Biography Last update: May 2, 2012
Education
Employment
Miscellaneous
 
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B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
    Tel Aviv University, Summa Cum Laude
1975-1979
Ph.D. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Cornell University
    Thesis: Large-amplitude waves, instabilities, and breakdown
    in vortex flows (Thesis advisor: S. Leibovich)
1985-1990
Employment Back to Top
Air conditioning engineer
Head, Mechanical Engineering Department (1983)
    IDF
1980-1984
Researcher
    Weizmann Institute of Science
    Center for Energy Research
1985
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Scientist (1993)
Senior Scientist (1996)

    Weizmann Institute of Science
    Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Dept.
1991-2001
Visiting Professor
    Johns Hopkins University
    Mechanical Engineering Dept.
2000-2001
Associate Professor
    Tel Aviv University
    School of Mechanical Engineering
2001
Head, Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer Dept.
    Tel Aviv University
    School of Mechanical Engineering
2006-2007
Chief Technologist
    eSolar
2009
Head, M.Sc. Program in Environmental Studies
    Tel Aviv University
    Porter School of Environmental Studies
2009-11
Full Professor
    Tel Aviv University
    School of Mechanical Engineering
2010
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Associate Editor, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
  2002-2006
Chairperson, Israel Sustainable Energy Society (ISES)
  2007-2008
Associate Editor, Solar Energy Journal
  2010-11
Academic Council, Holon Institute of Technology
  2012-
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