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Israel’s Basic Statistics
Population: ~8.3 M
Households: 2.2 M
Urban Population: 92%
Area - grand total 22,072 km2
GDP: US $ ~286B
GDP Per Capita: US $ ~38K
Bachelor's, 10,012
Master's, 3,127
Doctorate, 1,147
Number of Students 2015/2016
Number of Students 2015/2016 Bachelor's Master's Doctorate
Research AreasOthersBasic ResearchEngineeringLife Science
Education in
Science &
Technology
PhysicsMechanical Eng.Medicine
Architecture & Town
Planning
MathematicsCivil &
Environmental Eng.
Biomedicine
BiologyChemical Eng.
Industrial Eng. &
Management
Biotechnology &
Food Eng.
Humanities & Art
Department
ChemistryMaterials Science &
Eng.
Electrical Eng.
Computer Science
Aeronautics &
Space Eng.
The division is by Teaching areas
International Review Committee Report (2009)Chaired by Prof. Rafael Reif - President, MIT
“The EE department at the Technion is a world class academic unit” …
“and in the same league as the 10 highest-ranked departments in the
US.”
“The faculty, the technical staff, and the undergraduate and graduate
students, are among the best that can be found in a top ranked
institution anywhere in the world.”
“The education the undergraduate EE students at the Technion receive
is, simply stated, outstanding.”
The graduates of this Department, whether with a B.Sc., M.Sc., or Ph.D.,
are as well prepared (if not better prepared) as EE graduates of any top
ranked institution anywhere in the world.
“The undergraduate laboratories are absolutely superb”
Technion Shapes the State of Israel
Physical Infrastructure, Construction and Traffic
Architecture and Urban Planning
National Water Carrier, Irrigation Technology
Development of Traditional Industries
Natural Resources, Chemical Industry
Defense Industries, Aviation and Space Research
Micro-Electronics, Communications & High-Tech Companies
Medicine and Life Sciences
Development of Futuristic Technologies
Our Alumni
Israel’s Most Valuable Resource
Israel has become a second silicon valley
107,400 graduates
70% of Israeli-educated engineers
Created Israel’s industrial infrastructure
Reinforced Israel’s defense capabilities
Pioneered technology-based industries
A few
facts
23% of Technion graduates start at least one new company during their carriers.
Bloomberg ranked Technion in 7th place for producing CEO’s of American technology companies worth over $1 billion
85% of Israel’s technological workforce is employed by companies led by Technion graduates, these companies account for 54% of industrial export
Technion has the second highest number of foreign associates in the US national Academy of Engineering
68% of Israeli companies traded on NASDAQ were founded or are run by Technion graduates
Technion was ranked 6th worldwide for innovation and entrepreneurship in a recent MIT survey
2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Technion Distinguished Professors
Avram Hershko and Aaron Ciechanover
with Prof. Irwin Rose of the USA
For the discovery of
“ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation”
Nobel Prizes in Science
Distinguished Professor
Dan Shechtman
For the discovery of
“Quasicrystals"
2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Interdisciplinary Technion Research ProgramsNanotechnology = $114M Head: Prof. Gadi Eisenstein, Electrical Engineering
Life Sciences and Engineering = $50MHead: Prof. Roy Kishony, Biology
Energy = $50MHead: Prof. Yoed Tsur, Chemical Engineering
NanoMed
Autonomous Systems = $25MHead: Dist. Prof. Daniel Weihs, Aerospace Engineering
Computer Engineering Center = $30MHead: Prof. Raphael Rom, Electrical Engineering
Technion Integrated Cancer Center (TICC) => Projected at $100MHeads: Prof. Ze’ev Ronai and Dist. Prof. Aaron Ciechanover
Technion Cyber Security Research Center = $3.5MHead: Prof. Eli Biham, Computer Science
Next: Quantum Science &
Engineering
Recycling & Environment
Brain Research
European Commission
Total funding for 7 years: 49 B EURO
Submissions: 987
232 Successful submissions, of which 33 to ERC Grants and 2
to POC Grants
Total approved funding: 97,258,743 M EURO
EC H2020
Horizon 2020 total funding for 7 years: 80 B EURO
Technion Submissions to date: 514 (from 2014 to 2020)
72 (14%) Successful submissions, of which:
49 EU Research Grants
23 ERC Grants
9 to ERC Starting Grants
4 to ERC Consolidator Grants
2 to Advanced Grants
8 to ERC POC Grants
Total approved funding so far: ~45.4 M EURO
Asst. Prof. C.
Rotschild,
Mechanical Eng.
Asst. Prof. N.
Lindner,
Physics
Assoc. Prof. E.
Milman, Mathematics
Starting Consolidator
Prof. Y. Eldar,
Electrical Eng.
Prof. S. Shoham,
Biomedical Eng.
Assoc. Prof. D.
Lindell, Biology
Asst. Prof. A. Schroeder,
Chemical Eng.
Asst. Prof. J. Sznitman,
Biomedical Eng.Asst. Prof. M. Bercovici,
Mechanical Eng.
Asst. Prof. R.
Shalgi,
Medicine
Assoc. Prof. N. Ailon,
Computer Science
EC H2020 ERC AWARDS
Advanced
Prof. D. Gershoni,
Physics
Dist. Prof. S. Shamai,
Electrical Eng.
Asst. Prof. M. Ben-
Chen,
Computer Science
Assoc. Prof. T. Shlomi,
Computer Science
The Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) in Shantou, China located in
Guangdong Province is an historic partnership between the Technion and Shantou University,
will offer high-level, innovative and research-oriented undergraduate and graduate education.
Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of
Technology (GTIIT)
(December 16,
2015)
Leading the groundbreaking ceremony were former Israeli President Shimon
Peres, Hong Kong business leader and philanthropist Li Ka–shing, Technion
President Peretz Lavie, GTIIT Chancellor Li Jiange; GTIIT Vice Chancellor,
Technion Distinguished Professor and Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover; and Ofir Akunis, Israel’s Minister of Science, Technology and Space.
The Technion and Cornell will build a two-million square-foot applied
science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island.
Cornell, Technion win NYCTech campus project
Cornell NYC Tech’s Future Campus
Self-healing Sensors for Electronic Skin
Prof. Hossam Haick, Chem. Eng.
Advanced Materials (Nov. 9, 2015)
Sponge-like nanoporous single crystals of gold
Assoc. Prof. Boaz Pokroy, Materials Science and Eng.
Nature Communications (Nov. 10, 2015)
Cardiac Cells Trained as Pacemakers
Asst. Prof. Shelly Tzlil, Mechanical Eng.
Nature Physics (Jan. 11, 2016)
Live Imaging
Prof. Yonina Eldar, Electrical Eng.
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics (Aug. 8, 2014)
A Sample of Recent Research Achievements
Genomic Eclipse
Asst. Prof. Roee Amit, Biotech & Food Eng.
Nature Communications (Feb. 2, 2016)
Connected to Life - mechanism of cell-cell fusion
Prof. Beni Podbilewicz, Biology
CELL (Feb. 16, 2016)
Solar Cell Technology Boosts Performance
Prof. Nir Tessler, Electrical Eng.
Journal of Applied Physics (Dec. 1, 2015)
Light Wave Compression For Microscopy
Asst. Prof. Guy Bartal, Electrical Eng.
Optica (Dec. 10, 2015)
A Sample of Recent Research Achievements
Top 100 Worldwide Universities
Granted U.S. Utility Patents
Technion ranked 31st in the world in the U.S. Academy of Inventors index.
The Technion received approval for 65 patents in the U.S. in 2014, the most of any
Israeli university.
A few of the patents registered by the Technion and approved in 2014 are:
medical scaffolding | a system for monitoring air passage in the lungs | a system for the rapid
imaging of the macula | non-friction molecular engines | an innovative device for separating
oxygen from air | silicon-air batteries | assessment for the early diagnosis of growths in the
large intestine.
Within less than a decade, revenues from commercialization have jumped from $10.7 million
annually (in 2008-2009) to over $30 million (2014-2015).
Distribution of active companies according to stage:59% of the companies are at revenues stage:
- Initial Revenues (40%)
- Revenue Growth (19%)
Distribution of companies according to year of establishment
1,602 companies were founded and/or managed by Technion graduates
Research Authority
FACTS 2015/2016
NEW RESEARCH AWARDS 97MUS$
EC FUNDING 22.6MUS$ ~ 23%
GERMAN FUNDING (GIF, DIP, DFG, ETC.) 2.6MUS$
TECHNION FACULTY ~600
RESEARCHERS
RESEARCH AUTHORITY PERSONNEL ~57
mainly economists and CPAs
Software SAP
Research Authority (RA) Support
• The RA offers “cradle to grave” support services to faculty in all
aspects of research awards and contracts from pre-application
(idea/finding funding and costing stage) to award (contract
negotiation, project account setup, invoicing and financial
reporting, audits).
• We provide costing and pricing advice for applications
and administer the research grants and contracts once awarded.
• Within the RA there are several units providing research
support:
Research Development and Contracts – RDC PRE-AWARD
RDC are a team of Information Specialists who assist the faculty in
finding funding for their research ideas, preparation, completion and
submission of proposals, and are the first point of contact for all
research proposals to external funding bodies. In addition, RDC have
a dedicated unit for EC funding. They also assist the faculty in pricing
research contracts.
• They act to alert the researchers to funding opportunities in a
targeted distribution protocol, across the Israeli and Foreign
Funding Agencies, Ministries, H2020 and others.
• They liaise with funders to provide the researchers at the Technion
with the information needed to help them build high quality
proposals.
Research Development and Contracts – RDC PRE-AWARD• This team leads on research contract negotiation with all funders on behalf
of the Technion. Our aim is to secure appropriate terms and conditions of
award beneficial to all parties within the Technion which balance risk with
intellectual benefit, supporting the institution to meet its objectives
through pragmatic advice, support and legal arrangements while
maximizing commercial and research benefits, protecting intellectual
property and reducing exposure to risk.
• We work closely with the Legal Advisors and with the T3 Technion
Technology Transfer Dept. in order to ensure a seamless and
comprehensive research support service.
PRE-AWARD SUPPORT -Research Proposals
These teams are primarily concerned with costing and pricing of research proposals and work closely with the Faculty to negotiate and authorize research proposals, awards and contracts, costing and pricing.
The team provides specialist advice and assistance with:
• application process and electronic submission;
• funder terms and conditions;
• awards for all of the various funding bodies, including research funding agencies (Israeli and foreign), Israeli and foreign Ministries (including Federal funds and other), charities, and other public and commercial funders;
• research policy and compliance such as ethics and insurance;
• contract pricing, costing, and legal reviews of funder terms and conditions of contract – in collaboration with the Legal Advisors.
EC PROPOSALS SUPPORT
RA has 2 in-house consultants for the preparation of
H2020 Excellence Programs proposals.
RA is also offering External Consulting for the
preparation of H2020 Excellence Programs and
Collaborative proposals.
POST AWARDThere are several Units of Research Coordinators that manage the
grants:
• They approve/deny each research expenditure
• They prepare and submit the Financial Reports and invoices to the
Funding Agencies
• They face the audits
• They are the contact point to the researchers for all award related
issues
POST AWARD UNITS
- ERC and MC projects
- EC collaborative projects
- USA ( mainly Federal) awards
- Israeli ministry of Economics awards
- Other awards – departments based ( each department has a
Research Coordinator)
Other RA Support and services
- Accounting
- Laboratories pricing
- EC Reporting support
- Scientific Reporting monitoring
- Visits coordination and follow-up
- Liaison to Industry (Israeli and foreign)
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