News & Events

April 5, 2023
We welcome Sapir Peretz, new M.Sc. student
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who will investigate the failure envelope of polymers using combined tension/torsion experiments, under the joint supervision with Dr. A. Shirizly
March 21, 2023
A new paper with G. Goviazin and Dr. A. Shirizly
is now online. The temporary link is https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1gn4h4jZMdqvp
March 15, 2023
Today, Gleb Gil Goviazin presented his PhD research
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on WAAM manufactured 316 stainless. Warm congratulations!

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March 14, 2023
Warm congratulations to Amit Shavit
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who passed his final master's exam!
March 6, 2023
Gil G. Goviazin - Seminar

Mechanical, thermo-mechanical, and metallurgical comparison between WAAM and bulk SS316L

Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 13:30, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building, Auditorium 1

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March 5, 2023
Does plastic anisotropy affect the thermo-mechanical coupling in steel?
A point that has been overlooked is whether plastic anisotropy affects the thermomechanical coupling, expressed via the Taylor Quinney coefficient. An interesting point that G. Goviazin, Dr. A. Shirizly and I report about in a paper to appear in Int. J. Eng. Science. Gleb Gil Goviazin and I address this issue experimentally. The abstract follows:

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February 16, 2023
The annual meeting of the Israel Society for Structural Integrity
Today was the annual meeting of the Israel Society for Structural Integrity. Gleb Gil Goviazin , second from right, between Prof. Dov Sherman and Dr. Dana Askenazi, was elected as best student talk. he presnted his results on coupled thermomechanics. Warm congratulations and thanks to the organizers for this interesting meeting.

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February 9, 2023
Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Keren Shemtov-Yona
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who presented our results on the signature of peri-implantitis at The Annual Meeting of The Israeli Society of Periodontology and Osseointegration

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December 28, 2022
Today was research day in ME
Kudos to Gleb Gil Goviazin and Amit Shavit for presenting their work, and warm congratulations to Amit Shavit who was awarded the second prize!
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December 26, 2022
We host Prof. Mark Kachanov
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We have the great pleasure to host Prof. Mark Kachanov from Tufts University. Mark gave his first lecture to students and took advantage of a student's umbrella as a pointer :-)

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December 21, 2022
Warm congratulations to G. Gil Goviazin and Dr. Amnon Shirizly
for making the cover of Experimental Mechanics, Jan 2023 issue
December 19, 2022
Congratulations to Tsachi Nachman
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who passed his master’s exam today with flying colors  
December 14, 2022
Research work on the signature of peri-implantitis
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Today, Amit Shavit presented his research work on the signature of peri-implantitis, co-advised by Dr. Keren Shem-tov and myself. Congratulations! If you missed the event, the talk is available on https://youtu.be/fBoFFOeaMJM
December 8, 2022
Today, we had the honor to welcome res. Maj. General Amos Horev
The Dynamic Fracture Laboratory had the honor to welcome res. Maj. General Amos Horev (born 1924), former President of Technion, and show him our research activities.
Wishing Amos many more years in good health! D Rittel & A. Horev
October 30, 2022
A warm welcome to Evgeni Viluska
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A warm welcome to our latest addition to the group: Evgeni Viluska who will investigate the mechanics of ULTEM for his masters, under the joint supervision of Dr. Y. Rotbaum and Prof. D. Rittel