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The Team Assoc. Prof. Gal Shmuel, who heads the

group, joined the faculty seven years ago

after a post-doctoral fellowship at Caltech.

He started a research group that studies

the mechanics of advanced materials and

has since led it to several breakthroughs

in smart materials and metamaterial dynamics

research.

Dr. Rene Pernas Salomon from Cuba, a physicist

by training, made the switch to mechanics

when he joined Assoc. Prof. Shmuel’s group. Majd Costa Alan Muhafra Dr. Rene Pernas
Salomon
A Technion scholarship recipient, Asst. Prof

Salomon has recently moved to Spain after being accepted into the prestigious CONEX-Plus

program. Alan Muhafra is a Summa cum Laude graduate of Re’amim, the faculty’s honor student

program. He has received a long list of awards for his outstanding academic achievements,

including the Wahlberg Prize and the Sherman Scholarship. He is currently conducting his master’s

research while also serving in the military. Majd Costa is studying for a master’s degree in civil

engineering. Assoc. Prof. Shmuel and Assoc. Prof. Oded Amir are advising him on his dissertation.

Majd completed his bachelor’s degree Summa cum Laude and has earned the President’s List and

Dean’s List honors several times.

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