שמעון הבר

Education

• 1967 – B.Sc., Faculty of Aeronautical Engineering, Technion – I.I.T.
• 1969 – M.Sc., Faculty of Aeronautical Engineering, Technion – I.I.T.
• 1978 – D.Sc., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – I.I.T.

Research Interests

• Human lung fluid mechanics and dispersion
• Pulsed electrophoretic separation of macromolecules
• Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics and its application to particulate systems
• Rheology and sedimentation
• Diffusion and dispersion in porous media

Guest Appointments

• Research Associate – Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, N.Y. (1978-1980)
• Visiting Professor (Sabbatical) Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (1985-1987)
• Visiting Scholar, MIT Faculty of Chemical Engineering (1988, 1989, 1990)
• Visiting Scholar, Harvard School of Public Health (1993, 1994)
• Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, US (Summer 1988-1990,1999)
• Visiting Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (Summer 1993-1996)
• Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical), Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA (1997-1998)
• Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical), Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA (2001-2002)

Public Professional Activities

• Coordinator of Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (1992 – )
• Coordinator of Graduate Studies towards M.E. degree in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (1993 – )
• Head of the Editorial Committee of the 24th Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering (1991)
• Deputy Dean for Undergraduate studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering (1990)
• Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering (1989)
• Head of Editorial Committee of the 18th Israel Conference of Mechanical Engineering (1984)