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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Eliad Peretz ’13 was just 10 years old when he decided what he wanted to do in life. Helping his grandfather harvest olives, the pair would return at dusk, “lay back on blankets on the lawn, and look up at the sky,” Dr. Peretz recalled. “Those were the moments that helped me identify my path.” By fifth grade, he wrote what he called his first five-year plan, already knowing he wanted to work at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Earlier this year, the NASA scientist and Technion alumnus was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal — entering the…
The Technion Honorary Fellowship is given in honor of lifelong devotion and support of the Technion, Israel and education. Franklin residents Cathy and James Deutchman are longtime supporters of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. As a third-generation supporter herself, Cathy Deutchman (née Brody) was preceded by her parents, Rhea and Robert Brody, and her grandparents, Anna and Samuel Brody, as critical supporters of the cutting-edge Israel institution. Now, the Deutchmans have received one of the highest honors awarded by the institution as they were given an Honorary Fellowship at a Technion Board of Directors meeting on June 11 at the…
Assistant Professor Charlotte Vogt of the Technion Schulich Faculty of Chemistry was recently awarded the first prize of the EuroTech Future Award, which recognizes researchers who have the potential to make a difference in their field and society at large. She was cited for her work on the subject of catalysis, which she believes will be key in solving global warming. Prof. Vogt’s research focuses on carbon dioxide hydrogenation catalysis, which explores the possibility of preventing CO2 produced by large industrial plants from entering the atmosphere, and instead converting it to something useful with the help of catalysts, which accelerate…
Prof. Gideon Grader from Israel’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology was recently awarded the Grand Prix Scientifique research grant by the Institut de France for developing innovative green hydrogen technology. The Institut de France, a nonprofit organization founded in 1795 that unites five French academies, encourages research, supports creativity, and funds many humanitarian projects. Grader has developed a process — dubbed E-TAC — along with his Technion colleagues, which splits water into hydrogen and oxygen by decoupling the production of the two gasses. This is achieved by circulating electrolyte solutions at different temperatures through the electrodes.
When the world stopped due to the pandemic, so, too, did plans to explore outer space. In 2019, NASA had five missions scheduled for the next three years, which were halted due to COVID. With NASA behind schedule, Israeli-American scientist Eliad Peretz helped put the organization back on track. Peretz, 40, is the mission and instrument scientist for NASA’s Heliophysics Science Division at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center In Greenbelt. After the onset of COVID, Peretz assisted in a mission called GTOSat for a small spacecraft team to map radiation belts around earth. Peretz helped develop a mission to…
Nearly 200 Technion friends and supporters from around the world convened in Haifa June 9-13 for the 2023 Technion Board of Governors (BOG) meeting — celebrating the University’s achievements and the role played by so many in its success. “The campus was filled with students, visitors, classes, and events,” said American Technion Society (ATS) CEO Michael Waxman-Lenz. “I don’t recall this level of energy and enthusiasm since pre-COVID times.” Technion Alumni Medal recipients Johny Srouji ’88, M.S. ’83, (L), senior vp of Hardware Technologies at Apple and Aharon Aharon ’81, M.S. ’83, founder of C-perto and former CEO of the…
As a child growing up in Israel, Eliad Peretz was fascinated by space and the night sky. His goal, which he laid out in a five-year plan that he wrote as a fifth-grader, was to work for the organization whose mission was to address the big questions he wanted to pursue: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. “I’m living my dream,” Peretz, who currently works at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., told JNS in a phone interview. On May 1, 2023, the American Technion Society will celebrate Peretz, a graduate of the Technion’s aerospace engineering faculty…
Pictured Above / (L to R) Professor Meytal Landau, Professor Asya Rolls, Professor Avi Schroeder, Assistant Professor Graham de Ruiter, and Professor Nadav Amdursky Recently, five researchers from the Technion were awarded prestigious Consolidator Grants by the European Research Council (ERC) for unique projects in their respective disciplines. The ERC Consolidator Grants provide $2.14 million to each recipient and are awarded to scientists with 7-12 years of postdoctoral research experience to fund their explorations and allow them to pursue their most promising ideas. The five Technion recipients are: Associate Professor Nadav Amdursky, a researcher in the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry…
According to United States Patent Office data, the Technion was ranked #1 in both Israel and Europe for the number of U.S. patents granted to universities in 2021. The achievement was announced by the National Academy of Investors (NAI) in the U.S. and the Intellectual Property Owners Organization (IPO). The Technion’s 63 U.S. patents also placed it 40th in the world, ahead of other well-established universities, including the University of Oxford, Princeton University, Georgia Institute of Technology. Among other Israeli universities, Tel Aviv University was number 68 on the list. The University of California system took the top spot. The…
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute Assistant Professors Volodymyr Kuleshov and Emma Pierson were recently awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Awards. They will each receive between $400,000 and $600,000 from the NSF program over the next five years to fund their educational research projects. Assistant Prof. Kuleshov’s research will focus on improving genome sequencing through novel techniques using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Current methods of analyzing genetic data grapple with the magnitude and complexity of the data sets despite the decrease in cost of genome sequencing over the past two decades that enabled the…
For the second year in a row, the Technion is ranked first in Europe in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) according to CSRankings, which are highly regarded for their metrics-based ranking of top computer science institutions. The repeat win further solidifies the Technion’s position as a leading institution in AI. It was also ranked 16th in the world in AI and 10th in the world in the subfield of learning systems. The Technion recruits researchers and students from all Technion units for interdisciplinary AI research by increasing the number of new programs and initiatives in its various fields with…
Professor Hossam Haick of the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI) at the Technion has been awarded three European research grants through the Horizon Europe program, totaling 4.2 million euros. Prof. Haick, the dean of undergraduate studies at the Technion and an expert in nanotechnology and non-invasive disease diagnosis, was awarded the grants for his research in cancer treatments. For the first grant, Prof. Haick will focus on understanding the risk factors surrounding lung cancer more closely, including personal risk factors such as lifestyle and pollutant exposure, external factors such as urban environments, transportation,…