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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In this May 2023 discussion with American Technion Society donors, Associate Professor Beni Cukurel provides behind-the-scenes insights into the research and structure of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion — the only faculty of its kind in Israel. The faculty’s researchers still operate from the first building ever erected – more than 70 years ago – on the Technion’s main campus, making fundraising for a new building and faculty recruitment a priority for the Technion and Israel. Learn more about the impact of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering here.
Astrophysicist Prof. Ehud Behar is intent on unearthing the mysteries of extragalactic events. Stellar explosions. The merging of neutron stars. Black holes. Outer space hosts jaw-dropping phenomena. But too often, we’re late to the viewing party. These spectacular occurrences emit flashes of light, sometimes including prompt, intense gamma-ray bursts, alerting physicists to their presence. Yet by the time we record them here on Earth, we lose the early time windows to study the events. Professor Ehud Behar and his team are looking to fix this time lag with their Gamma-Ray Burst Localizing Instrument (GALI). This shoebox-sized device can identify the…
Technion researchers have developed a way to make optical lenses in a cost-effective way. It’s an innovation that could be a gamechanger for 2.5 billion people. It could transform space research. And it all started with a whiteboard and a marker. Although eyeglasses are cheap to make, in many parts of the world, they’re hard to come by. Yet without glasses, children find themselves struggling to follow along in the classroom. Adults lose their jobs because their vision has deteriorated so badly. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering members Professor Moran Bercovici and Dr. Valeri Frumkin became obsessed with this problem. How…
As an ever-increasing number of satellites circle the earth, providing information and services we could not have accessed otherwise. Technion researchers are creating breakthrough experiments to take human knowledge and capability farther than ever before into space. This video premiered during the December 2021 Technion Board of Governors meeting.
Israel and the Technion will be well represented when the first-ever mission manned entirely by private astronauts launches to the International Space Station (ISS) early next year. Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe, just the second Israeli in space, will be onboard the multinational Axiom Space Ax-1 Mission to carry out several experiments — including three from Technion labs.
“Every time you look up at the sky, remember that the Technion has returned to space.” – Technion President, Professor Uri Sivan Three autonomous satellites developed at the Technion as part of the Adelis-SAMSON project are in orbit! The trio of satellites, which will be used for geolocation, are flying in formation in space by […]
An ATS – Southern California Webinar In this intimate conversation, alumnus Eliad Peretz ’13 shares the challenges that instilled him with the right stuff to launch from his childhood in Afula, Israel to NASA, where he leads some of the biggest space endeavors humanity has ever undertaken. A masterful and engaging storyteller, he discusses how moments […]
Pictured above: Engineers & researchers from the Asher Space Research Institute at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology with the nanosatellites After a two-day mechanical delay, the autonomous satellite group developed at the Technion as part of the Adelis-SAMSON project was launched into space on Monday, March 22. The satellites were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan – the world’s first spaceport, and the first site to send a human into space (April 1961, Yuri Gagarin). Four hours and twenty minutes after the launch, the Adelis-SAMSON satellites entered orbit. Thirty minutes later, they “woke up” and began operating. Their…
What’s in store for aerospace engineering in the coming years? A peek at projects being spearheaded by the Technion reveals technology of science fiction caliber, but the next frontier is closer than we think. The Technion’s Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and its Norman and Helen Asher Space Research Institute (ASRI) are exploring impressive projects from a hyper-sonic aircraft that travels at five times the speed of sound to telescopes that self-assemble in space. Often referred to as a “mini-NASA,” the Technion Faculty of Aerospace Engineering is the only department of its kind in Israel and has trained most of the…
Lead Researcher for New Space Missions and a Candidate for the Astronaut Selection Program The Netflix space drama Away follows the perils of a fictional expedition to Mars while gradually revealing the personal odysseys of its crew members. Listen to alumnus Eliad Peretz ’13 explore the challenges that instilled him with the right stuff to launch […]