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Zvi-Pinhas Bar-Yoseph

Prof. Zvi-Pinhas Bar-Yoseph, Head
email:  medean@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-2079; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Bioseparation processes
  • Hemodynamic
  • Computational Biomechanics
  • Robust computational methods (multiscale finite element and variational multiscale methods) for simulating the behavior of biological organisms at micro- and nano-scales
  • Stochastic collective movement of biological cells and fingering morphology
  • Computational modeling of clotting and lysis of blood in cerebral aneurysms
  • 3d reconstruction from mct/ mmri images and finite element analysis for evaluation of bone micro-structure in bone metabolic diseases with fracture risks
  • Bone modeling and remodeling
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Yizhar Or

Asst. Prof. Yizhar Or
email:  izi@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-5493; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Nonlinear dynamics and control in biological systems
  • Dynamics of low Reynolds number swimming for biological and biomedical applications
  • Biomechanics and dynamics of contact and impact
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Yakov Ben-Haim

Prof. Yakov Ben-Haim
email:  yakov@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3262; Fax: 972-4-829-5711
Research Interests:
  • Modelling and managing severe uncertainty
  • Planning and design under uncertainty
  • Info-gap decision theory
  • Applications in engineering, biological conservation, medicine, theoretical biology, economics, homeland security, and other areas
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Steven Frankel

Prof. Steven Frankel
Research Interests:
  • High-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of pathological and medical device hemodynamics
  • Image-based patient-specific CFD of cardiovascular diseases
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Shelly Tzlil

Asst. Prof. Shelly Tzlil
email:  shellytz@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-5693; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Cell Mechanics and cell mechanosensing
  • Cell-Biomaterial interaction
  • Development of Mechano-sensitive soft biomaterials
  • Nerve regeneration using mechanical signals
  • Measurements of submicron deformations and picoNewton forces at the single molecule level
  • Biophysics, complex fluids and nano-mechanics
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Sefi Givli

Asst. Prof. Sefi Givli
email:  givli@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3014; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Multi-scale modeling of skeletal muscles
  • Mechanics of biological membranes
  • Unfolding of structural proteins
  • Cell Motility
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Reuven Katz

Prof. Reuven Katz
email:  reuvenk@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-2102; Fax: 972-4-822-8931
Research Interests:
  • Assistive Technology for Physically Challenged People
  • Rehabilitation Technology
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Rene Van-Hout

Asst. Prof. Rene Van-Hout
email:  rene@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3866; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Particle (solids, droplets or bubbles) – turbulence interactions
  • Wind dispersal (Anemophily) mechanisms of pollen
  • Fluid flow in biological systems
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Prof. Shimon Haber

Prof. Shimon Haber
email:  mersh01@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-2105; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Low Reynolds number swimming of biological organisms.
  • Air flow and particle migration in the human lung
  • Modeling of blood flow in human organs
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Oded Gottlieb

Prof. Oded Gottlieb
email:  oded@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3158 Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Spatio-temporal instabilities in Basilar membrane dynamics and their relation to spontaneous oto-acoustic emissions.
  • Nonlinear electroelsatic dynamics of the auditory receptor hair cell in the mammalian cochlea.
  • Bifurcations, chaotic dynamics, and non-stationary variability in heart mechanics.
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Moshe Shoham

Prof. Moshe Shoham
email:  shoham@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3264; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Micro-robots for medical applications
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Moran Bercovici

Asst. Prof. Moran Bercovici
email:  mberco@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3463; Fax: 972-4-829-5711
Research Interests:
  • Microscale flow and transport phenomena
  • Microfluids and nanofluids
  • Lab on a chip devices and assays
  • Focusing and separation of chemical and biological species
  • Electrokinetic extraction and purification of DNA/RNA/proteins from biological samples
  • Amplification-free genetic profiling
  • Point-of-care medical diagnostics
  • Microfluids and nanofluids
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Miriam Zacksenhouse

Prof. Miriam Zacksenhouse
email:  mermz@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-2092; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Computational motor control
  • Optimal and robust control
  • Oscillatory control of rhythmic movement: Yoyo-control, legged locomotion.
  • Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs);
  • Neural encoding and decoding.
  • Skill acquisition.
  • Sensorimotor coordination and integration.
  • Human-robot interfaces.
  • Rehabilitation robots, impedance control.
  • Learning systems.
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Miles B. Rubin

Prof. Miles B. Rubin
email:  mbrubin@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3188; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Elastic-viscoplastic constitutive equations for large deformations of soft tissues.
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Izhak Bucher

Prof. Izhak Bucher
email:  bucher@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3153; Fax: 972-4-829-5711
Research Interests:
  • Energy harvesting Smart capsule traveling the human intestine
  • Direct on-retina image and video projection system
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Gilad Yossifon

Asst. Prof. Gilad Yossifon
email:  yossifon@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3466; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Lab-on-a-chip biomedical devices.
  • Micro/Nanofluidic Bio-MEMS based on AC and DC electrokinetics.
  • Field-less spontaneous drug delivery.
  • Functionalized nanocolloid–nanochannel array combination for biomolecular detection.
  • Nonlinear electrokinetics of biomolecules through nanochannels.
  • Non-linear electrokinetic trapping/separation/aggregation in biochips.
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Eyal Zussman

Prof. Eyal Zussman
email:  meeyal@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-2836; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Design and fabrication of electrospun polymer nanostructures (e.g., cardiac patch, blood capillary network)
  • Controlled release of drugs
  • Mechanical characterization of nanostructures
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Doron Shilo

Assoc. Prof. Doron Shilo
email:  shilo@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3165; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Biomolecular-mechanical interactions occurring in the pregnant uterus.
  • Mechanical characterization of soft tissues.
  • Nano-mechanical properties of biogenic mineral/organic interfaces.
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Daniel Rittel

Prof. Daniel Rittel
email:  merittel@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3261; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Mechanics and Materials, with emphasis on experimental macro and micro-mechanics.
  • Characterization and modeling of dynamic failure processes.
  • Biomechanics, mechanical performance of biomechanical devices and implants
  • Cell mechanics of plant growth.
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Anath Fischer

Prof. Anath Fischer
email:  meranath@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3260; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Geometric reconstruction methods for emerging scanning technologies
  • Physical and Mechanical based methods
  • Geometric Digital Modeling Methods for Medical Applications
  • Geometric Models for Micro-structures
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Alon Wolf

Assoc. Prof. Alon Wolf
email:  alonw@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-2087; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Gait analysis and neuromuscular control
  • Biorobotics
  • Medical robotics
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Alexander Oron

Prof. Alexander Oron
email:  meroron@technion.ac.il
Phone:  972-4-829-3474; Fax: 972-4-829-5710
Research Interests:
  • Dynamics and Stability of a Tear Film in a Human Eye
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