News Archive

2022

August 2, 2022
We welcome Itai Danieli from the Brakim program
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Itai will investigate shocks in methylcellulose gels with advanced visualization techniques.
August 2, 2022
A warm welcome to Alexander Prokhorov
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who visits us for the coming 3 months. Alex will join us to investigate the dynamic response of materials.
July 29, 2022
Prof. Pierre Berest R.I.P.
It is with great sadness that I heard of the passing away of my former colleague, Prof. Pierre Berest, who was the Director of the Laboratoire de Mecanique des Solides (Ecole Polytechnique) during the years I spent there. Pierre was an accomplished scientist and a true gentleman as well as a very kind person. He will be missed! You may see one of his presentations about rock salt caverns (in French) on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyig9xB73gU
July 17, 2022
A new paper with my Chinese colleagues
has been accepted in Solids & Structures. Explosive welding produces a wavy interface with interesting properties. tensile behavior of titanium-steel
July 11, 2022
Congratulations on a new paper
A new paper on impact energy absorption by graphene aerogels can be downloaded (temporarily) on: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110912

Congratulations to the co-authors!
June 30, 2022
Congratulations to our two graduates Itay Levin and Amit Shavit
They are already deeply immersed in their master’s research! Itay Levin and Amit Shavit
June 23, 2022
D. Rittel's word cloud
D. Rittel's word cloud
June 22, 2022
Today, my undergraduate students presented their ongoing projects.
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Warm congratulations!

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June 16, 2022
Relaxing at the end of the visit with Jim and Doug Rice
June 15, 2022
Jim Rice receives the Harvey Prize at Technion
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and gives a seminar in Mechanical Engineering.

Welcome Jim and Doug!

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June 12, 2022
A new paper on hypervelocity impacts is online
Congratulations to co-authors Dist. Prof. D. Weihs and Dr. S. Chen. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40870-022-00342-x
June 9, 2022
The DFL welcomes Yehonatan (Yoni) Miara
miarafrom the Brakim program who will investigate biorejection of dental implants under the joint supervision of Dr. K. Shemtov Yona and Prof. D. Rittel
May 29, 2022
A new paper on composite materials!
Congratulations to Dr. T. Rev, Dr. O. Shor and of course Tzachi Nachman and co-authors.
Architecture effects for mode I trans-laminar fracture in over-height compact tension tests: Damage propagation and fracture response in Composites Part A.
The temporary link is: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1f8Rl,UwqXXZDY  
May 26, 2022
Warm congratulations to Dr. Keren Shemtov-Yona
Warm congratulations to our long term collaborator and friend, Dr. Keren Shemtov-Yona for her promotion to Senior Lecturer at Tel Aviv University, School of Dentistry.
May 26, 2022
Orel Guetta passed his candidacy exam today with flying colors. Kudos