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P e r s o n a l
Date and place of birth: 1931, Haifa (Israel)
Marital status: Married + 1 |
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1956-
1957-
1965-
1970- |
Academic degrees
B.Sc. (cum laude) Agricultural Eng., Technion - I.I.T., Haifa
"Ingenieur" Agricultural Eng. - Technion, I.I.T., Haifa
M.Sc. Agricultural Eng. - Technion, I.I.T., Haifa
D.Sc. Agricultural Eng. - Technion, I.I.T., Haifa |
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Academic appointments
P r e s e n t R a n k :
Retired Assoc. Professor, Fac. Civil & Env. Eng.
P r e v i o u s : |
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1994-2001
1962-1964
1964-1966
1966-1970
1970-1993
1972
1977
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Assoc. Professor,
Fac.Agric.Eng.,Technion,.
Graduate Instructor, Agricultural Eng. Dept., Technion
Instructor, Agricultural Engineering Dept., Technion
Lecturer, Agricultural Engineering Faculty, Technion
Senior Lecturer, Fac. Agr. Eng., Technion
Visiting Professor, Agr. Eng. Dept., Iowa State Univ., Ames,
Iowa, USA., Summer Session
Advisor to Dept of Agricultural Eng., Kasetsart Univ., Bangkok,
Thailand, under the World Bank Project |
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1979-1980
1987-1988
1989-1992
1993-1994
2000-01 |
Visiting Professor, Agricultural
Eng. Dept., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Visiting Research Scientist, Agricultural Engineering Dept..,
Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.
Secondary affiliation to Dept. of Teaching Technol.and Sciences,
Technion.
Visiting Research Scientist, School of Manufac. &
Mech. Eng., Univ. of South Australia
Visiting Research Scholar, Biology & Agricultural Engineering
Dept.., Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A. |
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Teaching experience |
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1977-
1978-
1984-
1991-
1993-1994
1994-2006 |
Agricultural Engineering curriculum,
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, World Bank Project.
International summer course of farm mechanization, Technion
Advisor to 2 M.Sc. degree and 2 D.Sc. degree students in
Teaching Technology and Sciences.
International courses of farm mechanization, ARO, Bet-Dagan
present Advisor to M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. students in the
Department
of Teaching Technology and Science.
Course in Farm Machinery & Projects, Instructor, School of
Manufac. & Mech. Eng., Univ. of South Australia.
Advisor to M.Sc. degree students in the interdisciplinary unit
of Quality Assurance. |
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1961-1982 |
Courses in farm mechanization,
Extension Service, Min. of Agriculture, Israel. |
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1962- |
present Undergrad.courses in design
of power & machinery, Technion: |
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1964-1966 |
Undergraduate course in farm
mechanization, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University,
Rehovot. |
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1964-1968 |
Undergraduate courses in power and
machinery for international students, Technion (in English) |
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1971- |
Advisor to 15 M.Sc. degree and 3
D.Sc. degree students in Agricultural Engineering. |
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1971- |
present Instructor to students for
their final projects – Agr. Eng.- Technion, Mechanical Eng.- Ort
Braude, Mechanical Eng.- Afeka, Tel Aviv. |
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1977- |
Agricultural Engineering curriculum,
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, World Bank Project. |
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1978- |
International summer course of farm
mechanization, Technion |
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1984- |
Advisor to 2 M.Sc. degree and 2
D.Sc. degree students in Teaching Technology and Sciences.
International courses of farm mechanization, ARO, Bet-Dagan |
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1991- |
present Advisor to M.Sc. degree and
Ph.D. students in the Department
of Teaching Technology and Science. |
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1993-1994 |
Course in Farm Machinery & Projects,
Instructor, School of Manufac. & Mech. Eng., Univ. of South
Australia. |
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1994-2006 |
Advisor to M.Sc. degree students in
the interdisciplinary unit
of Quality Assurance. |
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Research experience
At the Agricultural Engineering, Teaching Technology and
Science, Quality
Assurance - departments of - Technion-IIT,
Iowa State University, Oklahoma State University, Univ. of South
Australia and
University of Georgia: |
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M a n a g e m e n t i n a g r i c
u l t u r e
-Modeling of crop growing systems for decision-making and
accounting.
-Modeling machine systems management for comparison and
selection.
-Artificial intelligence design for planning aerial spraying.
-Surveying working efficiency of tractors and scrapers.
-Electricity use in agriculture – estimation for the year 2015 |
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S o i l t i l l a g e
-Analyzing soil reactions under different tillage systems incl.
field tests.
-Studying the parameters producing hardpan in the seeding band.
-Analyzing inter-raw hardpan breaking possibilities under
different tillage
systems including field tests.
-Design of depth control system for breaking hardpan.
-Design of soil testing equipment for tillage purposes.
-Studying cultivators working in hard and stoney soils.
-Simulations of overload release mechanisms for tillage
implements.
Overload Release Mechanism for Tree-Point Hith Device on
-Design and manufacture of new overload release mechanisms for
tillage
implements.
-Analyzing soil surface roughness affecting machine accuracy,
water
distribution and surface drainage.
-Simulations of soil surface forming machines.
-Design and manufacture of new three-point hitch smoothers and
graders.
-Studying pulverization of hard-clay soils phenomenon.
-Design, test and manufacture of new soil pulverizing and
cultivating machines.
-Design and building of the General Adam Soil-Machine
Interaction Lab.
-Development of a large diameter soil core sampler.
-Development of demining systems and machines.
Soil Whipping Machine for Detonating Anti-Personnel Mines
-Development of Measuring subsoiler shank and depth control
system for hardpan
Development of an Instrumented Subsoiler to Map Soil Hard-Pans
and Real Time Control of Subsoiler Depth
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L a n d r e c l a m a t i o n a n
d d r a i n a g e
-Studying different systems of land forming in stoney hill
country.
-Studying procedures and machines for subsurface drainage,
including field tests.
-Studying procedures and machines for improving surface drainage
in orchards.
-Simulations, design and field tests of depth control systems
for surface drainage
systems.
-Studies of subsurface water-buriers in sandy soils.
-Design and testing of machines and procedures for laying
bitumen and plastic
subsurface water-buriers.
-Studies of procedures for reclaiming dune sands by spraying and
seeding.
-Studies of management procedures of vegetated wet drainage
ditches.
-Studies and testing of tillage systems for wide cultivated
terraces on slopes.
-Studying systems for sampling soils & developing a large soil
core sampler.
-Studying systems and machines for clearing land mines.
-Studying systems and design of fast hole digger and spot
cultivator.
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T r a c t o r s a n d t r a c t i
o n
-Simulation of tractor for traction predictions and
ballast selection.
-Simulations of tractor overturning for studying operator
safety.
-Testing tractor safety structures.
-Studying and optimizing tractor-trailer braking systems.
-Studying and testing wide-span tractor in field operations,
strength and stability.
-Studying and inventing a multi-purpose overhead
electric-operated automatic
field machine.
Agricultural transport system
-Studying ballast control of tractors for tractive efficiency.
-Studying stability of a small light vehicle and design of
automatic control to
prevent overturning.
-Studying and developing depth control for soil cutting
machines.
-Studying and developing control systems for fork-lift machines.
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S p r e a d i n g , p l a n t i n
g a n d s p r a y i n g
-Systems and machine modeling.
-Developing testing procedures using computer analysis.
-Developing a new row-crop sprayer.
-Studying dynamic behavior of a field sprayer wide boom.
-Developing of a fast hole digger for tree planting.
-Developing a new accurate orchard sprayer.
-Developing a new greenhouse sprayer.
-Developing a new vineyard sprayer with lower drift of droplets.
-Developing a nozzle for turbulent air jets to convey spray
droplets for better
penetration, uniform distribution, lower dosage and lower
pollution.
Development of an Accurate Vineyard Sprayer
-Studying efficacy of spray droplets and suggest the Effective
Radial Distance as
a measure for coverage analysis.
and Image System Measurement of Spray Deposits Using Water -
Sensitive Paper
-Developing a field operated system for computer analysis of
spray coverage.
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H a r v e s t i n g & h a n d l i
n g o f f r u i t s , v e g e t a b l e s , h a y c r o p s a n
d c r o p r e s i d u e s
-Studies of procedures, systems and machines.
-Modeling fruit damage sources and mechanisms.
-Design systems and machines for harvesting and handling
bananas, citrus,
deciduous fruits, hay and seasame seeds with no losses.
-Studying free cutting of tree branches and developing bush
shredder.
Cleared Dirt Roads and
Towed Bridges for
Moving
in Forests
Tree and
shrub clearing
equipment mounte
- Studying and developing systems and machines for collecting
shredded cotton
residues and burying them.
Equipment for producing compacted wafers from plants and stalks
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I r r i g a t i o n m a c h i n e
s a n d e q u i p m e n t
-Simulation of water infiltration under a dragged dripping hose.
-Studies of systems.
-Design of moving machines.
-Design of water distribution testing equipment for large
diameter sprinklers.
-Testing different types of irrigating nozzles and systems.
-Developing a machine for laying buried drip irrigation systems.
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- Developing f i s h fa r m i n g
i n c a g e s in the Mediterranean.
- Developing net pulling system for fish harvesting in ponds.
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Environment protection
-Studying waste separating procedures and developing a combined
bags cutter and separator.
- Studying waste drying procedures and developing solar drying
- systems
-Studying dust settling on plastic sheets covering greenhouses,
and
developed methods for cleaning it.
Cleaning Device for Greenhouses Soft
Roofs
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A t t h e D e p a r t m e n t o
f T e a c h i n g T e c h n o l o g y a n d
S c i e n c e o f T e c h n i o n :
-Studying the influence of on-the-job technical course of
the workers efficiency
and quality assurance.
-Studying the relationship between cooperative education and
students
achievements in the technology studies.
-Studying the effect of adjusting courses in technology and
physics on highschool
students.
-Studying Factors influencing choice of trend in Israel
high-school
-Member, Technion’s Forum for Teachng Research. |
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F o r t h e I . D . F .,
more than 40 research and development projects as of 1968:
-Modeling systems and machines.
-Design, laboratory and field testing.
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A t I s r a e l A r m o r C o r p
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Research and development group leader 1968-1986. |
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Professional experience |
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1954-1956
1956-1958
1959
1960-1962
1962-1965
1965-1969
1971-1974
1972-1973
1980-1987 |
Ashdot Yaakov - Chief designer in
Agric. Machinery Works.
Tel Katzir - in charge of Agricultural Equipment, maintenance
and development.
Nir David - Design of self-powered rotary lawn mower.
Extension Service, Ministry of Agriculture - Head of Farm
Mechanization Dept.
Partially self-employed, Design and Development of agricultural
equipment.
Advisor to A. Kipnis "SADNAUTH" - Production of agricultural
equipment for the Agricultural Engineering Station.
Advisor to Metal Works Nir David.
Extension Service Min. of Agriculture, Feb.-May, Advisor on soil
preparation for mechanical harvesting of tomatoes.
Design lab. and equipment for soil-machine systems research,
Agr.Eng.Dept., Technion (about $2,000,000 project). |
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Administrative activities |
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1956-1958
1958-1960
1961-1962
1969-1972
1963-
1974-1979
1975-1977
1970-1980
1979 -
1985-1991
1974-
1990
1991-
1994-
1990-
1997 –
1993-
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General coordinator and farm
manager, Kibutz Tel-Katzir.
Head, Farm Machinery Option, Yad-Nathan, College of
Agricultural Engineering, Acre
Head, Farm Machinery Dept. Extension Service, Ministry of
Agriculture, Israel
Head, Power & Machinery Option, Agricul.Eng.Dept., Technion
to date Various intra-departmental committees
Head of Agricultural Eng. Research Center, Technion
Member of Technion Disciplinary Committee (Faculty Members)
Examiner for senior technicians, the Inter-departmental Ceiling
Committee, Ministry of Labour
Member of the Council of the Department of Education in Science
and
Technology, Technion
Head of the power and machinery laboratories, Technion
pres. In charge of Absorption of new immigrant (scientists and
engineers) from USSR.
Head, General Adam Soil-Machine Interaction Laboratory.
Member, Stirring Committee for field crops, Min. of Agric.
Head, Power & Machinery Option, Fac.Agr.Eng., Technion
Present: Member of the PM45 (advanced in soil dynamics)
committee of the ASABE.
Present: Member of the PM-23/6 (pest control & fertilizer
application)
committee of the ASABE and a delegate to ISO.
Present: President of Spraytech Ltd. Design and development of
systems
and machines for agriculture and environment.
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Study tours
Ten study and research tours in Europe, North America, South
East Asia,
China and U.S.S.R.
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Active participation in national and
international meetings |
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Membership in professional
societies |
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1. Member, American Society of
Agricultural Engineers.
2. Member, Israeli Association for Agricultural Engineers.
3. Member, International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems.
4. Member, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
5. Member, Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE)
6. Member, Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems.
7. Member, European Aquaculture Society
8. Member, The Planetary Society
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Awards
Winner of the "Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Award" for 1992,
for work in the development of "Fast Hole Driller".
Honored and awarded special recognition by the prestigious
American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE - 1985 AE50)
for an innovative agricultural machine - the Universal Shredder
Mulcher (USM).
Winner of Expointer Show Innovation Award in Brazil, Sept.1992,
for the Fast Hole Digger.
Certificate of Recognition for very large-scale foreign-funded
research, 1994, Technion R & D Foundation.
Honored and awarded special recognition for one of the
outstanding innovations in product technology introduced in
1995, by the ASAE 1996 AE50 - The Accusprayer.
Technion Recognition of Innovative Project of a consulted
student, 1996.
Honored and awarded special recognition for one of the
outstanding innovations in product technology introduced in
1996, by the ASAE 1997 AE50 - The Fast Hole Digger.
Winner of the "Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Award" for 1998,
in recognition of outstanding applied research on “The optimal
solution for Demining Anti-Personnel Mines”.
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Public and professional
activities |
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1961 |
Member of a committee preparing a
study course for senior Technicians in Agricultural Eng,,
Ministry of Labor. |
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1967 |
Member, committee surveying the
branch producing equipment for the processing of agricultural
products; nominated by Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
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1967 |
Member, sub-committee for
agricultural equipment of "Industrial Forum", nominated by the
Minister of Commerce and Industry. |
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1970 |
Treasurer, Executive Committee,
Israel Assoc. for Agricul. Eng. |
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1971 |
Member, Committee for Registration
of Mechanical Engineers (Katchalsky). |
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1972 |
Member of Committee for Registration
of Technicians in Mechanical Engineering, Ministry of Labour. |
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1973 |
Member of the Committee for Farm
Machinery Education in Highschools - Ministry of Education. |
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1974 |
Nominated as referee for the
Ministry of Agriculture of the F.A.O. Committee on Mechanization
of Sprinkler Irrigation. |
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1974 |
Member, Farm Machin. Equip. Commit.
- Israeli Farmers Assoc. |
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1974-1979
1984
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Member, Farm Machin. Equip. Commit.
- Israeli Farmers Assoc.
Head, Standard Committee for safety of lawn mowers, Israeli,
Standards Institute. |
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1986 |
National Secretary of Israel office
of the International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems, Inc. |
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1987
1980-1990
1988-1991
1988-1996 |
Member of the BARD Reviewing
Committee.
Reviewer of BARD proposals.
President of Israel Association for Agricultural Engineers.
Member of the ASAE PM-45, Soil Dynamics Research Committee. |
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1991 |
Member of Guiding Committee for
Technicians in Mechanical Engineering, Ministry of Education. |
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1991 |
Member of Guiding Committee for
Research in Dry Farming, Ministry of Agriculture. |
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1991 |
Technion-Agric. Eng. Faculty
Representative to Standards Committee on Hydraulic Mechanical
Safety
Arrangements, Israel Standards Institute |
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1996 |
Head of final examination committee
for senior technicians, Ministry of Education.
Reviewer for the Transactions of the ASAE. |
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1999 |
Technion- Institute of
Transportation Representative to Standards Committee on
Hydraulic Mechanical Safety
Arrangements, Israel Standards Institute |
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2005 |
Member of sub-committees for cars
and technology for the Sheinin committee for road safety in
Israel. |
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Publications
27 refereed papers
30 different papers
52 presentations in conferences
88 original reports
3 paragraphs in a Professional Book
47 patents
63 design works
23 graduate students |
