Optomechanics Laboratory at Tel Aviv University
Dr Yoav Linzon
Senior lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University
Yoav Linzon Ph.D., Principal Investigator
B.Sc. Technion, EE Physics Magna Cum Laude (2000)
M.Sc. Ph.D. Tel Aviv University, Physics and astronomy (2008)
Researcher at University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada (2008-2009)
Research associate at Cornell University, NY, USA (2009-2011)
Alexandra Blank, Ph.D. student
Alexandra is pursuing a research in applied optomechanics-on-fiber engineering.
Previously, she obtained B.Sc., M.Sc. from South Ural State University (Russia), Mechanical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude (2006) and PhD in Mechanical Engineering, South Ural State University (Russia) (2009).
She has also worked as researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, Israel (2015-2016).
Dima Apter, M.Sc. student
Dima received B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from Tel-Aviv University in 2011.
Current position: R&D mechanical engineer at Applied Materials.
Project title "Simulating photothermal actuation in silicon-on-fiber membranes"20082014: Security project "Yam Tethys" stationed offshore on Mari-b
Or Bardosh, M.Sc. student
Received B.Sc in Materials Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva,in 2015
Current position: Process engineer at Intel, Qiryat Gat.
Project title: "Profiling of residual stresses on microscale in silicon thin film substrates using spectral imaging"
Meital Wollach, B.Sc Project student, 2019-2020
Project title: "Optimizing pulling-rig for taper machine based on OH flame"
Efrat Hochma
PhD candidate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University.
Current position: Head of monitoring and international desk at the IOSAH, Israel Institute for Occupational Safety & Health.
Received M.E. in Chemical Engineering from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, in 2019.
Received B.Sc. in Physics from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, in 2016.
Alumni
Dr. Rachel Lugassi, Lab technician, 2016-2018
Dr. Vijay Kumar
Dr. Vijay Kumar was a Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tel Aviv University.
He received his PhD from the Department of Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India. During his PhD, he dealt with wetting behavior of semiconductor materials for electro wetting on dielectric (EWOD) application.
His research related to investigating nano-materials for use as MEMS/NEMS based sensors in various potential applications.
Adam Inzelberg – B.Sc. project, 2016, "stress profiling in thin film substrates using spectral imaging".
Amitai Yalin - M.Sc, 2017, "Micromechanical Silicon-Nitride resonator study"
Gilad Goldenberg - M.Sc, 2018, "Simulating photothermal actuation in resonant micro bridges"
Roee Saban, B.Sc project, 2017, "Automated actuation and sampling system for MEMS chip"
Omer Karakukli, B.Sc student, 2016
Gal Gottlieb , M.Sc 2018
2008-2014: Security project "Yam Tethys" stationed offshore on Mari-b
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