Dr. Michael Karp will be joining our Faculty as an Assistant Professor in October 2020. Currently, Michael is a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Parviz Moin’s group at the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University.

Dr. Pavel I. Galich will be joining our Faculty as an Assistant Professor in July 2020. Currently, Pavel is a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Edwin L. (Ned) Thomas’s group at Rice University (Houston, TX, USA).

COVID-19 RESPONSE – In case of emergency, when existing ventilator units become insufficient, Assoc. Prof. Beni Cukurel and his research group aim to bridge the gap with additively manufactured blower ventilators, driven by air pressure.

COVID-19 RESPONSE – A group of students and graduates of the FIRST Robotics Program from the Reali School in Haifa, led by Prof. Gil Yudilevitch of the Technion’s Aerospace Engineering Faculty, are developing a robotic platform that will be operated remotely by medical teams in hospitals and will reduce the risk of their infection.

The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is ranked 25th in the world in Aerospace Engineering and  85th on the list of the world’s top academic institutions, first among all Israeli institutions

The 60th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences was held March 4-5, 2020, in the shadow of the Corona epidemic in Tel Aviv and the Technion. Carefully following the strict guidelines of the Ministry of Health, released at the end of the first day of the conference, we managed to hold a successful second day at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.

On Thursday, 23/1/20, a ceremony to celebrate the faculty’s outstanding students for the 2018-2019 academic year was held in our newly renovated auditorium. Certificates and prizes were awarded to students who excelled in their studies and research.

After seven years of construction, the renovated facilities of the Turbomachinery and Heat Transfer Laboratory located at the Jet Engine Building were inaugurated on December 24th, 2019. The lab is a division of Technion’s Turbo and Jet Engine Center, led by Assoc. Prof. Beni Cukurel. The festive event included a speech given by the retiring Dean, Prof. Itzchak Frankel, ribbon cutting ceremony and a tour of the laboratory.