Eliahu Nissim (1933 – 22 February 2020) was an Israeli aeronautical engineer and academic who was the Sidney Goldstein Professor in Aeronautical Engineering at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and a former president of the Open University of Israel.
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| Born | אליהו נסים 1933 Israel |
| Died | 22 February 2020 (aged 86–87) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
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Biography
editNissim was born in Israel in 1933.[1] In 1957, he graduated with a B.Sc. from the University of Bristol, in 1961 with an M.Sc. from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and in 1963 with a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol. He won the Sir George Taylor Prize in England in 1966.[1] He worked at the NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia from 1969 to 1970, and again from 1975 to 1976.[2][3][4]
Nissim taught at Technion from 1958, where he has been a full professor from 1978. He was Head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering from 1971-73, and from 1978-80, Technion's Vice President for Academic Affairs and Senior Vice President from 1983 to 1986, and its Sidney Goldstein Professor in Aeronautical Engineering from 1989 to 1998.[1]
He served as president of the Open University of Israel from 1997 to 2003.[5][6][7][8]
Nissim died on 22 February 2020.[9]
Honors
editIn 1998, Nissim was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c le-Yiśraʼel, Ṭekhniyon, Makhon ṭekhnologi (1973). Research Report. Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ NASA Activities; Volume 4, Issue 6. United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1973 – via Google Books.
- ^ Administration, United States National Aeronautics and Space (1978). Significant NASA Inventions. United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration – via Google Books.
- ^ "ANALYSIS OF AEROELASTIC MODELSTABILITY AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS", NASA.gov, March 1971.
- ^ "Four Million Dollars for Construction of a Center for Integrating Technology in Teaching at the Open University’s New Raanana Headquarters" e.openu.ac.il. Accessed 6 November 2022.
- ^ "It's Never Too Late to Learn," e.openu.ac.il. Accessed 6 November 2022.
- ^ Tim Boxer. "OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL; Irving Rosenbaum Honored For Supporting Education". 15minutes. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ Sally Wecksler (2003). International Literary Market Place. R.R. Bowker Company. ISBN 9781573871440.
- ^ "אליהו (אלי) נסים". aerospace.technion.ac.il. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "AIAA Fellows", AIAA, January 2015.