In 1952, the Faculty of Science was established as part of the Technion’s expansion plan, and the Department of Physics was established as part of the faculty. The first head of the Department of Physics was Professor Nathan Rosen. A number of researchers such as David Bohm joined the department after leaving the United States during the period of McCarthyism. The first six students graduated in 1956. In that year, the dean of the faculty was Professor Kurt Sitte, born in Czechoslovakia, a world-renowned scientist in the field of cosmic rays. In 1960, an indictment was filed against Sitte for attempting to harm the security of the state. Following his conviction, Sitte left Israel. The details of this affair are not entirely clear, but this case hardly affected the department. In 1958, the Department of Physics moved from the “green shack” located adjacent to the Technion’s old building in the Hadar neighborhood to the new campus in Neve Sha’anan. In this year, the Institute of Physics named for Albert Einstein was founded. In 1962 the Department of Physics changed its status and became the Faculty of Physics. Aharon Hirsch was appointed the first dean. In 1976, the Solid State Institute named for Rosen was established. The institute’s staff includes researchers from various faculties. Towards the end of the 1990s, the faculty was in serious trouble due to a lack of space for offices and laboratories. In 2004, a new wing, the Lidow complex, was established, which is now home to the Faculty of Physics.