Chaim Gutfinger

Academic Degrees:

1962–1964: Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

1960–1962: M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Technion – Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa.

1956–1960: B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Technion – Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa.

Academic Appointments:

2004- Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel

1983–2004: IDB Chair in Energy, Technion, Haifa.

1976–2004: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa.

1969–1976: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa.

1967–1970: Associate Professor of Energy Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.

1965–1967: Assist. Professor of Chemical Eng., Illinois Inst. of Techn., Chicago, IL.

Visiting Academic Appointments:

2002-2003 Visiting Professor of Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, CA.

1996: Visiting Professor of Mechanical Eng., Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.

1991–1992 Visiting Professor of Mechanical Eng, Univ. of Southern Calif., Los Angeles, CA.

1982–1983: Visiting Prof., Dept. of Nuclear, Thermal and Chem. Eng., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

1981: Visiting Professor of Chemical Eng., The City College of CUNY, New York, NY.

1975–1976: Visiting Associate Professor, Carnegie – Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Administrative Positions:

2006 - 2013 President, Ort Hermelin Academic College of Engineering, Netanya, Israel.

2000–2002 Deputy Senior Vice-President, Technion – Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa.

1999–2000: Vice Provost for Academic Development, Technion – Israel Inst. of Techn, Haifa.

1997–1998: Deputy Senior Vice-President, Technion – Israel Inst. of Technolgy, Haifa.

1977–1980: Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Eng, Technion – Israel Institute of Techn. Haifa

Industrial Experience:

1981–1982: Senior Research Scientist, Occidental Research Corp., Irvine, CA.

1978: Consultant, General Electric Co., Corporate R&D Schenectady, NY.

1976: Consultant, Alcoa Technical Research Center, Alcoa, PA.

1967: Consultant, Fuel Cell Division, Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL.

1964–1965: Research Engineer, Allied Chemical Corp. Morristown, NJ