Background
Berkovits, Avraham was born on October 28, 1934 in Berlin. Arrived in Israel, 1963. Son of Eliezer and Sali (Bickel) Berkovits.
researcher aerospace structures educator
Berkovits, Avraham was born on October 28, 1934 in Berlin. Arrived in Israel, 1963. Son of Eliezer and Sali (Bickel) Berkovits.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956. Master of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1960. Doctor of Science, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1968.
Aerospace technologist National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, 1956-1961. Senior structures engineer Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita, Kansas, 1961-1963. Professor aerospace structures Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, since 1963.
Head Danciger Teaching Laboratories, Technion, 1989-1992. Visiting scientist National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, 1970-1972, 75, 76, 86, 87-88. Staff scientist Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, 1977-1978.
Visiting professor Pennsylvania State University, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, Australia, University New South Wales, Australia, 1995-1996. Consultant Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd., Lod, 1964-1986. Israel national delegate International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, 1979-2000.
Visiting professor Royal Melbourne (Australia) Institute of Technology, 2001. Consultant Israel Air Force, 1998-2000. Expert witness in failure analysis.
Chairman parents' committee High School 6, Haifa, 1980-1982. Member National School Parents' Committee, Israel, 1981-1982. Member central committee Likud Party, Israel, 1989-1992.
Chairman Maor Yehuda Synagogue, 1989-1995. Member American Society for Testing and Materials, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society for Experimental Mechanics, Madrigal Singers, Sigma Xi.
Married Ella Ruben, September 22, 1957. Children: Baruch, Miriam, Tamar, Nahum.