Joshua Dayan

Background

Dayan, Joshua was born on December 12, 1936 in Haifa, Israel.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1961. Master of Science, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1967.

Career

Pilot plant engineer Dead Sea Works, Sdom, Israel, 1961-1962. Senior project engineer Amoco, Whiting, Indiana, 1967-1970. Senior project leader Institute Automation, Tel-Aviv, 1970-1971.

Professor mechanical engineering Technion, Haifa, since 1971. Chairman, mechanical engineering department Organization for Rehabilitation through Training-Hemelin College Engineering, Netanya, Israel. Consultant Energy Research Company, Danbury, Connecticut, 1971-1996, Israel Oil Refineries, Ashdod, Israel, 1978-1980, Rafael-Israel Defense Research and Development, Haifa, 1980-1983.

Senior research engineer Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1976-1978. Visiting professor University Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1982, Columbia University, New York City, 1989, Durban Westville University, 1990-1991, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1998-1999. Consultant in control applications, process analysis and integration, energy conversion.

Achievements

• Joshua Dayan has been listed as a noteworthy mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain Israeli Defense Forces, 1954-1957. Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, International Federation Automatic Control (committee member intelligent manufacturing).

Interests

• Jogging, volleyball, swimming, hiking, flying gliders and planes.

Connections

Married Sara Mehlzak, July 24, 1961. Children: Tzafrir, Michal, Ronit, Anatomical.

Spouse:

Sara Mehlzak

child:

Anatomical Dayan

child:

Ronit Dayan

child:

Tzafrir Dayan

child:

Michal Dayan