Informing
Policy
for Progress

Electronics 2000: Developments in Academic Engineering Education in the Field of Electronics

This review of developments in higher education in Israel and the world in the field of electronics and computer engineering, including implications on curricula updating, constitutes one of four stages of the “Electronics 2000” project aimed at creating an updated infrastructure for Israel’s electronic industry. A survey was conducted on the development of higher education […]

Evaluation Methodology for Research Productivity of Universities

The objective of this exploratory study was to develop a methodology to estimate research productivity of academic units, which may be used also for disciplines where bibliometric data are not available. For this purpose peer recognition items which may be integrated into a comprehensive number related to research productivity were tested on a limited scale.

Guidelines for Climatic Energy Planning in Residential Buildings

This book focuses on the sensitivity analysis of the building’s energy performance, in the temperate-cool and hot-humid climate of Israel, to the values assigned to various design parameters during the early conceptual design stage. During this design stage, the architect defines the geometry of the building and its relation to the surroundings. Systematic evaluation of […]

Technology and Ethics, Proceedings of the Whizin International Symposium, Haifa

This publication summarizes the Proceedings of the first International Symposium on Ethics and Technology, held at the Technion on July 18-19, 1992 as a cooperative venture of the Technion and the University of Judaism in Los Angeles. The interface between science and technology on the one hand and ethics – in particular from a Jewish […]

Absorption of Soviet Immigrants at the Technion

This report describes the Technion’s activities in absorbing immigrant students, scientists, research engineers, the Centre for Pre-University Studies, special courses carried out by the Samuel Neaman Institute, the Division of Continuing Education and External Studies and the entrepreneurial projects already in progress. The report was prepared by the Samuel Neaman Institute, following its pioneering effort […]

Plastics in the Environment – Ecology

Israel’s future, security and prosperity depend on economic independence. Israel’s industry, especially the export industry, must be the central and decisive driving force toward economic independence. Industry can show some impressive achievements, but more significant growth is needed to reach economic independence. The Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology began a […]