Amir Shapiro, Ph.D.

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Ben Gurion University of the Negev

02/14/07

Personal Information

·         Date and place of birth: October 24^th 1971, Haifa, Israel

·         Family status: Married, Four children

·         Languages: Hebrew, English

Academic Degrees

·        Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel                        January 2004

·        M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering,

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel                        December 1999

·        B.Sc., Cum-Laude, Mechanical Engineering,

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel                        August 1997

·        Practical Engineer, Agricultural Engineering,

Ort Emek-Harod Practical Engineering and high school                    July 1990

Academic Appointments

·        Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Conducting research in robotics. Teaching courses in Robotics and Mechatronics.

April 2005 - Present

·        Post-Doctoral Fellow, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Conducting research in mobile snake-like and medical robotics.

 September 2005 - September 2006

·        Post-Doctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Conducting research in robotics. Teaching courses in Robotics and Mechatronics.

March 2004 - March 2005

·        Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Assisted instructor in teaching several courses in Dynamics, Robotics and Mechatronics.

1997 - 2004

Honors and Awards

·        Biography included in  Who's Who in Engineering Academia 2007

·        Biography included in Who's Who in Science  and Engineering 2006-2007                                                   

·        Excellence in teaching  October 2005

·        2004 The Barazani prize for excellent Ph.D. thesis

·        2003 The Salim and Rachel Benin scholarship (Ph.D.)

·        2000 – 2001 Two excellence scholarships from the Technion (Ph.D.)

·        1999 Special Gutwirth scholarship (M.Sc.)

·        1996 Included in the President's List (B.Sc.)

·        1993-1996 Included in the Dean's List (B.Sc.)

·        1990 Excellence scholarship from the Ministry of Education (Practical Engineering)