Delegation from Israel’s Technion to Visit UT Dallas; Joint Nanotech, Life Sciences Symposium Planned
A high-level delegation from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel’s premier science and technology institute and one of the world’s leading universities, visited The University of Texas at Dallas Jan. 10-11 as part of an effort to establish research and educational ties between the two institutions.
During the visit, the universities conducted a joint public symposium on nanotechnology and the life sciences and will enter into an agreement to pursue common interests, which will include collaborative research projects and student and faculty exchanges.
The Technion visitors will include President Yitzhak Apeloig, Nobel laureate and Professor Aaron Ciechanover and Professor Uri Sivan, director of the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute.
The joint symposium, featuring presentations by experts in nanotechnology and the life sciences from both schools, was be held Jan. 11 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. in the UT Dallas Conference Center, Room 1.112.
Apeloig opened the symposium with a talk titled “Technion – The Powerhouse Behind Israel’s High-Tech Industry.” Others scheduled to make presentations include Ciechanover and Sivan from the Technion and Goodman and two UT Dallas colleagues -- Dr. Ray Baughman and Dr. Anvar Zakhidov of the UT Dallas NanoTech Institute.
Presenting sponsors of the visit by officials of the Technion include ALON USA of Dallas and its parent, ALON Israel, and EFW, Inc. of Fort Worth. Other sponsors include the Dallas office of Jones Day, the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, the Jewish Federation of Dallas, the Metroplex Technology Business Council and STARTech Early Ventures.
The Technion, founded in 1924 in Haifa, enrolls approximately 12,500 students. Technion graduates comprise the majority of Israeli-educated scientists and engineers, constituting over 70 percent of the country’s founders and managers of high-tech industries. In addition to being a global leader in science and technology education and research, the Technion is home to a renowned medical school.
Updated: 2007-01-16
