People

People

Staff
Joseph Lefkowitz
Joseph Lefkowitz
Associate Professor | Head of the Lab | Primary investigator
Phone: (077) 887-3492
Email: joseph.lef@technion.ac.il
Office: Lady Davis 752
Si Shen
Si Shen
Postdoc | Research Manager
Research Topic: Plasma-assisted Ignition in Flowing Environments
Email: sishen@campus.technion.ac.il
Office: Lady Davis 384
G. Mahesh Nayak
G. Mahesh Nayak
Postdoc
Research Topic:
1. Porous Inert Media Combustor Towards Distributed Combined Heat and Power Generation using Zero-Carbon Fuels
2. Evaluation of TurboGen Combustor Performance with Methane/Hydrogen Mixture
Email: gmaheshnayak@campus.technion.ac.il
David Peles
David Peles
Laboratory Engineer
Email: david.p@technion.ac.il
Office: Lady Davis 384
Graduate Students
Joël Van Der Lee
Joël Van Der Lee
PhD student (co-advised with Prof. Danny Michaels)
Research Topic: Combustion Characteristics of Thermally Cracked Fuel and Surrogates in a Scramjet Combustor
Email: van-der-lee@campus.technion.ac.il
Weronika Senior Tybora
Weronika Senior Tybora
PhD student
Research Topic: Plasma-assisted Ignition in Flowing Environments
Email: weronikas@campus.technion.ac.il
Keren Mizrahi
Keren Mizrahi
PhD student
Research Topic: Hypergolic Ignition in Hybrid Rockets
Email: kerenmiz@campus.technion.ac.il
Max Bernard
Max Bernard
MSc student
Research Topic: Plasma assisted reforming for enhanced ammonia flames and reduced NOx emissions
Email: max.bernard@campus.technion.ac.il
Saar Levi
Saar Levi
MSc student | Aerospace student
Research Topic: Hypergolic Ignition in Hybrid Rockets
Email: saar.levi@campus.technion.ac.il
Research Assistants
Idan Sharir
Idan Sharir
Undergraduate | Aerospace student
Research Topic: Plasma-assisted Ignition in Scramjet Engines, Numerical Analysis of Plasma-assisted Combustion
Email: idan.sharir@campus.technion.ac.il
Alumni

Past Postdocs, Graduate Students and Research Assistants

Yarden Milshtein
Yarden Milshtein
Research Assistant
David Castaneda
David Castaneda
PhD student (co-advised with Prof. Benny Natan)
Research Topic: Theoretical Investigation of the Hypergolic Ignition in a Hybrid Rocket
Omri Hamo
Omri Hamo
PhD student
Research Topic: Characterization of Miniature Hall Thrusters using In-situ Optical Methods and Numerical Analysis
Syamantak (Sam) Nath
Syamantak (Sam) Nath
PhD Student
Research Topic: Hypergolic Ignition in Hybrid Rocket Engines
Galia Faingold
Galia Faingold
PhD Student
Research Topic: Plasma enhancement of renewable fuels
Lovely Mallick
Lovely Mallick
Postdoc
Research Topic: Chemical Kinetics Investigation of Green Hypergolic Hybrid Rocket Propellants.
Nir Druker
Nir Druker
Postdoc
Research Topic: Plasma-assisted Ignition in Scramjet Engines, Numerical Analysis of Plasma-assisted Combustion
Iker Laso
Iker Laso
Iker Laso
MSc student
Research Topic: Nano-Pulsed High Frequency Discharge (NPHFD) Ignition
Karin Linshitz
Karin Linshitz
MSc student
Research Topic: Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
Rany Kabour 
Rany Kabour 
MSc student
Research Topic: Plasma assisted reforming for enhanced ammonia flames and reduced NOx emissions
Rena Araidy
Rena Araidy
Undergraduate | Aerospace student
Research Topic: Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy
Balram Sharma
Balram Sharma
Visiting Undergraduate | Aerospace student (National University of Singapore)
Research Topic: Nanosecond Pulsed High Frequency Discharge (NPHFD) Ignition
Eyal Grauer
Eyal Grauer
Project Participants
Undergraduate | Mechanical student
Research Topic: PIV integration and analysis, control of turbulences
Omer Kalitzky
Omer Kalitzky
Undergraduate | Aerospace student
Research Topic: Plasma assisted reforming for enhanced ammonia flames and reduced NOx emissions
Yuval Levy
Yuval Levy
Undergraduate | Aerospace student
Research Topic: Plasma assisted reforming for enhanced ammonia flames and reduced NOx emissions
Amir Cohen
Amir Cohen
MSc student
Research Topic: Flow Characterization of Hypersonic Jet Combustion Engine using Infrared Camera
Or Bracha
Or Bracha
Undergraduate | Aerospace student
Research Topic: Hypergolic ignition in Hybrid Rocket Engine
Nour Nasrallah
Nour Nasrallah
Undergraduate 
Research Topic: Plasma enhancement of renewable fuels
Guy Balfour
Guy Balfour
Undergraduate | Aerospace student
Research Topic: Plasma-assisted Ignition in Flowing Environments
Tal Yitzhak
Tal Yitzhak
Undergraduate | Aerospace student
Research Topic: Porous Inert Media Combustor Towards Distributed Combined Heat and Power Generation using Zero-Carbon Fuels
Josh Adjedj
Josh Adjedj
Undergraduate | Aerospace student
Research Topic: Plasma assisted reforming for enhanced ammonia flames and reduced NOx emissions
Odelia Shchory
Odelia Shchory
Laboratory Administration