Education
1964 - B.Sc., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - I.I.T.
1966 - M.Sc., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - I.I.T.
1970 - D.Sc., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - I.I.T.
Research Interests
Environmental Friendly Transportation Systems: Alternative (Electric, Hybrid and Gas-Powered) and Cybernetic Vehicles
Internal Combustion Engines: Improving the Performance and Reducing Emission of Pollutants; Alternative Fuels.
Radiation Heat Transfer: Participating Media, Spectral Calculations, Remote Sensing.
Guest Appointments
Visiting Professor, Mech. & Aero. Eng., Seoul National Univ., Korea (summer 2001)
Visiting Professor, Dept. Idraulica Trasporti e Strade, Univ. Roma, Italy (spring 2001)
Visiting Professor, Mech. Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. Lausanne, Switzerland (winter 2001)
Visiting Professor, INRIA - Nat. Res. Inst. Inform. & Autom., Versailles, France (2000-2001)
Visiting Scholar (JSPS), Kyoto Univ. (summer 1997)
Visiting Professor, Mech. Eng. Univ. of Minnesota (Summers 1995, 1996)
Visiting Professor Lab. EM2C, Ecole Central Paris (1996)
Visiting Scholar, Chem. Eng., Imperial College of Sci. & Tech., London (Winter 1992, Royal Society Grant)
Visiting Professor, Mech. Eng., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, Ohio (Summer 1991)
Visiting Professor, Univ. of Minnesota, Mech. Eng. (Spring, 1988)
Visiting Scientist, Harwell Lab., U.K. Atomic Energy Auth. (1987-88)
Visiting Professor, Mech. Eng., Univ. of California, Berkeley (Spring 1983)
Visiting Professor, Nuclear Safety, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA (1978-80)
Research Associate, Chem. Eng., City College, New York (1970-1973)
Public Professional Activities
Director (CEO), MadaTech - Israel National Museum of Science, Technology & Space, Haifa, under auspices of Technion (since 2002)
Head, Internal Combustion Engines Lab, Faculty of Mech. Eng., Technion ( since 1991)
Head, Technion Transportation Research Inst. (1997 � 2000)
Chairman, Solar World Congress of the Int. Solar Energy Society, Jerusalem (July 1999)
