TheTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology[a] is apublicresearch university located inHaifa, Israel. Established in 1912 by Jews under the dominion of theOttoman Empire, the Technion is the oldest university in the country.[6]
הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל(Hebrew) | |
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Former name | Technikum (1912–1914) |
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Type | Publictechnicalresearch |
Established | 11 April 1912; 112 years ago (1912-04-11) |
Endowment | US$2.25 billion[1] |
Budget | US$470 million[1] |
President | Uri Sivan |
Students | 13,703 (2014)[2] |
Undergraduates | 9,251 (2014)[2] |
Postgraduates | 3,435 (2014)[2] |
1,004 (2014)[2] | |
Location | , Israel 32°46′39″N35°01′18″E / 32.77750°N 35.02167°E /32.77750; 35.02167 |
Campus | Urban, 1,325 dunams (327 acres) |
Colors | Navy and Gold |
Affiliations | CESAER McDonnell International Scholars Academy EuroTech Universities |
Website | technion![]() |
Academic rankings | |
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Global | |
ARWU[3] | 85 |
QS[4] | =416 |
THE[5] | 351–400 |
The university offers degrees in science and engineering, and related fields such as architecture, medicine, industrial management, and education. It has 19 academic departments, 60 research centers, and 12 affiliated teaching hospitals.[7] Since its founding, it has awarded more than 123,000 degrees[8] and its graduates are cited for providing the skills and education behind the creation and protection of theState of Israel.[9][10]
Technion's 565 faculty members include threeNobel Laureates in chemistry. FourNobel Laureates have been associated with the university. The currentpresident of the Technion isUri Sivan.[11]
The selection ofHebrew as the language of instruction, defeating German in theWar of the Languages, was an important milestone in Hebrew's consolidation as Israel's official language.[12] The Technion is also a major factor behind the growth of Israel'shigh-tech industry and innovation, including the country's technical cluster inSilicon Wadi.[13][14]
History
editThe Technikum was conceived in the early 1900s by the German-Jewish fundEzrah as a school of engineering and sciences. It was to be the only institution of higher learning in the thenOttoman Palestine, other than theBezalel Academy of Art and Design inJerusalem (founded in 1906).[15] In October 1913, the board of trustees selectedGerman as the language of instruction, provoking a major controversy known as theWar of the Languages. After opposition from American and Russian Jews to the use of German, the board of trustees reversed itself in February 1914 and selected Hebrew as the language of instruction. The German name Technikum was also replaced by the Hebrew name Technion.[6][16]
Technion's cornerstone was laid in 1912, and studies began 12 years later in 1924.[16] In 1923Albert Einstein visited and planted the now-famous firstpalm tree, as an initiative ofNobel tradition. The first palm tree still stands today in front of the old Technion building, which is now the MadaTech museum, in the Hadar neighborhood. Einstein founded the first Technion Society, and served as its president upon his return toGermany.[17]
In 1924,Arthur Blok became the Technion's first president.[18]
In the early 1950s, under the administration ofYaakov Dori, who had served as the Israel Defense Forces’ first chief of staff, the Technion launched a campaign to recruit Jewish and pro-Israel scientists from abroad to establish research laboratories and teaching departments in the natural and exact sciences.[19]
Campuses
editHaifa
editTechnion City generally refers to the 1.2-square-kilometer site located on the pine-covered north-eastern slopes ofMount Carmel. The campus comprises over 300 buildings.[20]
The Technion has two additional campuses. Its original building in midtown Haifa, in use by the Technion until the mid-1980s, now houses theIsrael National Museum of Science, Technology and Space. TheRappaport Faculty of Medicine is located in the neighborhood ofBat Galim, adjacent toRambam Hospital, the largest medical center in Northern Israel.
Recreational activities on the main campus include an Olympic-size swimming pool as well as gymnastics, squash, and tennis facilities.[21] The Technion Symphony Orchestra and Choir are composed mainly of Technion students and staff. Each term, the Orchestra offers a series of daytime and evening concerts. Films and live performances by leading Israeli artists take place on campus on a regular basis.
In April 2022, a cable car station of theRakvalit was opened at the main campus, connecting the Technion toHaifa University (higher up on Mount Carmel) and to theHaMifratz Central Bus Station and public transit hub at the foot of Mount Carmel.
Tel Aviv
editTechnion's Division of Continuing Education and External Studies has been operating in the Tel Aviv area since 1958. In July 2013, the Technion moved to a new campus inSarona. The Technion satellite campus in Sarona includes three buildings in a 1,800 sq. meter area, with a total of 16 modern classrooms.[22] Among the programs that are taught at Sarona are the Technion's International MBA program, which includes students from around the world and guest lecturers from universities such asLondon Business School,Columbia University, andINSEAD.[23]
Cornell Tech
editOn 19 December 2011, a bid by a consortium ofCornell University and Technion won a competition to establish a new high-tier applied science and engineering institution in New York City. The competition was established by New York City MayorMichael Bloomberg in order to increase entrepreneurship and job growth in the city's technology sector. The winning bid consisted of a 2,100,000 square feet (200,000 m2) state-of-the-art tech campus, built onRoosevelt Island, which had its first phase completed by 2017, with a temporary off-site campus opening in 2013 at theGoogle New York City headquarters building at111 Eighth Avenue.[24][25] The new school has been named the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute.[26] Its Founding Director wasCraig Gotsman, Technion's Hewlett-Packard Professor of Computer Engineering.
In 2015,AOL announced an investment of $5 million in a video research project at the institute.[27] Positive media coverage abounds,[28] as well as some small scale protests from the margins of political and environmental activism.[29]
Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology
editIn September 2013 theLi Ka Shing Foundation and the Technion announced they would be joining forces to create a new institute for technology atShantou University,Guangdong province, south-eastern China. The Li Ka Shing Foundation pledged a grant of US$130 million for the creation of the institute. The degrees taught, including Bachelors, Masters and Doctorates, will be accredited by the Technion. The total construction costs are $147 million. English will be GTIIT's language of instruction. GTIIT will comprise three units: the College of Engineering; the College of Science; and the College of Life Science. The goal is to have about 5,000 students eventually. The institute will eventually grant Technion engineering degrees at all levels - Bachelor, Masters and PhD. Initially the courses offered are Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Materials Engineering.[30] By 2020 the institute will start teaching other disciplines from Mechanics to Aerospace Engineering.[31][32][33]
Faculties
editAerospace Engineering
editFounded in 1954, theFaculty of Aerospace Engineering conducts research and education in a wide range of aerospace disciplines. The Aerospace Research Center also consists of the Aerodynamics (wind tunnels) Laboratory, the Aerospace Structures Laboratory, the Combustion and Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, the Turbo and Jet Engine Laboratory, the Flight Control Laboratory and the Design for Manufacturing Laboratory.
Architecture and Town Planning
editThe Technion Faculty of Architecture[34] awards BSc in architecture degree after four years and March professional degree after six years of study.[35] The faculty offers 4 programs: Architecture (under graduate and graduate), Landscape architecture (undergraduate and graduate), Industrial design (graduate) and regional and urban planning (graduate). Its undergraduate program in architecture and landscape architecture accepts about 100 students each year. Its graduate programs accepts about 70 students each year, and it accepts about 15 doctoral students, focusing on subjects related to it four programs.[35]
Biology
editThe Faculty of Biology[36] was established in 1971. Advanced research is carried out in 23 research groups, focusing on a variety of aspects of cellular, molecular and developmental biology. The faculty has extensive collaborations with the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The Faculty has around 350 undergraduate students and over 100 graduate students.[37]
Biomedical Engineering
editEstablished in 1968, the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering[38] has a multidisciplinary scope nurturing research activities that blend medical and biological engineering. Research projects have resulted in the development of patented medical aids. Recent research breakthroughs include the identification of a structured neurological code for syllables and could let paraplegics "speak" virtually through the connection of the brain to a computer.[39]
Biotechnology and Food Engineering
editUnique in Israel, the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering[40] offers a blend of courses in engineering, life and natural sciences as well as joint degree programs with the Faculties of Biology and Chemistry. The Faculty houses biotechnology laboratories, as well as a large food processing pilot plant and a packaging laboratory. It currently has 350 undergraduates and more than 120 graduate students.
Civil and Environmental Engineering
editIn 2002, two of the original Technion Faculties – Civil and Agricultural engineering, were merged to create the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering.[41] The Faculty is the home of Technion's expandingInternational School of Engineering.
Chemical Engineering
editThe Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering[42] is Israel's oldest and largest faculty in the field, educating the vast majority of chemical engineers in Israel's chemical industries.[37] Research activities include materials, complex fluids, processing, transport and surface phenomena and process control.
Chemistry
editThe Schulich Faculty of Chemistry[43] offers a variety of joint programs, including with materials engineering, chemical engineering, physics, and food engineering. It also offers a joint degree with the Faculty of Biology leading to a degree in molecular biochemistry. Around 100 research projects at the faculty are sponsored by industry and national and international foundations. It also offers a variety of outreach and youth programs.[44]
Coastal and Marine Engineering Research Institute (CAMERI)
editHeld equally by the Technion and The Israeli Ports Company, The Israeli CAMERI[45] is the leading applicative research Institute in Israel dedicated to Physical Oceanography, Marine Engineering and Coastal Engineering. Founded in 1976 it hosts two research facilities (wave-basin and wave-flume), both are the biggest of their kind in Israel. CAMERI has become with time a national authority in various data and research aspects related to the Israeli coastal and marine environments.
Computer Science
editFounded in 1969, this is one of the largest Technion faculties, with over 1,800 undergraduate students and 300 graduate students.
The Faculty of Computer Science[46] was ranked 15th among 500 universities in computer sciences for 2011 and 18th of 500 since 2012.[47] The Faculty is located in the Taub Family Science and Technology Center, following the support of the philanthropistHenry Taub.
Education in Technology and Science
editFounded in 1965, the Department of Education in Technology & Science[48] became a faculty in 2015. The faculty trains undergraduates in the most advanced methods of teaching science and technology in schools. The faculty is home to a research and development center in the field. It has over 100 graduate students and 350 undergraduate students including second career engineers and scientists who elect to study toward STEM educator career.
Electrical Engineering
editTheFaculty of Electrical Engineering claims to be the major source of engineers who lead the development of advanced Israeli technology in the fields of electronics, computers and communications. Some 2000 undergraduate students study in the department for a BSc degree in electrical engineering / computer engineering / computer and software engineering, and 400 graduate students study for the degrees of MSc and PhD. The department has extensive relations with industry as well as academic and industrial special liaison support programs.[49]
Humanities and Arts
editThe Department of Humanities and Arts[50] serves all the Technion community, offering courses taught by visiting and adjunct scholars including philosophy of science, social and political sciences, linguistics, psychology, law and anthropology and an array of theoretical and performing arts courses.
The Technion Theater was established in 1986, by ProfessorOuriel Zohar. The theater teaches 8 courses, and it has about 150 students per semester. The theater presented 52 performances in different styles, some byHanoch Levin,Yehoshua Sobol,Moliere,Shakespeare,Pierre de Marivaux,Henrik Ibsen andBernard Shaw,Sławomir Mrożek among others. The theater also presented plays written by the director and the actors. The theater is invited to many festivals in Europe universities. DirectorScandar Copti receivedOphir Award in 2010, played in "End End" directed by Zohar, which was presented inJerusalem festival in 2001. Shlomo Plessner participated in collective plays "soft mattress" and "Mix Marriage" 1986–1987. The play "Transparent Chains" by Sheli Baliti from the Faculty ofChemical Engineering performed atBratislava in 2006,Granada,Haifa Cinematheque, Neve Yosef Festival and the Theatre Department at theUniversity of Haifa in 2007. The playAn Enemy of the People by Ibsen, the main actor Rooney Navon, Professor at the Faculty ofCivil and Environmental Engineering, received honorable nomination atBenevento in Italy in 2009, and also inIsfia near Haifa. The Show "invisible clothes" written and directed by Ouriel Zohar presented at The International Theater Festival inSaint Petersburg State University in 2012.
Data and Decision Sciences
editThe Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences, formerly the William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management (IE&M). The faculty was launched as a Technion academic Department in 1958. The Department grew under the leadership ofPinchas Naor, who served as its founding Dean. Naor's vision was to combine Industrial engineering with Management by creating a large, inherently multidisciplinary unit covering a wide spectrum of activities such as applied engineering, mathematical modeling, economics,behavioral sciences,operations research,data science and statistics.[51]
Over the years, the faculty underwent significant shifts in research focus and curriculum, leading to a name change in January 2023 to theFaculty of Data and Decision Sciences, better reflecting its academic core.[52]
Materials Science and Engineering
editHome to Nobel Laureate in Chemistry DistinguishedProf. Dan Shechtman, the Faculty of Materials Engineering[53] is Israel's major study center in materials science. The Faculty houses the Electron Microscopy Center,[54] the X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory,[55] the Atomic force microscopy Laboratory[56] and the Physical and Mechanical Measurements lab.[57]
Mathematics
editThe Faculty of Mathematics[58] houses both pure and applied mathematics, and was home to the mathematicianPaul Erdős. Founded in 1950, it has around 46 faculty members, 200 undergraduate students and 100 graduate students. It provides instruction for students in all other Technion faculties and organizes mathematics competition for gifted high school students and a summer camp in number theory.
Mechanical Engineering
editFounded in 1948, the Technion Faculty of Mechanical Engineering[59] has over 830 students and 215 graduate students. Research is conducted in the faculty's 36 laboratories across the whole spectrum of mechanical engineering, from nano-scale fields through to applied engineering of national projects.[60]
Medicine
editThe Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine[61] is home to twoNobel Laureates:Avram Hershko andAaron Ciechanover. It is one of four state-sponsored medical schools in Israel. It was founded in 1979 through the philanthropy ofBruce Rappaport and is active in basic science research and pre-clinical medical training inanatomy,biochemistry,biophysics,immunology,microbiology,physiology, andpharmacology.[62] Other facilities on the Faculty of Medicine campus include teaching laboratories, a medical library, lecture halls, and seminar rooms. Academic programs lead to Master of Science (M.S.), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degrees. It also offers medical training leading to a M.D. degree to qualified American and Canadian graduates of pre-med programs under the Technion American Medical School Program (TeAMS).[63] The school has developed collaborative research and medical education programs with various institutions in medicine and bio-medical engineering includingHarvard University,New York University,[64]Johns Hopkins University,University of Toronto,University of California, Santa Cruz andMayo Medical School.
Physics
editThe Faculty of Physics[65] engages in experimental and theoretical research in the fields of astrophysics, high energy physics, solid state physics and biophysics. Founded in 1960, it includes the Einstein Institute of Physics, the Lidow Physics Complex, The Rosen Solid State Building and the Werksman Physics Building.
Multidisciplinary centers
editNanotechnology and science
editTheRussell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI) was established in January 2005 as a joint endeavour of the Russell Berrie Foundation, the government of Israel, and the Technion. It is one of the largest academic programs in Israel, and is among the largest nanotechnology centers in Europe and the US. RBNI has over 110 faculty members, and approximately 300 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows under its auspices at Technion. Its multidisciplinary activities span 14 different faculties.
Energy research
editTheGTEP Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program is a multidisciplinary center of excellence bringing together Technion's top researchers in energy science and technology from over nine different faculties.[66] Founded in 2007, GTEP's 4-point strategy targets research and development of alternative fuels; renewable energy sources; energy storage and conversion; and energy conservation. The GTEP is presently the only center in Israel offering graduate studies in energy science and technology.
Space research
editTheNorman and Helen Asher Space Research Institute (ASRI) is a specialized institute dedicated to multidisciplinaryscientificresearch. Established in 1984, its members come from five Technion faculties, and it has a technical staff of Technion scientists in a variety of space-related fields: (Physics,[65] Aerospace Engineering,[67] Mechanical Engineering,[59] Electrical Engineering,[68] Autonomous Systems,[69] and Computer Sciences).[70]
Technion international
editThe Technion International[71] (TI) is a department in the Technion, offering courses taught entirely in English. The TI began its first year in 2009, and now offers a full BSc in Civil Engineering, BSc in Mechanical Engineering as well as various study abroad options, all taught in English. Student come from all over the globe – Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe and Israel. They live on campus and enjoy trips around Israel and activities throughout the year.
Technology transfer, partnerships and outreach programs
editTechnion has a dedicated office to bridge the transition of scientific and technological discovery to successfully commercialized innovation since 2007:T3 – Technion Technology Transfer. As of 2011, 424patents were granted to Technion innovations, with 845 patents pending. T3's partners include incubators, entrepreneurs, private investors,VCs andangel groups. It has strategic partnerships withMicrosoft,IBM,Intel,Philips,Johnson & Johnson,Coca-Cola, among others.
Technion offers after-school and summer enrichment courses for young people on subjects ranging from introductory electronics and computer programming to aerospace, architecture, biology, chemistry and physics. Two examples are Scitech[72] and the Math Summer Camp, devoted to number theory.[73]
Technion set up the Israeli chapter ofEngineers Without Borders,[74] which among other projects, installed a network ofbiogas systems in ruralNepal providing sustainable energy and improved sanitation.[75]
The Technion includes students from underrepresented groups such asHaredim and Arabs through scholarships, social programs and financial support. The Technion is one of the main sponsors of the Israeli league ofFIRST robotics competition which became a formal project of the Technion since 2013.[citation needed] The percentage ofArab students at the Technion equals the percentage of the general Arab population in Israel: 20%.[76][77]
The Technion andTechnische Universität Darmstadt formed a partnership in cyber security, entrepreneurship and materials science.[78][79]
Technion became a partner ofWashington University in St. Louis through theMcDonnell International Scholars Academy.[80]
Rankings and reputation
editTechnion is commonly referred to as "Israel'sMIT" due to its reputation for math and science talent.[81][82][83][84]
As of June 2023, Technion is ranked 79th in the world byShanghaiRanking, 83rd worldwide in theARWU 2022, 317th in theUSNEWS Global Universities Ranking 2022-2023, 392nd worldwide in theQS WUR 2024, and 501–600th in theTHE WUR 2023.[85] Technion is the 288th best-ranked university worldwide in 2022 in terms of aggregate performance across QS, THE, and ARWU.[86]
In 2012, the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranked Technion 51st in the world and third in Israel.[87]
Previously, Technion has been ranked 183rd worldwide in QS WUR 2014 and 193rd worldwide in THE WUR 2013.
Technion was ranked 176–200th worldwide in the THE Reputation Ranking 2020.
In 2012, the magazineBusiness Insider ranked Technion among the top 25 engineering schools in the world.[88][89]
In 2013, the Technion was the only school outside the United States to make it into the top 10 on a new Bloomberg Rankings list of schools whose graduates are CEOs of top U.S. tech companies.[90]
Notable research
edit- In 1982,Dan Shechtman discovered aQuasicrystal structure. This is a structure with a Symmetry in the order of 5 – a phenomenon considered impossible until then by the then-current prevailing theories ofCrystallography. In 2011 he won theNobel Prize in Chemistry for this discovery.
- In 2004, two Technion professors,Avram Hershko andAaron Ciechanover, won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the biological system responsible for disassembling protein in the cell.
- Shulamit Levenberg, 37, was chosen byScientific American magazine as one of the leading scientists in 2006 for the discovery of a method to transplant skin in a way the body does not reject.[91]
- Moussa B.H. Youdim developedRasagiline, a drug marketed byTeva Pharmaceuticals asAzilect (TM) for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease, especiallyParkinson's disease.
- In 1998, Technion successfully launched the "Gurwin TechSat II" microsatellite, making Technion one of five universities with a student program that designs, builds, and launches its own satellite. The satellite stayed in orbit until 2010.[92]
- In the 1970s, computer scientistsAbraham Lempel andJacob Ziv developed theLempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm for data compression. In 1995 and 2007 they won anIEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal for pioneering work in data compression and especially for developing the algorithm.
- In 2019, a team of 12 students won a gold medal atiGEM for developing bee-free honey.[93]
Library
editThe Technion library system is made of theElyachar Central Library and research libraries that are located in the faculty buildings. The Central Library determines professional policies and guidelines and provides services for all the Technion libraries, including the library operating systems, the libraries'web portal,acquisitions,cataloging,classification, andinterlibrary loans.
The faculty research libraries' aim is to focus on the information needs of their students and academic staff. The libraries are transforming from traditional academic libraries tolearning commons. The transition includes an ongoing process of evaluation of the libraries' collections with the aim of identifying items in high demand and use to keep, valuable items to preserve, items in nominal use to archive in the Central Library, rare and precious items to preserve in the historical archive of the Technion, at the Central Library, and items to withdraw, according to professional criteria.
Nobel Laureates and notable people
editNobel Laureates
edit- 2004Avram Hershko, Chemistry
- 2004Aaron Ciechanover, Chemistry
- 2011Dan Shechtman, Chemistry
- 2013Arieh Warshel, Chemistry
Select faculty
edit- Moshe Arens, professor of aeronautics from 1957 to 1962.
- Eli Biham,cryptanalyst andcryptographer
- Yaakov Dori, President
- Baruch Fischer, Professor Emeritus in the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Bernard Friedland, electrical engineer, Lady Davis Visiting Professor and winner of the 1982Rufus Oldenburger Medal
- Avram Hershko andAaron Ciechanover, recipients of the 2004Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery ofubiquitin-mediatedprotein degradation
- Amos Horev, former president, former chairman ofRafael; member of the IsraeliTurkel Commission of Inquiry into theGaza flotilla raid
- Abraham Lempel andJacob Ziv, developers of theLempel-Ziv (LZW) compression algorithm
- Liviu Librescu, hero during theVirginia Tech shooting
- Marcelle Machluf, biotechnology and food engineering
- Shlomo Moran, computer scientist
- Yehudit Naot, scientist and politician,Israeli Minister of the Environment
- Eliahu Nissim (born 1933), Professor of Aeronautical Engineering; President of theOpen University of Israel
- Asher Peres, co-discoverer ofquantum teleportation, awarded the 2004 Rothschild Prize in Physics
- Anat Rafaeli,organisational behaviour researcher
- Nathan Rosen, co-author withAlbert Einstein andBoris Podolsky of physics paper about theEPR paradox inquantum mechanics
- Rachel Shalon, first woman engineer in Israel
- Shlomo Shamai, electrical information theorist, winner of the 2011Shannon Award.
- Dan Shechtman, first observer ofquasicrystals and winner of the 2011Nobel Prize in chemistry
- Daniel Weihs (born 1942),Aeronautical Engineering professor
- Shmuel Zaks, computer scientist and mathematician
- Mario Livio, astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics
- Assaf Avrahami
Notable alumni
editTechnion graduates have been estimated to constitute over 70 percent of the founders and managers of high-tech businesses in Israel. 80 percent of Israeli NASDAQ companies were founded and/or are led by Technion graduates, and 74 percent of managers in Israel's electronic industries hold Technion degrees.[94] In the book,Technion Nation,[95] Shlomo Maital, Amnon Frenkel and Ilana Debare document the contribution of Technion alumni in building the modern State of Israel.
- Shai Agassi - IT entrepreneur, former Executive Board member ofSAP AG and founder ofBetter Place
- Saul Amarel - pioneer inartificial intelligence[96]
- Ella Amitay Sadovsky - artist
- Ron Arad (b. 1958) - Air Force weapon systems officer; classified as missing in action since 1986
- Itzhak Bentov - inventor and author
- Moti Bodek (b. 1961) - architect
- Andrei Broder -captcha developer, Vice President ofYahoo, formerly vice president ofAltaVista
- Shimshon Brokman (b. 1957) - Olympic sailor
- Yaron Brook - president and executive director of theAyn Rand Institute
- Danny Cohen - Internet developer
- Jonathan Markovitch - Chief rabbi ofKyiv,Ukraine
- Chaim Elata - professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, President ofBen-Gurion University of the Negev, and Chairman of theIsrael Public Utility Authority for Electricity
- Haim Eshed (b. 1933) - retired brigadier general in theIsrael Defense Forces, former director of space programs for theIsrael Ministry of Defense and former officer in theIsraeli Military Intelligence. Now professor at the Asher Institute for Space Research at Technion.
- Yona Friedman (b. 1923) - architect
- Jacob Gil - architect and town planner
- Yossi Gross - medical devices innovator and entrepreneur; founding partner of Rainbow Medical
- Andi Gutmans - developer ofPHP and co-founder ofZend Technologies
- Zygmunt Haas - computer scientist, professor atCornell University;
- Abraham H. Haddad - computer scientist
- Moty Heiblum (born 1947) — electric engineer and physicist
- Daniel Hershkowitz (born 1953) - politician, mathematician, rabbi, and president ofBar-Ilan University
- Hossam Haick - scientist and engineer
- Aharon Isser - aeronautical engineer
- Ram Karmi (b. 1931) - architect
- Shaul Ladany - world-record-holding racewalker,Bergen-Belsen survivor,Munich Massacre survivor, Professor of Industrial Engineering
- Uzi Landau - politician, Minister of Tourism
- Daniel M. Lewin - co-founder and CTO ofAkamai, holder of two Technion degrees, killed while resisting the hijacking ofAmerican Airlines Flight in the11 September attacks on the United States.
- Yoelle Maarek - Chief Research of AI/IR for theTechnology Innovation Institute
- Dov Moran - entrepreneur, inventor and investor, best known as the inventor of theUSB flash drive
- Yuval Ne'eman (1925-2006) -physicist, politician, and President ofTel Aviv University
- Eliahu Nissim (born 1933) - Professor of Aeronautical Engineering; President of theOpen University of Israel
- Neri Oxman - architect and designer who teaches at MIT, known for her work inenvironmental design anddigital morphogenesis
- Guillermo Sapiro - contributor toAdobe software includingPhotoshop andAfter Effects. Also one of the people who originally developed theLOCO-I Lossless Image Compression Algorithm which is used inMars Rovers'ICER image file format.
- Amos Shapira - former president ofEl Al Airlines,Cellcom, and theUniversity of Haifa
- Johny Srouji - senior vice president of hardware technologies atApple Inc. reporting to CEOTim Cook
- Zehev Tadmor (born 1937) -chemical engineer and president of the Technion
- Dov Frohman (born 1939) -electrical engineer and former vice president ofIntel that has inventedEPROM
- Yossi Vardi - For over 40 years he has founded and helped build over 60 high-tech companies in a variety of fields, among them software, energy, Internet, mobile,electro-optics and water technology.[97]
- Arieh Warshel - chemist known for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems, and the winner of the 2013Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Daniel Zajfman (born 1959) - physicist; president of theWeizmann Institute
- Shlomo Zilberstein -computer scientist known for his contributions toartificial intelligence, as well as a professor and associate dean at theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
- Yehuda andZohar Zisapel - co-founders of theRAD Group, "fathers" of Israel's hi-tech industry
- Eli Ben-Sasson - cofounder ofStarkWare Industries, former prof. in the Technion.
See also
editNotes
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