The Technion’s story has been intertwined with Israel’s for more than a century, from laying the foundations for a new nation to shaping its future.
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Learn More2025 Berger Visiting Fellow Gal Siegel toured the U.S. to meet with donors and share how Oct. 7 strengthened his determination to help shape Israel’s future.
Gal Siegel is an undergraduate student of computer and software engineering in the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He chose to attend the Technion not despite the challenges it presented, but because of them.
“When I was considering where to study, a friend described the Technion as extremely demanding and challenging. Instead of finding this discouraging, his words sparked my interest. I decided I wanted to study at the best institution in Israel.”
While excelling in his own studies — focusing on computer networks, machine learning, and signal processing — Gal has supported his peers in rising to the academic challenges the Technion presents. He has served as a peer tutor, coordinating a mentorship program for first-year students in the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He also initiated a support program for second-semester students facing academic challenges.
Following October 7, he volunteered in various capacities, including organizing a fundraising campaign to provide recovery shirts for injured soldiers, which addressed the needs of individuals with upper-body injuries.
Once he returned to the Technion, Gal mentored first-semester student reservists to help them acclimate to academic life. And academic life, to his mind, is a powerful response to terrorism.
He says, echoing a Technion peer, “The best response to violence and hatred is to respond with progress, innovation, and learning — to continue advancing Israel’s leadership in science and engineering.”
Gal was born in a moshav in the Sharon area, where he was raised. His hobbies include hiking in the mountains, reading, and a variety of sports, especially soccer and rock climbing.