Adela Ben-Yakar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
The University of Texas at Austin

CV (PDF)

Education

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Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
02/95
M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
02/92
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B.Sc. (Cum Laude) in Aerospace Engineering, Technion,
Israel Institute of Technology

Professional Experience

11/04-
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Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
GSC Member in the Biomedical Engineering
Faculty Member in the Institute for Neuroscience
02/02-06/02
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Visiting Postdoc in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University
09/00-09/04
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Applied Physics Department,
Stanford University

Honors and Awards

  • First Place in the Ground Testing Technical Committee Student Contest, AIAA, awarded for the best graduate project in competition (1998).
  • Best Student Poster Award, Thermal and Fluid Sciences Affiliates and Sponsors Conference, Stanford (1997).
  • Fulbright Graduate Student Scholarship (1995-97).
  • Zonta Amelia Earhart Award for Aeronautics Research (1995-97).
  • International Sephardic Education Foundation (ISEF) Scholarship (1995-2000).
  • Gold Medal for the Best Graduate Student Paper, 45th International Astronautical Federation Congress (1994).
  • Ehud Ben-Amitay Student Research Award, Negev University, Israel (1994).
  • President's Honor List, Technion, Israel (1992).
  • Dean's Honor List, Technion, Israel (1991).

Contact:

Mechanical Engineering Department Office: ETC 7.132
Phone: (512) 475-9280
Fax: (512) 471-1045
E-Mail: ben-yakar@mail.utexas.edu

Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Mechanical Engineering Dept.
1 University Station C2200
Austin, TX 78712-0292

UPS Shipping Address:
204 E. Dean Keeton St.
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