The Technion Timeline
Scroll through to see Technion's 100 years of achievements
One of the main components of chip scale atomic clocks is a vertical cavity surface emitting laser known as the VCSEL, which is used in a variety of applications including cell phones, car sensors and optical communication networks in data centers. When it comes to atomic clocks, the demands on the VCSEL are extremely high, for example working at temperatures close to -100 degrees and providing very high accuracy in the color of the emitted light. These requirements make the development of such VCSELs a particularly complex technological challenge. The VCSEL developed at the Technion meets all these requirements and…Read More
“In a first-of-its-kind project involving the Israeli Olympic Committee, the Unit for Performance Sports, the Technion, and the Sailing Association, a first-of-its-kind scientific solution was created in the world, with the goal of providing data that will help Israeli surfers achieve their next Olympic medal. The Olympic Committee’s scientific director, Molly Epstein, and the women’s surfing team coach, Shahar Tsobari, talk about the development’s contribution and the goals they set for themselves.” N12 | Ben Goldfreund | Published February 27, 2023 Read more here: The Technion’s development that will bring the next Olympic medal: “The startup nation is entering sports.” …Read More
Doctoral student Ariel Hazan from the Faculty of Biology exchanged the warm laboratory at the Technion for the snowy landscapes of Antarctica for a month and a half. In the freezing cold of -38 degrees and in difficult conditions, he collected and modeled data for the research he is conducting under the guidance of Prof. Oded Beja on microbial rhodopsins – unique proteins that allow microorganisms to produce energy from sunlight.
Prof. Ido Kaminer completed all his academic degrees at the Technion: a double bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and physics, and a master’s degree and a doctorate in the Faculty of Physics under the guidance of Research Professor Moti Segev. In 2018, after a postdoc at MIT, he joined the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering and established the AdQuanta Laboratory there. The laboratory runs experiments at the forefront of research using a unique microscope that combines electrons and lasers, built thanks to the generous support of Robert and Ruth Magid. In November 2023 Prof. Kaminer won an ERC…Read More
36 years apart: the grandmother and grandson studied with the same professor at the Technion. Prof. Avi Berman from the Technion guided Dafna Shasha in her doctoral studies at the Technion in 1987. Now he is tutoring her grandson, who is studying computer science and mathematics at the same place.
On March 1, 2023, the Sustainability Hub was established at the Technion, under the leadership of Prof. Avner Rothschild and the Sustainability Center. The purpose of the Hub is to coordinate research activities, education and teaching, organizational conduct and dealing with sustainability issues (energy, environment, water, food, urban planning, etc.), to initiate and assist in the promotion of new initiatives, to expand and establish the scientific knowledge base, to lead processes for the development of breakthrough technologies and to promote the implementation of effective solutions to deal with the climate and environmental crisis. The Technion, as the oldest and leading…Read More
On Thursday, February 9, 2023, a special tree planting ceremony took place at the Technion’s historic campus, where Madatech – the National Museum of Science, Technology and Space in Haifa – is housed today. The event, attended by Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan, and Chairman of Madatech’s Board of Directors Mr. Leon Recanati, was held to celebrate 100 years since the historical palm trees were planted by Prof. Albert Einstein and his wife, Elsa, on February 11, 1923, in the courtyard of the Technion’s historic campus in Haifa.
Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences is the new name of the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technion. The name change follows two major changes in the field that have taken place in recent decades: the information systems revolution and the fourth industrial revolution which connected management and data, computing and industry. Established as an academic department at the Technion in 1958 according to the vision of Prof. Pinhas Naor, who served as its first dean, the department’s curriculum combined the industrial engineering curriculum offered in engineering schools with the management curriculum offered in business administration schools…Read More
On October 7, Neta Portal and her partner Santiago found themselves in the heart of the massacre at the hands of Hamas murderers. After a heroic escape story, during which she was seriously injured by seven bullets in her leg, she is undergoing a complex rehabilitation process. An innovative brace developed by the Faculty of Biomechanical Engineering at the Technion helps her regain the ability to step on her foot. Dr. Amir Haim, Director of the Biomechanical Rehabilitation Unit at the Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center: “This is a revolutionary device, the first of its kind in the world.” Read the…Read More
“Ahead of the start of the academic year on January 14, 2024, a special program was launched this week at the Technion that will make it easier and more convenient for male and female students, and especially for reserve service members, to return to routine as easily as possible. Mindfulness as a tool for reducing stress and tension, a shared singing space, laughter and movement therapy, drumming – these are some of the activities initiated by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Technion Student Association (AST), as part of the “Back on Track” program. This program is…Read More
18 new breastfeeding rooms were opened on the campus in preparation for the opening of the academic year, and a digital map with their locations on campus is available for the mothers. Each breastfeeding room is air-conditioned and equipped with a nursing chair, a changing table, a refrigerator for breast milk and a work area. The project was born from a survey conducted among female students led by Liza Shamaliov Zaretski.
Starting in the 1960s, the Technion opened its doors to hundreds of students from developing countries in Africa and Asia. Between 1962 and 1982, there was a joint project between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Technion, the goal of which was to provide academic education to students from those countries, who would be able to return home and help solve problems faced by their countries of origin. At the same time, many Technion faculty members provided technological assistance to various countries around the world, often under the auspices of UN agencies.
Recipient of the 2003 Israel Prize in the field of engineering and engineering research, Avinoam Libai, Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion in Haifa, recognized worldwide as one of the highest authorities in the field of sophisticated and innovative thin-walled structures in aircraft and space vehicles – was born in Tel Aviv in 1929.