Tag Archives: Chemical Engineering
Technion Researchers Awarded 5 Prestigious ERC Starting Grants to Lead Innovative Projects
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded five early-career Technion researchers with Starting Grants, recognizing the great promise in their research fields. These grants, part of the EU’s Horizon Europe Program, are awarded to talented early-career scientists who completed their doctoral degrees only two to seven years ago, and have already produced excellent work, showing… Read More
Grand Prize in Chemistry to Prof. Gideon Grader
Professor Gideon Grader of the Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering received recently the Grand Prix Scientifique in Chemistry and Hydrogen from the Charles Defforey Foundation – Institute of France. The prestigious prize was awarded on June 21, 2023, as a research grant for developing innovative green hydrogen technology. Institut de France (Institute of France) is… Read More
Profs. Shulamit Levenberg & Avi Schroeder AIMBE College of Fellows
Technion- Israeli Institute of Technology Professors Shulamit Levenberg and Avi Schroeder were inducted into the AIMBE College Fellows, in a ceremony held in Washington on March 27th. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer. The College of Fellows is comprised of the… Read More
LUCIA (Horizon Europe) Project Kickoff
At the beginning of February, the Technion hosted the kickoff meeting for LUCIA, an international project and consortium supported by the Horizon Europe Program and headed by coordinator Prof. Hossam Haick of the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering. The two-day event was attended by sixty experts from Israel and several EU countries. The consortium’s goal… Read More
5 ERC Consolidator Grants Awarded to Technion Researchers
Five Technion researchers have been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) for pioneering projects in their respective disciplines. The ERC Consolidator grant aims to help excellent scientists, who have 7 to 12 years' experience after completing their PhDs, strengthen their research teams and pursue their most promising ideas. Each grant is for up to… Read More
New Technology for Growing Printed Tissues for Transplantation
Researchers at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology have developed an innovative technology for growing tissue for transplantation by printing it into a microgel bath as support material. The research, published in Advanced Science, was led by Professor Shulamit Levenberg and her doctoral student Majd Machour from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering along with… Read More
Prof. Hossam Haick Receives Three Grants
Prof. Hossam Haick of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology has won three prestigious European research grants totaling 4.2 million euros for his research group. He will also serve as chairman and coordinator of one of the projects that has 22 partners and a total funding of 14 million euros. Winning the grants was… Read More
Micro Tool, Mega Effect
The COVID-19 pandemic, which has placed a heavy strain on health systems and medical teams, has highlighted the importance of smart technologies for continuous and real-time monitoring of people's medical conditions. These are mainly wearable devices that monitor important physiological indicators while allowing the patient to go about his daily routine. The journal Advanced Materials… Read More
Suture of the Future Fights Infection
“Sutures? That’s practically medieval!” It is a staple of science fiction to mock sutures as outdated. The technique has, after all, been in use for at least 5,000 years. Surely medicine should have advanced since ancient Egypt. Professor Hossam Haick from the Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering at the Technion has finally turned science fiction… Read More
Fabricating Advanced Membranes
Researchers from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon Center in Germany have developed a new concept for fabricating membranes for on-demand nanoparticle separation with high selectivity. These membranes are relevant for diverse applications that include pharmaceutical processing, materials separation, water purification, and wastewater treatment. Published in Advanced Materials, the research… Read More