Reprinted from Technion FOCUS 10/10

Technion GTEP has opened a new graduate study program in energy – the first such program approved by Israel’s Council for Higher Education. This interdepartmental program includes the Faculties of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, and Architecture and Town Planning.

“In the Technion, and in the various departments, there is a broad range of activities in energy research and engineering,” said Prof. Yair Ein-Eli, who heads the study program. “The new interdepartmental program is intended to provide an organized framework for these activities and train outstanding master’s and doctoral students to work and do research in the field of energy and engineering.” The goal is to embrace 100 graduate students.

Prof. Gideon Grader, who heads the campuswide Grand Technion Energy Program, stated that the new study program is expected to produce engineering and scientific manpower capable of advancing the field of energy in the future, both in Israel and abroad. “There is a real and urgent need to challenge young scientists to enter the energy field in order to develop innovative technologies for producing energy and more efficient use of existing energy sources,” Grader said.

You can read more about GTEP’s international graduate program here.