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In red shirts: Moanes Omary (right) and Tal Lipshitz

Technion Wins Israel’s First
Formula Student Competition!

Winning Start your engines! The was the largest team the Technion has An Olympic Visit
Technion's team, lead by the Faculty of ever sent to the competition, with more
Mechanical Engineering and supervised than 55 students from several different Research A special guest at
by Assoc. Prof. Leonid Tartakovsky, has faculties. The team was led by Moanes Prof. Alon Wolf’s Biorobotics
won the first ever edition of the Formula Omary, a master’s student in the Faculty of and Biomechanics Lab:
Student competition in Israel. Formula Mechanical Engineering. Olympic sprinter Diana
Student is an engineering competition “After two years of not being able to take Vaisman, who competed in
organized by the international Society of part in the competition in Europe due the preliminary heat for the
Automotive Engineers (SAE International). to the pandemic, we decided to bring women’s 100m in Tokyo,
Each team in the competition acts as the it to Israel,” says Omary, who has been participated in testing
manufacturer of a Formula-style single- participating for three years – first as conducted at the Olympic
seater race car, focusing on the many a volunteer driver, then as the head of Sports Research Center. The
different aspects of production: designing the engine team, and now as the team Olympic Sports Research
the car, financial planning, choosing leader. “This is a unique and adrenaline- Center was established by the
manufacturing methods, and testing filled motorsport event that combines faculty in partnership with
performance in races. engineering thought processes and the Elite Sports Department
In the competition, held in October at the tech applications. We believe that it will (the professional arm of the
MotorCity Motorpark Racing Circuit in Beer directly impact the automotive industry Olympic Committee of Israel)
Sheva, the Technion’s team outperformed in Israel and encourage local investors and conducts applied research
rival teams from Tel Aviv University and and companies to develop vehicles and to advance Olympic sports in
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. This additional products in the field.” Israel.

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