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Honors and awards

PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS his innovative research in received the Zuckerman SCHOLARSHIPS AND
Faculty members honored microfluidics, contributing to Postdoctoral Fellowship PRIZES AWARDED
at the annual meeting of fundamental understanding for his study of flow and AT CEREMONY to
the Technion’s Board of of the chemical and physical elasticity in soft robotics, dozens of outstanding
Governors included Associate behavior of fluids at under the guidance of Prof. undergraduate and
Prof. Dan Mordehai, awarded extremely small scales, as Amir Gat. Matia sets out graduate degree
the Henry Taub Prize for well as to the invention of to the U.S. to begin his students, for their
Academic Excellence, and cutting-edge technologies in postdoctoral research at academic achievements.
Associate Profs. Amir Gat this field. Cornell University in the The ceremony was held
and Gilad Yossifon, who Doctoral students Nadya coming months. PhD student at the faculty in May.
received the Uzi and Michal Ostromohov and Israel Shimry Haviv has won the
Halevy Innovative Applied Gabay, both from the Muriel and David Jacknau CONFERMENT OF
Engineering Award in a Bercovici lab, won two of the Award for his continuing MAGISTER DEGREES
ceremony presided over by three best poster awards at excellence in teaching and CEREMONY was held at
Prof. Steven Frankel. the 2019 international ELKIN for his contribution to the the end of last semester
Associate Prof. Moran conference on electrokinetics advancement of academic on the faculty’s lawn.
Bercovici received the in Boston. education for undergraduate Congratulations to the
prestigious Blavatnik Award Students Maor Fried students at the Technion. In new graduates.
for Young Scientists in (PhD advisor: Prof. Oleg his research, Haviv, who is on
Israel. One of the largest Gendelman) and Dr. Valeri the direct PhD track (advisor:
prizes for early-career Frumkin (PhD advisor: Prof. Carmel Rotschild),
researchers, it is awarded Prof. Alex Oron; currently studies solar energy.
by the Blavatnik family to pursuing postdoctoral Since 2015, he has served
scientists and engineers research in Bercovici’s lab) on the staff of the “Heat
aged 42 and younger for their won the prestigious Fulbright Transfer” course, and was
breakthrough research in the Scholarship, out of a total of recognized as an outstanding
disciplines of life sciences, eight scholarship recipients teaching assistant for seven
chemistry, and physical in all areas of science and consecutive semesters.
sciences and engineering. engineering in Israel.
Bercovici was recognized for Doctoral student Yoav Matia

Left to right: A figure from Yoav Matia’s research, Yoav Matia, Shimri Haviv receives the Jacknau Award.

A collaboration agreement signed between the
Technion and Yonsei University in South Korea

ACADEMIC COLLABORATION A collaboration agreement Nili Cohen (President of the Israel Academy of Sciences and
between the Technion and Yonsei University was signed during Humanities) led the academic delegation. During the four-day
an official visit to South Korea by President Reuven Rivlin in visit, the delegation was hosted by several leading universities:
July. The Israeli delegation included representatives from Israeli Yonsei University, Korea University, Konkuk University, and the
academia, among them, the faculty’s Prof. Anath Fischer, who Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). In addition,
serves as the Technion’s Deputy Executive Vice President for a Korean-Israeli conference was held during the visit, with the
Research. Prof. Yaffa Zilbershats (Chair of the Council for Higher participation of the academic delegation and presidents of the
Education’s Planning and Budgeting Committee) and Prof. Korean universities.

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