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Staff

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Dr. Yuri Flitsanov

Lab Manager

Ph.D. Engineering, Moscow State University of Engineering

yuriflt@tauex.tau.ac.il

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Michael Epstein

Researcher

B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Technion

mikiepstein@gmail.com

Ph.D. Students

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Jonathan Koskas

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, TAU 2018

B.Sc. Marine Biotechnology, Rupin 2018

jon13kos06@gmail.com

Thesis: Solar bio refinery analysis

Co-advisor: A. Golberg

M.Sc. Students

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Shir Esh

Direct Track Mechanical Engineering

shir3891@gmail.com

Thesis: Analysis of agrivoltaic fields 

Co-advisors: E. VitoshkinO. Rozenstein

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Inga Krasilnikov

Direct track M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering

inga.krasilnikov@gmail.com

Thesis: Agrivoltaic collector characterization

Co-advisor: E. Vitoshkin

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Vicky Atiya

Direct track M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering

vickyatiya1@gmail.com

Thesis: Agrivoltaic system optimization

Co-advisors: E. Vitoshkin, G. Mittelman 

Undergraduate Projects

Past Students

Doron Shomron
2003
M.Sc.
Analysis of a spherical solar concentrator with secondary optics
Girls Kdess
2005
M.Sc.
Reflector and Tracking Design for a Hemispherical Solar Collector
Gonen Amitay
2005
M.Sc.
Residential scale water reclamation
Asher Hoter
2006
M.Sc.
Accurate measurement of infrared emissivity
Eli Lurie
2007
M.Sc.
A miniature heat engine
Ori Roval
2007
M.Sc.
A tailored PV concentrator with uniform flux
Ella Talmatsky
2007
M.Sc.
PCM storage for domestic solar hot water systems
Gur Mittelman
2007
Ph.D.
Cogeneration with concentrating photovotaic systems
Sigal Shusterman
2008
M.Sc.
Comparison of CO2 emissions of electric vs. internal combustion cars
Mordechai Arenson
2009
Ph.D.
Solar collectors with circular geometry
Sivan Natan
2010
Ph.D.
Nanocalorimetry: the lower threshold of heat measurement
Alon Ganany
2011
M.Sc.
Cogeneration of biofuels and power by SCWG
Ron Odes
2011
M.Sc.
Optimization of a heat engine with finite heat capacity
Dana Theitler
2011
M.Sc.
Solar water disinfection
Yosef Meller
2012
M.Sc.
Packed, doubly-connected CPV/T fields
Maya Livshits
2012
M.Sc.
Solar hybrid steam injection gas turbine (STIG) cycle
Michael Grizen
2013
M.Sc.
Model and optimization of a solar volumetric absorber
Gil Shelef
2013
M.Sc.
Measurement of concentrated solar radiation
Nimrod Ari
2013
Ph.D.
Thermoelectric effects in concentrating photovoltaic cells
Yonatan Gray
2014
M.Sc.
Analysis of a ceramic foam volumetric receiver
Ronen Yogev
2014
M.Sc.
Latent heat storage in solar thermal power plants
Eran Maimon
2014
M.Sc.
Measurement of emissivity at high temperatures
Guy Polonsky
2015
M.Sc.
Performance analysis of the solar hybrid steam injection gas turbine cycle (STIG)
Rama Sandovsky
2015
M.Sc.
Investigation of contact grid geometry for photon- enhanced thermionic emission (PETE) solar converters
Gideon Segev
2015
Ph.D.
Photon-enhanced thermionic emission (PETE) for solar energy conversion
Yehuda Fass
2015
M.Sc.
Optical Power Transmission for a Swimming Micro Robot
Erez Wenger
2016
M.Sc.
Thermodynamic Analysis of a Thermo-electro-chemical Storage System
Lior Avivi
2017
M.Sc.
Measurement of volumetric convection coefficient in porous media
Amit Shaked
2017
M.Sc.
Analysis of a photon-enhanced thermionic emission (PETE) solar converter with a GaInP based cathode
Semion Greiserman
2018
M.Sc.
Solar hydrothermal deconstruction of green macroalgae biomass for biofuel production
Michal Deckelbaum
2018
M.Sc.
Enhancement of steam methane reforming (SMR) reactor with static mixer elements
Omer Luria
2020
M.Sc.
Photovoltaics with 2D Materials: Optoelectronic Aspects of Large-Scale MoS2/Si Heterojunctions
Efraim Steinbruch
2020
M.Sc.
Hydrothermal processing of green seaweed biomass for biorefinery
Alon Herman
2021
M.Sc.
Experimental investigation of solar converter based on photon-enhanced thermionic emission (PETE)
Ben Shalom
2023
M.Sc.
Optical and electrical performance of an agrivoltaic field with spectral beam splitting
Shahaf Baron
2023
M.Sc.
Agrivoltaic solar collectors with spectral beam splitting
UG Projects
MSc Students
PhD Students
Past Students
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