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We’ve launched our new lounge!

UPGRADING The wait is over. The new, beautiful and inviting Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering lounge project is finally complete. Located on the third floor of the Dan
Kahn building, we invite academic and administrative staff members to take a coffee
break in the coziest part of the faculty. We promise to continue upgrading!

Faculty Hosts Honoring General (Ret.)
the ISTAM Amos Horev, Former
Symposium President of the Technion

HOSTING In January the HONORING A new display cabinet unveiled
faculty hosted the 71st at the faculty library contains books donated
Symposium of the Israel by former Technion president, General
Society for Theoretical (Ret.) Amos Horev from his personal library.
and Applied Mechanics Horev, 98, says the books served him when
(ISTAM), which was very he was a mechanical engineering student
successful and attracted himself. Displayed alongside the books
over 70 participants from are instruments and machine parts from
leading universities in Israel mechanical engineering’s recent past. On
and around the world. The the occasion of the unveiling of the display
symposium’s organizers cabinet, we were introduced to Horev’s
– Assoc. Prof. Amir Gat, fascinating story. He fought with the Palmach
Dr. Evgeniy Boyko, Ayelet and filled a series of key roles in the security
Lesman and Reuven Segev establishment: Among other things, he
– thanked the faculty for established the Weapons Department, served
hosting the symposium and as a head munitions officer and head of the
the Technion for its generous Technological and Logistics Directorate, and
support, which made this was awarded the Israel Defense Prize. The
fascinating and important display is the initiative of former faculty dean
meeting possible. Prof. Emeritus Pinhas Bar-Yoseph, and was
realized with the help of library staff Shelly
Imberg and Vered Sayag.

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