Eliahu Nissim

Eliahu Nissim
אליהו נסים
Born	1933 (1933) Israel
Died	22 February 2020(2020-02-22) (aged 86–87)
Nationality	Israeli
Known for	Sidney Goldstein Professor in Aeronautical Engineering at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology President of the Open University of Israel

Eliahu Nissim (1933 – 22 February 2020) was an Israeli aeronautical engineer and academic who was the Sidney Goldstein Professor in Aeronautical Engineering at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and a former president of the Open University of Israel.

Biography

Nissim was born in Israel in 1933.[1] In 1957, he graduated with a B.Sc. from the University of Bristol, in 1961 with an M.Sc. from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and in 1963 with a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol. He won the Sir George Taylor Prize in England in 1966.[1] He worked at the NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia from 1969 to 1970, and again from 1975 to 1976.[2][3][4]

Nissim taught at Technion from 1958, where he has been a full professor from 1978. He was Head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering from 1971-73, and from 1978-80, Technion's Vice President for Academic Affairs and Senior Vice President from 1983 to 1986, and its Sidney Goldstein Professor in Aeronautical Engineering from 1989 to 1998.[1]

He served as president of the Open University of Israel from 1997 to 2003.[5][6][7][8]

Nissim died on 22 February 2020.[9]

Honors

In 1998, Nissim was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).[10]

References

1. le-Yiśraʼel, Ṭekhniyon, Makhon ṭekhnologi (1973). Research Report. Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. – via Google Books.
2. NASA Activities; Volume 4, Issue 6. United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1973 – via Google Books.
3. Administration, United States National Aeronautics and Space (1978). Significant NASA Inventions. United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration – via Google Books.
4. "ANALYSIS OF AEROELASTIC MODELSTABILITY AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS", NASA.gov, March 1971.
5. "Four Million Dollars for Construction of a Center for Integrating Technology in Teaching at the Open University’s New Raanana Headquarters" e.openu.ac.il. Accessed 6 November 2022.
6. "It's Never Too Late to Learn," e.openu.ac.il. Accessed 6 November 2022.
7. Tim Boxer. "OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL; Irving Rosenbaum Honored For Supporting Education". 15minutes. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
8. Sally Wecksler (2003). International Literary Market Place. R.R. Bowker Company. ISBN 9781573871440.
9. "אליהו (אלי) נסים". aerospace.technion.ac.il. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
10. "AIAA Fellows", AIAA, January 2015.