Colleagues and Students

Research collaborators (alphabetical order)

[1]	Prof. Dan Braha, Department of Management, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
[2]	Dr. Avner Engel, Tel Aviv University
[3]	Prof. Armand Hatchuel, Ecole de Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech)
[4]	Prof. Pascal Le Masson, Ecole de Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech)
[5]	Prof. Udo Lindemann, Institute of Product Development, Technical University of Munich
[6]	Prof. Sebastiaan Meijer, Delft University of Technology
[7]	Prof. Offer Shai, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University
[8]	Prof. Eswaran Subrahmanian, ICES, Carnegie Mellon University
[9]	Prof. Frido Smulders, Delft University of Technology
[10]	Prof. Benoit Weil, Ecole de Mines de Paris (Mines ParisTech)

Past collaborators (alphabetic order)

[1]	Roni Bar-Lev
[2]	Dr. Volker Bertram, Germanischer Lloyd - Advanced Engineering
[3]	Dr. Rob Coyne, TopQuadrant
[4]	Dr. Douglas. P. Cunningham
[5]	Dr. Allen H. Dutoit, Technische Universität München
[6]	Prof. Moshe Eisenberger, Technion
[7]	Prof. Steven J. Fenves, Carnegie Mellon University, NIST
[8]	Hellen L. Granger
[9]	Prof. Douglas Fisher, Department of Computer Science, Vanderbilt University
[10]	Prof. Reuven Karni, Technion
[11]	Dr. Avner Klunover, Israel Aircraft Industry
[12]	Dr. Suresh L. Konda, Software Engineering Institute, CMU
[13]	Prof. Ilya Levin, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
[14]	Sean N. Levy
[15]	Prof. Larry Leifer, Center for Design Research, Stanford University
[16]	Prof. Miguel Medina, Department of Civil Engineering, Duke University
[17]	Dr. Ajay Modi
[18]	Ira A Monarch, Software Engineering Institute, CMU
[19]	Dr. Amiram Moshaiov, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University
[20]	Dr. David Steier, PricewaterhouseCoopers
[21]	Prof. Nahum Travitzky, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
[22]	Georg Ullmann, IPH Hanover
[23]	Dr. Machiel Van der Loos, University of British Columbia
[24]	Prof. Arthur W. Westerberg, Carnegie Mellon University

Post Doctoral Fellows

[1]	Dr. Sudhikumar Barai, Applications of machine learning to civil engineering, 1997-1998 Presently: Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, (West Bengal) India.

Graduate Students (chronological order)

Doctoral Students

[1]	Adi Kapeliuk, Thesis topic: A Framework for Organizing the Space of Decision Support Systems with Application to Solving Subjective, Context Dependent Problems, 2004.
[2]	Amir Ziv Av, Thesis topic: A framework for Generating Optimal Product Concepts, 2006. Owner: Ziv Av Engineering
[3]	Eli Kolberg (with Dr. Ilya Levin), Thesis topic: Comparing the Utility of Product Design Methods, 2007.
[4]	Ofer Dor, Thesis topic: Induction from vector-based data and knowledge, 2001-.
[5]	Arie Karniel, Thesis topic: Controlling a dynamic process-scheme model of the product development process (PDP), 2009.
[6]	Yael Helfman Cohen,
[7]	Yacov Shabi,
[8]	Miri Siton,
[9]	Melanie Samson,

MSc Students

[1]	Tung-Ying Shieh, M.Sc. Civil Engineering, Duke University, Thesis topic: The potential of machine learning techniques for improving decision algorithms in groundwater contaminant transport modeling, 1993 (with Prof. M. Medina, internal supervisor)
[2]	Tal Grinhoiz, M.Sc. Project topic: Assesment of geometric interference in sheet metal bending, 1995.
[3]	Avi Maixner, M.Sc. Project topic: Knowledge extraction from manufacturing data by machine learning and statistical methods, 1996.
[4]	Lior Cohen, M.Sc. Project topic: Evaluating the k-DN learning algorithm, 1998.
[5]	Yaron Bar-Tal, M.Sc, Project topic: Selecting a PDM system based on organization needs and system functionality, 1999.
[6]	Gabriel Dobrescu, M.Sc. Thesis topic: Product family design through concurrent common platform generation and modular variants standardization, 2000.
[7]	Saul Szulanski, M.Sc. Thesis topic: A parametric design driven model for product data management in a distributed concurrent engineering environment, 2000.
[8]	Eyal Levi, M.Sc. Thesis topic: Software Quality Function Deployment: A tool in the software industry, 2002.
[9]	Eyal Herman, M.Sc. Project topic: Outsourcing Product Design, 2002.
[10]	Ariel Schor, M.Sc. Thesis topic: Incorporating sources’ reliability in engineering decision problems, 2003.
[11]	Amir Paz, M.Sc. Thesis topic: Tradeoff between customer requirement reliability and product quality in new product design, 2003.
[12]	Tal Pechter, M.Sc. Thesis topic: A method for finding the structure and parameters of systems, 2003.
[13]	Yuval Sered, M.Sc. Thesis topic: Focusing engineering effort in standardization and modularization of product platform components, 2003.
[14]	Gil Chen, M.Sc. Thesis topic: A conversational case-based reasoning help-desk utility for complex products, 2003.
[15]	Chen Gingold, M.Sc. Thesis topic: A simple and effective learning styles identification method for use in learner-types oriented asynchronous e-learning, 2005.
[16]	Avi Shaul, M.Sc. Thesis topic: Product architecture configuration for multiple markets, 2005.
[17]	Liad Weissman, M.Sc. Project topic: From problem statement to SOS models: bridging the theory-practice gap, 2007.
[18]	Ran Beit On, M.Sc. Project topic: Integrating resources with product concept generation, 2008.
[19]	Roni Ben Zion, M.Sc. Project topic: Practical example of integrating conceptual design tools, 2009.
[20]	Roy Gery, M.Sc. Project topic: Making concept generation with SOS more robust, 2009.
[21]	Arye Koifman, M.Sc. Project topic: Implementing Assumption-Promises Database for Supporting APSOS Integration, 2009.
[22]	Mark Silverman, M.Sc. Project topic: A method for forecasting the complexity of future design changes, 2010.
[23]	Shlomo Mitrani, M.Sc. Project topic: Product development using Assumption-promises method, 2010.
[24]	Anton Taslitsky, M.Sc. Project topic: Effective dynamic balancing of compressors, 2010.
[25]	Assaf Deutsch, M.Sc. Thesis topic: Translating between PLM models, 2011.
[26]	Vladimir Saponar, M.Sc. Project topic: Historical analysis of the development of beam bending using C-K theory, 2011.
[27]	Michal Shwarzberg, M.Sc. Project topic: Conceptual design of an engine, 2011.
[28]	David Rosenstein, M.Sc. Thesis topic: hierarchical configuration with SOS, expected completion 2011.
[29]	Inna Beigelman, M.Sc. Project topic: David Harel invention of statecharts through the lens of C-K theory.
[30]	Morag Werthaim, M.Sc. Project topic: Implementation of visual route card in production line of executive airplanes in Israel Aircraft Industry, 2011
[31]	Tal Yahav, M.Sc. Project topic: A method and software for creating consistent HOQ diagram, 2011.

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