Background
Avitzur, Betzalel was born on May 7, 1925 in Haifa, Israel. Son of Shraga and Nehama (Voronowsky) Avitzur.
materials science educator industrial engineer
Avitzur, Betzalel was born on May 7, 1925 in Haifa, Israel. Son of Shraga and Nehama (Voronowsky) Avitzur.
Bachelor of Science, diploma engineer, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1949. Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, University Michigan, 1956, Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, 1960.
Research and development engineer Ministry of Defense, Israel, 1949-1954, Micrometrical Development Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1956-1958. Manager industrial engineering department Vulcan Foundries, Haifa, 1954-1955. Research engineer Science Laboratory, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1959-1961.
Senior lecturer Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1961-1964.
Assistant research engineer University California-Berkeley, 1963. From assistant professor to professor metallurgy and material engineering Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, since 1964.
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member North America Manufacturing Research Institute (founder), American Society Metals.
Married Pnina Stuerman, August 9, 1955. Children– Amir, Orly, Tal, Ron.
