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“Talking Engineering” Event in Collaboration with the Haifa Municipality
This past Sunday, we hosted approximately 100 11th–12th grade students from high schools in Haifa at the faculty, in collaboration with the Haifa Municipality, as part of the “Talking Engineering” day.
The visit opened with a fascinating lecture by Dr. Asaf Zinger on nanotechnology and research from his laboratory. The students showed great interest and asked many questions. The day continued with a lecture by Sivan Arber-Raviv on what chemical engineering is and the role of a chemical engineer.
Later, the students toured the research laboratories of Prof. Avi Schroeder, Dr. Asaf Zinger, Prof. Havalet (Havatzelet) Bianco-Peled, Prof. Hossam Haick, Dr. Michael Shoham-Petreshko, as well as the teaching laboratory.
Yegor Igorov, Rand Shibel, Rimon Davidovitch, and Luba Texler hosted the students in the labs and presented the research conducted there, along with the teaching methods and systems.
In the third part of the day, a roundtable panel was held featuring faculty students, members of the Lavi Excellence Program. They engaged in discussion with the pupils, shared their experiences as students in the faculty, and answered questions.
Outstanding Scientific Achievement: Research Led by Prof. H. Shadi Farah Featured on the Cover of Science Translational Medicine
Outstanding Scientific Achievement: Research Led by Prof. H. Shadi Farah Featured on the Cover of Science Translational Medicine
The Faculty is proud to congratulate Prof. H. Shadi Farah and his research team on an exceptional and groundbreaking scientific achievement. The study, led by Prof. Farah in collaboration with MIT and research groups from Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Massachusetts, has received remarkable international recognition.
The research was selected to appear on the cover of the prestigious journal Science Translational Medicine and was also featured on Israel’s Channel 12 News, underscoring its significant scientific and clinical impact.
The study addresses one of the major challenges in regenerative medicine: the body’s natural rejection of implanted devices. As part of the research, an innovative implantable device was developed for patients with diabetes, enabling continuous monitoring of glucose levels and significantly reducing the need for daily measurements.
This breakthrough holds great potential for improving the quality of life of people living with diabetes and for advancing cutting-edge implantable medical technologies.