News
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PhD student Amit Teeni awarded the BSF scholarship
Teeni, working under the supervision of Prof. Eli Cohen, will use his scholarship to spend two months in the U.S. where he will be exploring the relationship between the algebraic structure of computational problems and the ability to achieve quantum advantage in solving them
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New Head of the Computer Engineering Program: Prof. Ran Gelles
Prof. Gelles specializes in distributed computing and coping with errors, failures and interferences in computations performed over networks with multiple computers. He recently developed a method for overcoming defects that disrupt an entire network
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An Evening at the Faculty of Engineering
The event, designed to get together and allow new students to meet and mingle, was orchestrated by the Faculty’s Student Council and held on the last week of the semester. It was a night to remember!
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The Research that Improved COVID-19 Testing, Presented at the SPIE Conference
Ph.D. student Shmuel Burg and Dr. Michael Margulis of Prof. Amos Danielli’s Optical Imaging and Biosensing Lab presented their virus detection patents at the SPIE conference. The patents were successfully tested during COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Double Rector’s Scientific Innovation Award
Twelve researchers were awarded the Rector’s award for scientific innovation, and two of them hail from the Faculty of Engineering: Prof. Carmit Hazay, for her research in the field of zero-knowledge proofs, and Dr. Tomer Lewi, for his work with chalcogenide optical materials.
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Meet Prof. Gonen Singer
Prof. Gonen Singer specializes in developing mathematical models in Machine Learning for solving data-based business problems in a dynamic environment subject to various constraints. He believes that the synergy between academia and industry forms the foundation of innovation and progress, a principle that shapes and drives his research.
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Alon Tzroya won Young Investigator Award
The award was presented to Tzroya at the SPIE conference for his research on an innovative optical method for detecting and classifying contaminants in water
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Prof. Orit Shefi’s Article Published in Advanced Materials Technologies
The article discusses the biolistic delivery of drug-carrying particles for targeted treatment of cancerous tumors. Its clinical application could help develop new methods for improving clinical photodynamic treatment.
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Faculty researchers among editors for new SPIE journal
Prof. Dror Fixler has been appointed Associate Editor of the new biophotonics journal. PhD student Ari Ashkenazy and Faculty of Engineering alumnus Dr. Shira Roth have been appointed Early Career Editors
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“I’m at a place where I feel safe”
Shelly Nachshon spent October 7th locked up in her safe room in Sderot, listening to the gunfire raging outside. On December 31st, she commenced her studies at the Faculty of Engineering. “It literally saved me,” she says
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No Student Left Behind
Our new Chief Administrative Officer, Dr. Joseph Talyosef, has entered his new role at a most challenging time. Here’s how he’s taking the Faculty of Engineering into a new school year during wartime.
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A prestigious award for a paper by Prof. Carmit Hazay
The paper, which introduced a new proof system that reduces the computational complexity of zero-knowledge proofs, won an award from the Association for Computing Machinery.
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“I am really astounded to see the unity and teamwork”
PhD student Upasha Acharyya came here from Bangalore, India, just days before war broke out. She researches single-photon detectors, and says she feels “safe and secured.”
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“When I stepped out, I found a paraglider next to my car”
Noam Kalush, 43, married and father of two, PhD student and computational biology researcher at Prof. Hillel Kugler’s lab, was at his home in Netiv Haasara on Saturday, October 7th. This is his story
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Engineers and Cucumbers, an Unlikely Mix
An initiative by the Faculty of Engineering’s Student Council got students volunteering in agricultural work
