Izhak Bucher
Professor
Faculty
Full CV
Phone:
+972-77-8873153
Fax:
+972-77-8875711
Email:
bucher@technion.ac.il
Office:
222, DK
Website:
https://dynamics.net.technion.ac.il/
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)
- 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
