The Stephen B. Klein Faculty of Aerospace Engineering mourns the untimely passing of the late Professor Emeritus Omri Rand.
b. Israel 1954. B.Sc., Technion, 1980. M.Sc., Technion, 1982. D.Sc., Technion, 1985. 1985-1987, University of Maryland, USA. At the Technion since 1987. 1993/4 U.S. Army Advanced Systems Research & Analysis Office, NASA Ames Research Center, USA. Professor since 2003. Holds the Shirley and Burt Harris Academic Chair since 2005. Dean, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering 2006-2010. Head, The Technion Autonomous Systems Program (TASP) 2010-2011, Visiting Professor, Rotorcraft Center, University of Maryland, USA, 2011. Since 2012 – Director of the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science & Technology at the Technion. Fellow of the American Helicopter Society.