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Joshua Dayan

Joshua Dayan
Professor Emeritus
Professors Emeriti & Retired Faculty
Phone:
+972-77-8872091
Fax:
+972-77-8875711
Email: jdayan@technion.ac.il
Office: 503, LD

Education

  • 1961 - B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Technion - I.I.T.
  • 1964 - M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Technion - I.I.T.
  • 1967 - Ph.D., in Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Research Interests

  • Development and evaluation of power and energy generation processes.
  • Biomass gasification (towards Hydrogen Energy)
  • Modeling and control of energy systems, greenhouses, mechanical and electromechanical devices.
  • Robotics.

Guest Appointments

  • Visiting Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley, CA., USA and Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (2005)
  • Visiting Professor, Process and Systems Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK (2002-2003)
  • Visiting Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA (1998-1999)
  • Visiting Professor, Chemical Engineering, Durban-Westville University, Durban, South Africa (1991)
  • Visiting Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY., USA (1989)
  • Israel Defense Ministry - R&D (Rafael) (1983-84)
  • Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa (1981)
  • Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley and the energy and Environment Center, LBL, Berkeley, CA., USA (1976-1978)
  • Energy Research Co., Danbury, CT., USA (summers of 1971-1996)

Industrial Experience

  • Industrial Automation Inst. - Institute of Productivity, Israel, Senior Project Leader (1970-1971)
  • American Oil. Co. (Standard Oil of Indiana), Senior Research Engineer, Whiting, Indiana, USA (1967-1970)
  • Bromine Factory, Dead Sea Works, Process Engineer, Israel (1961-1962)

Public Professional Activities

  • Head - ASME Israel Section (1999-2002)
  • Head - Energy Engineering and Environment Preservation Center (1999-2002)

Membership in Professional Societies

  • ASME (American Institute of Mechanical Engineers)
  • AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
  • IAAC (Israel Association for Automatic Control, member of IFAC (Member of IFAC TC-1, Industrial Productivity Control and TC-4, Mechatronics)

  • E. Mazor, J. Dayan A. Averbuch, and Y. Bar-Shalom: Interacting multiple model methods in target tracking: a survey. IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Sys., 34, (1), pp.103-123, Jan. 1998.
  • N. Brook, M. Shoham and J. Dayan: Controllability of grasps and manipulations in multi-fingered hands. IEEE Trans. Robotics & Automation, 14, (1), pp. 185-192, Feb. 1998.
  • E. Shaki, J. Dayan and M. Shoham: Comparison of robot force-control methods. Int. J. of Modelling and Simulation, 18, (3), pp. 173-179, 1998.
  • S. Shoval A., Mishan and J. Dayan: Odometry and triangulation data fusion for mobile robots environment recognition. Control Engineering Practice, 6, 1383-1388, 1998.
  • A. Nabi, E. Wacholder and J. Dayan: The Dynamics of Fast Responding Dome-Loaded Pressure Regulator. ASME J. of Dyn. Sys., Meas & Control, 122, pp. 290-297, 2000.
  • M. Zou, J. Dayan and I. Green: Feasibility of contact elimination of a mechanical face seal through clearance adjustment. ASME J. Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 122, (3), 478-484, 2000.
  • M. Zou, J. Dayan and I. Green: Dynamic simulation and monitoring of a noncontacting flexibly mounted rotor mechanical face seal. Proc. Inst. Mech. Engrs., Part C, J. of Mech. Eng. Sci, Vol. 214, 1195-1206, 2000.
  • J. Dayan, M. Zou and I. Green: Sensitivity analysis for the design and operation of a noncontacting mechanical face seal. Proc. Inst. Mech. Engrs., Part C, J. of Mech. Eng. Sci, Vol. 214, 1207-1218, 2000.
  • A. Berman, J. Dayan and B. Friedland: Improved EKF method of estimating locations with sudden high jumps in the measurement noise. J. of Intell. and Robotic Sys. Vol. 32, 461-476, 2001.
  • J. Dayan, M. Zou and I. Green: Contact Elimination in Mechanical Face Seals using Active Control. IEEE Trans. Control Systems Technology 10 (3), 344-354, 2002.
  • J. Dayan, E. Dayan, Y. Strassberg, E. Presnov. Simulation and control of ventilation rates in greenhouses. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 65, 3-17, 2004.
  • J. Dayan, Sensor Intersection � A New Paradigm. Int. J. of Innovational Computing & Information Control. 1, (2), 215-226, 2005.

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