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who gave his master's seminar today (joint supervision with Dr. Yonatan Rotbaum)

Our student (with Dr. Keren Shemtov-yona) passed his master's exam with flying colors. Congratulations to Sagi Aharoni who crushed pig's ribs in his research!

from Chemnitz University for a short visit
despite the freezing weather 😊

for presenting his M.Sc. seminar (With Dr. Z. Lovinger).
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Happy to inform I have accepted the nomination for full membership at the prestigious Sigma Xi Society. https://www.sigmaxi.org/  

for his first paper of his PhD. The paper can be freely downloaded for 50 days at: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1kYM0_K4jBY7v

PhD for his promotion to adjunct lecturer in our department. Gil is a long time collaborator and this appointment will only add strength to our relationship.

made by DR. Orel Guetta. Thank you Orel!  

I joined the International Advisory Board of Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials (Springer).

a new Brakim student who works on reactive materials, under the joint supervision of Dr. GG. Goviazin and myself.

compares notches and fatigue cracks under dynamic shear loading. Congratulations!!! A 50 link is available on: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1kBmS38l3lYwr

Quite unexpected, to be honest. But a real source of pride for sure:

"Congratulations from SEM on being selected to receive the 2025 Murray Medal and to deliver the 2025 Murray Lecture."

This award recognizes your sustained and distinguished technical contributions to the field of experimental mechanics and for “your pioneering contributions to dynamic thermomechanical behavior and fracture of materials, and experimental mechanics.” This honor is a well-deserved public statement by your professional peers of the quality and impact of the many notable contributions that you have made over the course of a richly-productive career.

in IJ Engineering Science is now available for 50 days using the following link. It presents a new way to model shock attenuation of viscous gels in 3D finite element simulations. https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1jqc64jZMhfGq  

who received officially his diploma today.

What’s next? Working on joint papers as usual 😊