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Izhak Bucher

Izhak Bucher

Head of the Dynamics & Mechatronics Lab

Education

  • 1987 – B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Technion – IIT
  • 1990 – M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Technion – IIT
  • 1993 – D.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Technion – IIT

Research Interests

  • Vibration, Dynamics of rotating machinery
  • Experimental identification and modeling of vibrating and rotating machines.
  • Non-contacting measurements, signal processing.
  • Shape optimization of structures,
  • Mechatronics, Dynamics of coupled field systems (electro-magnetic, electro-static). Squeeze-film and Magnetic levitation.

Guest Appointments

  • Benjamin Meaker visiting professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, UK

Public Professional Activities

  • Head, Mechatronics Laboratory (1998-)

Membership in Professional Societies

  • ASME
  • SEM
  • SPIE

Honors and Awards

  • Alexander Goldberg Prize for Research, (2004)
  • Solomon Simon Mani excellence in teaching award (2004)
  • Excellence in teaching award, granted by the student association (2001)
  • Muriel and David Jacknow Award (for excellence in teaching) (1998)
  • Jacob Ullman memorial academic lectureship in manufacturing systems and robotics research (1996)

Selected Publications

  • I. Bucher and D.J. Ewins, “Multi-dimensional decomposition of time-varying vibration response signals in rotating machinery”, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 577-601, 1997
  • I. Bucher and D. Ewins, “Modal testing of rotating structures – a survey and some new results”, The Royal Society, Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Volume: 359 No. 1778, pp. 61-96, January 2001
  • I. Bucher, “Estimating the ratio between traveling and standing vibration waves under non-stationary conditions”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 270, Issues 1-2, Pages 341-359, February 2004
  • I. Bucher and O. Wertheim, “Measuring spatial vibration using continuous laser scanning”, Shock and vibration, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1-6, 2000
  • I. Bucher, “Exact adjustment of dynamic forces in presence of non-linear feedback and singularity – theory and algorithm”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 218, No. 1, pp. 1-27, November 1998
  • I. Bucher, Y. Zimmerman M. Velger and R.Erlich, “Design and Analysis of a Multi-DOF Micro-Mirror for Triangular Wave Scanning”, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials, February, 2004, in press
  • A. Minikes and I. Bucher “Non-contacting lateral transportation using gas squeeze film generated by flexural traveling waves – Numerical analysis”, Journal of Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 113, No. 5, pp. 2464-2473, May 2003
  • I. Bucher, “Parametric Optimization of Structures Under Combined Base Motion Direct Forces and Static Loading”, Transactions of the ASME: Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 124, Issue 1, pp., 132-140, January 2002
  • I. Bucher and O. Wertheim, “Measuring spatial vibration using continuous laser scanning”, Shock and vibration, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1-6, 2000
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

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