Tag Archives: Prizes & Awards
Physics 2022 Nobel Prize: The Technion Connection
Professor Alain Aspect and Professor Anton Zeilinger, two of the three laureates for the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, received honorary doctorates from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in recent years. Together with Professor John Clauser, Profs. Aspect and Zeilinger were awarded the Nobel Prize for their breakthroughs in quantum mechanics. Prof. Anton Zeilinger received… Read More
Commander’s Medal of the Ordre des Palmes Academiques to Prof. Peretz Lavie
Professor Emeritus Peretz Lavie, President of the Technion from 2009 to 2019, has been bestowed with the Commander’s Medal – the highest award in the French "Ordre des Palmes Academiques” (Palm Order). The Order, founded by Napoleon in 1808, is conferred upon prominent figures from academia and the worlds of culture and education for academic… Read More
SolarEdge Awards Prizes, Grants
On January 3, 2022, the Technion held an award ceremony for prizes, research grants and scholarships as part of a project, sponsored by SolarEdge, in memory of the late Guy Sella. A Technion graduate, Guy Sella founded SolarEdge in 2006 together with Lior Handelsman, Meir Adest, Yoav Galin and Amir Fishelov. The company they founded… Read More
Fueling Sustainable Energy
Grand Technion Energy Program Annual Research Day: Innovative Developments in Energy and Sustainability The Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP) held its annual Research Day on December 15, 2021. According to Professor Yoed Tsur, GTEP director, "GTEP's mission is to advance research and to promote multidisciplinary cooperation in sustainable energy related fields on campus. This year,… Read More
Food Competition Feeds Innovation
Technion Students Cook Up Creative, Tasty, and Award-Winning Food Solutions in European Innovation Competition Students from the Technion’s Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering won top prizes in the EU-supported Food Solutions Project, which is part of EIT FOOD – a program that fosters innovation to create healthy and sustainable food for all. The premise… Read More
Keeping the Beat
Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan, entrepreneurs, and venture capital industry representatives attended the final event of the BizTEC Entrepreneurship Program at the Technion. Since its establishment in 2004, graduates of the program have raised a total of more than $1 billion The Defi team, established by Technion students, won first prize and $10,000 in the… Read More
Sugar Out, Prote-In!
The European Union's EIT Food organization awarded the "Innovation Impact Award" to a project led by Prof. Yoav D. Livney of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, in collaboration with Amai Proteins and the global Danone and PepsiCo companies. The EIT Food Innovation Impact Award was… Read More
Merkel Receives Honorary Doctorate from the Technion
On Sunday, October 10, 2021, Technion President Professor Uri Sivan bestowed an honorary doctorate on German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel after a moving speech, in which he praised her outstanding leadership and called her “arguably the most admired, influential leader of our time and a role model for all democrats around the world.” Dr. Merkel… Read More
German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel to Receive an Honorary Doctorate from the Technion
German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel will receive an honorary doctorate from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in a ceremony set for Oct. 10, 2021, in Jerusalem, Israel. The ceremony will be streamed live on the Technion - Institute of Technology Facebook page starting at 5:15 (IDT). Chancellor Merkel, who is visiting Israel (after… Read More
Water From Air
H2OLL, an innovative Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG) technology developed at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, has won the prestigious Water Europe Innovation Award for SMEs. The award was announced in June at the Water Innovation Europe 2021 Conference. Water Europe (WE) is a European technology platform for collaboration between research institutes, companies, and… Read More