Lev Shemer, Ph.D
Web page: http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~shemer/
CURRICULUM VITAE
October 2006
Date and Place of Birth:
Family Status:
Immigration to Israel:
24 June, 1947, Riga, Latvia
Married + 3
22 August, 1973
EDUCATION
1964 - 1970
Moscow Physico-Tech.nical Institute, M.Sc. (Cum Laude).
1974 - 1981
Tel-Aviv University. Ph.D.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
1975 - 1982
Assistant (1975), Instructor (1977), Post-Doc. Fellow (1982), Faculty of
Engineering, Tel-Aviv University.
1982 - 1984 Bantrell Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, M.I.T.,
Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
1984 - present Lecturer (1984), Sen.Lecturer (1986), Assoc. Prof. (1990), Prof. (1996) Dept.
Fluid Mech. and Heat Transfer, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University.
1989 - 1990 NRC Senior Res. Ass., Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Geophysical Union,
Euromech, Israel Society for Applied and Theoretical Mechanics
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Bantrell Post-Doctoral Fellowship at M.I.T., Cambridge, Ma. (1982 - 1984).
U.S.A. National Research Council Senior Research Associate Reward at Naval Postgraduate
School, Monterey, Ca (1989 - 1990).
REVIEWER TO
J. Fluid Mechanics, Phys. Fluids, J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), European J. Mech.– B/Fluids,
IEEE Trans. Geosci. and Remote Sensing, Int. J. Remote Sensing, J. Fluids Engng, Int. J.
Multiphase Flow, Fluid Dynamics Res., Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, Int. J. Thermal Sci.,
Exp. Thermal and Fluid Sci., Multiphase Sci. Tech., The Global Atmosphere - Ocean System,
IEE Proc.– Radar, Sonar and Navigation, the ANZIAM Journal, U.S. - Israel Binational
Science Foundation, Israel Science Foundation, Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology,
Italian Committee for Research Evaluation, The Dutch Technology Foundation.
LIST OF MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
1990 - 1994
1994 - 1998
Chairman, Admission Committee, Faculty of Engineering.
Chairman, Department of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
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Lev Shemer, Ph.D
1994-1998
1999 - 2003
2000 - 2004
2001 - 2005
2005-present
2006-present
2006-present
Web page: http://www.eng.tau.ac.il/~shemer/
Member, University Admission Committee
Chairman, Academic Committee, Tel-Aviv University Technical College
Chairman, Ph.D. Studies Committee, Faculty of Engineering
Special Dean for Absorption, Tel-Aviv University
Member, University Committee for Research Students.
Senate Representative, Tel-Aviv University Board of Governors
Head, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University
PRINCIPAL FIELDS OF RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Experimental fluid mechanics, including investigation of unsteady turbulent and
laminar single and multiphase flows, based on thermo-anemometry, PIV digital
processing of a sequence of video images processing and a wide range of sensors
Experimental and theoretical study of non-linear dynamics of deterministic and random
water waves based on wave flume experiments and a number of theoretical models,
including modifications of Zakharov integral equation; cubic and modified Schrödinger
equation, KdV equation, Hasselmann kinetic equation.
Remote sensing of the ocean wave and currents, using the Synthetic Aperture Radar in
regular and along-track interferometric (InSAR) modes.
PUBLICATIONS
Over 60 refereed publications in leading journals in the field, including Nature, J. Fluid Mech.,
Phys. Fluids, J. Multiphase Flow, Exp. Fluids, Eur.. J. Mech. B/Fluids, J. Geophys. Res., Int. J.
Remote Sens., IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., J. Waterway, Port, Coast. & Ocean Eng.
Over 60 presentations at Int. scientific meetings, including invited and keynote lectures.
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