SCE Annual Research Conference 2025

The SCE Annual Research Conference will be held on Thursday, July 31, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Minkoff Auditorium 105 - First Floor, Be'er Sheva Campus.

Program
 

10:00
Gathering and light refreshments

10:30
Opening remarks
Conference organizer and chair: Prof. Victor Kagalovsky, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Be'er Sheva, Head of the R&D Authority; Prof. Semyon Levitsky, President of SCE, Prof. Jehuda Haddad, Rector of SCE.

10:50
First session 
Prof. Wafa Elias, Head of Civil engineering department, Ashdod
The need for a Multidisciplinary Approach in Transportation Research

11:10
Dr. Guy Ben Hamu, Head of Mechanical engineering  department, Ashdod
Development of Magnesium anode for Mg-Air Battery

11:30
Prof. Ariela Burg, Head of Chemical engineering department, Be'er Sheva
Dr. Moshe Zohar, Electrical and electronics engineering department, Be'er Sheva
Heavy Metals Electrochemical Sensors Development

11:50 
Dr. Dagan Bakun Mazor, Head of Civil engineering department, Be'er Sheva
Dr. Isaac August, Electrical and electronics engineering department, Be'er Sheva
Engineering characterization of rocks and soils using remote sensing: lessons from research grant applications

12:20-13:00 Lunch break

13:10 
Second session
Prof. Shlomo Greenberg, Head of Computer Sciences department, Be'er Sheva, Ashdod
Situational awareness classification using EEG and machine learning

13:30 
Prof. Leonid Oster, Head of Physics department, Be'er Sheva
Thermally and Optically Stimulated Luminescence in Lif:Mg,Ti: Application to Mixed High/Low Ionization Density Radiation Dosimetry

13:50
Dr. Ziv Brand, Mechanical engineering  department, Be'er Sheva
Active Vibration Adapter for Machining Processes 

14:10
Dr. Nir Trabelsi, Head of Mechanical engineering  department, Be'er Sheva
Integrating Artificial Intelligence with Finite Element Analysis and Computational Biomechanics

14:30
Conference Summary
Prof. Victor Kagalovsky