Daniel Rittel#
| Membership Number: | 6513 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ISRAEL |
| Homepage(s): | https://rittel.group |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4458-9382 |
Present and Previous Positions
- December 2012 - 2018 Member of the Standing Committee for evaluation of Research Staff, TRDF
- Oct. 2017 - present Head, Tribology Laboratory
- April 2011 - 2018 Deputy Senior Vice President (Vice Provost), Technion
- March 2009 - 2012 Member of the Standing Committee for non-tenured Faculty
- December 2008 - 2012 Member of the Research Committee, Technion
- September 2008 - present Member of the Scientific Committee, Foundation France Israel
- January 2008 - 2009 Senate member, Technion.
- August 2007 - 2019 Member of the Academic Council, Azrieli Jerusalem College of Engineering
- April 2004 - present Head, Materials Mechanics Center, Technion
Fields of Scholarship
- Experimental mechanics of materials
- Shock physics
- Biomechanics
- Soft matter mechanics
- Thermomechanics
- Dynamic failure
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Chevalier de l’ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)
- 2019 - 2020 Chair of Excellence (6 months), Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- 2018 B. Lazan Award, Society of Experimental Mechanics for “seminal contributions to the scientific and technological understanding of behavior of materials under extreme loading conditions”
- 2017 Adjunct Professor and Doctoral Advisor, Beijing Institute of Technology
- 2017 Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Award (with Assoc. Prof. N. Drimer)
- 2017 AIANI Fellow and Guest Professor (2 weeks), University of Innsbruck
- 2015 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- 2015 Gili Agostinelli Prize (The International Gili Agostinelli Prize for pure or applied mechanics, mathematics applied to the physical, natural and engineering sciences as well as biological and medical sciences). Torino Academy of Sciences
- 2013 - current Honorary Professor, Univ. Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- 2013 Cooper Prize for academic excellence
- 2012 Fellow, Society of Experimental Mechanics
- 2011-2012 Chair of Excellence (6 months), Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- 2009 Lt. Gen. A. Peled Research Fund for armor related subjects, Technion
- 2009 The Zandman Institute Chair in Experimental Mechanics, Technion
- 2006 - 2007 Clark B. Millikan Chair in Aeronautics, Caltech, USA.
- 2005 Lt. Gen. A. Peled Research Fund for armor related subjects, Technion
- 2002 A. Goldberg Research Prize, Technion
- HONORIFIC POSITIONS
- Sept 2019 - 2020 Catedra de Excellencia, University Carlos III Madrid, Dept. of Continuum Mechanics and Structures
- Feb. 2017 AIANI Fellow, University of Innsbruck
- Sept 2011 - 2012 Catedra de Excellencia, University Carlos III Madrid, Dept. of Continuum Mechanics and Structures
- 08/2001 - present Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, Pasadena, CA
- 08/2006 - 08/2007 Clark B. Millikan Visiting Professor in Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, Pasadena, CA
- 09/2000 - 02/2001 Maître de Recherches, École des Mines de Paris, Centre des Matériaux, PM Fourt, France
