Biography

PROFESSOR EMERITUS URI SHAMIR
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa, ISRAEL 3200003
Tel: 972-4-829-2239 Fax: 972-4-822-8898
Born:
July 10, 1936, in Jerusalem, Israel
Marital Status:
Married + 3 children + 8 grandchildren
Home:
109 A Einstein St., Haifa 34601, Israel
Tel: 972-4-825-2903, Fax: 972-4-834-7373

    DEGREES

B.Sc.
Summa Cum Laude, Civil Engineering (Hydraulics) Technion, 1962.
Ph.D.
Department of Civil Engineering, Division of Hydrodynamics and Water Resources, MIT, June 1966.

    POSITIONS

October 1979
to present
Professor – Emeritus since 2004 – Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion.
March 1998
September 1998
Visiting Scholar, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
December 1990
September 1991
Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Civil Eng., University of Washington, Seattle.
September 1984
July 1985
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, MIT.
October 1972
October 1979
Associate Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technion.
September 1977
July 1978
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Civil Eng., University of Toronto.
September 1972
June 1973
Visiting Scientist, I.B.M. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights,New York.
September 1967
October 1972
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technion.
June 1966
June 1967
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, MIT.

1962-1966       Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, MIT.