News & Events

November 6, 2018
Congratulations to Dvir Blumer who passed his final M.Sc. exam with flying colors.
We all hope to see you soon re-enrolling for a PhD! Dvir Blumer during his final M.Sc. exam with flying colors
October 31, 2018
The DFL welcomes Rotem Hausner
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The DFL welcomes Rotem Hausner, who will do her undergraduate project on the dynamic properties of Zirconium.
October 28, 2018
Warm congratulations to Dr. Keren Shemtov-Yona and Prof. Mutlu Ozcan (U. Zurich) for their accepted paper
Warm congratulations to Dr. Keren Shemtov-Yona and Prof. Mutlu Ozcan (U. Zurich) for their accepted paper in Engineering Failure Analysis, “K. Shemtov-Yona, M. Ozcan and D. Rittel, (2018), “Fractographic characterization of fatigued zirconia dental implants tested in room air and saline solution. This paper is the first extensive fractographic analysis of zirconia dental implants to date.

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October 23, 2018
The OUTCOME project is organizing a Euromech Conference in Madrid
The OUTCOME project is organizing a Euromech Conference in Madrid: http://605.euromech.org
October 9, 2018
Warm congratulations to our colleague, Dr. A. Dorogoy, for his first “solo paper”
October 2, 2018
Warm congratulations to Dr. Jing Xie
Warm congratulations to Dr. Jing Xie who accepted an Assistant Professor position at Beijing Institute of Technology. All our best wishes of success.
October 2, 2018
Warm congratulations to Y. Rotbaum
Warm congratulations to Y. Rotbaum and Dr. G. Parvari on their accepted paper in the prestigious ChemComm (Chemical Communications of the Royal Chemistry Society).  
September 12, 2018
BSSM 2018 Conference in Southampton - D. Rittel getting honored for his plenary lecture.
Plenary Speaker Professor Daniel Rittel, Technion, Israel with Dr Salih Gungor and Professor Simon Quinn
August 22, 2018
D. Rittel teaches a course on Mechanical Properties of Engineering Materials at Beijing Institute of Technology
August 9, 2018
Change of generations in the DFL!
Change of generations in the DFL: Dr. Jing Xie is leaving, Juan-Carlos is back and little Huan is getting ready for admission at Technion. Dr. Jing Xie holding baby Huan, and Juan-Carlos
July 31, 2018
Welcome to Daniel Vilyatser, a new M.Sc. student
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Welcome to Daniel Vilyatser, a new M.Sc. student who will investigate the fracture mechanics of laminated composites
July 31, 2018
Dr. Jing Xie is finishing her postdoc with us and heading towards a new research career

Dr. Jing Xie is finishing her postdoc with us and heading towards a new research career at the Institute of Nonlinear Mechanics (Beijing). Best wishes of success dear Jing!


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July 31, 2018
Dr. LongHui Zhang is about to leave us for a postdoc at Oxford University.
Dr. LongHui Zhang is about to leave us for a postdoc at Oxford University. Best wishes, LH, and stay in touch!Dr. LongHui Zhang and Daniel Rittel
July 31, 2018
The DFL welcomes Ram Tzemach
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The DFL welcomes Ram Tzemach, a new M.Sc. student who will investigate adiabatic shear localization.
July 24, 2018
Warm congratulations to Daniel Levy and Dr. Amnon Shirizly for their new paper
Warm congratulations to Daniel Levy and Dr. Amnon Shirizly for their new paper in I.J. Impact Engineering: "Static and dynamic compressive response of additively manufactured discrete patterns of Ti6Al6V"