Daniel Feuermann January 2014 CURRICULUM VITAE and LIST of PUBLICATIONS • Personal Details Born: September 14, 1951, Zrifin, Israel
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Daniel Feuermann January 2014 CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS • Personal Details Born: September 14, 1951, Zrifin, Israel. Date of Re-Immigration: Jan. 1980. Dept. of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Midreshet Ben-Gurion 84990; work: Tel 08 659 6927 home: Midreshet Ben-Gurion 84990, P.O.B. 3, Neveh Zin 20. Tel 08 6532 439. • Education B.Sc. 1971-1976. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zürich, Switzerland. M.Sc. 1978-1979. Arizona State University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Tempe, Arizona, USA. Advisor: Prof. D. Jacobson. Heat Transfer Resistance and the Performance of Phase Change Energy Storage. Ph.D. 1980-1985. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel. Advisors: Dr. J. Tiran, Prof. Y. Zarmi. Heating and Control Strategies for Passive Solar Buildings by a Repetitive Meteorological Day Method. • Employment History 2011- Professor. Dept. for Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Israel. 2006/7. Visiting Prof. (Sabbatical year), School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel. 2004-2011. Associate Professor. Dept. for Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Israel. 2002-2004. Senior Lecturer. Dept. for Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Israel. 2001 July-August, and February 2002. Visiting scholar, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. 1992-2002. Researcher B (equivalent to senior lecturer; tenured 1992). Dept. for Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Israel. 1987-1992. Researcher C (equivalent to lecturer). CV Daniel Feuermann page 2 Dept. for Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Israel. 1985-1987. Research Associate, postdoctoral fellow. Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. 1980-1985. Research Assistant. Applied Solar Calculations Unit, The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Israel. 1978-1979. Research Assistant. School of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA. 1977. Design Engineer. SEETRU Ltd., Bristol, England. 1973-1974. Research Assistant. Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor Research (Eidgenössisches Institut für Reaktorforschung), Würenlingen, Switzerland. • Professional Activities (a) Positions in academic administration 2012- Director, Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Laboratory 2012- Department Chair, Department for Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. 2000-2007; 2009-2012. Deputy department head. Department for Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. 1999 Acting department head. Department for Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (b) Professional functions outside universities 2009-2011 Member, Scientific Advisory Committee - Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Ketura, Israel. 2009- Member, Program committee, SPIE-conference: Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration. 2008-2010 Member, Research proposal evaluation committee – Energy in Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Office of the Chief Scientist, Israel. 1996-2000. Member of the technical committees for the development of standards in insulation of (i) residential buildings, (ii) commercial buildings, (iii) schools and kindergartens. The Israel Standard Institute. 1992-2000. Member, the Israeli Standard Institute's committee for thermal insulation in buildings. (c) Significant professional consulting 2008. Brightsource Energy (LUZ II), USA and Israel. Novel optics for solar towers, with JM Gordon. 2007. DiSP. Distributed Solar Power. Israel. System evaluation. 2005-2010. SolFocus Inc, Mountainview, Ca., USA. Concentrator optics for Photovoltaic system. Patented device. System deployed at the level of Megawatts. With JM Gordon. CV Daniel Feuermann page 3 2005. Industrial Science and Technologies Network, Inc. USA. Performance of anti- reflective coating under concentrated sunlight. 2003. Lumenis, Israel. Maximum-performance optical designs for Lumenis' intense pulsed light project. With JM Gordon. 1996-2001. Profile Advanced Technologies, PAT, Jerusalem, Israel. Non-imaging optics applied to illumination/irradiation problems in high-tech Israeli industries, e.g., Orbotech, Laser Industries, Oridion, AGI, ESC-medical, Ledi-Lite, and OpusDent. With JM Gordon. 1993-1996. Green-Tec Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel. Energy balance on a liquid radiation filter greenhouses. Feasibility studies of such greenhouses for different climates. 1992. Magen Plastics, Kibbutz Magen, Israel. Modification of tube conduit cross-section for solar collector efficiency improvement. 1979. Atlantis Energie AG, Bern, Switzerland. Energy storage with a chemical reaction. (d) Reviewer for scientific journals Optical Engineering Optics Express Applied Optics Solar Energy ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering Applied Physics B Energy and Buildings Renewable Energy Energy for Sustainable Development Review of Scientific Instruments (f) Membership in professional/scientific societies 2004-present. SPIE (Society of Photoptical Instruments Engineers). 1990-present. Israel Solar Energy Society. 1983-present. Israel Society of Engineers and Architects. 1979-present. International Solar Energy Society. • Educational activities (a) Courses taught Alternative Energies (Graduate course). Department of Energy Engineering, Ben- Gurion University (together with Prof. Zeev Wiesmann). Heat Transfer. (Graduate course). School for Desert Research, Sede Boker Campus, Ben-Gurion University. Energy and Buildings. (Graduate course). School for Desert Research, Sede Boker Campus, Ben-Gurion University. Solar Energy. (Graduate course) School for Desert Research, Sede Boker Campus. Ben- Gurion University. Solar Energy. (Undergraduate course) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben- Gurion University of the Negev. Introduction to Environmental Physics, (Graduate course). School for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University. With Yair Zarmi (coordinator). Solar Water Heating Technology. Graduate and Undergraduate. Institute of Energy Technology, University of Malta, Malta, 1994. (b) Research Students CV Daniel Feuermann page 4 1990. W. Hawthorn. Research student. Princeton University. 1993. S. Seonbuchner. Diploma. Fachhochschule Ostfriesland, Germany. With A. Zemel. 1993. T. Weidemann. Diploma. Fachhochschule Ostfriesland, Germany. 1995. Ch. Kern. MSc. Oldenburg University, Germany. With A. Zemel. 2001. Jeremy Capocci, Lance Donnelly, Thomas Grego, Mike Miraglia, Senior Thesis, BSc. Faculty of Engineering. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. With T.A. Reddy. 2001/2002. T. Israeli, B. Davidor, A. Bernstein, A. Rachamim, Senior Thesis, BSc. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. With J. M. Gordon. 2002. Michael Tryniszewski, Kimberly Bowman. BSc; Siddharth Shetty, MSc; Faculty of Engineering. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. With T.A. Reddy. 2003/04. Eyal Shem Tov, MSc., School for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University, with JM Gordon. 2003. Kathy Pearlmutter, PhD, Kreitman Graduate School, Ben-Gurion University, with JM Gordon. (Studies suspended 2004). 2004/05. Doron Nakar, Liore Pasco, Judith Kreitman, Wondessan Tassew, MSc. with JM Gordon. 2007/09. Suleiman Halasah, MSc. with D. Pearlmutter. 2009/10. Dotan Babai, MSc. with JM Gordon, and – unofficially – many other students. 2011/12. Oleg Skolnik, MSc. Energy Engineering. 2012/14. Heylal Mashaal, PhD, with Jeff Gordon. ● Awards, citations, honors, and fellowships (a) Awards 1982. David Ben-Gurion Research Grant. Israel Labor Federation. 2003. Haim Sheba award for scientific achievement. With J. Gordon and M. Huleihil. 2004. Best paper award. Solar Energy Division, ASME conference, July 9-14, 2004, Portland, Oregon, USA. (b) Fellowships 1980. Paula Ben-Gurion Student Fellowship. 1981. Paula Ben-Gurion Student Fellowship. ● Scientific Publications (c) Chapters in collective volumes 1. D. Faiman and D. Feuermann, 1987. "Thermal performance of a passive solar house in the Negev," in Progress in Desert Research, L. Berkovsky and M. Würtele editors, Rowman and Littlefield publishers, pp. 329-341. 2. D. Feuermann, 2009. “Solar Surgery,” in The Desert Experience in Israel, A. Paul Hare and G.M. Kressel editors. University Press of America, pp. 143-7. (d) Refereed articles in scientific journals 1. K. Behringer, D. Feuermann, L. Kostic and W. Seifritz, 1975. "Correlation analysis of the environmental influences on the radioactive Argon releases from the plume of the