Background
Preiss, Kenneth was born on August 11, 1937 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of Benjamin Selig and Minnie (Alper) Preiss.
Mechanical engineering educator
Preiss, Kenneth was born on August 11, 1937 in Cape Town, South Africa. Son of Benjamin Selig and Minnie (Alper) Preiss.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1957. Diploma, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, 1964.
Construction engineer, various construction companies and design offices, 1958-1964;
assistant professor civil and nuclear engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1964-1966;
research engineer, Negev Institute for Arid Zone Research, Beer Sheva, 1966-1972;
head engineering science division, Negev Institute for Arid Zone Research, Beer Sheva, Israel, 1968-1972;
with department mechanic engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, since 1966;
chair department mechanic engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 1975-1977, 79-81;
Sir Leon Bagrit professor computer aided design, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, since 1981;
senior fellow, director publications, Agility Forum of Iacocca Institute, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Visiting scientist Socially Responsible Investment International, Menlo Park, California, 1977-1978. Chief scientist Galil Advanced Technologies, Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel, 1982-1985.
Visiting professor Iacocca Institute, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, since 1986.
Major Israeli Army, research. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (honorary), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computing Society, American Association for Computing Machinery, New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
Married Miriam Zolkov, October 29, 1968. 2 children.