Ph.D Theses Department: Mechanical Engineering Department Web Site: meeng.technion.ac.il No. Student's Name Advisors Graduation Year Abstracts Theses Abstract Title 0 Ofer Abraham Tirosh Jehuda 2013 Abstracts Dual Shakedown Bounds of Fatigue Wear during Fluctuating Shear 1 Elisha Rejovitzky Altus Eli 2013 Fatigue Modeling with Microdamage Morphology 2 Arnon Hirshberg Elata David 2013 Abstracts Advanced Motion Conversion Structures and Interconnect Method for MEMS 3 Yaron Holdstein Fischer Anath 2012 Abstracts Geometric and Physical Modeling of Bone Micro-Structures as a Base for Scaffold Design 4 Sharon Hornstein Gottlieb Oded 2012 Abstracts Theses Nonlinear Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of the Scan Process in Atomic Force Microscopy 5 Harel Plat Bucher Izhak 2012 Abstracts Theses Methods for Sensing and Creating Propagating Waves and Vibrations Using Parametric Excitation 6 Eilon Faran Shilo Doron 2012 Abstracts Theses Dynamics of Twinning Processes in Active Materials 7 Haika Drezner Shilo Doron 2012 Abstracts Theses Nanoscale Modulus Mapping: Implementation on Material Interfaces and Biogenic Materials 8 Ziv Aginsky Gottlieb Oded 2012 Abstracts Theses Nonlinear Spatio-Temporal Acoustic-Fluid-Structure Interaction of Panels in a Compressible Inviscid Fluid 9 Dmitry Shneiderman Palmor Zalman 2012 Abstracts Theses Novel Structures of Multivariable Dead Time Compensators 10 Nir Tzabar Grossman Gershon 2012 Abstracts Theses Mixed-Gas Joule-Thomson Sorption Cryocoolers 11 Amir Haim Wolf Alon 2011 Abstracts Theses Plasticity of Gait Patterns via Noninvasive Biomechanical Stimulation Rozen Nimrod 12 Lev Podshivalov Fischer Anath 2011 Abstracts Theses 3D Hierarchical Geometric Modeling and Multiscale Finite Element Analysis as a Base for Individualized Medical Diagnosis of Bone Structure Bar-Yoseph Pinhas 13 Mark Ishay Degani David 2011 Abstracts Theses Incompressible Flow in Conical Tubes and around Conical Bodies with Elliptical Cross-Section Weihs Daniel 14 Zaur Magalov Shitzer Avraham 2011 An Approximate Computational Method for Cryoprobes Positioning and Activation during Cryosurgery in 2D Convex Target Areas Degani David 15 Daniel Klein Hetsroni Gad 2011 Abstracts Theses The Influence of Actuation in the Flow of a Jet on the Wall Jet Heat Transfer Coefficient 16 Meir Brand Rubin Miles 2011 Abstracts Theses An Elastic-Plastic Cosserat Point Element for Large Deformations of Impulsively Loaded Beams 17 Elena Novbari Oron Alexander 2011 Abstracts Theses Instability of Thin Liquid Films on Vertical Cylinder 18 David Zarrouk Shoham Moshe 2011 Abstracts Theses The Interaction between Micro-Robots and Biological Tissues 19 Eli Stiassnie Shpitalni Moshe 2010 Abstracts Theses Modularization and Maintenance Scheduling of Sustainable Service-Oriented Products 20 Irit Peled Halevi Yoram 2010 Abstracts Theses Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems with Elements Governed by the Wave Equation 21 Isaac Salib Haber Shimon 2010 Abstracts Theses Development of Fluid Mesoscopic Modeling Using Dissipative Particle Dynamics 22 Johny Saffury Altus Eli 2010 Abstracts Theses Optimization of Non-Uniform Viscoelastic Turning Bars 23 Nir Dahan Hasman Erez 2010 Abstracts Theses Geometrical Effects on Thermal Emission Induced by Surface Waves 24 Benny Bar on Altus Eli 2010 Abstracts Theses Surface Effects on Mechanical Properties of Heterogeneous Nano Beams 25 Vitaly Leus Elata David 2010 Abstracts Theses New Efficient Methods for Modeling, Design and Actuation of Electrostatic Micro Mechanical Devices 26 Michelle Berris Shoham Moshe 2010 Abstracts Theses Self-Propelled Bubble-Driven Locomotion for Robotic Applications in Fetal Surgery 27 Eduard Katz Shusser Michael 2010 Abstracts Theses Release of Material from an Elastic Liposome in a Shear Flow Haber Shimon Zussman Eyal 28 Michael Burman Zussman Eyal 2010 Abstracts Theses Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Polymer Nanofibers 29 Maxim Kristalny Mirkin Leonid 2010 Abstracts Theses Exploiting Previewed Information in Estimation and Control 30 Alexey Shinkarenko Yuri Kligerman 2010 Abstracts Theses Soft Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Etsion Izhak 31 Yuri Gorodetski Hasman Erez 2010 Abstracts Geometric Spin-Orbit Interaction of Surface Waves 32 Alexander Miropolsky Fischer Anath 2009 Abstracts Theses An Adaptive 3D Reconstruction Method Utilizing Diverse Data Types Inherent To Emerging Scanning Technologies 33 Yuli Starosvetsky Gendelman Oleg 2009 Abstracts Theses Vibration Protection Based on Nonlinear Energy Sinks: Mathematical Description and Applications 34 Orly Goldan Gutman Shaul 2009 Abstracts Theses Robust Missile Guidance 35 Dror Yitzhak Haber Shimon 2009 Abstracts Theses Surfactant Transport and Particles Clearance from the Alveolar Liquid Lining 36 Lior Davidovitch Ben-Haim Yakov 2009 Abstracts Theses Strategic Interactions under Severe Uncertainty 37 Yuri Kadin Yuri Kligerman 2009 Abstracts Theses Cyclic Loading of Elastic-Plastic Spherical Contacts Etsion Izhak 38 Yaniv Ganor Shilo Doron 2009 Abstracts Theses Magneto-Mechanical Characteristics of Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys 39 Ran Gabai Bucher Izhak 2009 Abstracts Theses Generating, Sensing and Controlling Progressive Waves in One and Two Dimensions, a Theoretical and Experimental Study 40 Herman Haustein Gany Alon 2009 Abstracts Theses Investigation of Bubbly Flow Creation by Phase-Change for Application in Marine Ramjet Engine Elias Ezra 41 Zonggang Wang Rittel Daniel 2008 Abstracts Theses Experimental Study of Adiabatic Shear Band Formation 42 Gabriel Biener Hasman Erez 2008 Abstracts Theses Light Manipulation by Use of Subwavelength Structures 43 Avi Niv Hasman Erez 2008 Abstracts Theses Vectorial Vortices Obtained with Anisotropic Inhomogeneous Subwavelength Structures 44 Yoav Gabriely Rimon Elon 2008 Abstracts Theses On-Line Motion Planning Problems in Robotics 45 Patricia Ben-Horin Shoham Moshe 2008 Abstracts Theses Geometrical Analysis of Parallel Robots 46 Andrey Ovcharenko Etsion Izhak 2008 Abstracts Theses Experimental Investigation of Junction Growth in Spherical Contact Gregory Halperin 47 Hagit Saguy Rittel Daniel 2008 Abstracts Theses Identification of Cracks in Metal Conductors by Electrical Potential Technique 48 Ron Zaslavsky Mirkin Leonid 2008 Abstracts Theses Sampled-Data H2 Estimation Problems Motivated by Tensegrity Structures 49 Hagay Bamberger Shoham Moshe 2008 Abstracts Theses Kinematics of Micro Parallel Robots 50 Iris Dejmal Zacksenhouse Miriam 2007 Abstracts Theses Characterization and Recognition of Manipulative Hand-Movements 51 Wei Wu Gottlieb Oded 2007 Abstracts Theses Nonlinear Dynamics of Microbeams for Atomic Force Microscopy in Ultra-High Vacuum Shavit Arthur 52 Itamar Gutman Shapiro Michael 2007 Abstracts Theses Formation Structure and Properties of Periodic Structures at SiO2-Mg Interface Irena Gotman 53 Nir Shvalb Shoham Moshe 2007 Abstracts Theses The Configuration Spaces of Parallel Mechanisms 54 Isaac Jacob Garaway Grossman Gershon 2007 Abstracts Theses Development of a micro Pulse Tube Cryocooler 55 Victor Brizmer Etsion Izhak 2007 Abstracts Theses Elastic-Plastic Contact of a Sphere and a Flat under Combined Normal and Tangential Loading 56 Yizhar Or Rimon Elon 2007 Abstracts Theses Frictional Equilibrium Postures for Robotic Locomotion - Computation, Geometric Characterization and Stability Analysis 57 Daniel Glozman Shoham Moshe 2007 Abstracts Theses Flexible Needle Steering and Control for Percutaneous Therapies 58 Arie Elka Bucher Izhak 2007 Abstracts Theses A Synthesis and Modeling Approach for Micro- Electromechanical Filters Using Structural Dynamics 59 Tomer Valency Zacksenhouse Miriam 2006 Abstracts Biologically Inspired Motion Pattern Generator for Robotic Task Planning and Control 60 Rashed Mahameed Elata David 2006 Abstracts Thermal Effects in Microsystems (MEMS) and Applications in Novel Microdevices 61 Yaakov Saraf Ben-Haim Yakov 2006 Abstracts Info-Gap Detection of Anomalies 62 Gabor Kosa Shoham Moshe 2006 Abstracts Micro Robots for Medical Applications Zaaroor Menashe 63 Samy Abu-Salih Elata David 2006 Abstracts Modeling and Analysis of Electromechanical Buckling with Application to Novel MEMS Devices 64 Avidov Neuberger Rittel Daniel 2006 Abstracts Scaling the Structural Response of an Armored Vehicle to a Close-Range Large Explosion 65 Sergei Azernikov Fischer Anath 2006 Abstracts Isotropic and Anisotropic Reconstruction of Freeform Surfaces and Volumes from Scattered Data 66 Wael Salalha Zussman Eyal 2005 Abstracts Fluidic Assembly of Rod-like Nano Particles 67 Michael Koenig Grossman Gershon 2005 Abstracts Enhancement of Vapor Absorption by Surfactant Additive-Induced Marangoni Convection 68 Zach Glikman Altus Eli 2005 Abstracts Mechanical Behavior of a Fiber-Optic Embedded in a Deterministic and Stochastic Heterogeneous Matrix 69 Josef Givli Altus Eli 2005 Abstracts Mechanical Behavior of Heterogeneous Structures 70 Ilai Sher Hetsroni Gad 2005 Abstracts Heating and Boiling of Water and of Water with Surfactants 71 Adi Minikes Bucher Izhak 2005 Abstracts Non-Contacting Levitation and Transportation Using Ultrasonic Vibrations-Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Study 72 Essam Totry Altus Eli 2005 Abstracts Buckling of Non-Uniform and Stochastically Heterogeneous Beams 73 Dvir Steiner Fischer Anath 2005 Abstracts Extraction of Topological Information and Calculation of Global Parameterization of Genus-n Meshes 74 Hod Wirzberger Shapiro Michael 2004 Abstracts Dynamics and Coagulation of Non Spherical Particles Settling in Shear Flows 75 Alon Davidy Zvirin Yoram 2004 Abstracts Theoretical and Experimental Study of Remote Sensing for Measuring Emission of Pollutants 76 Amir Shapiro Rimon Elon 2004 Abstracts Design and Control of an Autonomous Spider-Like Robot for Motion in 2D Tunnels Environments 77 Michael Varenberg Etsion Izhak 2004 Abstracts Tribological Aspects of Nanoscale Fretting Gregory Halperin 78 Nimrod Tzori Hetsroni Gad 2004 Abstracts Principles of a Micropump with Shape Memory Alloy Membrane and Valves 79 Ran Peled Braun Simon 2004 Abstracts Blind Source Separation (BSS) of Vibrations for Fault Detection in Rotating Systems Zacksenhouse Miriam 80 Ronen Ashkenazi Weiss Menachem 2004 Abstracts The Mechanical Behavior and Fatigue Life of Wire Ropes Elata David 81 Stephanus Theron Zussman Eyal 2004 Abstracts Investigation into Nanofiber Assembly during Electrospinning 82 Marc Van Dyke Haber Shimon 2003 Abstracts Transport and Dispersion of a Flexible Macromolecule under Gravity and in a Homogeneous, Unbounded Shear Flow 83 Alexander Alexeev Gutfinger Chaim 2003 Abstracts Theoretical and Experimental Investigation on the Motion of Small Particles in Resonance Tubes Alexander Goldshtein 84 Alex Liberzon Hetsroni Gad 2003 Abstracts Characterization of Coherent Structures in Turbulent Flows 85 Ronen Nakash Altus Eli 2003 Abstracts Effect of Stochastically Anisotropic Morphology on the Mechnical Behavior of Microbeams 86 Hui-Liang Jin Zacksenhouse Miriam 2003 Abstracts Modeling and Control of a Robotic Yoyo 87 Jacob Barhak Fischer Anath 2003 Abstracts Reconstruction of Freeform Objects with Arbitrary Topology from Multi Range Images 88 Roi Gurka Hetsroni Gad 2003 Abstracts Coherent Structures in Turbulent Flows 89 Alon Wolf Shoham Moshe 2002 Abstracts Line Geometry Tools for the Analysis and Synthesis of a Medical Robot 90 Lior Kogut Etsion Izhak 2002 Abstracts An Elastic-Plastic Model for the Contact and Friction of Rough Surfaces 91 Pavel Kagan Fischer Anath 2002 Abstracts New B-spline Finite Element Approach for Integrated Mechanically Based Design and Analysis Bar-Yoseph Pinhas 92 Erich Andrew Wilson Adler Dan 2002 Abstracts Compressible Flow and Thrust-Vectoring Nozzle Performance Modeling Bar-Yoseph Pinhas 93 Liat Eytan Fischer Anath 2002 Abstracts Automatic Generation of CSG Representation for Two Dimensional Objects Shpitalni Moshe 94 Nabil Simaan Shoham Moshe 2002 Abstracts Task Based Design and Synthesis of Variable Geometry Parallel Robots 95 Arie Berman Dayan Yehoshua 2002 Abstracts Improving Linear and N.L. Estimation Methods by Employing Validation Gate Tests During the Prediction Process in Robust Tracking/Sensing Time- Varying parameter Systems 96 Alon Peled Tirosh Jehuda 2002 Abstracts "Smart" Deep Drawing 97 Eitan Konstantino Altus Eli 2001 Abstracts Effects of Laser Surface Treatment on Mechnical Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy 98 Sharon Peles Weiss Menachem 2001 Development of a Multi-Term Relation for Prediction of Fatigue Crack Propagation in Metals Tirosh Jehuda 99 Alina Bondarenko Halevi Yoram 2001 Abstracts Reconstruction of Moving Geometrical Shapes Based on Measurements Obtained by a Moving Sensor Shpitalni Moshe 100 Changfeng Li Hetsroni Gad 2001 Direct Numerical Simulation of Momentum and Scalar Transport in Clear and Particle Laden Turbulent Boundary Layer 101 Natalya Raskin Halevi Yoram 2001 Servo Control of Flexible Structures 102 Yoav Peles Hetsroni Gad 2000 VLSI Chip Cooling by Evaporation Two-Phase Flow In Micro-Channels Haber Shimon 103 Nizan Salomonski Zussman Eyal 2000 Investigating of Disassembly Processes in Automatic Systems Lenz Ehud 104 Rachel Kenigsbuch Halevi Yoram 1999 Updating of Dynamic Models of Flexible Structures 105 Morel Groper Etsion Izhak 1999 New Aspects of the Cavitation Phenomena in a Submerged Journal Bearing 106 Judith Gersten Hetsroni Gad 1999 Utilization of Waste Polymers through Combined Pyrolysis with Oil Shale 107 Ilia Roizman Yarin Alexander 1998 Normal and Oblique Penetration of Rigid and Deformable/ Eroding Projectiles Into Elastic-Plastic Targets Including Description of Fragmentation And Vulnerability Rubin Miles 108 Hod Lipson Shpitalni Moshe 1998 Man-Machine Interface for 3D CAD Based on Freehand Sketching 109 Vladimir Brodsky Shoham Moshe 1998 Dual Number Formulation of Rigid Body Dynamics Shavit Arthur 110 Tatiana Roizman Shavit Arthur 1998 Influence of Microstructure on Thermophysical Properties of Porous Ceramics Shapiro Michael 111 Ronen Ben Horin Shoham Moshe 1998 Criteria for Analysis of Parallel Robots Lenz Ehud 112 Yuri Kligerman Itzhak Porat 1998 Abstracts Dynamics and Stability of Rotating Systems with Electromagnetic Damping Mark Darlow Gavril Solomon 113 Ron Dagan Rothenstein Wolfgang (Deceased) 1997 Accurate Doppler Effect Calculation for Thermal Nuclear Power Reactors 114 Igor Ravve Bar-Yoseph Pinhas 1997 Analysis of Elastic Deformations in the Traveling Joints Of Machine Tools 115 Amnon Shirizly Tirosh Jehuda 1997 Plastic Forming of Porous Materials 116 Baruch Radin Shpitalni Moshe 1997 Intelligent System for Automatic Process Planning in Bending Sheet Metal Products 117 Uri Benchetrit Lenz Ehud 1996 Robot Motion Planning Shoham Moshe 118 Nitsan Sharav-Schapiro Palmor Zalman 1996 Robust Output Control for Discrete Uncertain Systems Gutman Shaul 119 Genady Ziskind Gutfinger Chaim 1996 Modelling of Aerosol Resuspension from Surfaces ? 120 Hanoh Leber Lifshitz Jacob 1996 Interlaminar Strength and Moduli of Fiber Reinforced Composites at High Loading Rates 121 David Broday Shapiro Michael 1996 Deposition of Elongated Particles in Clean Rooms Gutfinger Chaim ? 122 Ofer Michael Avrashi Jacob 1996 Spectral Solutions for Boundary Integral Equations Rosenhouse Giora 123 Noam Brook Shoham Moshe 1996 Object Manipulation in Multi-Fingered Hands Dayan Yehoshua 124 Daniel Ben-David Bar-Yoseph Pinhas 1995 Finite Strip Analysis of Composite Cylindrical Pressure Vessels Subjected to Lateral Impact 125 Agne's Cohen Halevi Yoram 1995 Controllers Order Reduction 126 Amiel Herszage Altus Eli 1995 Micromechanisms of Failure in Polymers 127 Daining Fang Berkovits Avraham 1994 Micro and Macro Evaluation of Fatigue Damage Accumulation 128 Eadaro Moses Yarin Alexander 1994 Analysis of the Combustion of Gasoline-Methanol Mixtures In Spark-Ignition Engines Bar-Yoseph Pinhas 129 David Elata Rubin Miles 1994 Representations of the Strain Energy Function of Anisotropic Elastic Materials with Application to Damage Evolution in Brittle Materials Altus Eli 130 Roie Chen Altus Eli 1994 Micromechanic Models for Fatigue 131 Uzi Zrahia Bar-Yoseph Pinhas 1994 Space-Time Spectral Elements for Dynamic Analysis of Composite Laminates 132 David Bar-on Gutman Shaul 1994 Modular Design of Robot Controllers Israel Amos ? 133 Yoed Rabin Shitzer Avraham 1994 Destruction of Biological Tissues by Controlled Freezing 134 Izhak Bucher Braun Simon 1993 Determinatiom of the Structural Modifications to Obtain A Specified Dynamic Response 135 Eliezer Edelstein Blech Joab (Deceased) 1993 Rotation of a Spherical Ball Clamped Between Spherical Cavities Due to Linear Reciprocating Motion 136 Benjamin Sonnenreich Altus Eli 1993 Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Statistical Failure Criteria for Brittle Materials with Randomly Distributed Crack-Like Defects 137 Monique Attal Shoham Moshe 1993 Research Proposal Min-Max Control in Robotice Gutman Shaul 138 Joseph Rotberg Braun Simon 1992 Tool Wear Monitoring by Heans of Vibration Analysis Lenz Ehud 139 Mani Fischer Halevi Yoram 1992 Reduced Order Controller Design Gutman Shaul 140 Khaled Gommed Etsion Izhak 1992 Flow and Stability Analysis of Free Piston in Periodic Moti 141 Anath Fisher-Letan Shpitalni Moshe 1992 Extraction and Recognition of Features from Geometric Model 142 Meir Ben-Levy Braun Simon 1991 Measurement of the Rotational Egree of Freedom Asing Optical Shamir Joseph 143 Gavriel Davidov Shavit Arthur 1990 Adaptive Identification and Control for Robots and 144 Ehud Kroll Lenz Ehud 1989 Knowledge-Based Conceptual Design: An Aplication to the Wolberg John 145 Moshe Shapira Weihs Daniel 1989 Solutions of C.f.f Around Bodies at High Angle of Attack Degani David 146 Yitshak Ram Braun Simon 1989 Modal Analysis in Truncated System 147 abstract theses title found in the Department Mechanical Engineering Last updated on: Tuesday ,May 14, 2013