematical models and

engineering considerations is implemented in INBAR. This approach
enables us to meet the challenge of integrating quantitative data and
qualitative requirements.
Contact

Various self-developed algorithms for signal program design, planning,

Assoc. Prof. David Mahalel
and quality assurance are embedded in INBAR, such as: splitting
Tel: +972-4-829-2378
a signal-state graph into fundamental entities; the stage transition
[email protected]
optimization algorithm; automatic identification of illegal stage
sequence based on safety constraints; public transport trajectory
Asst. Prof. Jack Haddad
based on car-following models; and an optimization model for
Coordinator
staggered junction design.
Tel: +972-77-887-1742
[email protected]
The models and algorithms embedded in INBAR serve as a decision
support tool for transportation engineers, and reflect general traffic
Dr. Ayelet Galtzur
engineering methodologies, combined with Israeli guidelines for
Tel: +972-4-829-2956
signal planning.
[email protected]
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AVIVIM
AVIVIM is the Traffic Management and Control System of the
metropolitan area of Tel-Aviv. AVIVIM follows the classical approach of
management and operational layers. TMRC has conducted research
focusing on decision-support traffic management methodologies
since 1994, funded by the Municipality of Tel Aviv, with the support of
the Israeli Ministry of Transport.

The research in this area continues to address the ever-growing

mobility needs of public transit users, private vehicle users, bicycle
riders, and pedestrians, and is reflected in new methodologies
incorporated into AVIVIM.

The Municipality of Tel Aviv has chosen to present AVIVIM as the

municipal state-of-the-art system in several benchmarking projects.
As a result of the success of the implementation of AVIVIM in Tel Aviv,
it was adopted by the municipality of Haifa in 2006.
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FACULTY OF AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING

Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering is the sole source of aerospace
engineers in Israel. Faculty members conduct world-class (mostly
sponsored) research, provide consultancy services to the Israeli
aerospace industry in innovative technologies and challenging
http://ae-www.technion.ac.il problems, and teach a wide range of aerospace disciplines. The
Faculty’s research laboratories include: the Wind Tunnel Laboratory
complex (comprising supersonic, transonic, subsonic, and
turbulence laboratories), the Aerospace Structures Laboratory, the
Combustion and Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, the Turbo and Jet
Engine Laboratory, the Flight Control Laboratory, the Distributed
Space Systems Laboratory, the Cooperative Autonomous Systems
Laboratory, and the Design for Manufacturing Laboratory.

During its 60 years of existence, constant efforts have been made

to maintain and strengthen the Faculty’s excellence in research. The
high quality of the academic work performed by Faculty members
and graduate students is reflected, first and foremost, by the quality
and number of scientific articles published in the best academic
venues, but also in the appointments of these Faculty members to
Israeli, American, and other international academies; their election
to governing bodies of national and international professional
Dean’s Office associations, and their memberships on editorial boards of prestigious
Tel: +972-4-829-2308/2260 scientific journals. Thus far, three Faculty members have received the
[email protected] prestigious Israel Prize, the highest national award, for their lifetime
achievements in aerospace sciences research.
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Turbo and Jet Engine Research Center

Exceptionally close ties are maintained with the world-leading Israeli

aerospace industry, including companies, such as Israel Aerospace
Industries Ltd. (IAI), Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. and Elbit
Systems Ltd, the research agencies of the Ministry of Defense, and
various technological army and air-force units.

Research and Consultancy Areas

Fluid mechanics and aerodynamics
Aerospace structures
Guidance, navigation and control
Design theory
Jet and rocket propulsion and combustion
Interdisciplinary topics (aeroservoelasticity, multidisciplinary
optimization, flow control)
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Contact Aerodynamics Laboratory
Prof. Jacob Cohen The Wind Tunnel Complex in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Head consists of four tunnels: two in the incompressible subsonic range
Tel: +972-4-829-2312 (Mach<0.3), one in the compressible transonic range (0.35<Mach<1.1),
[email protected] and one in the compressible supersonic range (1.6<Mach<3.5). In
addition, the complex includes the Turbulence Laboratory, the water-
tunnel facility and a transonic jet. While numerous incompressible
subsonic wind tunnels can be found in the academic environment,
the Technion is one of few universities in the world with such
facilities. The wind tunnels are used for aerodynamic experimental
research carried out by faculty members, graduate students and
joint projects with the industry as well as for teaching undergraduate
laboratory courses.

Contact Computational Laboratory for Aerospace Structures

Assoc. Prof. Daniella Raveh The lab has three HP DL585 G7 servers, with 48 processors each,
Head intended for CPU-intensive High Performance Computing (HPC).
Tel: +972-4-829-2263 The research is numerical and involves, mainly, aerodynamic and
[email protected] aeroelastic simulations in designated codes.

Cooperative Autonomous Systems Laboratory

The research performed in the Cooperative Autonomous SYstems
Contact (CASY) lab is in the general area of guidance of autonomous
Assoc. Prof. Tal Shima (especially aerial) vehicles operating individually or as a team. The
Head scope of the research spans from the high-level cooperative team
Tel: +972-4-829-2705 mission planning (task assignment), to motion planning (guidance)
[email protected] with regard to optimizing trajectories for the dynamical systems, to
the problem of trajectory-following, and lastly to the low-level control
of a single vehicle. In our research and experiments we seek to devise
new algorithms and strategies for performing these cooperative or
individual tasks and to gain insight into the interactions between the
different levels of planning and control. The lab operates an indoor
test-bed emulating real world complexities and constraints. It is
composed of a motion capture system, providing in real-time 6-DOF
estimates for tracked vehicles that include quadrotors and ground
vehicles. CASY’s architecture allows for the addition of vehicles in a
short time at a low cost, since no embedded hardware is installed
in the vehicles. This enables us to avoid being overly conservative
during flight testing. Research performed in CASY is currently mainly
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supported by the Israel Science Foundation, the Israeli MOD, and by

the Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program.

Distributed Space Systems Laboratory

Contact Distributed Space Systems Lab (DSSL) is a research laboratory
Assoc. Prof. Pini Gurfil at the Technion, led by Professor Pini Gurfil and comprising an
Head interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, and graduate students from
Tel: +972-4-829-4973 Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Autonomous
[email protected] Systems Program and other departments.

DSSL's vision is to generate knowledge and experience that will

enable the launch of a multiple satellite formation flying mission
into a low Earth orbit within the next 3 years. DSSL is committed to
performing groundbreaking research in astrodynamics, navigation
and data processing of multiple satellite systems, as well as related
disciplines. DSSL's experimental facilities include a 4x4 meter air-
bearing table, nanosatellite models, sensors, and optical telescopes.

Contact Philadelphia Flight Control Laboratory

Assoc. Prof. Arthur
J. Grunwald Description of activities:
Head Advanced Flight Displays: Lately this activity was focused on
Tel: +972-4-829-3486 advanced integrated forward-looking flight displays for low or
[email protected] zero visibility Nap-of-the-Earth flight and hovering flight but this
philosophy has also been applied to perspective display formats
for air-traffic control. An additional development based on natural
predictive information has been an orbital maneuvering planning
display for executing fuel-efficient maneuvers about the space station.

Pilot-vehicle modelling: A core predictor symbology theory has

been developed that has been applied to a wide variety of display
designs. Models for visual field information based on optical flow
have provided thorough insight in the visual field information of the
pilot in low-altitude visual flight and have been instrumental in the
development of the first tunnel-in-the-sky display.

Active manipulators: This type of actuator provides force feedback

to the pilot. In the past, the laboratory has investigated kinesthetic
feedback both for aircraft and road vehicles, the latter one for skid
prevention and recovery.
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vehicles: In the absence of GPS it is based on combined inertial and
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electro-optical sensors that are used to track features in the visual field.
The displacement of these features on the image is able to reconstruct
both the motion of the vehicle as well as the internal structure of
the building in which it is located. The inertial sensors are required to
adequately track these features and both inertial and optical sensor
information complement each other in this estimation process.

Contact Krumbein Aircraft Structures Laboratory

Assoc. Prof. Haim
Abramovich, Lab Equipment:
Head MTS Servo-Hydraulic Machine:
Tel: +972-4-2303/3199 Three loading rigs, with capabilities of 100, 250, 500 kN, each able to
[email protected] dictate a displacement up to 150 mm, and testing of structures up to 2 m.

All the three systems can be controlled by force, strain or

displacement of the hydraulic piston. The control is either manual
or computerized and can include various types of functions like,
random, continuously up to 20 Hz, etc.

During the tests, the data in the form of forces, strains, displacements
and temperatures can be stored for later use.

Large Scale Test Servo-Hydraulic Machine: Another MTS type

system is solely dedicated to special projects, which has special
testing need and has to be clamped to the floor of the lab. The
maximum applied load is: 100 kN.

Impact Test Machine: Impact testing of structures for damage /

destruction by shooting steel spheres having the diameter of 9 or 13
mm, with velocities up to 150 m/sec.

Capabilities: FE simulations - NASTRAN, ANSYS, ABAQUS; Design and

Performance of Structural Tests; Dynamic Loading; Static Loading;
Impact Loading; Thermal Loading; Vibrations.

Sylvia and David I.A. Fine Rocket Propulsion Center

The Fine Rocket Propulsion Center accommodates research activities
in rocket and ramjet propulsion and related areas and derivatives
(e.g., combustion, gel fuels and propellants, energetic materials,
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Contact energy, two phase flows, and marine propulsion). It includes two
Prof. Emeritus Alon Gany faculty members, four scientists, some 10 graduate students, and
& Prof. Benveniste (Benny) technical personnel. It hosts Visiting Professors, Visiting Scientists,
Nathan Post-Doc Fellows, as well as foreign and Technion undergraduate
Head research students. The Center has a number of reinforced test cells,
Tel: +972-4-829-2554/2395 specially built for static firing tests and for high pressure experiments,
[email protected] high pressure air and gas supply, high and low speed video cameras,
[email protected] computerized data acquisition systems, a Malvern spray size
measurement system, a DSC-TGA thermal analysis system, and a
number of specific setups such as a water tank for marine propulsion
and bubbly flow research.

Contact Turbo and Jet-Engine Laboratory

Prof. Yeshayahou Levy Development of low NOx Jet engine combustor, improving stability of
Head gas turbine combustion system, the use of methanol as an alternative
Tel: +972-4-829-3807/2665 fuel, biofuels for aviation, development of acousto-optic interface for
[email protected] autonomous maritime vehicles, optimization of small wind turbines for
urban environment, control system for small engines, compressor dynamics
& aerodynamics, development of optical diagnostics, sensors design.

Contact Turbomachinery and Heat Transfer Laboratory

Dr. Beni Cukurel Turbomachinery and Heat Transfer Laboratory, supervised by Dr.
Head Cukurel, is envisioned to be the main Israeli academic entity for
Tel: +972-77-887-1962 aero-thermal research and advanced development in the field of
[email protected] turbomachinery applications. The center mainly focuses its effort on
the hot gas section of a gas turbine, consisting of the high pressure
turbine. The scientific contributions are primarily applicable towards
small scale engines, which are commonly used in distributed power
generation, business jets, unmanned air vehicles, auxiliary power
units etc. In light of more stringent emission requirements, demand
for increased power to weight ratio, the progressively augmenting
durability requisites, and critical necessity to improve cycle efficiency,
the laboratory develops technology at the frontiers of the current
knowledge with advances in:
Turbine Cooling in Mini and Micro Jet Engines
Heat Transfer Enhancement in Hot Gas Section Coolant Coverage
Thermal Management
Aerodynamic - Thermal Coupling in High Speed Flows
Novel Experimental Measurement Technique Development
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Ties with Industry

Faculty members and their supervised graduate students perform
industry-sponsored applied research.
Faculty members provide consultancy services on a personal basis
to the industry in their areas of expertise.
Industry seminars are delivered by industry representatives as part
of the Faculty seminar series.
Leading experts from the industry supervise and mentor
undergraduate final-year comprehensive student projects.
Industry experts collaborate with Faculty members in advising
MSc and PhD students.
Industry and Faculty collaborate in organizing conferences
and symposia in various fields of aerospace sciences.
The Faculty’s Research Laboratories provide various testing
services to aerospace industries.
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FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
AND TOWN PLANNING

The goal of the Faculty of Architecture, since it was established in

1924, has been to be the foremost professional body shaping the built
image of Israel. Through education, research, and design leadership,
the Faculty has successfully upheld this goal for the past 90 years,
http://architecture.technion.ac.il graduating thousands of professionals who literally designed and built
the State of Israel. Led by a dedicated, fully-qualified, teaching staff of
researchers and practitioners, the Faculty houses about 900 students
(350 of whom are graduate students) in the fields of architecture,
landscape architecture, planning, and industrial design. In addition,
through its three research centers, the Faculty is also the primary
locus of research and the generator of new design and planning
knowledge in Israel. The Faculty offers post-professional, mid-career,
and advanced degree programs in architecture, environmental design,
industrial design, conservation of the built heritage, and real estate.
In 2014, in collaboration with the Faculty of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, the Faculty will inaugurate a new master's program in
urban engineering.

Research Areas
Architecture: Digital Architecture/Computer-Aided Architectural
Design (CAAD) Design Research and Design Theory Sustainable
Dean's Office Architectural Design Intelligent Buildings Computer-Aided
Tel: +972-4-829-4001 Architectural Fabrication Urban Design Architectural Philosophy
[email protected] Architectural Education Design with Communities Art Architecture
http://architecture.technion.ac.il/ Theory and Criticism Deployable Structures, Spatial Structures and
peoplen/faculty/Dean Shells | Design Research, Design Theory, Design Studies History,
Theory and Criticism Biomimicry in Architecture GIS
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Planning Economic Aspects of Planning Planning Law and Property
Rights Infrastructure Environment and Planning

Industrial Design: Design and Human Factors in Healthcare

Personalized Design, Design for All (Inclusive Design) Human Factors
and Design in Extreme Environments Evidence- Based Design (EBD)
Methodologies Computer-Aided Architectural Fabrication Interactive
Design and Responsive Environments Sustainable Materials

Landscape Architecture: History, Theory and Criticism of Landscape

Architecture in Israel Cultural Landscapes Sacred and Symbolic
Landscapes: Natural, Cultural and Visual Components

Architecture and Town Planning Affiliates Program (ARAP)

The Architecture and Town Planning Affiliates Program (ARAP),
http://architecture.technion.ac.il/ established in 2013, is dedicated to the creation of cooperation between
Affiliates academia and leading industrial companies in Israel and worldwide.
We believe that by establishing strong long-term relations between
academia and industry we can promote important values, focusing
on knowledge, development, innovation, leadership, and excellence.
The ARAP stimulates and supports the needs of business, industry,
and academia in applied research and development, teaching, human
resources, public relations, and advertising.

Research and Development:

Professional interaction with Faculty researchers.
Students' Final Project Course: subjecting proposals and assistant
mentors provided by company for special student projects.
Carrying out joint projects with research centers and laboratories.
Use of Faculty Laboratories - Fabrication, Visualization, GIS, Climate
and Energy, Experimental Art and Architecture.
Identifying partners for joint research proposals to the Chief Scientist
of the Ministry of Economy and the European Union.

Teaching
Workshops, Seminars and Guest Lectures presented within the
Faculty by representatives of suitable companies.
Student competition themes by companies.
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Mini-courses, seminars, summer courses and professional graduate

programs presented in the Faculty by Faculty researchers
to company employees.
Free Auditingr: option for company employees to choose
specified faculty courses.
Industrial Advisory Board held once or twice a year to discuss
teaching programs, research projects, laboratories, and
Faculty equipment.
Library Services: limited.
Guided Tours: opportunity for students to have a guided tour of
the company's facilities.

Human Resources
Classified ad distribution by direct mailing, monthly Faculty
newsletter, Faculty website and bulletin boards and plasmas.
Announcements via professional conferences, seminars, awards,
scholarships, and recruiting days.
Student employment during summer projects, and hosting
summer interns.

Public Relations and Advertising

Increasing company’s visibility: Company’s name and logo
presentation at the Faculty Academia Industry Affiliates program
web page linked by the official Faculty website.
Sponsorship opportunity for affiliate’s conferences, seminars,
competitions, projects, etc.
Sponsorship advertising announcement in the Faculty newsletter,
distributed to alumni, industry personnel, Faculty staff, and students.
Advertising firms’ activities/events: monthly Faculty newsletter,
Faculty website, bulletin boards and plasmas.
Exhibition presentations: in Faculty building.
Links for selected web pages/company presentations to the Faculty
Academia Industry Affiliates program web page.

Visualization Laboratory (VizLab)

The Visualization Laboratory (VizLab) was established in the Fall of 2013.
The centerpiece of the Laboratory is a 3D immersive theater, consisting
of a 2.4 x 7.0 m screen with a 75° field of view and three high-definition
Projectiondesign® projectors. The laboratory was designed and installed
by Antycip Simulation®. 3D capacities are enabled by VizTech XL
software, which produces 3D images from software, including Rhino 3D,
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3D Max//Vrml, Virtools, SketchUp, Google Earth, AutoCad, and ArcGIS.

VizLab can host up to 20 people simultaneously for a 3D experience
in which one participant, followed by tracking cameras, can “move”
through the image, or manipulate a 3D object on the screen. VizLab
is also equipped with a state-of-the-art sound system and advanced
photography equipment.

The VizLab is available to users throughout the Technion and beyond.

The Laboratory serves a broad diversity of uses including:

Investigating user experience in coastal environments under
diverse physical and social conditions.
Examining human behavior in interactive built environments
(including historical settings).
Stimulating dialogue and community participation in the future
of their physical environment.
Studying human cognition and perception during navigation and
way-finding in urban environments and large internal spaces.
Assessing the ecological, aesthetic and tourist value of open and
forested landscapes.
Empowering community stakeholders through the use of
3D visualization of urban development and architectural scenarios,
thereby eliminating the gap between professional jargon and
popular perceptions of development possibilities.
Testing movement patterns in urban environments at different times.
Participatory land use planning and architecture.
3-D study and design of objects, from as small as a pin to as large as
a building, and from inanimate objects to complex living organisms
Contact Virtual tours of buildings and neighborhoods
Asst. Prof. Dafna Fisher- Land use and architectural scenario analysis
Gwirtzman
Tel: +972-829-4056 VizLab users receive the support of trained student technicians who
[email protected] accompany the user from data preparation to actual use within VizLab.
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Technion Computer Oriented Design

and Manufacturing Laboratory (T_CODE)
The T_CODE is an experimental computer-oriented design research
laboratory, which supports research and education in design computation
and fabrication of new media and architecture. It includes a full spectrum
http://tcode.net.technion.ac.il of leading digital design and fabrication tools, such as 3D scanning, 3D
printing, laser cutting, and a CNC milling machine. It supports design,
rationalization, and preparation for fabrication of complex geometry, as
Contact
well as 3D scanning and fabrication in various types of materials. It allows
Asst. Prof. Yasha Jacob
researchers and students to comprehend their designs more fully, as well
Grobman
as to conceive forms they would be unable to build on their own, thus
Tel: +972-829-4041
unlocking their design creativity and productivity.
[email protected]
Center for Architectural Research and Development
The Center for Architectural Research and Development (CARD) was
established in the 1970s as the research arm of the Faculty of Architecture
and Town Planning in areas including Sustainable Architecture (focusing on
energy and lighting in buildings), Computational Design Methods, Digital
Technologies, Advanced Building Simulation, Environmental Control,
Urban Design, Housing, Morphology, Architectural Theory, Construction
Technology, Building Technology, Re-Use of Buildings, and Work with the
Community. Some 20 Faculty members and graduate students are affiliated
with the Center, engaged in both basic and applied research. Examples of
research performed at the CARD include development of the Israeli Standard
for Energy Rating of Buildings (IS5282), which was adopted as part of the
Israeli Standard for Green Buildings (IS5281). It will significantly help to reduce
the energy consumption for air-conditioning and heating buildings, and will
help reduce the dependence of Israel on imported energy resources. At the
urban scale, many studies have been performed to develop design guidelines
for solar and wind rights. The guidelines have been implemented in the
curriculum, and published in books and papers available to the professional
community. CARD researchers have developed novel tools, recognized
nationally and internationally, for simulating future building behavior, which
can forecast many performance aspects, including thermal comfort, lighting,
heating, cooling, and people’s behavior in buildings.

Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS)

The Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) has traditionally
been deeply involved in the planning field. The planning field is
basically public, but involves numerous agencies and organizations,
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governmental and non-governmental; as well as private firms and a

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range of supporting services. CURS has made a major contribution over
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many years to the development of planning methodologies and tools
for industry. In fact, CURS has been highly influential in the development
of plans and planning policies at the national, regional, and local levels.
CURS and the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning have
frequently initiated and coordinated major national planning efforts,
including the 2020 Master Plan for Israel, the Northern District Outline
Plan, local outline plans, and many policy documents dealing with tall
buildings, affordable housing, and water conservation. Its extensive
research in planning and land legislation has been widely referred to in
Supreme Court decisions and rulings, and has led to new legislation.
CURS is now leading the preparation of the Marine Spatial Plan for
Israel's Mediterranean Exclusive Economic Zone.

As a leading practice-oriented research center in the applied science

of planning, CURS is a hub for professional discourse and innovation. It
hosted the 2011 Annual Conference of the Israel Planners Association,
and many professional seminars and symposia.

Members of CURS often serve on public committees, both national and

local. Their leading role as members in the National Council for Planning
and Building has had a major impact on its decisions for many years.

Architectural Heritage Research Center

The Architectural Heritage Research Center was established by
Professor Gilbert Herbert in the 1980s. This Center was the first
architectural archive in Israel, founded in order to establish a national
basis for architectural research. Research in architecture is typological by
nature, being based mostly on precedents.

The Center allows in-depth research of the roles that architecture,

landscape architecture, and urban design have played in the evolution
of the modern State of Israel. Far from being the site of dusty papers
and scholars deprived of daylight, the Center offers researchers from
Israel and abroad welcoming surroundings in which to examine the
nature of the built environment and the ideas that underlie Israeli
architecture. At the Center they find active elements of the past and
the present that continue to inform and stimulate our built reality and to
provide new directions in contemporary architectural practice.
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FACULTY OF BIOLOGY

The Faculty of Biology started as a small department that split from

the Faculty of Chemistry in 1971. During the first 25 years the Faculty
of Biology developed slowly in terms of quality and quantity, focusing
primarily on molecular and cellular biology research. After it became
a Faculty, biology was not as dominant on campus as the biology
http://biology.technion.ac.il departments at other universities. About ten years ago, the Technion
management decided to establish strong and leading Life Science
activities on the Technion campus by upgrading the Faculty of Biology
to serve as the focal point for research into modern Life Sciences and
teaching efforts. One of the tools for implementing this decision was
the establishment of the of the Lorry I. Lokey Center for Life Sciences
and Engineering, founded by Distinguished Professor and 2004 Nobel
Prize laureate, Aaron Ciechanover. As head of this Center, Professor
Ciechanover collected and implemented the essential resources and
Dean’s Office funds for the J. Steven and Rita Emerson Life Sciences Building adjacent
Tel: +972-4-829-3744 to the Faculty of Biology to house modern infrastructure, technologies
[email protected] and facilities in Biology and Life Sciences.

Industrial Relations Research Areas

Coordinator Biochemistry Biophysics Biotechnology Cancer Cell Biology
Prof. Yehuda G. Assaraf Computational Biology Development Drug Discovery Ecology
Dean Endocrinology Epigenetics Evolution Gene Regulation Genetics
Tel: +972-4-829-3744 Genomics Immunology Microbiology Physiology Plant Biology
[email protected] Structural Biology Systems Biology Virology Zoology
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Smoler Proteomics Center

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The Smoler Proteomics Center is the national infrastructure hub for
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proteome analysis. It was established by the Technion and the Ministry
of Science to facilitate direct access to state-of-the-art technologies,
instrumentation and knowhow in the fields of protein purification and
http://proteomics.net.technion. analysis to researchers from universities, research institutes, hospitals,
ac.il
and biotechnology companies, from Israel and worldwide.

Activities in the Center range from identifying and quantifying proteins,

to large-scale comparisons of proteins and their post-translational
modifications in healthy and diseased states. The Center offers direct
Contact access to its technology and expertise, including protein and peptide mass
Prof. Arie Admon spectrometry, micro-chromatography, two-dimensional chromatography,
Head and electrophoresis, as well as in analyzing minute amounts of proteins.
Three mass spectrometers are currently functional in the Center: Orbitrap,
Dr. Tamar Ziv Orbitrap XL, and Q-exactive. All three are high-resolution, high-accuracy
Manager instruments enabling advanced proteomics. The mass spectrometers are
Tel: +972-4-829-3466 fitted with nano-capillary HPLC, which enables the performance of very
[email protected] high-pressure and high-resolution chromatogaphy.

The Center provides services on a first-come, first-served basis, and

also for research collaborations for complex projects. Services to
biotechnology companies are performed both during the research and
development phases, as well as the quality-control phase, and include
consultation throughout the project.

Quality Control
Analyses of synthetic peptides - sequence validation
and contamination analysis
Protein identification
Characterization of contaminated peptide
Analyzing changes in a protein (company product)
Stability tests of peptides and proteins
Price list: Comparison of product purification in different production stages
Comparison between different lots of products

Research and Development

Identification of the full repertoires of proteins (full proteomes,
including many thousands of proteins) present in samples, such
as cell lines, tissues, or microorganism cultures.
http://proteomics.net.technion.
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protein repertoires in different cell types, and following the changes

in these levels in response to treatments or mutations.
Analysis of protein complexes - characterization of the interactions
between different cellular proteins, and determination of their
sub-cellular locations.
Modifications - determination of post-translational modification
patterns (including phosphorylation, ubiquitination, acetylation, etc.).
Variations - determination of the differences between similar proteins.

In recent years more than 50 biotech companies, pharmaceutical

companies, and startups have worked successfully with the
Proteomics Center.
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FACULTY OF BIOMEDICAL
ENGINEERING

Biomedical Engineering (BME) at the Technion began as early as the

mid-1940s, when the body’s bio-electric phenomena were studied in
the Department of Electrical Engineering. The interest and enthusiasm
generated by this new field of studies grew so rapidly that by 1968 over
40 ongoing biomedical projects were under way at various Technion
departments. In 1969, the Julius Silver Institute was set up to house all
http://www.bm.technion.ac.il the Technion’s biomedical engineering research, and the interdisciplinary
Department of Medical and Biological Engineering was formally
established, with the mission of developing a program for graduate studies.
Dean’s Office Today, the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering is involved in wide-ranging
Tel: +972-4-829-5502 research, both basic and applied. The varied novel engineering techniques
[email protected] and state-of-the-art technological, scientific and medical know-how
generated by the Department have, over the years, proved both useful and
Industrial Relations beneficial to Israel’s medical community.
Coordinator
Ms. Zahava Baumel Research Laboratories
Tel: +972-4-829-5502 Biomaterials Biomechanics of ultrasound interaction with cell and
[email protected] tissue Biomedical Optics Laboratory Cellular Biomechanics and
Bio-rheology Cartilage and Joint Diseases Laboratory Stem Cells
Tissue Engineering Laboratory Laboratory for Ultrasound Signals
and Image Processing and Modeling Laboratory of Vision Research
Medical Imaging Laboratory Meller Group Molecular Cardiology
Laboratory Neural Interface Engineering Laboratory Orthopedic and
Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory Technion Biofluids Laboratory
Laboratory for the Mechanics and Function of Organs, Tissues and Cells
Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Laboratory.
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Industrial Affiliates Program - IAP

The Technion Biomedical Faculty’s Industrial Affiliates Program (IAP) is
one of the Faculty’s flagship development projects for the coming year.
The program’s goal is to promote excellence and long-term affiliations
and collaboration between academia and leading companies in industry
http://www.bm.technion.ac.il/
in research and development, human resources and employment,
Labs/stem/default.aspx
marketing and public relations, education, and instruction. Any
Contact company, large or small, in the Industrial Affiliates Program has access
Assoc. Prof. Shulamit to the Faculty’s resources, and can expose the company’s operations
Levenberg at all levels to students studying all degrees and programs, as well as to
Tel: +972-4-829-4810 academic, administrative, and technical Faculty members.
[email protected]
Lorry I. Lokey Tissue Regeneration Group
Dr. Galia Ben-David in the Biomedical Engineering Laboratories
Tel: +972-4-829-4150 The Levenberg Tissue Engineering Laboratory can contribute proven
[email protected] methodology and expertise in the fields of engineering vascularized
cardiac / pancreatic / muscle tissue, flow-induced vascularization in
Dr. Inbal Michael engineered tissue, cell mechanics in 3D constructs, spinal cord injury
Tel: +972-4-829-5176 regeneration and droplet-based microfluidics.

The Laboratory can assist in feasibility research in order to assess the

possibility of using technologies for new product development, as well
as developing assays to support product development. The Laboratory
provides histology services for tissues and engineered tissues. It can also
assist in testing mechanical properties of tissues and scaffolds.
The Laboratory is equipped with advanced equipment, and uses
state-of-the-art assays for research in tissue engineering, 3D cultures,
bioreactors, molecular biology, microscopy, and biochemistry.
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FACULTY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
AND FOOD ENGINEERING

The Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering is unique in

Israel, providing the highly skilled engineers needed for the country’s
expanding biotechnology and food industries. It offers a unique
interdisciplinary blend of courses in engineering, food science and
technology, life sciences, and biotechnology engineering. The Faculty
has been transformed since a decision was made during the mid-
1980s to focus on biotechnology. Accordingly, new Faculty members
specializing in various aspects of biotechnology were recruited, and
http://biotech.technion.ac.il/en the teaching programs were revised to include a biotechnology
specialization program, in addition to the existing food engineering
specialization program. The integration is based on the biological
material common to both fields, and fits well with the many changes
in the traditional food industry, which is becoming more and more
biotech-oriented. The Faculty’s objectives are:

To enhance and maintain the leadership status of the Faculty of

Biotechnology and Food Engineering in Israel and among the
World’s top faculties in these fields.
To attract the best Faculty members and students.
To educate top-level engineers and scientists for the
modern biotechnology and food industries.
To maintain cutting-edge research, integrating scientific and
engineering aspects related to biotechnology and food.

These objectives are in line with the Technion’s vision of becoming one
of the World’s top ten universities.
Dean’s Office
Tel: +972-4-829-3068/9
The diverse activities of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food
[email protected]
Engineering combine a unique blend of engineering-technology
research and aspects of life sciences and nanotechnology.
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research-labs

Research Laboratories
Contact

Asst. Prof. Roee Amit, Head Synthetic Biology Laboratory

Tel: +972-77-887-1895 Research Topics:
[email protected] Decipherment of the regulatory and transcriptome codes using
synthetic biology approaches, single molecule diagnostics.

Assoc. Prof. Dganit Danino Nanostructured Molecular Assemblies Laboratory

Head Research Topics:
Tel: +972-4-829-2143 Nanoencapsulation and drug delivery, physical chemistry of soft matter,
[email protected] lipids and vesicles, self-assembly and nanostructure of complex fluids,
cryo-TEM: development and application.

Assoc. Prof. Ayelet Fishman

Molecular and Applied Biocatalysis Laboratory
Head Research Topics:
Tel: +972-4-829-5898
Engineering of enzymes for their use in the synthesis of chiral
[email protected] compounds and food ingredients, structure-function correlations of
enzymes, enzymes in non-aqueous media.

Assoc. Prof. Yechezkel Kashi Applied Genomics and Food Microbiology Laboratory
Head Research Topics:
Tel: +972-4-829-3074 Food and environmental microbiology, rapid detection of pathogens,
[email protected] typing of probiotics and pathogens, genome evolution, evolution of
microsatellite DNA.

Asst. Prof. Uri Lesmes Chemistry of Foods and Bioactive Ingredients Laboratory
Head Research Topics:
Tel: +972-77-887-1869 Physicochemical basis of human digestion, food hydrocolloids,
[email protected] chemometrics and food personalization.
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Contact

Prof. Ben-Zion Levi, Head Mammalian Cell Technology Laboratory

Tel: +972-4-829-3345 Research Topics:
[email protected] Gene regulation in innate immunity, myeloid-leukemia,
host-pathogen interactions

Assoc. Prof. Yoav D. Livney Biopolymers and Food Nano-Biotechnology Laboratory

Head Research Topics:
Tel: +972-4-829-4225 Physical chemistry of macromolecules in food and other
[email protected] biotechnological systems, nano-delivery systems for health-promoting
compounds.

Prof. Marcelle Machluf, Head

Cancer Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Laboratory
Tel: +972-4-829-4916
Research Topics:
[email protected] Tissue engineering based ECM platforms, cell encapsulation and
drug delivery systems, ultrasound technology for DNA delivery to
cells and tissues.

Asst. Prof. Esther Meyron-Holtz Molecular Nutrition Laboratory

Head Research Topics:
Tel: +972-4-829-3348/9 Mechanisms and regulation of systemic and cellular iron distribution
[email protected] in mammals, in health and disease.

Prof. Emeritus Joseph Miltz Goldstein Packaging Laboratory

Head Research Topics:
Tel: +972-4-829-2451 Packaging (Active and Modified Atmosphere), suitability of packages
[email protected] for contact with food, suitability for dangerous materials and for fragile
products, evaluation of gas (oxygen, water vapor and other gases)
permeability, evaluation of mechanical and physical properties of
packages and packaging materials.

Biomaterials Laboratory
Asst. Prof. Boaz Mizrahi, Head
Research Topics:
Tel: +972-4-829-2484
Biologically inspired materials for reparative medicine, for improved
[email protected]
bioavailability of drugs and food additives, and for separation processes,
and the relationship between the molecular structure and functionality.
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Contact Host Defense Peptides Laboratory

Prof. Amram Mor, Head Research Topics:
Tel: +972-4-829-3340 Peptide-based drug design and delivery; non-specific mechanisms
[email protected] of action; structure-activity relationships.

Assoc. Prof. Ester Segal, Head Functional Nanomaterials, Biosensors, and Sensors Laboratory
Tel: +972-4-829-3349 Research Topics:
[email protected] Development of multifunctional nano-materials for sensing/
biosensing, drug delivery systems, intelligent and
active packaging.

Prof. Yuval Shoham, Head Protein and Enzyme Engineering Laboratory

Tel: +972-4-829-3072 Research Topics:
[email protected] Gene regulation in clostridium thermocellum and geobacillus
stearothermophilus, catalytic mechanism and structure function
relationship of glycoside hydrolases.

Prof. Assoc. Prof. Sima Yaron Molecular Biology of Pathogens Laboratory

Head Research Topics:
Tel: +972-4-829-2940 Food safety, molecular microbiology of food-borne pathogens,
[email protected] host-pathogen interactions, bacterial biofilms, gut microflora.

Prof. Yeshayahu Talmon Electron Microscopy Laboratory for Soft Matter

Tel: +972-4-829-2007 The Electron Microscopy Laboratory for Soft Matter was established in
[email protected] 1998 to provide the tools and methodology to image nanostructured
liquid and semi-liquid systems directly. It includes two dedicated
Assoc. Prof. Dganit Danino cryo-TEMs, a Philips CM120, and an FEI T12, which was acquired in
Tel: +972-4-829-2143 2004. In 2008, we added a Zeiss high-resolution scanning electron
[email protected] microscope (HR-SEM). We have all the facilities necessary for specimen
preparation. These include an in-house system developed and built for
direct imaging of vitrified specimens, and a new Leica (Bal-Tec) BAF
060 instrument for freeze-fracture-replication and cryo-SEM specimen
preparation. We also have an image-processing and archiving room.
This unique facility has proven to be most useful for a wide range of
projects (room temperature work is also done on our instruments), and
attracts users and collaborators from the campus, and from other Israeli
and foreign universities and industries.

In addition to the in-house-built controlled environment vitrification

system (CEVS) used for both cryo-TEM and cryo-SEM specimen
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commercial Vitrobot system for cryo-TEM specimen preparation. Also
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available is a Leica UC6 ultramicrotome equipped with an FC6 cryo-system
for cryo-sectioning of biological and polymeric specimens for TEM.

Electron microscopy is augmented by a digital light microscopy system

based on an Olympus BHT-2 microscope with an Optronics LED digital
camera system. We have differential interference contrast (Nomarski)
and polarized light cross-polarizer optics with this microscope, as well
as a hot stage.

CONTACT EQUIPMENT ITEM DESCRIPTION

Assoc. Prof. Dganit Danino CEVS Manual system for cryo-TEM sample preparation in a controlled
Tel: +972-4-829-2143 environment (temperature, humidity, vapor saturation)
[email protected] VITROBOT Automatic system for cryo-TEM sample preparation in a controlled
environment (temperature, humidity, vapor saturation)
Slice sample for microtome System for thin slice preparation of liquid samples in the vitrified
state for Cryo-TEM and Cryo-SEM

Assoc. Prof. Sima Yaron PERKIN ALMOR VICTOR Fluorescence and luminescence plate reader
Tel: +972-4-829-2940 BLOTEK Fluorescence plate reader
[email protected] RT-PCR Real-time PCR

Prof. Ben-Zion Levi Gel imager Imaging lengths of DNA and RNA molecules
Tel: +972-4-829-3345
Inverted fluorescence microscope
[email protected]
Nanodrop
Luminometer

Asst. Prof. Uri Lesmes LumiSizer LUM GmbH Analytical centrifugation for analysis of stability and size
Tel: +972-77-887-1869 of suspension and emulsions
[email protected] Titrando 902+TIAMO Computer-controlled dual auto-titration unit
control software
Applikon MiniBioreactors and Computer-controlled fermenters
SCADA control software
Bioreactors and Fermac Simulated human colon fermentation
peristaltic controllers
Stomacker Paddle homogenizer
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CONTACT EQUIPMENT ITEM DESCRIPTION

Assoc. Prof. Yoav D. Livney HPLC: Akta Basic (GE Healthcare) Size exclusion, reversed phase
Tel: +972-4-829-4225 MALLS: Dawn EOS Molecular weight distribution
[email protected] (Wyatt Technologies)
RI detector: OPTI LAB Absolute and differential refractive index; concentration
(Wyatt Technologies)
DLS/Zeta: Nicomp 380 (PSS) Nanoparticle size and zeta potential

Prof. Amram Mor Peptide synthesizer Peptide synthesizer AB433A

Tel: +972-4-829-3340 HPLC Waters separation module Alliance
[email protected]
Biotec Synergy Biotec Synergy

Prof. Marcelle Machluf Cell counter

Tel: +972-4-829-4916 FACS
[email protected] Nikon T-2000E ECLIPSE
epifluorescence inverted microscope
with incubator setup for
time-lapse imaging.

Asst. Prof. Ester Segal DSC- differential scanning- http://segallab.technion.ac.il - used for thermal
Tel: +972-4-829-3349 calorimeter characterization of materials, mainly polymers
[email protected] TGA Thermal gravimetric analyzer http://segallab.technion.ac.il - used for thermal analysis of materials
FTIR - Fourier Transform http://segallab.technion.ac.il - spectroscopic technique to
IR Spectrometer identify and study chemical composition

Asst. Prof. Roee Amit Optosplit Splits microscope image for simultaneous imaging of
Tel: +972-77-887-1895 different fluorescent channels
[email protected] Oscilloscope Measurement and generation of voltage signals
Fluorescence microscope Measurement of microscopic samples (bacteria) that
emit fluorescence
Gel imager Imaging lengths of DNA molecules
Nanovue Measures concentration of DNA in suspension
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Assoc. Prof. Ayelet Fishman 2 Bioreactors (200 ml) - Applikon Controlled growth of microorganisms
Tel: +972-4-829-5898 HPLC-DAD and HPLC-UV (Agilent), Separation of small non-volatile molecules
[email protected] HPLC -DAD (Dionex)
GC-MS (Agilent) Separation and identification of small volatile molecules
based on their mass
GC-FID (Agilent) Separation of small and volatile organic molecules
GC HEAD SPACE (THERMO) Separation of small volatile organic molecules from
liquid or head space
EpMotion 5070 robotic system Liquid handling system for 96-well plates
(Eppendorf)

Assoc. Prof. Yechezkel Kashi 3130 Genetic Analyzer - DNA sequencing and genotyping - size determination
Tel: +972-4-829-3074 Applied Biosystems of fluorenyl labeled products
[email protected] Microplate spectrophotometer Absorbance microplate reader under temperature
Eon-BioTek control at selected wavelength (200-999 nm)
Microplate reader Synergy HT - Absorbance, fluorescence and luminescence
BioTek measurements in microplate
Step One Plus REAL TIME PCR- Quantification and detection of DNA and RNA, gene
Applied Biosystems expression analysis
Nanovue plus Determining DNA and RNA concentration
Eclipse 5Oi - Microscope and Yeast tetratide dissection
micromanipulator - Nikon

Prof. Yuval Shoham Dionex-Thermo Scientific Chromatography

Tel: +972-4-829-3072 Dionex Corporation
[email protected] GC-HP-GC 6890 Gas chromatograph
HPLC-HP 1100 Liquid chromatograph
Stopflow- Applied Photo Spectrometer for nanosecond kinetics and CD-circular dichroism
Physics p*-180 for protein studies; characterization, stability, formulation,
structure, and more.
Akta Explorer- Pharmacia LKB (GE) Protein chromatography system
Akta Basic- Pharmacia LKB (GE) Protein chromatography system
Akta Avant - Pharmacia LKB (GE) Protein chromatography system
ITC- VP-ITC Microcal Microcalorimeter
DSC- VP-DSC Microcal Microcalorimeter
2-, 10-, and 50-L fermenters Fermenter
(BRAUN-BIOSTAT MD)
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CONTACT EQUIPMENT ITEM DESCRIPTION

Prof. Yuval Shoham French Press-SPECTRONIC Cell homogenizer

Tel: +972-4-829-3072 INSTRUMENTS
[email protected] Anaerobic hood COY Laboratory Anaerobic bacterial growth
Products Inc.
EMULSIFLEX C3-AVESTIN Cell homogenizer
BioTek- Synergy HT Plate reader

Pilot Plant Spray dryer (Niro; 10 kg/hr)

(Food Technology) Drum dryer (Escher Wyss; 50 kg/hr)
Tel: +972-4-829-2453
Fluid Bed dryer (Aeromatic;
[email protected] 4 kg batch)
Tunnel dryer (up to 15 kg/batch)
Freeze dryer (Grenco;
up to 15 kg/batch)
Agitated falling fFilm evaporator Boiling vacuum concentrator for viscous liquids
(Luwa; 25 L/hr batch type)
Falling film evaporator Boiling vacuum concentrator for liquids
(Niro; 50 L/hr continuous)
Centri Term evaporator Up to 2000 bar
(Alfalaval; 30 L/hr batch type)
Kugel vacuum evaporator Boiling vacuum concentrator reactor
(up to 40 L)
2 Plate heat exchangers Pasteurization of liquids
(Alfalaval and Niro; up to 6 L/min)
Still autoclave (Stork; with
temperature and in package
monitoring equipment) 50 L
Rotating autoclave (with
temperature and in package
monitoring equipment) 50 L
Blast freezer tunnel 80 L
Scraped surface freezer
(Votator; 10 kg/hr continuous) 8
Tweedy mixer for dough
(up to 15 kg)
Controlled baking oven
Smoking cabinet
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Pilot Plant Stephan mixer
(Food Technology) 2 Step Nozzle homogenizer Up to 300 bar
Tel: +972-4-829-2453 (2 L/min)
[email protected] Vacuum homogenizer
(Herbot; 15 L batch)
Various high and low shear
mixers and blenders
Various centrifuges(5 L/min)
Various grinders, crushers
and Millers
Various screeners, sifters, filters
U.F filtration (0.54 square
meter membrane)
FMC In-line-juice extractor

Relations with Industry

Industrial Relations
The Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering is dedicated to
Coordinator
the creation of mutual cooperation between academia and leading
Prof. Yuval Shoham
industrial companies, as part of our mission to promote mutually
Tel: +972-4-829-3072
important values and needs of industry and academia focusing on
[email protected]
knowledge, development, innovation, and excellence.

Research and Development

Professional interaction with Faculty researchers.
Students' Final Project Course: topic proposals and mentors
are provided by companies for 4th-year students.
Joint Projects: laboratory services are provided by Faculty members
and their research facilities for the food industry and for the biotech /
biomedical companies.
The Goldstein Packaging Pilot Plant Laboratory offers unique
instruments for assessing and designing packaging systems.

Teaching
Workshops, seminars, and guest lecturers
Free Auditor: options for company employees to choose
specified Faculty courses.
Industrial Advisory Board: held once a year to discuss teaching
programs, research projects, laboratories, and faculty equipment.
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Human Resource
Recruiting day: an opportunity to hold an exclusive
student-recruiting day.
Announcements via professional conferences, seminars,
awards, scholarships, and recruiting days.
Student employment during summer projects and hosting
summer interns.

Public Relations and Advertising

Increasing companies’ visibility: companies’ names and
logo presentations on the Faculty web page
Sponsorship opportunity for alumni conferences,
seminars, competitions, projects, etc.
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ENGINEERING

The Faculty of Chemical Engineering developed in parallel with the

development of the academic profession in the Western World. The
Faculty experienced all the developments in the field typical of the
last few decades. Over the years the Faculty developed into a modern
chemical engineering department that combines core ‘classical’
chemical engineering with the modern aspects of the discipline,
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namely, nanotechnology, advanced materials, and biotechnology.

Research areas covered by the Faculty include:

catalysis and transport phenomena, colloids, interfaces and complex
liquids, polymer science and technology, advanced materials, water
desalination, biosystems, and design and control.
Dean’s Office
Tel: +972-4-829-2820/1 The Faculty members are closely connected to the Israeli and
[email protected] international scientific and industrial communities through active
participation in scientific meetings, involvement in professional
Industrial Relations societies, scientific exchange programs, consulting to industry, and
Coordinator membership of editorial boards of scientific periodicals. The Faculty
Prof. Raphael Semiat takes pride in its alumni, many of whom have reached top positions in
Tel: +972-4-829-2820/1 industry, government, and academia.
[email protected]
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Research Groups

http://ceweb.technion.ac.il/ Interfacial Phenomena

research-labs
Research topics: Colloid and interface science
Contact: Researchers: Abraham Marmur Yael Katsir Elena Vinnik
Prof. Abraham Marmur, Head Michal Yarom
Tel: +972-4-829-3088 Labs: Interfacial Phenomena Laboratory
[email protected]

Complex Liquids, Nanostructure and Macromolecules

Prof. Yeshayahu (Ishi) Talmon, Staff Researchers: Berta Shdemati Yehudit Schmidt
Head Ellina Kessleman
Tel: +972-4-829-2007 Research topics: Complex Liquids Nanostructured Biosystem
[email protected] Advanced Materials Colloid and Interface Science
Facilities: FEI T12 and Philips CM 120 TEMs, Zeiss Ultra-Plus HR-SEM,
specimen preparation equipment

Prof. Emeritus Moshe Narkis, Polymers and plastics

Head Researchers: Roza Tchoudakov Ron Rahman Guy Mechrez
Tel: +972-4-829-2937 Research topics: Polymer science and technology
[email protected] Labs: Injection Molding Extruder

Prof. Emeritus Avinoam Nir, Multiphase dispersed fluid systems

Head Researchers: Olga Lavrenteva Irina Smagin Jai Prakash
Tel: +972-4-829-2119 Research topics: Mechanics and transport phenomena
[email protected]

Prof. Gideon Grader, Head Advanced Ceramics and non-carbon fuels for Energy Applications
Tel: +972-4-829-2008 Researchers: Gennady Shter Vladimir Gelman
[email protected] Research topics: Advanced materials

Polymeric biomaterials: Structure - function relations

Assoc. Prof. Havazelet Researchers: Hadas Hecht Irit Ventura Ortal Yom Tov
Bianco-Peled, Head Elinor Joseph Albert Tal Eshal Iris Barsht Keren Delmar
Tel: +972-4-829-3588 Research topics: Biosystems
[email protected] Labs: Laser Light Scattering
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Contact: Laboratory for Nonmaterial Based Devices (LNBD)

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Prof. Hossam Haick, Head Researchers: Orna Barash Manal Abud Nadav Bachar Alona Bein
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Tel: +972-4-829-3087 Yoav Broza Rawi Dirawi Rotem Ermanok Allaa Garaa Sagi
[email protected] Gliksman Amal Haitham Nicole Kahn Gad Konvalina Morad
Nakhleh Nisreen Shehada Miriam Tisch Bin Wang
Research topics: Advanced materials

Assoc. Prof. Alexander Complex Fluids and Microflows

Leshanksy, Head Researcher: Stanislav Levchenko
Tel: +972-4-829-3502 Research topics: Catalysis and transport phenomena
[email protected] Colloid and interface science

Desalination and water treatment

Prof. Raphael Semiat, Head Researchers: David Hasson Abraham Sagiv Hilla Shemer
Tel: +972-4-829-2009 Grigorie Zelmanov
[email protected] Research topics: Desalination and water treatment
Laboratories: Rabin Laboratory - Desalination and Water Treatment

Assoc. Prof. Yaron Paz, Head Photo Catalysis and Thin films
Tel: +972-4-829-2486 Researchers: Nurit Shacham-Waldman Sagi Pasternak
[email protected] Hadas Cherniak Zach Shidlovski Malka Rohkind
http://pygroup.net.technion.ac.il Research topics: Photocatalysis Advanced materials Environment,
water and alternative energy Thin film
Labs: Photocatalysis and Thin Film Laboratory

Relations with the Chemical Industry

The researchers of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering are involved
in various ways and in all aspects with the Israeli chemical industry,
and also with companies abroad. The cooperation includes research
programs in direct cooperation with a wide range of companies,
indirectly with the help of governmental institutions, start-up companies
that were founded by our Faculty members, services based on available
equipment, and consulting on a personal basis by individuals.
The range of companies involved is wide, and includes companies
in the petrochemical and polymer industries, minerals, energy,
agrochemical and fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology
and biomedicine, water and desalination, electronics and advanced
materials, and the security industry. Our former students are active in all
these industries.
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Research Infrastructure
The development of the Faculty’s infrastructure reflects the evolving
directions of research, and the growing need for sophisticated, large-
scale and expensive equipment to meet the needs of the research
activities of our Faculty members. Some of the larger items of
equipment, experimental systems and computer infrastructure are
described below.

Experimental Equipment
Contact: Small and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS/WAXS)
Prof. Yachin Cohen Our Faculty is equipped with state-of-the art equipment for X-ray
Tel: +972-4-829-2010 scattering, operating as an infrastructure center. It allows for
[email protected] simultaneous diffraction measurements at small and wide angles with
enhanced flux, and is useful for a broad range of systems, ranging
from complex fluids, such as self-assembled polymer and surfactant
solutions, biopolymers in their natural state, synthetic and natural gels
and colloids, nanoparticle dispersions, to solid materials such as fibers,
composite materials and metal alloys. It was acquired from JJ-Xray
Instruments (Denmark), based on a design by Molecular Metrology Inc.
(now part of Rigaku US). It consists of a Microfocus Plus sealed-tube
generator (Philips), graded multilayer optics (Osmic), and a three-pinhole
collimation for a bright and well-collimated beam. Sample holders are
available for liquids and solids, with temperature control by circulating
liquid or resistive heating, as well as a goniometer stage suitable for
grazing incidence of thin films. Two-dimensional detectors are based on
a multi-wire array (Gabriel) for small angles and an image plate (Fuji) for
wide angles.

Electron Microscopy Laboratory for Soft Matter

Contact: The Electron Microscopy Laboratory for Soft Matter was established
Prof. Yeshayahu Talmon in 1998 to provide the tools and methodology to direct image
Tel: +972-4-829-2007 nanostructured liquid and semi-liquid systems. It includes two
[email protected] dedicated cryo-TEMs, a Philips CM120, and an FEI T12, which was
acquired in 2004. In 2008, we added a Zeiss high-resolution scanning
Assoc. Prof. Dganit Danino electron microscope (HR-SEM). We have all the facilities necessary for
Tel: +972-4-829-2143 specimen preparation. These include an in-house system developed
[email protected] and built for direct imaging of vitrified specimens, and a new Leica (Bal-
Tec) BAF 060 instrument for freeze-fracture-replication and cryo-SEM
specimen preparation. We also have an image-processing and archiving
room. This unique facility has proven to be most useful for a wide range
of projects (room temperature work is also done on our instruments),
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and attracts users and collaborators from the campus, and from other
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In addition to the home-built controlled environment vitrification system

(CEVS) used for both cryo-TEM and cryo-SEM specimen preparation under
controlled conditions, the Laboratory also has a commercial Vitrobot
system for cryo-TEM specimen preparation. Also available is a Leica UC6
ultramicrotome equipped with an FC6 cryo-system for cryo-sectioning of
biological and polymeric specimens for TEM.

Electron microscopy is augmented by a digital light microscopy system based

on an Olympus BHT-2 microscope with an Optronics LED digital camera
system. We have differential interference contrast (Nomarski) and polarized
light cross-polarizer optics with this microscope, as well as a hot stage.

Material Characterization
Investments were made in equipment for rheological and mechanical
property measurement. A Rheometric Sciences ARES system optimized
for low-viscosity systems is available in the laboratories of the Talmon
group. The Narkis Laboratory hosts an Instron 5568 universal testing
machine, a TA, TGA 2050 Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA), a Perkin
Elmer, DMTA 7e Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analyzer (DMTA),
and other sophisticated equipment for polymer testing, FTIR (under
vacuum) Vertex 70V (Bruker)

Sophisticated equipment for materials characterization over a wide

temperature range is also available in several research groups of the Faculty.

Examples:
Setaram TG-92 TGA/DTA (operating temperature 20-2,200°C),
coupled with a mass spectrometer for thermal analysis
Altamira model AMI-200 for temperature-programmed
desorption, oxidation and reduction measurements
Micromeritics ASAP-2010 pore structure analyzer by
BET measurement (Grader)
HP GCMS gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer
Inframetrics 900 IR thermography imager (Sheintuch)
Setaram Labsys TGA/DSC/DTA coupled to mass spectrometer
(operating range RT-1200°C) (Gazit)
Micromeritics ASAP-2020 physisorption full analysis of
porous materials (Gazit)
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Micromeritics ASAP-2920 chemisorption TPD/TPR/TPO coupled to

mass spectrometer. Surface analysis of heterogeneous catalysts. (Gazit)
FTIR in-situ analysis of heterogeneous catalysts under operando
conditions high temperature high pressure. (Gazit)

Contact: The Paz group has a variety of characterization tools including:

Prof. Yaron Paz SPM (Pico+, Molecular Imaging) FTIR (IFS55, Bruker) with
Tel: +972-4-829-2486 almost any type of existing accessories (microprobe, ATR, diffuse
[email protected] reflectance, specular reflectance, photoacoustic detector, etc.) UV-
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(HP6890/5973) home-built SPR machine polarimeter

There is also a well-equipped preparative laboratory that contains

standard hoods, a clean laminar hood, a glove box, a spin coater, a
plasma cleaning device, a UV-ozone device, a high-pressure high-
temperature reactor, furnaces, a centrifuge, etc.

Electronic Device Fabrication and Analysis

Contact: Upon joining the Faculty in 2006, Professor Haick established
Prof. Hossam Haick wet facilities for the synthesis and purification of functionalized
Tel: +972-4-829-3087 nanomaterials.
[email protected]
These include:
Glove boxes (<1 ppm O2 and <1 ppm H2O) in conjugation
with an e-beam evaporator;

Two probe stations and device analyzers for probing electrical

characteristics of solid-state devices, with a resolution of aF (atto-Farad)
in capacitance measurements and aA (atto-Ampere) in conductance
measurements;

Six stations for characterizing sensor arrays under different conditions

of exposure to simulated biomarkers (e.g., flow rate, concentration,
humidity, etc.) or real breath samples;

A GC-MS system in conjugation with pre-concentration techniques

(e.g., SPME) for chemical analysis of, for example, real and simulated
breath samples;

A Langmuir-Blodgett trough for the deposition of low-defect films of

organic materials and nanomaterials on solid-state substrates (The same
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A Kelvin probe for investigating fundamental processes on the surfaces

of nanomaterial-based films and for understanding the electrical
processes involved in the operation of sensors;

A spectroscopic ellipsometer for measuring thickness and dielectric

constant of thin films; and a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) for
measuring adsorption (or weight) of analytes in thin films.

Contact: Thin Film Characterization

Prof. Hossam Haick The diverse demands of thin film characterization are met by an
Tel: +972-4-829-3087 M-2000U line spectroscopic ellipsometer. The M-2000U delivers
[email protected] both speed and accuracy. Haick patented RCE technology combines
rotating compensator ellipsometry with high-speed CCD detection
to collect data from the entire spectrum (about 700 wavelengths) in a
fraction of a second with a wide array of configurations. The primary
application of the M-200U ellipsometer in our Faculty is to characterize
film thickness and optical constants. The M-2000 excels at both. It
measures films from sub-nanometer thickness up to tens of microns,
and the optical properties from transparent to absorbing materials. It is a
flexible instrument that can characterize any type of thin film: including
dielectrics, organics, semiconductors, and metals. A wide spectral range
and variable angle allow the M-2000 to diagnose many multi-layered
structures. The M-2000U ellipsometer is equipped with a liquid cell
that enables monitoring liquid-solid interface in real time to study, for
example, adsorption kinetics of (bio)molecules from liquid or gas phases
onto solid-state substrates, and sensing properties of nanomaterial-
based films.

Particle Sizing and More

This may be performed using a Malvern Mastersizer particle size
analyzer in the 40 nm to 2 mm range and Malvern Zetasizer for 0.6 nm
to 5 μm range (Semiat), or by a Brookhaven Instruments Corporation
Zeta PALS zeta-potential and particle size analysis system for a particle
size range of 3 nm to 5 μm and zeta-potential measurement (Tsur).
A surface potential analyzer (SurPASS, Anton Paar) is also available for
measuring streaming and zeta-potential of flat surfaces and membranes
as a function of pH (Freger). Also available is a Bruker IFS-55 FTIR system
(Paz) for molecular identification on surfaces and in liquids and gases.
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Contact
An advanced FTIR-Raman system (Nikolet 8700) equipped with ATR
Prof. Raphael Semiat
and PM-IRRAS attachments (Freger) is used for chemical analysis of
Tel: +972-4-829-2009
surfaces and thin composite films and for partitioning, sorption, and
[email protected]
orientation of various solutes in thin surface layers; a TA Q10 DSC Bähr
801 dilatometer for the temperature range of -190°C to 1,500°C; and an
Prof. Yoed Tsur
impedance spectroscopy laboratory for the range of 1 mHz to 100 MHz
Tel: +972-4-829-3586
(Tsur). The analysis of impedance spectroscopy results can be done
[email protected]
using a unique program based on evolutionary programming that has
been developed in Tsur’s lab. It finds a functional form of the underlying
Assoc. Prof. Slava Freger
distribution of relaxation times in the sample, hence aids the user in
Tel: +972-4-829-2933
developing understanding about the physical processes that are present.
[email protected]

Water and Desalination Laboratory

Contact The Rabin Desalination Laboratory is based on five RO/NF units, two
Prof. Raphael Semiat UF/MF units, EDR, and a set of fabrication equipment for sand filtration,
Tel: +972-4-829-2009 crystallization, stripping, fluidization, and laboratory equipment. For
[email protected] measuring the performance of membrane units, state-of-the-art
membranes and related materials and processes, TOC/TNC (Semiat,
Prof. Emeritus David Hasson Hasson) and HPLC (Freger) are available. Freger’s group has a range of
Tel: +972-4-829-2936 advanced instruments for surface characterization and examination
[email protected] of membranes, including an AFM (Innova, Bruker), a surface potential
analyzer (SurPASS, Anton Paar), a FTIR-Raman spectrometer (8700,
Assoc. Prof. Slava Freger Nikolet) with ATR and PM-IRRAS attachments and potentiostat/ZRA
Tel: +972-4-829-2933 (SP-300 Biologic). Dedicated equipment is also available for filtration
[email protected] (high-pressure stirred dead-end and flow cells), preparation of well-
defined modified surfaces (laminar cabinet, spin-coater) and biofouling
and bacteria/particle deposition studies (laminar cabinet, incubator,
centrifuge, microscope with fluorescence attachment).

Contact Micro Fluids Laboratory

Asst. Prof. Ofer Manor Prof. Manor’s laboratory, set up in 2013, is expected to acquire
Tel: +972-77-887-1734 three groups of equipment: device fabrication equipment, device
[email protected] characterization equipment, and flow measurement equipment. The
device fabrication equipment, in addition to the Technion’s clean
room facility, is for microfluidic platform fabrication and assembly. This
equipment includes a spin coater, a plasma chamber, and supporting
equipment. The device characterization equipment will include an
impedance analyzer and a laser Doppler vibrometer for electrical and
mechanical characterization of piezoelectric devices and mechanical
vibrations of solids in general. The laser Doppler vibrometer will be
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The flow measurement equipment will measure steady and dynamic
flow fields, suspension and emulsion structures, and wetting effects
of liquids on piezoelectric-based microfluidic platforms. Flow
measurements will be assisted with a signal generator, a signal amplifier
and an oscilloscope for actuating and controlling the piezoelectric
device on which the flow is excited. Flow fields and other dynamic and
static effects will be captured using an epi-fluorescence microscope
equipped with a 3D motorized stage designed to capture consecutive
2D slices of flow patterns to reconstruct 3D flow fields that exceed
the microscope plane in size and depth of view. The images will be
taken using a high frame rate, high resolution and flexible cameras
to span the different time and length scales associated with acoustic
streaming-related phenomena.

Computer Infrastructure
Contact The research groups whose research is based computationally rely on a
Asst. Simon Brandon number of systems, many of them networked. The following describes
Tel: +972-4-829-2822 the systems in place, organized by research group.
[email protected]
Professor Brandon’s group carries out continuum, as well as molecular,
Asst. Moshe Sheintuch analysis of thermodynamics and transport phenomena related to
Tel: +972-4-829-2823 various fundamental and applied problems, such as those stemming
[email protected] from crystal growth systems and wetting phenomena, which are
analyzed using in-house-designed as well as public domain and
Prof. Emeritus Leonid Pisman commercial software. Computer platforms include a new 1056 core
Tel: +972-4-829-3086 Technion computer (called TAMNUN), as well as a number of standard
[email protected] desktop computers operating under LINUX and an in-house 16-core
Silicon Graphics machine (also operating under LINUX).
Prof. Emeritus Avinoam Nir
Tel: +972-4-829-2119 The groups of Professors Sheintuch, Pisman, Nir, Brenner, and Srebnik
[email protected] rely mainly on PC computers and workstations, and also on the
TAMNUN cluster maintained by Technion Computer Center staff, which
Assoc. Prof. Naama Brenner is available for high-performance calculations.
Tel: +972-4-829-3578
[email protected]

Assoc. Prof. Simcha Srebnik

Tel: +972-4-829-3584
[email protected]
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FACULTY OF
CHEMISTRY

The Faculty of Chemistry is a vibrant academic unit, with dynamic

research and teaching programs, active Faculty members, and modern
research laboratories and facilities. It spans the full spectrum of
disciplines within chemistry – physical, analytical, inorganic, organic,
biochemical, and theoretical; and overlaps the associated fields
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nanotechnology.

The Faculty is divided in two divisions:

Dean’s Office The Division of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry comprises 11

Tel: +972-4-829-3747/27/3664 research groups. Their scientific interests and activities encompass
[email protected] general fields of organic, inorganic, bio-organic, bio-inorganic, catalytic,
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peoplen/faculty/Dean theoretical, supramolecular, polymer, and materials chemistry.

Industrial Relations The Division of Physical, Theoretical and Analytical Chemistry

Coordinator comprise 14 research groups that apply a variety of theoretical and
Prof. Yoav Eichen experimental techniques to elucidate the molecular nature of materials.
Tel: +972-4-829-3708 Many of the studies carried out in these laboratories are interdisciplinary
[email protected] in nature, belonging to the overlapping realms of materials science, life
sciences, energy research, solid state, and nanomaterials.
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Ties with Israeli Industry
The interaction between the Faculty and industry may be divided into:
Direct sponsored research of Faculty members by industry.
Sponsored research of joint projects between academic groups
and industry by governmental institutions.
Start-up companies in which academic staff are involved.
Consultancy work provided to industry by some of our
Faculty members.
Patent applications and commercialization.
Service provided to industry by our general service
research laboratories.

Some Faculty members have research directly sponsored by

Israeli industries, such as Teva Pharmaceutical Company, and SCD
Semiconductor Devices. In these cases, very focused applied research
is carried out in collaboration with industrial programs, with financial
support provided from the industrial side.

Some academic staff members are associated with large government-

sponsored academic-industrial research through various programs,
such as Magnet, Nofar, and Magneton. In these cases, several industrial
partners and academic groups join a large project that has several
research and development aspects. Industrial partners in these large
projects include, for example, Intel, Tower, SCD, Rafael, Teva, ELOP,
3GSolar, and others.

Several academic staff members have founded start-up companies

based on research and patents developed within the Technion. Several
of these start-up companies were successful.

All our general service research laboratories (NMR, MS, XRD, and the
Surface Analysis and Characterization Laboratory) provide service work
for various industries (mostly chemical and
pharmaceutical) and research laboratories
within and outside the Technion. In these
cases, the service is carried out at predefined
rates. Finally, our glassblowing workshop and
machine shop also do occasional work for
external users at predefined rates.
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Technical Services
The Faculty’s technical services are organized in the machine,
electronic, and glassblowing units. Our machine shop provides design,
manufacturing, and technical support services for the Faculty’s laboratories,
for other Technion faculties, and for external clients.

Our highly skilled technicians possess extensive experience in

manufacturing prototypes of experimental apparatus and separate
precision parts according to special specifications, using diverse materials
including plastics, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, and refractory metals.
The machine shop also provides repair, maintenance, and modernization
services for existing scientific instruments and experimental equipment
in research laboratories. The scope of the shop’s facilities allows the
production of a wide range of components, from precision parts to
large experimental apparatuses for many important applications, such
as cryogenics, processes in high and ultra-high vacuum, optical and
laser spectroscopy, chemical reactors, and systems and components for
nanotechnology research and magnetic resonance.

General Research and Service Laboratories

Chemical and Surface Analysis Laboratory

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The-chemical-and-surface- The Chemical and Surface Analysis Laboratory offers a wide range
analysis-lab%20/ of characterization techniques, together with highly skilled expert
personnel. This facility serves all Technion researchers, and other
research institutes (universities and colleges), as well as industry.

The Laboratory’s main equipment includes:

Veeco (Dimension 3100) Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) ESCAN
(Vega-II) Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Thermo Scientific CHNS
Analyzer (Flash2000) Bruker (Tensor 27) Fourier Transform InfraRed
(FTIR) TA instruments (Q10) Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
Jobin Yvon (Fluorolog-3) Fluorometer for monitoring fluorescence
of samples at wavelengths of 280 to 900 nm, and temperatures from
-170°C to 90°C CEM Cop. (Discover) microwave reactor.

The Laboratory is managed by a PhD engineer in physical chemistry.

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory

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This open-door laboratory provides instrumental services and user-
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training at all levels. It is equipped with five modern high-resolution
Bruker spectrometers ranging from 4.7T up to 14.1T. The following five
instruments serve our faculty: Bruker Avance 600 MHz, 500 MHz, 400
http://nmrlab.technion.ac.il MHz, 300 MHz, and 200 MHz. The instrumentation available covers a broad
range of experiments. Some examples of the most routine favorites for
research include 1D spectra of multiple nuclei (1H, 13C, 15N, 29Si, 31P, and
103Rh) high-temperature 13C NMR, low-temperature 19F NMR, 1H-13C
correlations, 29Si INEPT, and diffusion spectroscopy. The Laboratory is
managed by two full-time, professional, PhD-level spectroscopists.
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Mass Spectrometry Laboratory

The Mass Spectrometry (MS) Laboratory provides method development
and consultation services for elemental analysis for research faculty, staff
members, and students at the Technion.

The laboratory has several state-of-the-art instruments:

Waters Micromass LCT Premier (TOF) coupled to an HPLC.

The instrument is an easy to use bench-top mass spectrometer that
utilizes a high-resolution time-of-flight (ToF) analyzer to enable exact
automated mass measurements. The ToF analyzer utilizes W-Optics, a
novel method for enhancing resolution, which provides up to 10,000
FWMH resolution.

Waters MALDI-TOF MS System, featuring the MALDI micro-mass

spectrometer, offers automated sample processing and MALDI target
spotting, allowing for unattended operation and increased throughput
and reproducibility.

Waters AutoSpec Premier™ is the latest development in magnetic

sector technology. It incorporates the Waters unique EBE, double-
focusing geometry with extra wide gap magnet of the proven Ultima
NT system, providing an unmatched combination of high sensitivity,
high resolution, and low background noise. The AutoSpec Premier
forms a powerful platform for high-resolution selected ion recording
applications, such as dioxin, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), or drugs of abuse analysis.

Bruker-QTOF-II, enabling techniques of LC-MS, GC-MS, MS-MS,

high-resolution MS with various modes of ionization.

X-ray Crystallography Laboratory

This Laboratory has two X-ray machines, including a Nonius KappaCCD
diffractometer. The services are provided by a PhD-level professional.

In addition, we post classified ads for open positions (industrial and

academic) on our website.
Positions Available:
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FACULTY OF CIVIL AND

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

The Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering in its current

structure was established in 2002 by the merger of two veteran
academic units, the Faculty of Civil Engineering and the Faculty of
Agricultural Engineering. The Faculty of Civil Engineering was the first
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academic unit of the Technion when it opened its doors in 1924. The
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Faculty of Agricultural Engineering was established in 1952 by Professor
Walter Clay Lowdermilk. Both faculties were inspired by the vision of
settling Israel and developing the science and technology required for
its transformation into a modern country. At this time, the country
had a pronounced need for the housing and infrastructure that would
support its economic growth and quality of life, while preserving its
natural resources.
Dean’s Office
The Faculty is committed to providing high-level engineering support
Tel: +972-4-829-3066
for projects. As a result, a range of support units, such as service
[email protected]
units and testing laboratories, were developed and accredited as
national laboratories. These laboratories have since made impressive
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achievements, recognized in Israel and abroad, and support Israeli
Program
industries. Further, the Faculties of Civil and Agricultural Engineering
Prof. Yehiel Rosenfeld, Director
have thrust Israel to the forefront in fields such as housing, water supply
Tel: +972-4-829-2363
and management, and advanced agriculture and environmental issues.
[email protected]
The 2002 union, and the subsequent founding of the unified Faculty of
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Civil and Environmental Engineering, was accompanied by structural

changes and modernization of educational programs.

Several research centers were established or upgraded, including the

National Building Research Institute, the Transportation Research
Institute, the Grand Water Research Institute, and the Agricultural
Engineering Research Center, in which faculty members play a major
role. Together with addressing industries and national needs, these
centers have enhanced the opportunities and activities available to MSc
and PhD students.

The faculty is composed of three autonomous divisions. This structure

enables a reasonable balance between the need to specialize in
the various disciplines of civil and environmental engineering, and
maintaining a mechanism that can foster cooperation across divisions
in research and teaching.

Research and Professional Activities

Structural Engineering and Construction Management Division

Research Areas: Structural Engineering Construction Management

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Many Faculty members of the Division conduct research within the
framework of the National Building Research Institute (NBRI).

National Building Research Institute (NBRI)

NBRI research and development activity is based mainly on sponsored
Contact research, and covers the four main domains mentioned above, and
Assoc. Prof. Rachel Becker interactions between them.
Head
Tel: +972-4-829-2248 Research areas include:
[email protected] structural earthquake resistance, impact and blast response of
structures, penetration processes in structural and geotechnical
Ms. Anat Avital systems, innovative methods for structural repair, structural behavior of
Secretary repaired structures, building information modeling, lean construction,
Tel: +972-4-8292-2423 safety in the construction process, forming systems and equipment
Fax: +972-4-832-4534 for construction, quality assurance and control, utilization of industrial
[email protected] by-products in building materials, durability of building materials,
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building envelope, sustainability of the built environment, earthquake
engineering and seismic behavior of soils, and soil-structure interaction.

NBRI has a long-standing collaboration with industry, assisting Israeli

manufacturers and builders in the investigation of innovations, and in
studying basic issues related to their products or processes. It provides
testing services when other laboratories are not equipped to do so, but
does not engage in standard testing and certification.

NBRI facilities include a large testing hall with a massive and strong
test floor and, in addition, the following specific main laboratories:
Testing Hall and Structural Engineering Laboratory Impact Laboratory
Building Materials Laboratory Thermal and Energy Laboratory
Radiation Safety in Construction Laboratory Seskin Virtual
Construction Laboratory.

Environmental, Water and Agricultural Engineering Division

Research Areas:
Water resources Hydraulic engineering Environment
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Laboratories at the Agricultural Engineering Complex:
Agricultural Machinery Laboratory Agricultural Materials Laboratory
Control and Automation Laboratory Sensing of Natural Materials
Laboratory Soil Chemistry and Fertility Laboratory Agro-biology,
Soil Chemistry, and Soil Physics Laboratory Seidel Flow Measurement
Laboratory Subsurface Hydrology and Hydrogeophysics Laboratory
Irrigation Laboratory Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory The
Ecological Garden Technion PIV Laboratory at the IUI in Eilat

Environmental Laboratory Complex (Grand and Sherman Buildings):

The Environmental Science and Engineering Teaching and Research
Laboratory Complex is a recent collaborative effort of the Faculty of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and the Grand Water Research Institute.
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Laboratories within this complex:

Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Environmental Biotechnology
Laboratory Aquatic Chemistry Laboratory Molecular Microbiology
Laboratory Analytical Water Chemistry Laboratory Environmental
Microbiology Laboratory

Faculty members conduct their research

in one of these research centers:
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Research Center
National Center for Research in Coastal and Marine Engineering- CAMERI
Research Center in Agricultural Engineering

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Research Center

Water is at the core of the human activity, and as such receives
the highest attention in the division of water, environment, and
agricultural engineering. Key activities are related to understanding
and development of processes for treatment of drinking or irrigation
waters from various natural and artificial sources, and the treatment of
domestic and industrial effluents. This includes primarily chemical and
biological processes related to treatment of water and wastewater.
The core business of this Center is the study of the dynamics of water
flow through natural and artificial conduits, and the engineering of
efficient water delivery systems and marine structures, which are all
related through the general field of fluid mechanics.

A variety of tools (analytical and computational) are used to study source

apportionment identification transport, and deposition of atmospheric
particles. Advanced electron microscopy techniques have been developed
and applied to characterize individual atmospheric particles, using
Contact morphology and elemental composition of single particles.
Assoc. Prof. Avi Ostfeld
Head Research Areas:
+972-4-829- 2782 Water and Wastewater Processes Water and Marine Systems
[email protected] Environmental Microbiology Water Resources Systems Aquatic
Chemistry Air and Atmosphere Computational Fluid Dynamics
Ms. Vardit Friedman Air-Sea Interaction Enviromatics Sustainable Water and Energy
Secretary
Tel: +972-4-829-2359
Fax: +972-4-822-8898
[email protected]
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Contact
Agricultural Engineering Research Center
Prof. Emeritus Itzhak 124
Shmulevich 125
Modern agriculture is no longer limited to the development of cultivation
Head
tools, but focuses on automation and control, advanced local and
Tel: +972-4-829-2620
remote sensing, precision, post-harvest treatment of biological materials,
[email protected]
machine-soil interaction, energy-efficient development, and other topics.
The Agricultural Engineering group deals with various topics related to
Ms. Keren Kovler
mechanics and sensing in classical agricultural engineering, and all fields of
Secretary
environmental engineering and water systems.
Phone: +972-4-829-2620
Fax: +972-4-829-5696
Research Areas:
[email protected]
Automatic Control in Environmental, Water, and Agricultural Engineering
Monitoring of Agro-Biological Systems Post-Harvest and Biomaterial
Properties Machine-Soil Interaction Off-road Mobility Field
Machinery Robotics in Agriculture and Civil Engineering

Transportation and Geo-Information Division

Research Areas:
Road Safety Road and Pavement Engineering Transportation, Land
Use Planning and Transportation Economics Traffic Engineering
and Control Surveying and Geodesy Cartography and Mapping
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

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Laboratories:
Templates/showpage.asp?DBID= Roads and Soil Laboratory Geographic Information Systems
1&LNGID=1&TMID=84&FID=221 Laboratory Photogrammetry Laboratory Remote Sensing Laboratory
Laser Scanning Laboratory Surveying Engineering Laboratory

Relations with industry

A survey conducted at our initiative concluded that in the next 10 years
there will be a need for an additional 5,000 new civil and environmental
engineers. To meet this challenge while enhancing the level of students
entering our programs, we have launched special marketing efforts with
industry in Israel.

These efforts include:

Establishing a teaching scholarship program with industry, which has
grown over the last seven years to provide about 80 scholarships, at a
total level of about NIS 3 million (about $750,000) a year. More than 40
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Contact
companies and organizations are involved, and contribute NIS 18,000
Ms. Aliza Blasberg
a year to each student in the program. These companies have the
Tel: +972-4-829-2361
option to hire the students after graduation. There are two tracks to the
[email protected]
program, the first with the organization “Atidim in Industry” for students
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from the periphery, and the second for outstanding students.

For more than 30 years, the faculty has held a special awards and
scholarship ceremony in which faculty members, donors, and alumni
holding key positions in the infrastructure industries get together.
During this special event, awards, scholarships, and personal research
grants are awarded to outstanding undergraduate students, graduate
students, and lecturers.

Undergraduate Office For the last eight years the Undergraduate Office has conducted a special
Tel: +972-4-829-2399 one-day “Fair Employment” event. About 50 to 60 companies participate
in this event every year. The Fair Employment day creates opportunities for
Ms. Keren Seker Gafni meetings between infrastructure companies and students.
[email protected]
The Undergraduate Office keeps an open channel with industry, and
Ms. Tami Chachashvili advertises a Jobs List for students on the Faculty website and special board.
[email protected]
All undergraduate students take the “Introduction to Civil and
Environmental Engineering” course in their first year. In this course, key
persons from the infrastructure industry present their experience, and
there are field trips to several companies, exposing our students to the
profession in the real world.
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FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

The Faculty of Computer Science is the second largest academic unit in

the Technion. It comprises about 50 Faculty members of international
repute with expertise in a wide variety of fields. It is the largest
department of computer science in Israel, and supplies the Israeli hi-
tech industry with the highest caliber manpower. The Faculty engages
http://www.cs.technion.ac.il in a wide range of research and teaching activities, and constitutes a
unique meeting point between science and technology.

Research Areas
Dean’s Office Theory of Computer Science:
Tel: +972-4-829-4261/2 Automata and Formal Languages Coding Complexity
[email protected] Computational Geometry Cryptology Distributed Computing
http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/ Logic and Semantics Theory of Algorithms
people/staff/#staff-1
Systems:
Ms. Noa Mor Databases and Data Mining Distributed and Parallel Systems
Director of External Relations Hardware Networks, Communication and Systems Programming
Tel: +972-4-829-4345 Languages Software and Hardware Verification Software
[email protected] Engineering
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Artificial Intelligence:
Learning Reasoning

Intelligent Systems and Scientific Computation:

Geometric Modeling Graphics Image Processing and Computer
Vision Robotics and Complex Systems Scientific Computation and
Numerical Analysis

Technion Computer Science Industrial Affiliates Program – IAP

The primary objective of the Technion Computer Science Industrial
Affiliates Program (IAP), established in 2001, is to provide a platform for
structured interaction between the Computer Science Department and
the hi-tech industry in Israel and worldwide.
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The program provides a solid bridge between academia and industry, from
which both sides benefit significantly. On one hand, it has enabled the
Technion community to become more attuned to industry needs, and
exposed Faculty and students to a wide spectrum of companies and their
R&D activities. On the other hand, it has given the IAP member companies
a platform through which they can gain access to Faculty and students,
and influence computer research, development, and education.

http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/ Some 30 companies of all sizes are now members of this club
iap/list.html see list of IAP members:

IAP Program Benefits

The IAP program offers many benefits to its members in return for a
modest annual membership fee. The most important advantage is the
opportunity to influence computing research and education.

Research and Development

Attend the faculty’s annual Research Day.
Participate in the Industrial Project course.
Carry out joint software projects with the Faculty laboratories.
Match partners for joint research proposals to the Chief Scientist
and the European Union.
Interact professionally with Faculty researchers.
Participate in the Industry Advisory Board.
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Human Resources
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Hold company recruitment events and technological
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exhibitions in the Faculty’s lobby.
Advertise job openings by email to interested students; Advertise job
openings on the IAP website, and on the electronic board in the
Faculty lobby.
Employ graduate students for summer internships.

Teaching
Attend faculty seminars, conferences and symposia
(as auditors and as lecturers, if suitable).
Offer mini-courses focusing on soft skills or technological topics.
Offer guest lectures in academic courses.
Send company employees to attend academic courses as
free auditors.
Access Faculty library.

Public Relations
Increase company visibility within the Faculty - company logo on
the Industrial Affiliates web page and on a plaque in the Faculty lobby.
Distribute announcements on company events (recruiting days,
mini-seminars, etc.) to students.
Advertise in Homepage – the Faculty’s semi-annual magazine.

Involvement of Industry in Academic Courses

IAP companies are encouraged to take an active role in the Faculty’s
academic courses, by teaching, designing, or creating such courses.

Such involvement may take one of three forms:

An expert from industry teaching a course or part of it, in order to
bring a unique specialty that our Faculty lacks.

Projects guided by representatives from industry, either with one

of the Faculty’s laboratories, or directly through the Industrial
Project course. The latter is a regular course given twice a year,
with nearly 15 projects each semester. The projects are proposed
and guided by interested companies.

In addition, a specialist from industry may teach a mandatory or

elective course in his/her area of expertise.
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In all cases, there is academic supervision of these courses, to ensure

their academic quality, and a proper grading procedure.

Extra-curricular Support for Students

The Industrial Affiliates Program sees it as one of its tasks to provide
counseling and assistance services to students and graduates, with
emphasis on extra-curricular courses on soft skills, and more directly,
obtaining information on job opportunities.

Teaching and Research Laboratories

There are 12 teaching and research laboratories in the Faculty,
many working closely with industry, carrying out projects and
research led by Faculty members, engineers, graduate students, and
undergraduate students.

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research-labs
laboratory’s website.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The Department of Education in Science and Technology contributes

to the Israeli educational system by preparing prospective science
and technology teachers for high schools and technical colleges, and
by encouraging its graduate students to contribute to Israel’s higher
http://edu.technion.ac.il/en education, the hi-tech industry, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), and the
public sector.

The Department’s teaching and R&D activities are varied, and focus
on the learning sciences, educational technologies, and education
in a variety of subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology,
Contact environmental sciences, computer science, electrical engineering,
Prof. Orit Hazzan and mechanical engineering. These topics are offered as part of the
Department Head and Director Department’s BSc, MSc, and PhD programs. The Technion is the only
Industrial Affiliates Program university in Israel offering undergraduate programs in technology/
Tel: +972-4-829-3107 engineering education.
[email protected]
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Research and Development

Mathematics Education Physics Education Chemistry Education
Biology Education Environmental Sciences Education Computer
Science Education Electrical Engineering Education Mechanical
Engineering Education Creativity and Giftedness Environmental
and Informal Education Project Assessment Learning Technologies
Science Communication Virtual Reality and Neurocognition
Educational Robotics Learning Organizations

Affiliation Programs
Our vision is to be a leader in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) education research and practice in many contexts,
including schooling, higher education and the hi-tech industry, providing
learners with a stimulating environment for intellectual and creative
activities. Our strategic plan aims at strengthening connections and
collaborative activities in the education system, industry, and the Technion.

STEM education as a core resource for all

The Department contributes to the Israeli educational system, not

only by preparing prospective high school STEM teachers, but also by
encouraging its graduates to take leadership roles in the educational
system and contribute to Israel’s higher education, the hi-tech industry,
the IDF, and the Third Sector.
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The Department recognizes the importance of teaching skills and

learning processes in these sectors, and believes that all Technion
students should acquire the skills and ability to communicate effectively.

To these ends:
The Department launched the Views program in October 2011, with
the objective of offering Technion graduates a unique opportunity
to obtain a second BSc degree in Science and Technology Education
that fulfills the requirements for a teaching certificate in their subject
area. Study scholarships are available for four semesters, and Technion
graduates who join the program are not required to commit
themselves to teaching in the education system. The message
delivered by these conditions is that pedagogical skills are important
also in the hi-tech industry. As of February 2014, 250 Technion
graduates have enrolled in the program (60 in its first year, 90 in the
second, and 100 in the third). Many combine their studies with work in
industry and teaching in high schools.
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The Department encourages students from other Technion

programs to select courses offered by the Department as electives,
and to complete an additional BSc degree in Science and
Technology Education via the Views program. This program is called
E&E - Engineer and Educator.

Research and Development

Our collaboration with industry includes:
Professional interaction with Faculty researchers;
Projects with research centers and laboratories for the benefit of
both partners, to advance mutual interests. Our collaboration with
industry enables us to install state-of-the-art software tools in our
research and teaching laboratories (e.g., robots and 3D printers);
Research proposals submitted to different funding resources
and funded (e.g., the EU);
Organization of international research conferences on topics
that bridge STEM education and technological development;
A start-up incubator that promotes the development of
technologies for STEM education.

Teaching
The Department offers the following courses to all Technion students
that address STEM learning and teaching from a multifaceted
perspective, including the hi-tech industry:
Learning in Hi-Tech, Academia and Public Sector Science Instruction
and its Relationship to Technology Instruction Research Ethics Soft
Skills in Computer Science Science in Communications: Theory and
Practice Advanced Issues in Teaching Design and Manufacturing

In addition
Faculty members from the Department give lectures in industry;
Projects in educational technology, developed by the Department’s
students and Faculty, are presented at the national and international
exhibitions, and participate successfully in international design
competitions;
Leading role holders from industry visit the Department and share
their experience;
The Department’s relationship with industry enables us to help high
school teachers, who wish to expose their pupils to the advantages
of selecting STEM topics, coordinate visits to different industrial
organizations.
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FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering is ranked in the top tier of electrical

engineering and computer science departments in the World. The
Faculty is the major source of engineers leading the development of
advanced Israeli technology in the fields of electronics, computers, and
http://webee.technion.ac.il communications. It is the largest academic unit in the Technion, with
over 2,000 students. An international evaluation committee, chaired
https://www.facebook.com/ by the current President of MIT, concluded that "the graduates of this
TechnionEE Department, whether with a B.Sc., M.Sc., or Ph.D., are as well prepared
(if not better prepared) as EE graduates of any top ranked institution
anywhere in the world".

The Faculty acts as a center of excellence in applied and theoretical

research, contributing to the advancement of knowledge in electrical
and computer engineering in Israel and throughout the World.
The Faculty's activities constitute an important component of the
technological and scientific infrastructure of the State of Israel.
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Dean’s Office
Additionally, the department has extensive, multi-faceted relations
Tel: +972-4-829-4679
with industry.
[email protected]

Research Areas
Industrial Relations
Computer architecture Parallel and distributed computing and
Coordinator
systems Computer communication networks Electronic systems
Ms. Suzie Eid
and devices Computer-aided design Very large scale integration
Tel: +972-4-829-5925
(VLSI) Signal processing Image processing Computer vision
[email protected]
Communication and information theory Automatic control Wave
propagation and electromagnetic engineering Nano- and micro-
Full list and more info: electronic devices Solid-state electronics Electro-optics and opto-
electronic systems Biological signals and systems Machine learning

Laboratories and Centers at the faculty of Electrical Engineering

The experimental and applied research activities are supported
by advanced laboratories, some of which are also used for our highly
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acclaimed student project activity. There are 8 centers and over
Research/Labs-and-Centers 20 laboratories.

Irwin and Joan Jacobs Center for Communication

and Information Technologies (CCIT)

Overview
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Technion has extensive
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ac.il/Industrial-Relations/ relationships with dozens of companies, mostly through its research
Mission-and-Activities and teaching activities, but also directly. Its Industrial Liaison Program
(ILP) includes some 30 member companies, from multi-nationals to
startups. They are invited to attend special symposia and short courses,
hold recruiting days, meet with faculty and students, and explore other
avenues of contact. They are also invited to participate in the Industrial
Advisory Board of the faculty, which convenes semiannually in order
to receive updates and, more importantly, offer advice. This is also the
venue for discussing high-level issues such as the professional longevity
of engineers. The ILP is administered by the Center for Communication
and Information Technologies (CCIT).

The Electrical Engineering Faculty’s relationship with industry is very

diverse, both in the area of activity and in the nature of the relationship,
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reflecting the interests and needs of both sides. To this end, we have
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identified several needs and potential benefits for all involved, which
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guide us in exploring opportunities and setting up mechanisms.

These include:
The Faculty’s objectives and needs:
Obtaining support (funding, equipment, etc.)
Obtaining access to information, platforms, and special
equipment available in industry
Awareness of needs and interesting problems
Collaboration in complementary-capability situations
(feedback and advice, teaching, project supervision
and graduate-student supervision)
Help in developing advanced technologies
Visibility for our graduate students and, through that, convincing
our best students to pursue advanced degree studies
Visibility for our research, both in order to advance recognition
of the Faculty in Israel and abroad, and to increase the impact of
our research results, including commercialization of Technion IP.
Receiving feedback and guidance from the field pertaining to
both our curriculum and research directions

Industry’s objectives:
Quick access to expertise and knowledge (depth)
Better solutions for specific problems
Guarding the flanks (trying alternatives; becoming aware of
dead ends)
Guidance and feedback
Using Technion IP in products in order to obtain a
competitive advantage
Company personnel: recruiting, retaining, developing (keeping
current, adapting, etc.). Increasing professional life expectancy
(“early burnout” stands to become a critical national socio-
economic problem)
Influencing our curriculum so as to better prepare our graduates
for the industry’s needs, and especially to ensure coverage
of emerging fields.

Following are some modes of collaboration with industry, with

representative examples.
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Teaching
A select group of instructors from industry teach courses. In some
cases this assists in reducing class sizes by holding parallel sessions;
in others, these are specialized graduate courses in the instructor’s
area of expertise, which enrich our curriculum.
Undergraduate student projects are the strongest and most highly
acclaimed elements in our curriculum, but are also quantitatively
the most challenging teaching undertaking (more than 300 projects
per year!). Here, the contribution of industry comes in various forms:
equipment donation, financial sponsorship of projects, and project
supervisors. Many of the supervisors have carried out projects as
students in the same laboratories, and having them as supervisors
is a true joy for all involved. Numerous companies are involved
in the various modalities, ranging from large multi-nationals,
through established Israeli companies, all the way to start-ups. One
recent prominent example is a project in which students in the
Communications Laboratory developed a sophisticated antenna
that is dramatically smaller than the prior art. This project won the
student project competition, and is being commercialized.

Participation in Government-Sponsored R&D Consortia (“Magnet”)

These consortia are funded in large part by the Office of the Chief
Scientist of the Ministry of Economy, and are aimed at promoting
collaboration between Israeli companies and universities at the generic
research and development stage in new, promising fields in which
relevant expertise exists in Israel and there is a major export growth
opportunity. This program, which started in 1990, fosters collaboration,
with both research and product benefits. It also brings people together,
giving faculty members and graduate students an opportunity to get to
know the relevant industry, and vice versa.

Recent examples include:

Tera Santa: developing the required components and system
architecture for a Terabit (one million megabits) per second optical
communication link with the ability to add and drop 10 Gbit/
sec sub-channels. Five Technion Electrical Engineering Faculty
members and their graduate students, and three of its laboratories
are involved, covering optical devices, optical communication
algorithms, and high-speed signal processing architectures.
CORNET: cognitive radio networks.
RESCUE: disaster handling technologies.
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Direct Funding of Research

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This entails funding the research of individual faculty members by
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specific companies, often with some IP arrangements. Two recent
examples are in the areas of machine learning and compressed sensing.

Establishment of Research Centers

The most prominent recent example is the funding by Intel of the ICRI-
CI, Intel Collaborative Research Institutes – Computational Intelligence.
This center, based at the Technion and at the Hebrew University, brings
together computer architecture and machine learning (two very active
areas of research in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering) in order to
address the issue of “intelligent computing:” using machine learning
to help optimize computer systems in general, as well as developing
computer architectures that are well matched to the computing needs
of machine-learning applications. This center is unique in that it brings
together different fields within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, and
also funds Intel personnel who work in it.

The Technion Computer Engineering Center (TCE) established jointly

by the Electrical Engineering and Computer Studies faculties, offers yet
another platform for industry-Technion collaboration by permitting
industry personnel to spend time at the Technion on joint research.

Multi-prong Championed Relationships

This refers to a situation wherein a specific person in a company
explores opportunities and establishes relationships with our
Department. One such effort has, over the past two years, involved
student project funding, consulting by faculty members, and Summer
Internships for our students, as well as research collaboration that very
recently resulted in a best paper award.

Commercialization of Technology Developed or Seeded in the Faculty

This takes place in various fields, and is rather challenging, as it is
important to find the appropriate mechanisms that fairly reward all
those involved, yet are also well matched to the proper structure of a
company in the relevant area.

Providing Services to Industry

In the micro- and nano-technology fields, we often require the help
of industry, for example, fabrication facilities. However, the reverse
is sometimes true, especially when it comes to test equipment,
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microscopes and the like. Here, companies (often small ones) pay a
fee and use our advanced equipment. Such equipment thus becomes
a national resource of sorts, with priority given to use for Technion
research. This helps us fund the equipment and the personnel who
operate it, while assisting industry.

Consulting and Individual Involvement of

Faculty Members with Industry
Many faculty members are personally involved with companies,
mostly Israeli, through consulting and otherwise. This, even when
carried out individually and not on behalf of the Technion, serves
both to help Israeli industry and to open and maintain channels
and a network that helps Technion-industry relations. Areas include
optical components, chips for satellites, communications, signal
processing, and computer engineering.

Some of the aforementioned activities can be viewed as 'bottom-up',

namely a collection of individual 'sporadic' undertakings. These are
complemented by 'top-down' activities, mostly through the ILP, which are
aimed at facilitation of the individual engagement by reactive as well as
proactive undertakings. The reactive undertakings include helping faculty
members find industrial partners, and helping interested companies identify
the relevant faculty members. Also, advice is offered regarding modes of
collaboration based on cumulative experience. The proactive undertakings
are aimed at planting seeds that will hopefully benefit us in the future, and
maintaining continuity of contacts with companies.

In summary, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering has extensive and

extremely diverse relationships with industry, corresponding to the diverse
set of needs and opportunities, in line with the Technion’s charter.
 
I. Kidron Microelectronics Research Center in the Wolfson Building
for Microelectronics and the Zisapel Building for Nanoelectronics

I. Kidron Microelectronics Research Center in the Wolfson Building for

Microelectronics and the Zisapel Building for Nanoelectronics share
a facility that enables the fabrication of high-quality devices requiring
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mechanical signals. The infrastructure is based on two butt-coupled
buildings designed and built to serve as an R&D FAB. The two share
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700 m2 of clean rooms (Class 100) that are suspended to provide vibration
Eng. Yacov Shneider 140
isolation. This main facility, the micro-nano fabrication unit (MNFU), hosts a
Chief Engineer 141
wide range of tools associated with micro, nano, and printing technologies,
Tel: +972-4-829-4205
thus allowing for a full process flow to be designed and implemented.
[email protected]
Maintaining the quality of the tools, reproducibility of the processes
and minimal downtime is achieved thanks to a team of 12 dedicated
Eng. Anat Sadeh
technicians and process engineers with administrative support.
Center Project Integrator
Tel: +972-4-829-2767
You can benefit from our Center in several ways, the chief of which
[email protected]
are:
You or your engineers can be trained to use the facility and register
Prof. Nir Tessler
as a user. As a registered user you have access to a web-based
Center Academic Head
booking system that operates on a first come, first served basis
Tel: +972-4-829-4719/4203
(ALL users, be they professors, students, engineers, technicians, or
[email protected]
whatever, have the same priority).
You can ask us to perform a prototype development.
If you need a unique tool that has to be installed in a clean room
facility you can rent space in our facility, and we will help you to
connect your tool to the supporting infrastructure.

Price List (registered users):

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FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

The concept of Industrial Engineering and Management was first

conceived by the founding fathers of our Faculty in the mid-1950s.
The founders, a mixed group of industrial engineers and operations
researchers, identified a need to educate engineers who would have
basic management education in addition to engineering skills and
http://ie.technion.ac.il knowhow. This new breed of engineers became a great success story in
Israel, and similar programs were later opened in other universities and
colleges. The demand for IE&M graduates is constantly on the rise, and
their impact is felt across all economic and industrial sectors.
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Dean’s Office
Like all other engineering disciplines, IE&M is a dynamic entity. New
Tel: +972-4-829-4444 142
areas of interest frequently appear, while mature areas that were
[email protected] 143
exhaustively investigated gradually give way. Thus, there is no longer
a need to compress management education into the undergraduate
Ms. Mili Harari
degree. Instead, there is a strong need to provide our students with the
Director of Industrial
tools necessary in order to face the challenges that are posed by the
Affiliates Program
ever-increasing presence of large and complex systems in every aspect
Tel: +972-4-829-4382
of today's reality. This means a shift from IE&M towards industrial and
[email protected]
systems engineering (I&SE). Indeed, we have already taken the first steps
to explore this new and exciting direction, and are ready to continue
our tradition of leading the academic community in Israel and beyond
towards the challenges that await us as we start to implement the
necessary changes in our research and teaching focus.

Research Areas
Behavioral Sciences and Management Economics and Finance
Information Systems Engineering Industrial Engineering | Reliability
and Quality Assurance Operations Research Probability and Statistics

Industrial Engineering and Management

Affiliates Program (IE&M AP)
The Industrial Engineering and Management Affiliates Program (IE&M
AP) is dedicated to the creation of mutual cooperation between
academia and leading industrial companies in Israel and worldwide.
We believe that by establishing strong long-term relations between
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affilates.php academia and industry, we can promote mutually important values
focusing on knowledge, development, innovation, leadership, and
excellence. The Program (IE&M AP) was established in 2010. The IE&M
AP stimulates and supports the mutual needs of business, industry
and academia in applied research and development, teaching, human
resources, public relations, and advertising.

Research and Development:

Professionally interaction with Faculty researchers.
Students’ Final Industrial Project Course: subject proposals and
mentors given by companies for 4th-year students and MBA.
Faculty Newsletter issue: dedicated to company research
and development program.
Faculty Newsletter distribution: for company employees.
Joint projects: with research centers and laboratories.
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Identification of partners for joint research proposals:

to the Chief Scientist and European Community.

Teaching:
Workshops, seminars and guest lecturers: presented within the
faculty by representatives of suitable companies.
Mini-courses, seminars, summer courses and Professional Graduate
Programs: presented within the faculty by Faculty researchers
to company employees.
Free Auditor: option for company employees to choose
specified Faculty courses.
Industrial Advisory Board: held once a year to discuss teaching
programs, research, laboratories and Faculty equipment.
Library Services: limited.
Guided Tours: opportunity for students to have a guided tour at
company facilities.

Human Resources:
Recruiting day: opportunity to hold an exclusive
student recruiting day.
Classified ad distribution by direct mailing, monthly Faculty
newsletter, Faculty website, and bulletin boards and plasmas.
Announcements via professional conferences, seminars, awards,
scholarships, and recruiting days.
Student employment during summer projects and hosting
summer interns

Public Relations and Advertising:

Increasing company visibility: Company name and logo
presentation at the Faculty Academia Industry Affiliates Program
web page linked to the official Faculty website.
Sponsorship opportunity for alumni conferences, seminars,
competitions, projects, etc.
Sponsorship advertising announcement in the monthly Faculty
newsletter, distributed to 4,000 alumni, industry personnel,
Faculty staff and students.
Advertising company activities/events: monthly Faculty newsletter,
Faculty website, bulletin boards and plasmas.
Exhibition presentations: in Faculty building.
Links for selected web pages/company presentations to the Faculty
Academia Industry Affiliates Program web page.
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Technion-Microsoft Electronic Commerce Research Center

The Technion-Microsoft Electronic-Commerce Research Center was
established in October 2011, and is located at the Technion campus.
It promotes basic research in areas of computer science, artificial
intelligence, game theory, economics, and psychology; focusing on
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Commerce/ the connections between these subjects in the e-commerce domain.
The Center supports research projects with at least one PI from the
Technion, and at least one PI from Microsoft (as sponsor or direct
collaborator).

Through a five-year joint research partnership, the Center will explore

scientific and technological insights in e-commerce, such as online
advertising and the use of social networks for commerce.

Contact Projects
Prof. Moshe Tennenholtz Competition between information markets On the gap between
Head preference and satisfaction Game Theoretical Perspectives in Cloud
Tel: +972-4-829-4550 Systems Efficient Contextual Machine Learning P2P Networks for
[email protected] the Gain of the Members and of Society Uncertain Entity Resolution:
Models and Algorithms Adversarial content-based relevance ranking
Pricing in cloud computing and online auctions Pricing Schedules for
Due-Date Jobs in Cloud Computing Automatic Sequential Decision
Processes in E-Commerce Applications
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FACULTY OF MATERIALS
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
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en/
The mission of the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering is to
serve as the national center of teaching and research, by educating
world-class scientists and engineers, and conducting research in
specific fields of materials science and engineering.
The research activities of the Faculty cover most of the important
and advanced topics in materials science and engineering. The
Dean’s office Faculty includes a broad range of research centers and laboratories for
Tel: +972-4-829-4580 processing and characterization of materials, equipped with a wide
[email protected] range of advanced facilities, supported by experienced staff.
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Research Areas
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Metals and Alloys Ceramic Materials Polymers Nano-materials
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Biomaterials Electronic Materials Functional Materials Materials
for Energy Conversion and Storage Interfaces in Materials
Microstructural Characterization

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Access-to-Research-Facilities Research Facilities Providing Services to Industry

Contact Materials Characterization

Dr. Alex Berner Scanning Electron Microscopy:
Tel: +972-4-829-4568 Imaging, chemical mapping (EDS, WDS), crystallographic analysis (EBSD)

Transmission Electron Microscopy:

Dr. Yaron Kauffman
High-resolution imaging (atomic scale), crystallographic analysis
Tel: +972-4-829-4567
(electron diffraction), chemical mapping (EDS, EELS), in-situ
heating and cooling experiments

Mr. Joshua Schecter X-ray Diffraction:

Tel: +972-4-829-4566 Phase identification, strain analysis, in-situ heating experiments

Atomic Force Microscopy:

Eng. Michael Kalina
Surface topography and related parameters
Tel: +972-4-829-4795

FTIR:
Mr. Ronen Aviram
Chemical bonding
Tel: +972-4-829-4289

Dilatometer:
Elongation measurements as a function of temperature, useful
for sintering. Analysis and measurement of coefficients of thermal
expansion. Temperature range: room temperature to 1600°C

Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA):

Weight loss as a function of temperature. Temperature range: room
temperature to 1100°C

Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC):

Measures the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of
a solid. Used mainly for identifying the type of reaction (endothermic/
exothermic). Temperature range: room temperature to 1400°C
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Mr. Ronen Aviram Mechanical Properties:

Tel: +972-4-829-4289 Evaluation of mechanical properties of materials and components using
tension, compression, flexure, fatigue, impact, and torsion tests

Hardness and Micro-Hardness:

Surface hardness and related mechanical properties

Dr. Tzipi Cohen-Hyams

Dual-Beam Focused Ion Beam:
Tel: +972-4-829-5144
Used for nanometer length-scale fabrication, 3D characterization, and
TEM specimen preparation

Specimen Preparation
Metallographic Laboratory:
Mr. Ronen Aviram
Cutting, hot mounting press, grinding, and polishing systems
Tel: +972-4-829-4289

Furnace Laboratory:
Carbolite air furnace (R.T-1100°C), electric arc furnace

Eng. Michael Kalina

Conventional TEM specimen preparation
Tel: +972-4-829-5795

Dr. Gary Frant Magnetron Sputtering:

Tel: +972-4-829-4597 Thin-film depositions

Electron Microscopy Center

The Electron Microscopy Center, located at the Faculty of Materials
Science and Engineering, serves Faculty and students within the
Technion, as well as from other institutions and local industry. The
Center provides services on all the microscopes, and trains students and
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scientists for independent use of the equipment.
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The facilities are run by five staff members, and include computerized
light microscopy (LM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and
transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In addition, a complete
specimen preparation laboratory is included within the framework of
the Electron Microscopy Laboratory.

The Main Microscopes in the Center

FEI Titan 80-300 keV S/TEM: The Titan 80-300 FEG-S/TEM (FEI) is
a platform dedicated to correction and monochromator technology.
The Titan S/TEM system is the world’s highest resolution commercially
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available microscope, yielding powerful sub-Angstrom (atomic scale)

imaging and analysis.

The Titan’s dedicated platform for corrector and monochromator

technologies and their applications is designed for a high degree of
automation, and provides ultimate stability, performance, and flexibility.
The microscope transfers information deep into sub-Angstrom
resolution, providing the highest performance available in both
transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning transmission
electron microscopy (STEM) modes, enabling extraordinary new
scientific opportunities for direct observation aimed at enabling analysis
of individual nanostructures at an unprecedented resolution of 0.7 A,
which is approximately one-third the size of a carbon atom.

FEI Tecnai G2 T20 S-Twin TEM:

200keV (or 120keV) TEM with a LaB6 electron source and an FEI
Supertwin Objective Lens This microscope is also equipped with BF and
DF STEM detectors, an EDS detector, a plate camera, and a 1x1K Gatan
694 retractable slow scan CCD.

FEI Strata 400s Dual Beam FIB:

The dual-beam focused ion beam (FIB) at the Technion was purchased
with the support of TELEM and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology
Institute. The system is based on a FEI Strata 400S.

The Strata 400 STEM Dual-Beam system is a fully digital field emission
scanning electron microscope (FEG-SEM), equipped with FIB
technology and a Flipstage-STEM assembly. It provides for complete
in-situ sample preparation and high-resolution analysis. The key
enabling technologies integrated onto a single platform include:
Ultra-high resolution electron optics (magnetic immersion lens
with ultra-high brightness Sirion emitter) with SE and BSE
in-lens detection and STEM imaging.
High-resolution (field emission) ion optics (Sidewinder™ column).
Advanced control of gas chemistries, including delineation etch,
metal etch, and C, Pt, SiO2, and Au deposition.
High-precision piezo specimen stage with 100 mm travels
along the x and y axes, and integrated loadlock.
Omniprobe 200 sample extraction system for lift-out
TEM specimen preparation.
Flipstage pivoting TEM grid mounts.
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Contact Retractable, multi-region STEM detector (including HAADF)

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A high-resolution 4k digital patterning engine.
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Automation with full access to e-beam, i-beam, patterning, and gas
analytical methods
chemistry functionality.
Tel: +972-4-829-4568
The system architecture is optimized for automation, which includes
[email protected]
AutoFIB, AutoTEM, AutoSlice, and View, and the ability to develop
custom-made routines for specific application needs.
Dr. Yaron Kauffmann
service for TEM
Zeiss Ultra-Plus FEG-SEM:
Tel: +972-4-829-4567
A Schottky field emission gun SEM (FEG-SEM), which includes a heating
[email protected]
stage up to 1050°C, an 80 mm2 active area Oxford SDD EDS detector with an
energy resolution of 127 eV, and a unique combination of detectors:
Dr. Tzipi Cohen-Hyams
Everhart Thornley chamber secondary electron detector.
service for FIB
In-lens secondary electron detector.
Tel: +972-829-5125/5144
In-lens energy selected back-scatter detector.
[email protected]
Four-quadrant angular selected back scatter detector, allowing
imaging in orientation, topographic, or composition modes.
Eng. Michael Kalina
Transmission electron detector for STEM operations, allowing
technical service
bright and dark field imaging modes.
Tel: +972-4-829-4518
[email protected]
FEI E-SEM Quanta 200:
An environmental SEM, enabling characterization of non-conducting
Prof. Wayne D. Kaplan
materials without a conductive coating, equipped with EDS (light
academic coordinator
element), WDS, and EBSD.
Tel: +972-4-829-4580
[email protected]

X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory

The Rikagu SmartLab high-resolution diffraction system available in this
laboratory represents the state of the art in fully-automated modular
XRD systems. The system incorporates a high-resolution theta/theta
closed loop goniometer drive system, CBO, an in-plane scattering arm,
a 9.0 kW rotating anode generator, and a fully-automated optical system
http://materials.technion. to make advanced measurements possible for both expert and novice
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Engineering

This diffractometer allows for the investigation of the preferred

orientation of individual crystallites, and residual stress analysis of
powders, polycrystalline materials, and polycrystalline thin films, as well
as single crystalline films. With this system it is also possible to measure
the rocking curves of the samples in the sample-detector decoupled
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Contact
mode, and to take diffraction profiles in grazing incidence. In
Mr. Joshua Schecter
addition it is equipped with an automatic sample changer, a
Tel: +972-4-829-4566
capillary module for small amounts of powdered samples, and a
[email protected]
hot stage operated in various inert environments (up to 1100°C).
Another available mode of the system’s operation is glancing angle
X-ray reflectivity, which provides information on surface roughness
and electron density variations beneath the surfaces and buried
interfaces of various crystalline and non-crystalline materials,
including glasses and polymers.
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MATHEMATICS

The Faculty of Mathematics was founded in 1950. Today it is one of

the leading mathematics departments in Israel. The Faculty is engaged
in world-class research in both pure and applied mathematics. The
research interests of the Faculty include algebra, applied mathematics,
approximation theory, combinatorics, complex analysis, differential
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equations, ergodic theory, functional analysis, geometry and topology,
linear algebra, nonlinear analysis, number theory, optimization theory,
and probability theory.

The Center for Mathematical Sciences (CMS) was founded at the Faculty
in 1988. Since then it has supported a large variety of research activities,
conferences, special lecture series, workshops, etc.

Industrial Activity at the Faculty of Mathematics

The Faculty of Mathematics has been involved in applied mathematical
research for many years and in many capacities:
Startup companies: A number of successful companies were
Dean’s office founded by the Faculty members and graduates in different areas,
Tel: +972-4-829-4272 including optics, image processing, and signal processing.
[email protected] Consulting to industry: Our Faculty members are engaged in
various consulting activities, covering a wide range of areas,
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mechanics, and ‘big data’.
In-house inventions: A number of innovative technologies
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and algorithms were invented in the Faculty and patented by
Coordinator
the Technion.
Prof. Jacob Rubinstein
Tel: +972-4-829-4096
Student Projects: A number of industrial projects were carried out by
[email protected]
our undergraduate students as part of a special training course.
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FACULTY OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion is the major

source of high-level mechanical engineers for Israeli industry and R&D.
Graduates of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering fill senior positions
in Israeli industry, particularly in the high-tech and defense industries.
The Faculty's facilities include advanced teaching and research
http://meeng.technion.ac.il/en laboratories, a computer facility, and a spacious well-equipped library.

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion has been

recognized as one of the leading departments in its field. The research
in the faculty is diverse, highly multi-disciplinary, and is at the forefront
of science and technology. Research in the Faculty is carried out
through research centers. The centers provide Faculty members and
their students with the facilities, manpower and support to conduct
Dean’s office their projects.
Tel: +972-4-829-3476
[email protected]
Research Areas
Biomechanics CAD Control Design and Production Design in
Industry Relations Marine Environment Dynamical Systems Energy Flow-Structure
Director Interaction Fluid Mechanics and Transport Phenomena Mechanics
Mr. Gady Paran
of Materials Mechatronics Micro-systems Nano-Mechanics
Tel: +972-77-887-5073
Optical Engineering Reliability Robotics Surface Engineering
[email protected]
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Research Centers and Labs:

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research-labs/
The Materials Mechanics Center specializes in the mechanical testing
Contact of materials at low strain rates and in the fatigue regime. The Dynamic
Prof. Daniel Rittel
Fracture Laboratory (DFL) specializes in high rate testing of the
Tel: +972-4-829-3261
deformation and fracture mechanics of materials (metals, polymers,
[email protected]
ceramics, and composites). Our dedicated equipment includes several
Split Hopkinson tension and compression bars, shear experiments,
a materials characterization facility (optical and SE microscopy), and
numerical simulations capability (Abaqus, Ansys). Moreover, we have
a high-speed camera (Kirana), with a 5 million fps frame rate, total 180
high resolution pictures.

The DFL is a unique facility in Israel, at the forefront of the research in

www.rittel.net.technion.ac.il the field of dynamic failure of materials.

Contact Computational Fluid Dynamics laboratory (CFDLAB)

Prof. Steven Frankel The Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (CFDLAB) specializes
Tel: +972-4-887-1746 in high-fidelity modeling and simulation of turbulent flows, with
[email protected] applications in aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, biological/cardiovascular,
combustion, microfluidics, and multiphase flows. Specifically, we focus
cfdlab.net.technion.ac.il on advanced numerical methods and models related to applying the
large eddy simulation technique for turbulent flows. We employ high-
performance parallel computing, and feature a 768 core dedicated Linux
cluster computer for our work. We also feature the use of open-source
codes, such as OpenFOAM, and commercial packages, such as Star-
CCM+, depending on the problem.

Contact Multiphase Flow and Thermal Management Laboratory

Prof. Emeritus Gad Hetsroni The Multiphase Flow and Thermal Management Laboratory specializes
Tel: +972-4-829-2058 in all forms of boiling and multiphase flow phenomena, in particular as
[email protected] related to thermal management of electronic and optical components,
such as high power computer chips, signal amplifier lasers, and the like.
http://www.technion.ac.il/gh Our dedicated equipment includes high-speed video, as well as all the
standard thermal-laboratory equipment.
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Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory

Contact The Technion Internal Combustion Engines Laboratory (TICEL)
Dr. Leonid Tartakovsky specializes in the development, testing, and modeling spark ignition
Tel: +972-4-829-2077 and diesel engines for UAV and automotive applications, as well as
[email protected] advanced hybrid propulsion systems. TICEL is equipped to study
engines and propulsion systems fueled with both conventional and
alternative fuels. The TICEL staff has gained a rich experience in
development, modeling, and testing 4-stroke, 2-stroke, and rotary
internal combustion engines; road tests of motor, hybrid, and electric
vehicles; and assessment of energy and environmental impacts of
vehicles and transportation systems. Our dedicated equipment includes
several engine dynamometers, including the dyno with transient
capabilities; facilities for mechanical loss measurement; engine
indicating; measurement of fuel consumption, gaseous and particle
emissions; a high-speed camera; and a facility for flame velocity studies.
Our numerical simulation capabilities include GT-SUITE software. The
TICEL is a unique knowledge center in Israel, at the forefront of the
research in the field of UAV and automotive propulsion.

Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamical Systems (NCDS) Laboratory

Contact The Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamical Systems (NCDS) Laboratory
Prof. Oded Gottlieb specializes in the analysis and characterization of nonlinear materials
Tel: +972-4-829-3158 and structures. The focus of the NCDS Lab includes both identification
[email protected] of complex material properties that cannot be obtained by standard
linear analysis, and investigation of unstable and non-stationary
structures that are subject to severe and unsteady environmental
conditions. We make use of multiple-scale asymptotics and numerical
bifurcation analysis to resolve nonlinear spatio-temporal interactions;
and employ chaos theory to determine instabilities governed by
sensitivity-to-initial-conditions. We are thus able to derive consistent
model-based estimation procedures for validation of combined
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geometric (large deformation) and material (thermo-visco-elastic)
nonlinearities from experiments that exhibit self-excited modulation and
multiple coexisting solutions (hysteresis) due to parametric and internal
resonances. The NCSD Lab includes both non-intrusive (high-speed
cameras) and intrusive (strain/acceleration) capabilities to conduct
experiments in high vacuum (and thus isolate the influence of internal
thermo-elastic damping from air drag). The NCDS lab, located within
the Material Mechanics Center at the Technion, is a unique facility in
Israel that is at the forefront of the research in the field of nonlinear
dynamical systems.
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Prof. Zvi-Pinhas Bar-Yoseph The Shamban and Microsystems Tribology Laboratories specialize in
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+972-4-829-2084 science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion. Our
[email protected] research, both theoretical and experimental, is in contact mechanics,
adhesion, friction, wear, and lubrication related to fields ranging from
Dr. Yuri Kligerman
mechanics to biology. We consult and help to solve problems related to
+972-4-829-2075
wear reduction, energy conservation, and increasing reliability and service
[email protected]
life of mechanical components and systems. Our dedicated equipment
includes optical and scanning electron microscopy, surface profilers and
hardness testers, and 15 various custom-built tribometers capable of
working in different contact schemes, motion types, and wear modes.

Micro- and Nano-Fluidics Laboratory (MNFL)

The Micro- and Nano-Fluidics Laboratory (MNFL) specializes in studying
transport processes of electrolyte/colloids/cells/biomolecules within
micro- and nano-fluidic devices. We target a number of application
areas, involving primarily electrokinetic actuation, such as energy (e.g.
electro-chemo-mechanical energy-conversion, heat management),
healthcare (e.g. Lab-on-a-chip) and environmental (e.g. desalination)
http://mnfl.technion.ac.il applications. Fabrication of the devices is done either within the
Technion's shared micro-fabrication facilities (photolithography, E-Beam,
FIB) or in our own Class 1000 clean room. The MFNL laboratory has
state-of-the-art imaging and electronic sensing instruments. The key
to studying electrokinetic phenomena in micro- and nano-fluidics is
Contact to have an exquisite control over the generated AC/DC electric field,
Asst. Prof. Gilad Yossifon together with high-precision current and impedance measurements.
+972-4-829-3466 The laboratory contains the following main equipment: spinning-disk
[email protected] confocal and epi-fluorescence imaging microscopes, Andor's latest
sCMOS and EMCCD high-sensitivity camera, TSI μ-PIV, impedance and
current meters, function generators, and power supplies.

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Industrial Affiliates Program (IAP)
The Technion’s Mechanical Engineering Industrial Affiliates Program
(IAP) was launched in 2009 to serve as a bridge between the
Faculty and leading industrial companies in Israel and worldwide for
the exchange of excellence, and as a framework for relations and
collaboration in the fields of Education and Teaching, Human Resources
& Employment, Research & Development, and Public Relations &
Marketing, . Program components were constructed to bypass obstacles
to collaboration, provide win-win solutions to short- and long-term
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needs, and pave the way to the consolidation of strategic ties, focusing
on securing the best outcome for the State of Israel and its future.
Through the IAP, industrial companies of all types and sizes, both
domestic and foreign-based, can gain equal access to Faculty resources,
and implement a range of activities to expose the various levels of
company activities to Faculty staff and alumni, and undergraduate
and graduate students in all tracks. All company activities within the
framework of the program are performed with the full support of the
Faculty’s academic, administrative, and technical staff.

Members’ Benefits
Companies joining our IAP are awarded access to a comprehensive
benefits package, including components from the fields of Education
and Teaching, Human Resources and Employment, Research and
Development, and Public Relations and Marketing. The backbone of
the program consists of package components, listed below. Companies
are always welcome to offer the Faculty new initiatives that enrich
the dialogue, and deepen common grounds and utilization of growth
opportunities to extend the existing benefits package.

Access to Faculty members and students at all levels,

with the following options:
Education and Teaching
Offering suggestions for students’ final projects.
Collaboration with the Faculty-led Technion Formula SAE Initiative.
Collaboration with the Faculty-led Technion PACE Initiative.
Collaboration with the Faculty’s annual Women’s Day Initiative.
Participation in a special annual ‘Faculty Council’ meeting
open to industry.
Giving short courses or seminars.
Giving guest lectures within the Faculty’s TechTalk Framework.
Organizing mini-courses, seminars, summer courses, or advanced
degree programs for company employees (additional payment).
Attending free Faculty courses for company employees
(advance notice required).
Access to Faculty library services (advance notice required).

Human Resources and Employment

Holding an exclusive Student Recruiting Day twice a year.
Participating in a Student Recruiting Day held once a year in the
Faculty building for several companies at a time.
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Awarding scholarships to Faculty students.
Sponsoring Faculty alumni reunions.
Sponsoring Faculty graduation ceremonies.
Sponsoring Faculty seminars, conferences, and symposia.

Public Relations and Marketing

Company name and logo on a special "Industrial Affiliates" website
linked to the ME Faculty website.
Company name and logo on a special "Industrial Affiliates" board in
the ME building lobby.
Advertising company activities at the Faculty on electronic boards
located in main entrances to Faculty building.
Linking selected company web pages to the Faculty IAP website.
Presenting exhibitions in the Faculty building.
Advertising articles and advertisements in the Faculty’s Newsletter
sent to all students, staff and alumni (about 6,000 recipients).

Research and Development

Participation in the annual ME “Research Day”, held once a year, in
which graduate students present their research to Faculty
students, staff, Faculty alumni, Technion Management, and senior
industry executives.
Participation in the annual Project Expo, where Faculty
undergraduates in their 4th year present projects they
have designed and built in collaboration with leading
industrial companies.
Confidential and reliable channel to Faculty researchers.
Receiving copies of publications and annual activity
reports produced by the Faculty.
Organizing visits to selected Faculty laboratories.
Organizing round-table meetings with staff operating
in fields of mutual interest.
Access to the list of courses and research topics
of graduate students.
Listing company R&D needs, and making connections
to Faculty capabilities.
Discount on execution of company projects in Faculty laboratories.
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The Faculty of Medicine is one of the few medical faculties worldwide

integrated in a technological institute. Research in the Technion Faculty
http://md.technion.ac.il of Medicine has made impressive achievements.

In the short time since its establishment in 1969, the Faculty has earned
the scientific community’s highest respect in several research areas.

Dean’s office Two of our Faculty members, Distinguished Professors Avram Hershko
Tel: +972-4-829-5200 and Aharon Ciechanover, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in
[email protected] 2004 for discovering the Ubiquitin system and its crucial role in protein
degradation and cell cycle. The Faculty Center for Degenerative Brain
Industrial Relations Diseases is world-famous, and has brought about the development of
Coordinator new medicines for protection against brain degeneration. Our stem cell
Ms. Dafna Joseph scientists are well known as pioneers in their field. Technion Faculty
Tel: +972-4-829-5200 members have contributed to the understanding of “crush syndrome”
[email protected] that has enabled the rescue of thousands of earthquake victims around
the world. The Faculty Centers for Cardiovascular Diseases and Cancer
Research have made important discoveries in the growth of blood
vessels and future pharmacological treatment of patients with vascular
disease and cancer. These most impressive achievements are only the
tip of the iceberg, and have already earned our Faculty a reputation for
being at the forefront of medical research.

Teaching Hospitals
Rambam Health Care Campus Bnei Zion Medical Center Carmel
Medical Center Hillel Yaffe Medical Center Emek Medical Center
Shaar Menashe Mental Health Center Tirat Hacarmel Mental Health
Center Mental Health Center Mazra Fliman Geriatric Center
Shoham Geriatric Center French Hospital - Nazareth Sanz Medical
Center - Laniado Hospital, Netanya
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Medicine Affiliates Program - T2Med

The Medicine Affiliates Program (MAP T2Med) is dedicated to
cooperation between physicians and leading industrial companies in
Israel and worldwide. Biomedical research is viewed as an essential
contribution to promoting health for individuals and populations.
http://t2med.technion. The modern physician is obliged to incorporate multiple technologies
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in his practice, and his role is crucial in defining the unique challenges,
features, and needs of his specific field.

The development of medical technology has revealed the crucial

role of the physician-engineer-scientist team. Therefore, there is an
urgent need to cultivate the adoption of the highest proven standards
of scientific approach in biomedical research. The new model of
medical research requires collaboration with engineering disciplines,
computation, and physical and mathematical sciences.

Many of the entrepreneurs who took part in the medical technology

revolution in Israel were Technion graduates and/or Technion faculty
members, both physicians and engineers. The Technion's unique
position in technology and sciences, together with the Faculty of
Medicine with its affiliated hospitals, combine to generate an optimal
environment for innovation in biomedical research and technology
development for promoting health.

Research and Development

The various T2Med activities have produced many collaborations and grant
applications together with researchers from other faculties.
The MD thesis is encouraged to be multidisciplinary. Specific arrangements
exist with the Faculties of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical
Engineering. Currently, a few MD thesis projects receive joint mentoring
from various faculties and the Faculty of Medicine

Teaching
Workshops, seminars and guest lecturers:
presented in the Faculty by industry.
Multidisciplinary teaching courses involving academia, clinicians,
and industry, such as Innovation in Medical Technology
and Bio-Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Non-clinical Faculty members give talks at the various
clinical facilities to encourage cross-pollination of ideas.
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Meetings
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T2Med holds two multidisciplinary meetings entitled “Challenges
in Medicine” every year. The meetings involve academia, clinicians,
and industry; and focus on the dialog between clinical needs and
technology. This year, one meeting will be devoted to students from
different faculties to encourage and teach entrepreneurship and medical
technology development. The other is entitled “Social-Mobile-Cloud
Meets Medicine @ Technion”, in collaboration with Cornell University
and the Technion Computer Science Faculty.

In addition, the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Architecture and

Town Planning hold an annual joint conference entitled “Architecture
and Medicine in the 21st Century”.

Public Relations and Advertising

The program uses tools to maximize exposure (e.g. mailing list, internet
site, Facebook).

An initial database of all life science-related scientists (PubMed based)

was established to maximize collaboration.
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Biomedical Core Facility

The Biomedical Core Facility (BCF) is your one-stop shop for state-
of-the-art technology and expertise. Over the years the Faculty of
Medicine, together with the Rappaport Research Institute, has been
committed to providing excellent resources to our scientists, and has
http://www.medicinelab.org.il invested in both advanced instruments and highly-trained personnel to
operate the instruments and support the science. At the BCF we help
Contact with all stages of the experiment – design, execution, and data analysis.
Dr. Ofer Shenker, Head Our services include microscopy, imaging, whole-animal imaging,
[email protected] flow cytometry, mass cytometry, genomic services, supported by
Ruth and Bruce Rappaport miscellaneous research equipment. Access to these resources is
Faculty of Medicine available to all researchers in industry and academia at affordable prices.
(Bat Galim, Haifa) Our team of scientists and trained technicians works in close
collaboration to advance your science seamlessly in different fields and
technologies.

Imaging and Genomic Center Flow Cytometry Center

Microscopy Center

Transmitted light microscopy Next Generation Sequencing: PGM of Ion Torrent Multi-color flow cytometry
Wide field fluorescence Single-cell gene expression Fluorescence-activated cell sorting
Live-cell imaging Digital PCR Mass cytometry (CyTOF)
Laser scanning confocals Microarrays (SNP, genotyping, CNV, CMA,
Automated imaging scanner gene expression and methylation)
Whole-animal imaging systems Sanger sequencing and STR genotyping
Automated DNA/RNA extraction and purification
Automated DNA and RNA electrophoresis
Fluorometric quantification of DNA, RNA , and protein

Contact Imaging and Microscopy Center, BCF

Dr. Edith Suss-Toby, The Imaging and Microscopy Center is headed by Dr. Edith Suss-
Head of Imaging and Toby, and offers advanced state-of-the-art technologies enabling
Microscopy Center visualization, digitization, and image analysis from subcellular
[email protected] resolution up to the whole animal (rodent). We support your research
with sample preparation, system operation, image acquisition,
analysis, result interpretation, and implementation of new
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technologies and image analysis applications. We have extensive

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experience with a variety of research imaging applications, including
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cancer, stem cells, and cardio-vascular.

The Center comprises two units: Microscopy, and Whole-Animal

Imaging, including functional MRI. We thus provide a variety of research
methodologies to help close the gap between the cellular level and the
whole animal.

Microscopy
The Microscopy Unit offers fluorescence wide-field and laser scanning
confocal microscopes for the visualization and digitization of molecules,
proteins, and organelle in live cells, fixed 3D matrices, and tissues.
We also offer short- or long-term live cell time-lapse systems, an
automated fluorescence digital scanner for high-resolution large-scale
slice information and an applied spectral imaging karyotype station.
Our image analysis stations are equipped with advanced image analysis
software: Imaris, ZEN, Image Pro, FIJI, Photoshop, and custom-
made software.

Whole-animal Imaging
The Whole-Animal Imaging Unit provides an optical imaging system
for fluorescence and bioluminescence detection (IVIS 200), a
fluorescence stereoscope for ex-vivo imaging, a high-resolution
micro-ultrasound system (Vevo-2100) equipped with acquisition
modules suitable for vascular cancer, contrast agent application, and
cardiac high resolution US imaging. We operate an Aspect 1T MRI
system suitable for anatomical imaging, and a 9.4T Bruker
high-resolution functional MRI system.

Our Whole-Animal Imaging Unit is a unique research platform, enabling

multimodality imaging, data co-registration, and combination with
behavioral studies.

Our Center provides annual workshops and courses for training and
education, technological List-serve, support, and presentations. Our
professional team supports our users in achieving superior quality of
data acquisition and analysis.
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Contact Genomic Center, BCF - Technion Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Liat Linde, The Genomic Center is headed by Dr. Liat Linde, and provides
Head of Genomic Center cutting-edge technologies and services. We support your research
[email protected] throughout the project, from experiment design through high-quality
experimentation, and data analysis. Our team consists of highly-
trained and experienced scientists, including a PhD biostatistician and
MSc technicians. We can deal with large-scale projects with up to
10,000 samples, as well as small highly-tailored projects with a few
samples. Among our customers are several pharmaceutical and biotech
companies from across the country.

Sequencing and NGS

The Genomic Center offers PGM Ion Next-Generation Sequencing
(NGS) for PCR applications or libraries for total reads of 25 Billion bases
per day. We perform hundreds of Sanger sequencings each day, and
provide the results within two working days.

Microarrays
One of the busiest technologies in the Center is Illumina microarrays
for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping, copy number
variation (CNV) and chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA), gene
expression, and DNA methylation.

Single-cell Genomics
As part of our commitment to cutting-edge science, we offer
the Fluidigim BioMark system for single-cell gene expression
and digital PCR.

Automated Processes
We also offer STR genotyping, automated DNA/RNA extraction, and
QC of samples. We provide user-friendly, boutique, and knowledge-
based genomic solutions, and specialize in human genetics with
clinical orientation. We provide full data analysis, including differentially
expressed genes, identifications of indels, definition of biological
pathways and networks, etc. All analyses use the highest quality
software, such as JMP Genomics and Ingenuity.
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Contact Flow Cytometry Center, BCF

Dr. Ofir Goldberger, The Flow Cytometry unit is headed by Dr. Ofir Goldberger, and provides
Head of Flow a suite of services for state-of-the-art Flow Cytometry and Mass
Cytometry Center Cytometry. Our expert team supports your research with experiment
[email protected] design, instrument operation, data analysis, and interpretation.

Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting

We operate two advanced cell analyzers - BD LSR Fortessa, and Dako
CyAN ADP, which can measure up to 15 and 11 parameters respectively.
Over the years our team has developed expertise in various assays,
including polychromatic staining, cell-cycle, rare event detection, and
small particle analysis.

For cell sorting, we offer an upgraded BD FACSAria IIIu Cell Sorter

with four lasers, including near-UV and Yellow/Green lasers which can
measure up to 15 parameters. We provide expertise in rapid enrichment
sorting, precision sorting, and single cell sorting.

Mass Cytometry
The Cytometry unit operates Israel's first mass cytometry instrument
– the CyTOF – which can measure up to 100 parameters on every
cell by using antibodies (as in FACS) labeled with metal isotopes. Mass
cytometry allows ground-breaking science for discovery, diagnostics,
and high-throughput screening. Our team will be happy to introduce
you to the technology and its utility for your R&D.
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Contact
Preclinical Research Authority
Dr. Rona Shofty, DVM, PhD,
For the last three decades the Experimental Surgery and Laboratory
Dip. LAM,
Animal Unit, or in its current name, the Preclinical Research Authority
Head Preclinical
has been a leading research facility, supplying quality preclinical study
Research Authority
services to leading biomedical and start-up companies, and providing a
[email protected]
superior platform for academic research.

Dr. Asaph Zaretsky, DVM, Dip.

Our main expertise lies in preclinical study design and conduction of
LAM, Deputy Head Preclinical
efficacy and safety studies. Over years of activity we have acquired
Research Authority
experience in product development studies, and servicing leading
[email protected]
and pioneering researchers and companies in fields of cardiology,
Tel: +972-4-829-5337
invasive cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, orthopedics, orthodontics,
Fax: +972-4-829-5339
gastroenterology, obstetrics, and imaging. Expertise gained through
years of research, combined with constant input in structure and
equipment, enables conduction of top quality animal studies in our unit.

Advanced research environment and up-to-date medical equipment:

Digital Fluoroscopic machines X-ray Echocardiography ICUS
IVUS Endoscopy and Laparoscopy platform By-pass machine
Orthopedics equipment Microsurgery tools In-house laboratory
including blood gas analysis, CBC, and ACT Availability of CT
and MRI screening

Animal Enrollment
All animals are obtained from approved suppliers, and are recruited after
health screening. A period of acclimatization or isolation and animal
preparation is mandatory for all participating animals.
In-house recovery and hospitalization Long term maintenance, at a
secluded farm under PCRA supervision Full monitoring and record-keeping
Conduction of all studies requires the approval of the Technion
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, and is carried out in strict
compliance with international guidelines.

Facility Description
Total size of over 2000 m2, including an SPF rodent section, five surgery
rooms, a large animal section, and a service area.

The SPF rodent section is a self-contained section of the Unit with

animal maintenance and isolation rooms, and has its own separate
service area and surgery room. Animals are maintained in individually
ventilated cages (IVCs), and rooms are equipped with laminar flow
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work stations. Isolation rules apply to this section, and it has separate
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entrance and exits. All rooms have air filtration, and positive air pressure
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gradient is maintained and monitored. Access is restricted to authorized
researchers, and dedicated personnel are assigned specifically to this
section in order to ensure strict separation from the rest of the unit.

The Multidisciplinary Laboratories of the Bruce Rappaport Faculty
of Medicine and those of Life Sciences in the main campus
offer advanced imaging equipment:
MRI 9T MRI1T Micro US-Vevo 2100 (Visualsonics) IVIS 200 NMR
Stereoscopes Fluorescent Stereoscope Laser Doppler - Moor Inst

The large animal surgery section comprises five modern, fully-equipped

surgery rooms and an X-ray room located together in an isolated area.
All rooms are equipped with anesthetic machines and PP ventilators,
monitoring equipment, ceiling-mounted surgery lights, and central gas
supply and evacuation systems. The rooms have air filtration by Hepa-
filters, and positive air pressure is maintained and monitored. All rooms,
doors and windows are x-ray shielded.
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FACULTY OF PHYSICS

During the first 30 years of its existence, the Technion had no separate
science departments, although a basic education in physics was
considered important, and was included in the curriculum of the
Technion from the outset. In 1948 after the War of Independence
the Technion started expanding, and in 1952 a Faculty of Science
was established. A Department of Physics was formed as a part of
http://phys.technion.ac.il/en the Faculty. The first Department chairman was Prof. Nathan Rosen,
Einstein’s last assistant.

The first class of six students graduated in 1956. Since then the Faculty
has kept growing, and today maintains a vigorous research program
in all the major fields of physics, including astrophysics, high-energy
physics, condensed matter physics, and biophysics. Research programs
in experimental physics include high energy physics, bioelectronics,
plasma physics, semiconductors and quantum structures, nonlinear
optics, magnetism, and superconductivity.
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The Faculty has a strong teaching program both at the undergraduate
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and graduate levels. Along with the regular undergraduate program
in Physics, the Faculty currently emphasizes the development of
interdisciplinary undergraduate programs. These programs lead to a
double degree in Physics and in Electrical Engineering, Physics and
Materials Engineering, Physics and Mathematics. The Faculty also has
a joint program with Mechanical Engineering for Opto-Mechanics. The
graduate program offers both courses and thesis research projects in all
the above-mentioned subjects. Over the years the Faculty’s graduates
have taken leading positions both in industry and in academic
institutions, and they continue to be in strong demand.

The Faculty has been responsible for teaching physics to all Technion
students. Approximately 4,000 students from all departments take
physics courses each semester. Due to this fact, the Faculty of Physics
has a great advantage, as almost every student in the Technion goes
through our Faculty, thus giving us full access to them all.

Dean’s Office The Faculty of Physics is all about research. Nevertheless, we are dedicated
+972-4-829-3902
to interfacing with the world of industry, and we see the importance and
[email protected]
strength of the connection between both worlds. We do our best to give
our students the knowledge and tools that they need to advance in both
Industrial Relations the research and industrial sectors. Our main goal is to further enhance the
Coordinator mutual contribution and benefit of both sides.
Ms. Orly Falk
E-mail: [email protected]
Research Areas
Tel: +972-4-829-3697
Astrophysics and General Relativity Atomic and Molecular Physics
[email protected]
Biophysics and Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics Condensed
Matter and Materials Physics High-Energy Physics Mathematical
Physics Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Non-linear Optics
Plasma Physics

Research Groups
Astrophysics Atomic Physics Computational Physics Electron
Spectroscopy Extreme Nonlinear Optics Group Experimental High
http://phys.technion.ac.il/en/
research/research-groups Energy Group Magnetism Optics Plasma Physics String Theory
Theoretical Particle Physics
List of people by research
topic can be found in:
http://phys.technion.ac.il/en/
people/by-topic
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Physics Industrial Affiliates Program

Research and Development
Professional interaction with Faculty researchers
Departmental colloquia
Joint projects: with research centers and laboratories
Sponsoring laboratory sets/experiments/equipment

Teaching
Workshops, seminars and guest lectures: presented in the Faculty
by representatives of suitable companies.
Mini courses, seminars, summer courses and professional graduate
programs: presented in the Faculty by Faculty researchers
to company employees, and vice versa.

Human Resources
Recruiting day: company recruitment events: company’s R&D
fields and technology.
Announcements via professional conferences, seminars, awards,
scholarships, and recruiting days.

Public Relations and Advertising

Increasing a company’s visibility: company's name and logo
presentation at the Faculty Academia Industry Affiliates program
web page linked from the Faculty official website.
Classified ads distribution by direct mailing, faculty website and
bulletin boards; Sponsorship opportunity for alumni conferences,
seminars, competitions, projects, etc.
Advertising company's activities/events: Faculty monthly newsletter,
Faculty website, bulletin boards to staff and students.
Sponsoring academic contest for graduate/undergraduate students.
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RUSSELL BERRIE
NANOPARTICLES AND
NANOMETRIC SYSTEMS
http://nnscc.technion.ac.il/
CHARACTERIZATION
index.htm
(NNSCC)

Contact The Russell Berrie Nanoparticles and Nanometric Systems

Assoc. Prof. Havazelet Characterization Center was established by the Russell Berrie
Bianco-Peled Nanotechnology Institute, the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food
Tel: +972-4-829-3588 Engineering, and the Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering.
[email protected] It was founded to provide accessibility and support for a variety of
facilities and techniques for nanoparticle and nanosystem analysis.
Asst. Prof. Yoav D. Livney Instruction on proper use of the instruments in the Center is provided in
Tel: +972-4-829-4225 training sessions that are advertised periodically.
[email protected]
The center serves Technion users as well as other academic or
industrial clients.

Facilities
Spectroscopy
NNSCC is equipped with a highly sensitive FluoroLog 3-22
spectrofluorometer. It can scan samples very rapidly, avoiding sample
decomposition due to photobleaching. A unique 3D capability enables
scanning of both excitation and emission spectra for locating optimal
fluorescent response wavelengths. It can measure additional properties,
such as fluorescence polarization and anisotropy. A plate reader is available.

A TENSOR Series FT-IR Spectrometer (Bruker) provides mid-infrared

(IR) spectroscopy, which is an extremely reliable and well-recognized
fingerprinting method. Our spectrometer is equipped with different
measuring cells, giving the possibility of characterizing solid, powder,
and liquid materials. These include a transmission cell especially
designed for secondary structure analysis of water-soluble proteins;
an ATR flow cell with temperature control, enabling the study of
temperature effects on protein structure (The instrument is equipped
with a temperature-controlled water bath to ensure constant
temperature and allow studying temperature gradient effects). An ATR
cell for powders is also available. A protein spectra databank is available
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Static and Dynamic Light Scattering

We operate particle size and Zeta potential analyzers based on dynamic
light scattering. We have two instruments: ZetaPals (Brookhaven
Instruments, Inc.) and Zetasizer Nano Series (Malvern Instruments Ltd.),
both of which can determine particle size distribution in the range from
a few nanometers to a few microns in relatively concentrated solutions.
Zeta potential can be determined for particles over a wide range of
mobilities. Molecular weight can also be measured using the Zetasizer.
The center is equipped with a particle size analyzer based on the laser
diffraction technique. The Mastersizer 2000 (Malvern Instruments Ltd.)
analyses particle size distribution in the range of 20 nm to 2 mm. This
instrument uses a Hydro S sample dispersion unit, allowing sampling in
both aqueous and organic media.

Static and dynamic light-scattering measurements (S/DLS) are

made with a Bl-200SM Research Goniometer System (Brookhaven
Instruments, Inc.). DLS measurements provide particle size distribution,
and can be used for samples with wide distribution. SLS can be used
to characterize various parameters, such as molecular weight, radius of
gyration, second virial coefficient, and many others.

The BI-DNDC Differential Refractometer (Brookhaven Instruments, Inc.)

is used to determine refractive index increment.

Atomic Force Microscope

The NanoWizard® II BioAFM measures topography with nanometric
resolution. Other sample characteristics, originating from probe-surface
interactions, are acquired simultaneously with the topography in the
different imaging modes, and are demonstrated as images. This AFM is
also able to perform measurements in a controlled liquid environment
(flow, temperature), which can be critical for living cell experiments.
Measurements can be made in the temperature range from 0 to 100°C.
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Preparative HPLC
The Waters purification system is equipped with a Quaternary Gradient
Module which is a four-solvent, low-pressure mixing gradient pump,
connected to a UV detector and a fully automated Waters fraction
collector. The modules can be configured to perform in a variety of
purification modes, including organic synthetics, natural products,
peptides, and proteins. The system can provide flow in the range of
1-50 mL/min (analytical and preparative capability) for purification of
milligrams to grams of material, and can accommodate a wide variety
of column lengths, diameters, and particle sizes.

LCMS
The Xevo® G2 Tof mass spectrometer with UPLC®/MSE and QuanTof
technology offers exceptional levels of sensitivity, selectivity, in-
spectrum dynamic range, speed of analysis, quantitative accuracy and
exact mass performance simultaneously for any experiment, whether
UPLC/MS or MSE.

QuanTof technology - for the most sensitive, exact mass,

quantitative and qualitative benchtop MS/MS system.
UPLC®/MSE - a simple, patented method of unbiased data
acquisition that comprehensively catalogs complex samples
in a single analysis.
UPLC/FastDDA – Rapid automated, intelligent MS/MS data
acquisition for targeted qualitative analyses.
System Solutions – System solutions software to ensure success
in biopharmaceutical characterization, metabolite profiling, forensic
toxicology, food and environmental analysis, chemical industry
research and proteomics studies.
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http://iim.technion.ac.il The Israel Institute of Metals is a research institute operating under

the Technion umbrella in full cooperation with the scientists and
Contact researchers of the Technion. The Institute was founded in 1963 to serve
Research and Development: as a bridge between the academic community of the Technion and
Eng. Haim Rosenson, Director traditional Israeli industry. The Institute leads in engineering, scientific,
of the Israel Institute of Metals and technological innovations. Its activities include the industrial
Tel: +972-4-829-4474/3 application of advanced capabilities stemming from cutting-edge
[email protected] technology. In order to fulfill its mission, the Institute is involved in
national and international research activities, as well as cooperating with
Metallurgical Engineering: leading global research institutions in bilateral and multilateral research
Dr. Olga Botstein, Head of frameworks.
Metallurgical Laboratory
Tel: +972-4-829-4490 The Institute’s researchers are served by the wide range of the
[email protected] Technion’s laboratories and state-of-the-art facilities.

Foundry Technology: In order to provide efficient coverage of metals-related issues, the

Dr. Alex Fleisher, Head of Institute operates four professional laboratories:
Foundry Laboratory Metallurgical Engineering and Powder Technology.
Tel: +972-4-829-4574 Foundry Technology.
[email protected] Corrosion Prevention, Surface Treatment, and Laser Technology.
Vehicle and Mechanical Engineering.
Corrosion Prevention:
Eng. Malka Rotel, Head of The Institute is certified under ISO 17020 (Inspection Activity) and ISO
the Corrosion Prevention, 17025 (Testing Laboratory), and is well known for its highly professional
Surface Treatment, and Laser staff and operation.
Technology Laboratory

Metallurgical Laboratory
The Metallurgical Laboratory is intimately linked to industrial
development projects, as well as trouble-shooting and failure analyses.
Its excellent reputation stems from a continuous creation of innovative
applications and meticulous routine work.

The Laboratory usually handles three or four major long-term projects

concurrently, lasting 1 to 2 years. The laboratory addresses a wide range
of topics, generating innovative technological research results. The team
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works in a highly collaborative manner, with all staff members being

involved.

Being an ISO/EURO 17025 accredited laboratory is evidenced in all

operations, including an orderly decision-making process, and clear
development status reporting. Laboratory equipment is continuously
tested and certified to leading national and international testing
standards.

Mechanical Property Measurements:

Tension tests at room and elevated temperatures Fatigue endurance
testing of parts (specializing in dental implants) Fracture Toughness
K1c and J-Integral, Impact and instrumented impact tests

Property-Testing Capabilities including:

Hardness measurement by HRC, HRB, HRA, HRV, Brinell, Micro-
Vickers, and Knoop methods, scanning electron microscope and
EDS characterization, tensile strength, Charpy impact toughness
measurement, coefficient of thermal expansion measurement,
surface roughness measurement, glow discharge optical emission
spectrometry, thermal conductivity measurement, X-RAY Diffraction, HR
SEM, and failure analysis expertise: fractographic analysis.

Technological Expertise:
Materials choice and selection, choice and tailoring of surface
treatments, and manufacturability counseling.
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Foundry Technology Laboratory

The Foundry Technology Laboratory has accumulated expertise in

the field of casting of light and heavy metals, and light metal-based
composites (mainly magnesium and aluminum). The Laboratory staff
carries out numerous research projects, operating modern complex
equipment.

Fields of Activity:
Ferrous and non-ferrous castings Improving of pressure die casting
technologies Semi-solid casting (thixocasting, thixoforming) MMC
casting technology (composite materials in pressure die-casting,
permanent mold casting, and investment casting) Light metal matrix
reinforced by nano-particles Rapid solidification of Mg alloys
Development of refining processes for metals.

Semi-industrial on-site facilities:

High-vacuum unidirectional solidification casting machine, Semi-
industrial press for hot and cold sintering, pressing, extrusion, drawing,
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etc., Die-casting/ sand-casting/investment casting/permanent-mold

casting machines, Low-pressure and vacuum-casting machine, Melting/
induction/electrical resistance furnaces, Melting under protective
atmosphere, Heat treatment with protective atmosphere or vacuum,
Semi-solid casting machines, Power injection molding machines, Melt-
spinning technology.

Analytical Equipment:
Optical Emission Spectrometer (OES), X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD),
Scanning Electron Microscope, including high resolution (SEM/HRSEM),
Transmission Electron microscope, including high resolution (TEM/
HRTEM), Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), Thermal Gravimetric
Analyzer (TGA).

Corrosion Prevention, Surface Treatment

and Laser Technology Laboratory
The Corrosion Prevention, Surface Treatment and Laser Technology
Laboratory has accumulated many years of experience in the field of
corrosion prevention and surface treatment of materials, especially
metals and metal matrix composites (MMC's). The laboratory has
the metallurgical facilities needed to deal with industrial challenges.
The staff comprises a group of highly-qualified specialists with wide
scientific and technological knowledge.

Main Fields of Activity:

Corrosion testing and prevention, including corrosion failure analysis
Corrosion measurements and tests Electrochemical corrosion
measurements Development of coolants Surface treatment
including electroless coating deposition and electrodeposition of
metal alloys and metal/particle composite coatings Electrophoretic
deposition for the formation of ceramic coatings Conversion coatings
Laser Technology: including laser surface treatment (hardening,
texturizing, etc.), laser welding, laser cladding.

Facilities:
Electrochemical measurement systems, potentiostats, impedance
electrochemical spectroscopy (EIS) instruments with suitable software,
scanning electrochemical work station SVP and SECM micro- corrosion
measurement system. Zetasizer for measurement of nano-particle
size and stability of suspensions, power supply, micro-hardness tester
(Vickers and Knoop), optical microscopes, salt spray (fog) chamber,
chemical laboratory facilities, metallographic cross-section preparation
equipment, TABER abrasion test, Nd: YAG laser: pulse laser working at
wavelengths of 1064 nm, 532 nm, and 266 nm, with pulse duration
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Diode laser: CW laser, 2 kW with the following heads: welding,
surface treatment and cladding, including computerized table
(x-y-z and spindle, SEM and EDS, HRSEM, GDEOS, XRD, mechanical
characterization (e.g. hardness testers, INSTRON for tensile strength
measurements, etc.), TEM, HRESEM, GDA, Auger, and XPS spectroscopy.

Cooperation with industry

The Israel Institute of Metals operates in close cooperation with industry.

Main activities include:

Improvement of current production processes, and development
of new production processes.
Development of new products, and improvement of
existing products.
Fundamental research and follow-up research for the
development of new technologies.
Fundamental research and follow-up research for the
development of advanced material systems.
Investigation of product properties, failure analysis, supporting
and guiding factories in various processes.
Training/guidance, courses, and metallurgical support for
plants and factories.
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AZRIELI CONTINUING
EDUCATION AND
EXTERNAL STUDIES
http://cont-edu.technion.ac.il
DIVISION
Contact The Azrieli Continuing Education and External Studies Division has
Ms. Meital Gotfrid developed study programs over the years in professional academic
Tel: +972-4-829-5153 / disciplines for industrial organizations and institutions, including the
+972-52-3220857 senior teaching staff of Technion faculties.
[email protected]
By virtue of belonging to an academic institution of global standing and
reputation, the Unit is required to meet strict standards, and provide
study programs at the highest level of quality.

The study programs develop through learning the needs of the

organization, and examining the challenges it faces.

The programs combine academic knowledge with applied tools

for translating theory into practice, and include managers from the
organization.

The programs are conducted according to organizational needs -

seminars, workshops, and courses at the client's site, at the Technion
in Haifa, the Technion campus at Sarona in Tel Aviv, and the Technion
annex in Jerusalem.
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NANOSCIENCE AND
NANOTECHNOLOGY AND
http://phycomp.technion.
TECHNION MINERVA
ac.il/~tamnun
CENTERS (TAMNUN)

Contact: TAMNUN was funded by the Technion, through the Minerva Foundation
Prof. Simon Brandon and RBNI, and has been operational since July 2012.
Tel: +972-4-829-2822
[email protected] TAMNUN is a contraction of Technion-Minerva-NANO, and also alludes
to an oCtoPUS with many CPUs.
Dr. Joan Adler
Tel: +972-829-2043 Technical Description
[email protected] TNN/SGI (Silicon Graphics) is the vendor and the cluster
configuration includes 88 compute nodes with 12 Intel cores,
Technion Division which is 1056 cores with 96GB RAM per node, plus a masternode.
for Computing and Four of the compute nodes have GPUs.
Information Systems: All nodes areconnected by MELLANOX infiniband switches
Ms. Yulia Halopovich with 2:1 blocking .
hpc-support-l@listserv. The software includes RedHat LINUX, the PBS queueing system,
technion.ac.il and Intel compilers.
A large variety of codes, including MATLAB, Fluent, Gaussian, VASP,
and LAMMPS are installed, with usage subject to license restrictions.

System and user support is provided by the Technion Division for

Computing and Information Systems.
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RESEARCH
EQUIPMENT

FIELD INSTRUMENT LOCATION LINK

Light Microscopy Inverted / LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il

upright light microscope Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Materials Science & Eng. http://materials.technion.ac.il/Mika/index.html

Fluorescent light microscope Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il

Confocal laser scanning LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il

microscope Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Fluorescent light stereoscope Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il
Live Time-lapse microscope LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il

Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Image analysis and 4D analysis software - Bitplane Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

processing support IMARIS image J, Image Pro, Zen, LSM LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il

Whole animal Imaging Fluorescent and luminescent Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

High resolution I ultrasound MRI 1T

M2 high performance platform

Whole animal Ultrasound Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il
Electron Microscopy SEM (+ with EDS, WDS and EBSD) Materials Science &Eng. http://materials.technion.ac.il/Mika/index.html

Cryo-SEM Chemical Eng. http://www.technion.ac.il/~ceritit

Dual beam FIB Materials Science & Eng. http://materials.technion.ac.il/Mika/index.html

S/TEM (+EDS, EELS) Materials Science &Eng. http://materials.technion.ac.il/Mika/index.html

TEM Materials Science &Eng. http://materials.technion.ac.il/Mika/index.html

Cryo-TEM Chemical Eng. http://www.technion.ac.il/~ceritit

Scanning Probe Microscopy AFM NSOM/AFM (STM/AFM) Materials Science & Eng. http://materials.technion.ac.il

Solid State Ins. & Physics http://solid-state.technion.ac.il

BioAFM http://nnscc.technion.ac.il

Biotech. http://www.technion.ac.il/~eshimoni

SAM (Scanning Auger Microscope) Solid State Ins. & Physics http://solid-state.technion.ac.il
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Flow Cytometry FACS Calibur (2 lasers) LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il

BD LSR - II (4 lasers)

BD FACS Aria-III-sorter (4 lasers)

FACS Calibur (2 lasers) Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

CyAn ADP (3 lasers)

BD FACS Aria-sorter

Microarrays Illumine HiScan Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Roche NimbleGen

Automated BioRad Experion Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Electrophoresis
Real-Time PCR Corbett Rotor Gene ABI 7000 Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

ABi7300 LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il

BioRad SFX96 LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il

Sequencing and Illumina HiSeq 2500 LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il/tgc

Genotyping Illumina MiSeq LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il/tgc

High-Throughput Sequencing Unit LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il

ABI 3130xI Genetic Analyzer Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Spectroscopy / Mass Spectroscope Chemistry http://chemistry.technion.ac.il/mass_spectroscopy.htm

Spectrometry Micro Raman Spectroscope Solid State Ins. & Physics http://solid-state.technion.ac.il

XPS-X ray Photoelectron Solid State Ins. & Physics http://solid-state.technion.ac.il

Spectrometer

SIMS-Secondary Ion Mass Solid State Ins. & Physics http://solid-state.technion.ac.il

Spectrometer

TOF-SIMS Time of Flight Secondary Solid State Ins. & Physics http://solid-state.technion.ac.il

Ion Mass Spectrometer

(Ion ToF TOF SIMS V)

X-ray HR XRD - high resolution Solid State Ins. & Physics http://solid-state.technion.ac.il

X-ray diffraction
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X-ray X-ray diffractometer Materials Science & Eng. http://materials.technion.ac.il

Solid Identification by X-ray Physics http://physics.technion.ac.il/eng/index.php/

he/services/substances-identification

Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) Chemical Eng. http://chemeng.technion.ac.il/research_facilities.php

NMR NMR computer cluster Chemistry http://nmrlab.technion.ac.il

Computation TAMNUN http://phycomp.technion.ac.il/~tamnun

Bioinformatics Knowledge Unit Biology http://bku.technion.ac.il/BKU/index.asp

(BKU)
Proteomics OrbiTrap Biology http://biweb2.bi.technion.ac.il/proteomics/index.htm

Q-TOF Premier Biology http://biweb2.bi.technion.ac.il/proteomics/index.htm

Maldi – ToF ToF Biology http://biweb2.bi.technion.ac.il/proteomics/index.htm

Micro Nano Clean room facilities http://webee.technion.ac.il/micro
Fabrication Unit

Nanomaterial-Based Probe station http://lnbd.technion.ac.il/

Devices Kelvin probe http://lnbd.technion.ac.il/

QCM http://lnbd.technion.ac.il/

Spectrophotometer http://lnbd.technion.ac.il/

Ellipsometer http://lnbd.technion.ac.il/
Other Laser light scattering http://nnscc.technion.ac.il/index_files/Page824.htm

TapeStaion 2100 LS&E http://isu.technion.ac.il/tgc

Laser microdissection Biomedical Eng. http://www.bm.technion.ac.il

Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Optical tweezers Biomedical Eng. / RBNI http://www.bm.technion.ac.il

Spectrofluorometer Chem. Eng. / Biotech http://rbni.technion.ac.il/?cmd=infrastructure.277

Solar simulator Materials Science & Eng. http://rbni.technion.ac.il/?cmd=infrastructure.339

Fermentors Biotech. and Food Eng. http://biotech.technion.ac.il/Members/Shoham.html

Microcalorimetry (ITC and DSC) Biotech. and Food Eng. http://biotech.technion.ac.il/Members/Shoham.html

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Other Fluorescence microplate reader- Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

FLUOstar galaxy

Microplate spectrophotometer Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

reader- Zenyth 200

UV-Vis Spectro-photometer- Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Nano Drop

Lyofilizer-ALPHA 1-4 Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Sonicator-Vibra-Cell VCX 750 Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Controlled rate freezing system Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

High-speed refrigerated Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

centrifuge - RC-5C

Incubator-Innova 4335 Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Phosphor imager-FLA2000 Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Bio-safety virus room Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Low-speed refrigerated Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

centrifuge-RC-3C Plus

Micro-ultracentrifuge-RC-M150 Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Ultracentrifuge - WX90 Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

Ultracentrifuge - Combi Medicine http://www.medicinelab.org.il

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A Network of Micro- and Nano- Fluidic Channels in Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)

Epifluroescence Microscope Merav Karsenty and Nadya Ostromohov
Assistant Prof. Moran Bercovici Microfluidic Technologies Laboratory
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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