Prof. Daniel Weihs

                                                CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Personal

Date and Place of Birth:            Kweilin, China, October 29, 1942

Immigration to Israel:                February 1949

Family Status:                           Married + 3 children

Business Address:                     Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

                                                Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel,

                                                Tel. 972-4-8293806, Fax: 972-4-231848

                                                E-mail:   dweihs@techunix.technion.ac.il

 

Home Address:                        22 Shoham St., Haifa 34679, Israel

                                                Tel: 972-4-8342664, Fax:  972-4-8255141

 

Present Position:                    Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

                                                Holder: Louis and Lyra Richmond Endowed Chair in Life

                                                Sciences

 

Also:                Member, Board of Trustees and Academic

                       Advisory Committee,Ben Gurion University, Beersheva.

Member, National Committee for Space Research

Member, National Steering Committee for Space Infrastructure, Ministry of Science

Member, Governing Committee, Marine Sciences Center, Haifa University.

                                                Chairman, The Minister’s Prize for Research & 

                                                Development, Ministry of Internal Security.                               

                                              

Degrees:

          B.Sc.      in Aeronautical Engineering,      Technion, I.I.T.  July 1964

          M.Sc.     in Aeronautical Engineering,      Technion, I.I.T.  July 1968

          D.Sc.      in Aeronautical Engineering,      Technion, I.I.T.  Jan. 1971

 

 

Major Honors:

          Foreign Associate, National Academy of Engineering, Washington, USA

          Fellow, American Physical Society

 

 Previous Appointments and Positions:

 

1) at Technion

 

Provost

 

1998-2000

Dean

Graduate School

1996-1998

Member

Executive Council

1990-1993

Managing Director

Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced

                          Studies in Science and Technology

1990-1995

Member

Harvey Prize Committee

1988-1989

Dean

Faculty of Aeronautical Engineering

1987-1988

Member

Technion Fellowships Committee

1985-1987

Professor                              

Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering

1983-2001

Member

Technion, Technical Grading Committee

1980-1985

Head                                     

Aerodynamics and Wind Tunnel Labs,

Aeronautical Research Center, Technion

1982-1983

Associate Professor

Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering

1978-1983

Deputy Head

Aeronautical Research Center

1976-1978

Head

Technical Services Lab., Aeronautical Research Center

1975-1976

Senior Lecturer

Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering

1973-1978

Jointly at

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

1976-1979

                   

                   

                   

 

2) in Israel

 

Member

Board of Directors, Teuza-Fairchild Technology Ventures Ltd.

1997-2002

Chairman

National Committee for MEMS, Israel Academy of Sciences

1997-1998

Director

Israel Limnological and Oceanographic Research Corp.

1992-1996

Member

Rothschild Prize for Industry Committee

1992

Member

Supreme Committee for Examination of the National Educational System - Ministry of Education

1991-1993

Director

Israel Aircraft Industries

1987-1991

Member

Committee for Cooperation with Industry

1988-1990

Chairman

Scientific Committee,Israel Space Program

1988-1989

Director

Bet Shemesh Engines Ltd, Bet Shemesh

1983-1984

Consultant

Tadiran Industries, Tel Aviv

1977-1978

Section Head, R&D Directorate

Ministry of Defense Tel Aviv

1974-1977

Project Engineer

Israel Air Force (Aircraft Propulsion Systems)

1964-1966

 

                                              

 

                  

 

3) Abroad

 

Chairman

TUeLIP (Top Universities e-Learning   International Program) La Hulpe, Belgium

2001-2003

Visiting Scientist

IBM Eurocoordination Paris, France

2000

Visiting Researcher

Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, Texas

1989-1990

Visiting Scholar

University of California at Los Angeles

Summer 1985,1986

Senior Research Associate

NASA Ames Res. Ctr., Moffett Field, CA

1984-1985

Visiting Scholar

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

1984-1985

Visiting Professor

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Summer 1982

Visiting Scientist

Univ. of Southern California and California Inst. of Technology

Summer 1981

Visiting Scientist

Groningen University Groningen, Netherlands

1981

Visiting Scientist

NOAA/NMFS, Honolulu Laboratory Honolulu, Hawaii

1979

Senior Research Fellow

NOAA/NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Center La Jolla, California

1978-1979

Postdoctoral Scholar

Scripps Institute of Oceanography La Jolla, California

1978-1979

Researcher

Institute CERAC, Lausanne, Switzerland

1975-1977

Consultant

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, England

1975

Research Associate

University of Cambridge, England Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

1972-1973

Royal Society Research Fellow

University of Cambridge, England Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

1971-1972