{"id":84945,"date":"2022-06-23T12:20:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T09:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/zisapel-building-inaugurated\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T12:20:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T09:20:05","slug":"zisapel-building-inaugurated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/zisapel-building-inaugurated\/","title":{"rendered":"Zisapel Building Inaugurated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Zisapel Electrical and Computer Engineering Building was inaugurated last week at the Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology during the Board of Governors meeting. The eight-story, 5,400 square-meter building will house the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Its construction was made possible thanks to a generous donation from the Zohar and Yehuda Zisapel, who are both alumni of the faculty. Last week, the brothers were awarded the Technion Medal \u2013 the most prestigious award bestowed in recognition of life-long support of the Technion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50580\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50580 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1-9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Inauguration and ribbon-cutting ceremony. L-R: Major General (Res.) Amos Horev; Prof. Idit Keidar, Dean of the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Zohar Zisapel\u2019s grandson Yona Zisapel (in red); Prof. Peretz Lavie, Chair of the Israel Friends of the Technion; Zohar Zisapel; Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan; and Yehuda Zisapel.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inauguration and ribbon-cutting ceremony. L-R: Major General (Res.) Amos Horev; Prof. Idit Keidar, Dean of the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Zohar Zisapel\u2019s grandson Yona Zisapel (in red); Prof. Peretz Lavie, Chair of the Israel Friends of the Technion; Zohar Zisapel; Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan; and Yehuda Zisapel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe enrolled at the Technion 50 years ago because it was the best engineering school in Israel \u2013 and actually also the only one,\u201d said Zohar Zisapel. \u201cNow we must preserve the Technion\u2019s elite stature, which is why we are pleased that we are able to help.\u201d His brother Yehuda Zisapel said that \u201cThe Faculty\u2019s first building, where we studied, was donated by Fishbach, an American Jew, and was named for him. It\u2019s a big honor for us that the new Faculty building was donated by us \u2013 Israelis who studied at the Technion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7vKsEwbvmGE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is rare for an institution of higher learning and research to make such a huge impact on a society and a country as the Technion did for Israel,\u201d wrote President of Israel Yitzhak Herzog to Yehuda Zisapel. \u201cThanks to your many years of work, Zisapel brothers, there is today a bustling state-of-the-art research center that serves dozens of research groups from the Technion and elsewhere, enabling the faculty to boost its standing at the forefront of global research. In this way, the Technion will continue to train the best engineers and researchers for Israel\u2019s high-tech industry, which needs the best engineers in order to enable its continued growth and prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Technion President Professor Uri Sivan said, \u201cEvery time I visit the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, I am aware that this is a unique Faculty with an enormous impact on the State of Israel. Zohar and Yehuda gave an important push to the field of nanotechnology, which led to a revolution in Israel\u2019s technological capabilities. They identified the importance of this field at a very early stage and generously contributed to its development at the Technion. The new building will help us continue to develop the faculty.\u201d Prof. Sivan thanked Yehuda and Zohar for their support, their partnership, and their friendship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50582\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50582 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2-1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"The new Zisapel Building at the Technion.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Zisapel Building at the Technion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIsrael suffers from a severe shortage of engineers and technological workers,\u201d said Yehuda Zisapel. \u201cOur donation to this building reflects our vision of helping the Faculty and the Technion increase the number of faculty members as well as the scope of research and teaching fields, and to train more young engineers for the benefit of Israel\u2019s high-tech industry.\u201d He added that, \u201cWe began studying at the Technion before the term \u2018Israeli high-tech\u2019 was coined. We are proud to play a part in the faculty\u2019s development, and we hope that the new building will not only be used to expand the faculty but also to tighten the connection between the Technion and industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Idit Keidar, dean of the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, said that \u201cThe new building will enable us to carry out the quantum leap that the Faculty needs \u2013 recruiting brilliant faculty members and advanced-degree students, entering new research fields such as quantum technologies and AI applications in a wide range of fields, and building an improved computer infrastructure, which is necessary for new breakthroughs. On behalf of all of us, I would like to thank Zohar and Yehuda Zisapel. I promise the new building will be buzzing with activity and teeming with life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50584\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50584 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Research Prof. Yaakov Ziv; Yehuda Zisapel; and Prof. Idit Keidar, Dean of the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Research Prof. Yaakov Ziv; Yehuda Zisapel; and Prof. Idit Keidar, Dean of the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYehuda and Zohar are role models of Technion alumni who not only became pioneers of Israel\u2019s elite tech industry, but also spearhead the Israel Friends of the Technion,\u201d said Professor Peretz Lavie, chair of the Israel Friends of the Technion. \u201cTheir support of the Technion, and especially of the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering where they studied, is consistent and long-standing. The Zisapel Building joins the Nanoelectronics Building that is named after their parents Moshe and Sara Zisapel, which they donated previously. The Israel Friends of the Technion thanks Yehuda and Zohar and hopes that many others will follow in their footsteps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Pl2Qd7zyEE\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zisapel Electrical and Computer Engineering Building was inaugurated last week at the Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology during the Board of Governors meeting. The eight-story, 5,400 square-meter building will house the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. 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