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Annual Report AY 2009-2010

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)

MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)

MIT-Israel Program http://mit.edu/misti/mit-israel/

Christine Ortiz Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty Director, MISTI MIT-Israel

Dean for Graduate Studies

Email: [email protected]

David Dolev Center for International Studies

Program Coordinator, MISTI MIT-Israel, MISTI 2.0

Email: [email protected]

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MISTI MIT-ISRAEL PERSONELL

Christine Ortiz, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty Director MISTI MIT-Israel, Dean for Graduate Education

David Dolev, Center for International Studies, Program Coordinator, MISTI MIT-Israel, MISTI 2.0

Nahum Karlinsky, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, MISTI MIT-Israel Instructor Ehud Eiran, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Political Science, MISTI MIT-Israel Instructor

Patricia Gercik, Center for International Studies, Associate Director of MISTI, Director MIT-Japan Program Suzanne Berger, Raphael Dorman and Helen Starbuck Professor of Political Science, Director of MISTI

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................. 3

II. INTERNSHIPS ......................................................................................................................................... 5

III. STUDENT PROFILES .............................................................................................................................. 7

IV. REFLECTION ....................................................................................................................................... 23

V. ASSESSMENT AND FUTURE PLANS ..................................................................................................... 24

ADDENDUM ............................................................................................................................................ 26

VI. COUNTRY-SPECIFIC PREPARATION .................................................................................................... 27

VII. IN-COUNTRY SEMINAR AND EVENTS ................................................................................................ 29

VIII. MIT-ISRAEL STAFF HIGHLIGHTS ....................................................................................................... 34

IX. HOST COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS .............................................................................................. 36

X. ON-CAMPUS EVENTS .......................................................................................................................... 42

XI. DONOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................... 46

XII. FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................... 47

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I. OVERVIEW

As we begin our fourth year of the MIT-Israel Program, we are happy to provide this annual

report about our current and future activities. The flagship of the MIT-Israel Program has been the

placement of MIT students in professional and research internships in industry, governmental and non-

governmental organizations, and universities throughout Israel for extended periods of time (10- 12

weeks or more). This past year a diverse and outstanding cohort of 37 MIT students from 12 academic

departments participated in the MIT-Israel Program (described in detail in Sections II and III). These

students originated from all over the United States and the world, represented a broad range of

Departments across the Institute, and possessed a variety of educational levels. Additionally, The MIT-

Israel Program took part in organizing 14 Israel-related events (e.g. seminars, short courses, etc.) on

campus and 4 MIT-related events in Israel (described in detail in Section X).

The MIT-Israel program is part of the MISTI organization (MIT International Science and

Technology Initiatives, http://web.mit.edu/misti/index.html) which includes nine other countries (China,

Japan, India, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Mexico, Brazil). The MISTI organization is 26 years old and

has sent almost 3500 MIT students abroad. MISTI programs follow in

the rich and historical MIT tradition of "Mens et Manus” ("Mind and

Hand"); that is real-world engagement through the pairing of ideas,

innovation, and research with action, practical applications, and

testing. In order to fulfill the mission of the Institute and address the

greatest problems of the 21st century, this concept needs to be

applied and expanded globally; "Mens et Manus et Mundus.”1 MISTI

employs a unique programmatic infrastructure to accomplish this

ambitious objective including;

● Proactive recruitment ● A comprehensive preparatory "tool-kit" (e.g. culture, language, politics, etc.) ● Personalized internship matching ● Hands-on experiential learning→ Education linked to Research

- Generation of new knowledge across national and cultural boundaries - A deeper understanding of new knowledge - A broader skillset to act on this new knowledge2

● Reflection ● Assessment and Improvement ●On-campus activities related to the country of interest open to the broader student population ● Re-entry, Continued Interaction (e.g. MISTI 2.0, seminars, etc.)

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The goal of MISTI is to internationalize MIT education and research by preparing students for leadership in careers that go beyond national boundaries and, furthermore, to serve as a national benchmark for international education through its unique programmatic structure. More specifically, MISTI aims to educate the next generation of “globally-cognizant” engineers and scientists. During MISTI internships, students gain an appreciation of their discipline in a broader cultural and socio-economic context without sacrificing academic rigor. A broad cross-section of MIT students are able to build a meaningful understanding of different regions of the world and construct deep local relationships which constitute a basis

for lifelong interaction. A “cultural toolkit” is provided which facilitates intercultural awareness and team building across national borders. Hands-on experiential learning, problem-solving, exposure to different pedagogies, curricula, styles of research, educational systems, etc. are crucial features of the MISTI experience. In addition, MISTI programs initiate and strengthen international collaborations and connect MIT with international centers of innovation, by employing students as global intellectual and cultural bridges. Here, students may be provided with opportunities to aid in the development of technologies that address the most important problems facing the world: e.g. “Big Science,” “Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st century,” such as energy, health, clean water, infrastructure, etc. MISTI also provides con-current activities on the MIT campus related to the country of interest to enable exposure to the broader student population and to further develop a local community in the country of interest. One of the key recommendations of the 2009 The MIT Global Council1 was to expand the MISTI model at MIT. Why Israel? Israel is a global leader and center of innovation and entrepreneurship. Israel spends more on civilian research and development than any other country3 and also has one of the most educated populations in the world (including the highest density of engineers and scientists),4 despite limited local resources and a very challenging political environment. Israel also has the greatest number of patents per capita in the world,5 has the highest concentration of high-tech startups, after Silicon Valley6 and is ranked 2nd for the most companies on NASDAQ, after U.S. (~63)7. Israel's Universities are ranked among the top in the world and provide MIT students with technical experiences on par with that available on campus. Israel is unique in that it also can provide students with a rich and deep cultural experience through its long history. MIT has many connections to Israel via the several hundred MIT alumni in Israel,8 over one hundred Israeli graduate students on campus and the many research collaborations between MIT and Israeli scientists.

The goal of MISTI is to

internationalize MIT

education and research by

preparing students for

leadership in careers that go

beyond national boundaries .

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II. INTERNSHIPS

In AY 2009-2010, 37 MIT students participated in the MIT-Israel Program.. MIT-Israel students were

selected from 12 academic departments (i.e. Architecture, Biological Engineering, Brain and Cognitive

Science, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary

Sciences, Economics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Management, Materials Science,

Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering) and possessed a variety of academic levels (2 PhD Candidates, 2

M.S graduates, 1 M.S. Candidate, 4 M.B.A Candidates, 1 recent B.S., 2 B.S. graduates, 10 juniors, 7

sophomores, and 8 freshmen). 9 of our students carried out internships related to energy and the

environment. Student profiles and projects are provided in detail in Section III.

MISTI MIT-Israel Class of 2010 (July, 2010), Baha’i Gardens, Haifa, during 5 Day Israel Seminar

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MIT student Rafael Oliveira, Amdocs MIT student, Fatima Hussain, Tel Aviv University

MIT student Lorna Ogolla

at the Technion

MIT student Richard Yoon at Sede Boqer, Ben-

Gurion National Solar Energy Center Ben Gurion University

Building on her MIT-Israel internship in the summer of 2009, Andrea Brennen, M.A Graduate,

Architecture, will have an article published the winter issue of the “Volume Magazine”. She spent her

internship with Prof. Isaac Meir and Prof. David Pearlmutter, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert

Research, Ben Gurion University, working on energy efficient structural forms. Her article, partially

based on her internship, discusses the uses and limitations of energy modeling tools in the architectural

design process.

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III. STUDENT PROFILES

MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives

mit.edu/misti

Sandra Abago

Sophomore

Chemical Biological

Engineering

Prof. David Zitoun

Chemistry Department

Bar Ilan University

Project: synthesis of Al

doped ZnO nanocrystals,

formulation as an ink and

electrical testing of the

resulting coatings

“An exciting experience and a great added

value for the other members of the team”

Prof Zitoun

“MISTI allows for the

ultimate exploration

of opportunities

abroad: an

experience that

every student should

have access to”


Noah ArbesfeldFreshman

Mathematics

Prof. Maria Gorelik

Weizmann Institute

Rehovot

Project: representation theory of

Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras

“MISTI MIT-Israel has been one of the

highlights of my time at MIT. Not only

did I have the chance to do extremely

interesting work, but I got to connect

academically and socially with another

culture. I look forward to continuing this

connection in the future”

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Yotam Aron

Junior

Mathematics and Electical

Engineering and Computer

Science

NDS

Jerusalem

Project: to research and find

applications of distributed systems

and parallel processing

“The MISTI Israel experience is one of the

most fulfilling of my life. Doing an internship in

Israel truly allowed me to learn how to adapt

to a new way of living. As a result, I not only

am more skilled in my technical field but am

also more confident to conduct global

research”

Rachel Bandler

Freshman

Chemical Engineering

Professor Mike Fainzilber

Department of Biological Chemistry

Weizmann Institute of Science

Rehovot, Israel

Project: CCM2 Leads to RTK-

Dependent Cell Death

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Lily Berger

Junior

Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Yaakov R. Tischler

Chemistry Department

Molecular Photonics Laboratory

Nanotechnology Center

Bar Ilan University

Project: organic

optoelectronics - solar cells,

switches, and OLEDs

“I wish Lily could have stayed. She’s a great

ambassador for MIT, and she was excellent

in seemingly everything” Dr. Tischler


Matthew Bieniosek,

MENGCourse VI

Prof. Yosef Bernstein

Electrical Engineering

Bar Ilan University

Tel Aviv

Project: simulation and reliability

evaluation of FPGA technology

“Matt fit in perfectly. He

was prepared to the

point that in the first

week, he was making

contributions to our

research and teaching

my students important

skills that will help them

in their own work and

future careers”

Prof. Yosef Bernstein

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Israel is currently

a hotbed of

technological

innovation and

advancement, and

traveling there this

summer offers a

wealth of both

intellectual and

cultural opportunities.

What’s better than

a summer on the

Mediterranean,

filled with friends

new and old,

robots, traveling

and hummus?


“Why MISTI

MIT- Israel?”

Project: design

and onstruction

of a flexible

robot, and

motion planning

of a medical

robot

Erika Bildsten, Sophomore

Mechanical Engineering/Electrical Engineering and

Computer Science

Dr. Alon Wolf


Technion


Olivia Bishop

Junior

Computer Science

Intel

Jerusalem

Project: adapting an

RDP-RFB proxy

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Natasha Blitvic

Ph.D. Candidate

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Prof. Gil Kalai

Institute of Mathematics

Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Givat Ram

Project:

Problems in

enumerative

combinatorics,

geometry, and

probability.

“I got to spend the

summer working with

the leaders in my

research field. At the

same time, I got to

know a fascinating

culture, a beautiful

country, and one

truly captivating city”


Sara Comis

Freshman

Materials Science and

Engineering

Host: Professor Doron Aurbach

Bar Ilan University

Project: testing the Feasibility of

cathode materials based on

activated carbon containing

deposited nanoparticles of

transition metals for the purpose

of more energy efficient dye

sensitized solar cells

“My Hebrew language comprehension skills have

improved dramatically while living here.

Whenever I think of Israel in the future, I will

remember how friendly people are and people

on the street asked me if I needed help before I

could ask them for help”

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Matt Connors PhD 13’

Materials Science &

Engineering

Prof. Ron Shahar

Laboratory of Biomechanics,

Koret School of Veterinary

Medicine

Hebrew University

Rehovot Project: biomechanical research

of mollusk systems using a

combination µCT and advanced

mechanical testing instruments.


Sara Dahan

Sophomore

Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Professor Gil Diesendruck

Psychology and Gonda Brain

Research Center

Bar Ilan University

Ramat Gan, Israel Project: investigating the development

of social categories in infants and

language processing in the brain

“I was exposed to almost every step of the research process through various

projects, including the first phase of coming up with and investigating an idea,

implementing that idea through more research and set-up, adjusting and finalizing

the original proposal, testing and gathering data, and analysis of data. There is

even a chance I can see the final stage of writing up the study’s findings”

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Jason Wm. Doll

Freshman

Economics

Professor Victor Lavy

Hebrew University

Project: analyzing data taken from

the Israeli school system to

determine “best practices” in

educational methods.


“Why MISTI MIT-

Israel?”

Israel is not just a

collection of stunning

antiquities but it’s a

vibrant modern

country that offers

fine education,

coveted work

opportunities and

numerous possibilities

exploring the

country’s assets. Patrick Gichuiri, FreshmanElectrical Engineering and Computer Science

Professor Shlomi DolevBen-Gurion University

Department of Computer Science

Project: implementing and examining a new Hash table

and Hash function

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Melissa Gymrek

JuniorComputer Science/Math

Prof. Maya Schuldiner

Weizmann Institute

Rehovot, Israel

Project: systematic

characterization of global

dynamics of yeast protein

localization

“ MISTI MIT- Israel is both a

great educational

opportunity to learn

through your internship or

research project, but most

importantly is an

opportunity to learn to

take charge of your career

and to do so in a cross-

cultural setting”


Tracey Hayse, JuniorEnvironmental Engineering Public Policy

Turbulence Structure Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Tel Aviv University

Project: study of

resuspension of particulate

material into turbulent flows

Why Israel?

“The Middle East is a part of

the world that we hear a lot

about in the news, but it is not

an area that people I know

tend to visit. I wanted to get a

first hand cultural experience

that I can bring back to share

with my friends and family”

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Fatima Aysha Hussain

Junior

Environmental Engineering

Professor Amram Eshel

Department of Plant Sciences

Tel-Aviv University

Analyzing biomass

production by desert

halophytes with the aim of

identifying new sources of

energy crops


Janice Jang

BS

Mathematics

Professor Joseph Kost

Department of Chemical

Engineering

Ben-Gurion University,

Beer Sheva

Project: Effects of ultrasound

technology and chemical

penetration enhancers on the

permeability of the

chorioamniotic membrane

“ I was able to gain new perspectives, develop

teamwork skills, and learn to cooperate

effectively with people who come from very

different backgrounds/cultures”

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Nathan Prevender and Priyanka Kapoor

MS/MS Candidate

Architecture

Prof. Tali Hatuka

Geography and Human Environment/ Laboratory for

Contemporary Urban Design, Tel Aviv University

Project: urban regeneration “My experiences in Israel greatly exceeded any and all of my expectations. Not only did I participate in

rewarding work that will have profound impact on myself and those in my lab, but I believe it helped lay the

ground work for the LCUD to have a far reaching impact on the course of Urban Design in Israeli’s future.

I gained and created relationships that will continue far past my internship. I fully believe that no

experience available to me in the States would have been half as rewarding compared to my time in

Israel” Nathan Prevendar

“The exchange of ideas and skills was a crucial factor to the conceptualization of the project. Nathan

and Priyanka, helped us to see things a new way that made the project successful”

Prof. Hatuka

Alan Katz

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MBA Candidates

Naiot Venture Accelerator, Israel

Created product development and go-

to-market strategy for a cloud data

security startup. Performed market

research and wrote business plan for a

medical software startup.

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Jayson Lynch

Sophomore

Physics

Prof. Eitan Bachmat

Department of Computer Science

Ben Gurion University

Beersheba

Project: design and

development of educational

game based on general

relativity and Causal Sets


Ariana Mann

Freshman

Physics

Prof. Ruth Sterling

Department of Biology/Genetics

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Project: function and

structure of the

spliceosome, the natural

pre-mRNA processing

machine

“MISTI MIT-Israel gave me the opportunity for a

complete, well rounded summer of learning: from

working in the lab where I learned new skills for

my career to exploring Israel where I learned more

about who I am, what I believe in, and what I want

to do with the rest of my life”

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Katherine McCusker

BS

Earth , Atmosperic, and

Planetary Sciences

Prof. Nadav Shashar


Eilat

Project: studying aspects of marine

animal vision and of artificial coral

reefs.


Slava Menn

MIT Sloan

MBA Candidate

Zenith Solar

Kiryat Gat

Marketing / Business

Development

“Why MISTI?”

MISTI provided a great

connection and

opportunity in the country

I love and Industry I want

to go into.

Why Israel?

I have a strong connection

to Israel: professional,

cultural, and spiritual.

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Lorna Ogolla

Junior

Civil and Environmental

Engineering

Prof. Rafi Linker

Civil and Environmental

Engineering

Technion, Haifa

Project: 1. Develop new technique to measure isotopic nitrogen. 2. Develop new method to automatically observe the geo-technical transformations that result in sink-hole formation

“MISTI is a wonderful way to get

technical and scientific experience

while developing consciousness of

different issues affecting the rest of

the world”

Rafael Oliveira/Mehmet

Cetinkaya

Juniors

Computer Science and Electrical

Engineering

Amdocs, Raanana

Project: software development

“I really want to experience another MISTI internship, since this one

shaped me in such a deep way, as I was really introduced to a new world

this summer.” Rafael Oliveria

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Steven Pennybaker

Sophomore

Biological Engineering

Prof. Robert Marks

Biotechnology Engineering


Project: screening of a large panel

of environmental bacteria for

detection of antibiotic activity, and

creation of new genetically modified

bacteria


Nick Sisler

Junior


Prof. David Greenblatt


Technion, Haifa

Project: vertical axis wind turbine

experiments

“It is truly the best way to spend a summer while at MIT…this

incredible experience is unlike anything you would be able to have

at another point in your life”

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Sarah Southerland

Sophomore, Architecture

Israel Antiquities Authority

Akko, Israel

Project: research into

the typology of British

Mandate homes in the

new city

“I wanted work

experience that gave me

more than just practical

knowledge for my field”

“I choose Israel because

I knew little to nothing

about it and I wanted to

further understand this

important area”


Tammy Tasoff

BSBrain and Cognitive Science

Prof. Alon Friedman


Project: MRI studies in

neocortical eplilepsy

“Why MISTI?”

MISTI offers a great opportunity to both

learn about a new culture, and gain

valuable experience in my field.

Why Israel?

There I can learn much about my own

culture in a technologically booming

country.

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MIT International Science and Technology InitiativesMIT International Science and Technology Initiatives

Daisuke Tominaga

MBA Candidate

ETV Motors Ltd

Herzliya

“My life in Israel required me to

manage myself in a different

culture with new people and

challenging tasks. The

experience gave me new

insights and confidence to

handle difficult cultural

problems in other business

settings”

Project: built business plan for

a Li-ion battery startup.


To experience

different

culture and

custom, and

to be able to

study in a

surrounding

filled with

innovation

and creativity.

Richard Yoon

FreshmanMechanical Engineering

Professor David Faiman

Ben-Gurion University

Sede Boqer

Project: testing efficiency of solar panels depending on

the panel’s design and material as well as field testing

and writing computer algorithms to make simulations of

the panel.


Ajoke Williams

Sophomore

Kivunim, The Shop of Meaning

Akko, Israel

Why Israel?

“I wanted to get a chance to

experience a different culture and to

meet people who live in a country

shaped by different societal values .

Israel is a great place to do all of this

because it is so rich in culture and

history”

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IV. REFLECTION

Round table discussions were organized after the students returned from Israel in order to

facilitate self-reflection, articulation and a deeper understanding of what they had experienced.

Universally, the students found the international experience life-changing in the way they viewed

themselves, Israel, MIT, the Unites States, and the world. The cultural differences they encountered

provided insights into their own upbringings, local communities, and educational experiences. The

students became more sensitive to communication styles and learned how to more effectively

communicate in multinational teams by adjusting their own communication style to accommodate

others. Numerous students reported increased self-confidence and that they learned how to be more

assertive in the workplace in order to overcome cultural and language barriers. They gained an

appreciation for diversity and how it relates to academic excellence, creativity, and innovation. They

realized the importance of networking, the fact that it was more challenging in a multinational

environment, and that new strategies needed to be developed for its most efficient use. The students

were highly satisfied with the technical level and quality of the research projects arranged for them.

Regarding the research process, the students were exposed to different academic, pedagogical, and

scientific styles (e.g. one-on-one apprenticeship, hierarchical teams, etc.), interdisciplinary research, and

varied organizational structures. Lastly, they felt (as well as their supervisors) that they had made

significant scientific contributions and had an impact on the groups they were placed in.

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V. ASSESSMENT AND FUTURE PLANS

The goals of the MIT-Israel Program for the upcoming year (pending fund-raising) include; increasing the number of students in the program, strengthening the depth of the students in-country experience, exploring a dedicated MIT-Israel seed fund to enable collaborations between MIT and Israeli scientists built on the MISTI Global Seed Funds model, emphasized recruitment of students from the Sloan School of Management and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, initiating numerous Israel-related programs on-campus, continued support of the Hebrew study program, and strengthening collaboration with on-campus groups and MIT alumni in Israel. A detailed annual assessment of the MIT-Israel Program was carried out involving meetings with students and supervisors, reports received from students and supervisors, an online student survey, and a post-internship meeting. Overall, both students and supervisors had very positive and beneficial personal and professional experiences. The following improvements will be explored based on feedback from the assessment. (1) Preparation: all of the students are required to take the on-campus Israel class, training sessions

and 8 hour Hebrew training (for those with no Hebrew knowledge) (organized by Hillel with MIT-Israel support). We will continue with all of these components but fine tune them to better match the needs of our diverse group of students- graduate/undergraduate, more/less Israel background. While a wide spectrum of topics are covered in the training, it would have helped some students to have stronger location-specific preparation. In order to help support this, we aim to start an MIT-Israel sibling/mentorship program which will engage MIT-Israel alumni, as mentors, with upcoming interns.

(2) In-Country Practical Challenges:

- Some of the students are interested in staying in in-city lodging (instead of dorms), this was a significant challenge. For the coming year we have come to arrangements with agents in Israel to help find appropriate accommodation for students interested in renting in the city. - Engaging with Israelis: as many of the Israeli students on campus in Israel are either on summer break or older than the MIT students, we took steps this year to encourage the students to engage with MIT alumni on their campus/company and in Israel. Each student did a final project in which he had to meet two MIT alumni. This enabled them to network and learn about their field in a wider Israeli context. While this was helpful, it did not enable them to engage with their peers. One direction we will explore (depending on funding) is to invite some students from Israeli universities to join us for part of our 5 day seminar and try connecting MIT students to younger MIT graduates in Israel.

(3) Internships:

-The majority of the MIT Israel interns were in University settings (26). We have found that it is very helpful to set up an opportunity for students and Professor (or supervisor on other settings) to speak prior to the internship to review the research project, this happened with almost all the students. One issue that arose was that students would not always know who their direct supervisor was until they arrived and at times the nominated supervisor had a different angle on the proposed project. Going forward, therefore, we will try to ensure that every student in addition to the opportunity to speak with their senior faculty advisor will also speak to their direct supervisor and understand the specific expectations prior to their internship.

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(4) Seminar in Israel:

- Eighty percent of the Seminar activities were rated highly by the participants with close to 90% of the students stating that they will “probably or definitely visit Israel again” within the next several years (comments below). Based on the success this year, we will continue with the 5 day seminar in the same general format. In order to help students get a deeper understanding about Israel earlier in their stay, we will explore doing the seminar a week earlier than we have done in past years. We will also explore inviting Israeli students to join part of the seminar and also meet an MIT alumni to share their story “coming from MIT to Israel”.

Dr. Rachel Korazim’s talk was amazing and the session with Mr. David Dolev was useful at

helping me think of ways/why to focus on my internship and how to get the most out of my time

here.

I really enjoyed the lecture at Given Imaging. The quality of the presentation surpassed my

expectations, and I learned about another career option available to engineers.

The Druze hospitality center was educational, cultural and tasty.

I loved visiting the startups, like Better Place and Given Imaging. I also love how we got to see so

much variety of Israel in such a short time. I feel like we really got to explore.

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ADDENDUM

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VI. COUNTRY-SPECIFIC PREPARATION

Hebrew. Based on the strong interest of our prior classes of interns and other MIT community members to learn Hebrew, MIT-Hillel, in collaboration with MISTI, set up an Ulpan (Hebrew Language Class) with 4 different levels of study and an opportunity to practice speaking Hebrew (see below). It had close to 60 participants. The program is taught by volunteer MIT students, Hillel staff and community members and will continue this coming year. Classes were taught during IAP as two day courses and from September- December and February to May, 1.5 hours each week. MIT-Israel student were required to do the Ulpan. ● Kita Aleph I/ Level 1 Beginning Hebrew ● Kita Aleph 2/Level 1 Beginning Hebrew with emphasis on dikduk/grammar ● Kita Bet/Level 2 For students who already know the Hebrew Aleph Bet, the course teaches basic grammar, spoken Hebrew and practice of reading ● Kita Gimel/Level 3 Advanced Hebrew with a native Hebrew speaker. This class is for students who have basic conversational skills (or at least understand some Hebrew) and know how to read ● Shulchan Ivrit/Intermediate: For all levels, practicing spoken Hebrew in a fun, casual environment. News, articles from the Israeli press, Israeli literature, other Hebrew sources are the basis of discussion and conversation]. “Israel – History, Culture and Identity” Course. Fifty students took this for-credit MIT course with Professor Nahum Karlinsky and Mr. Ehud Eiran (12 credits during the spring semester/ 9 credits during winter IAP). As with all MISTI programs, students need to acquire country-based knowledge in order to prepare themselves for their internship abroad. In addition to MISTI students, additional MIT students also enrolled. Professor Nahum Karlinsky received his Ph.D. (summa cum laude) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1996. He then began his affiliation with the Ben-Gurion Research Institute in Sede Boker. Nahum Karlinsky teaches Modern Jewish History and Israel Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Among his books are Counter History: The Hasidic Epistles from Eretz-Israel – Text and Context (1998) and California Dreaming: Ideology, Society and Technology in the Citrus Industry of Palestine 1890-1939 (2005). His current research focus on Jewish Philanthropy and the Jewish Credit Cooperatives in Eastern Europe between the Two World Wars; and on The Palestinian-Arab Citrus Industry - Economic, Social and Cultural Considerations, a research project conducted jointly with Dr. Mustafa Kabha from the Open University of Israel. Ehud (Udi) Eiran is an Associate at the Belfer Center’s International Security Program. He holds a B.A (Magna Cum Laude) and an LL.B from Tel Aviv University, an M. Phil (High Pass) from Cambridge University, and a Ph.D in Politics from Brandeis University. Eiran was a legal clerk for two Israeli Attorney Generals and Assistant to Prime Minister Ehud Barak's Foreign Policy Advisor. Eiran was a 1997 recipient of the British Chevening Award and the 2002 winner of the Morris Abrams Award. Eiran’s op-eds have been published in numerous papers in the United States, Israel, and India, including Newsweek, the New-York Times on-line, and the Christian Science Monitor. He has been a guest on a number of television and radio programs including Charlie Rose, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and On Point with Tom Ashbrook. The purpose of this course is to give a basic understanding of modern Israel to MIT-Israel students and the general MIT student body through lectures, discussions and projects. The course provides insight into modern Israeli politics, culture and identity. Among the topics explored are: the geography of Israel; Israeli political regime, society and economy; the Arab-Israeli conflict; the Holocaust and its impact on

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Israel, its history and identity; Jewish ethnic relations in Israel; the Palestinian-Arab minority in Israel; is there a unique Israeli culture?; Israel's settlement projects; the struggle for Israel's identity.

Training Sessions. MIT- Israel ran 4 training sessions and a full day Sunday retreat to prepare the

students for their trip to Israel. Here, we explored: personal goals and visions for the internship; how

to prepare for your internship; how to take note of and overcome cultural differences differences

between U.S and Israeli culture: places to see in Israel; travel in the region: safety and security; current

events in Israel and the region. We were honored to have the following participants take part in the

training sessions: Carol Savietz, Center for International Studies; Peter Krause, Center for International

Studies/past MISTI MIT-Israel intern; Jonathan Goldberg and Orit Shamir the MIT Israeli Association;

Eliad Shmuel of MIT Hillel; Rony Yedidia of the Israel Consulate in Boston.

Alumni of the MISTI MIT-Israel program share insights with MIT-Israel 2010 interns

Rony Yedidia, Israeli Consul to

New England speaks about Israeli culture, current events, and security issues to MIT-Israel students

Jonathan Goldberg and Orit Shamir, the MIT Israeli Dr. Carol Savietz, Center for International Studies, Student Association, present on Israeli culture presenting on the ‘Hot Topics in the Middle East”

Prof. Christine Ortiz, MIT-Israel Faculty Director, Peter Krause, Center for International Studies/past presenting on “How to Prepare for and Make MISTI MIT-Israel intern talking on “ How to Travel the Most of Your Internship” Safely in the Middle East”

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VII. IN-COUNTRY SEMINAR AND EVENTS

During the students stay in Israel they took part in several organized activities aimed at deepening their understanding of Israeli society and widening their network: an event in July with Israeli MIT alumni (organized by the MIT Club of Israel and MISTI MIT-Israel)- “Kidnapping Politics and the Case of Gilad Shalit” with Prof. Prof. Richard J. Samuels Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies, Founding Director of the MIT Japan Program ; a five day educational seminar run by Shdemot – The Center for Leadership at Oranim Academic College of Education. The aim of the seminar was to introduce students to Israeli politics, society and technology and their impact on Israel and Israeli behavior and give students the understanding of the context and culture of a society and how it impacts the workplace in order to support them in their future global careers. The highlights were: meeting with Michael Granoff, Head of Oil Independence Policies at Better Place; meeting with Booky Oren, Past CEO of Mekorot, Israel’s water company: Yad Vashem and processing how the Holocaust impacted Israeli society and behaviour; session with David Dolev- each student wrote an essay on an experience where he/she was culturally surprised and analyzed this based on the training and course; meeting with members of the Israeli-Palestinian Parents Circle Families Forum; meeting: visiting companies and tourist sites. The detailed itinerary is provided below.

http://alumweb.mit.edu/clubs/israel/BrowseWeb.do?webSiteId=SI000138&webPageId=P001

http://www.oranim.ac.il/sites/heb/community/shdemot/shdemot-center/pages/default.aspx

http://www.oranim.ac.il/sites/heb/community/shdemot/shdemot-center/pages/default.aspx

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MISTI MIT– ISRAEL: Technology in Israel Seminar

Dates: July 8-12, 2010

(The itinerary is the property of the Department for Jewish Peoplehood-Oren. It may not be used without express written permission.)

Group Leader: David Dolev

Oranim College Staff: Lori Abramson

Primary goals:

a) To introduce students to Israeli politics, society and technology and their impact on Israel and Israeli behavior

b) To give students the understanding of the context and culture of a society and how it impacts the workplace in order to support them in their future global careers.

Sub-goals: These will be woven in to the program within the context of the primary goals above

To tour important sites in Israel To encourage relationships/interactions with Israelis To learn from high-level, exceptional Israeli leaders To learn about the Israeli Cleantech sector

Program Day

"The Ancient World & Modern Israel"

Transfers from various locations to a central meeting place

Tour of Better Place Visitors Center and meeting with Michael Granoff, Head of Oil Independence Policies

Lunch (Tel Aviv and Akko students with David)

Travel to Jerusalem

Meet with Professor Professor Ehud Gazit, Vice President for R&D, Tel Aviv University

Caesarea: Visit the ancient port and the Roman Amphitheater

Check in at hotel

Time to rest and refresh, relax on the beach

Dinner (Technion and Weizmann students with David)

Kobi Aflalo in Concert at Beraleh Music Club, Kibbutz Lahavot Haviva Overnight Caesarea

Thursday

July 8

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“Connecting with the Past to Look to the Future”

Breakfast (Sloan students with David)

Yad VaShem: Visit Israel's National Holocaust Museum

Lunch (Amdocs/Intel/NDS students with David)

Time to prepare for Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat or Discussion/tour with tour guide Ilan Berkovitz at the Kotel

Shabbat Dinner Overnight Jerusalem

Friday

July 9

“Turning Off Technology"

Breakfast

Free time/visits to local synagogues for Shabbat morning services

Lunch

Tour of the Old City by foot

Session with David Dolev

Session with Dr. Rachel Korazim on the topic, “The Impact of the Holocaust on Israel and Israelis

Evening + Dinner on your own on Ben Yehuda Street Overnight Jerusalem

Shabbat

July 10

“Understanding Israeli Society:

How Do We Move Ahead?"

Breakfast(Ben-Gurion students with David)

Israeli and Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum

Leave for Tel Aviv

Lunch in Tel Aviv (Bar Ilan students with David)

Speaker: Mr. Booky Oren, President and CEO of Miya, an Arison Group Company, on the topic of “Water & Energy Nexus in Israel – An Integrated Approach Facing Growing Demands of the Future”

Travel North to Oranim Academic College

Mifgash (session) with Israeli Students from Green Course at Oranim College – a Green Campus

Session with Mohammad Darawshe of The Abraham Fund on the

Sunday

July 11

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The Department for Jewish Peoplehood- Oren, Shdemot 2010©

topic, “Jews and Arabs in Israel: Challenges and Opportunities”

Druze Hospitality and Dinner Overnight Haifa

“ Sustainable Development”

Breakfast (Hebrew University students with David)

View of Haifa from the Louis Promenade

Tour of Baha’i Gardens

Tour of German Colony

Hi-Tech in the Medical Industry: Visit Given Imaging in Yoqneam

Drive to the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)

Swim in the Kinneret and Picnic Lunch

Hike at Kinneret

Closing activity Good Bye - Lehitra'ot!

Monday

July 12

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MIT-Israel Students at Better Place, discussion with Michael Granoff, Head of Oil Dependence Policies and driving electric cars

MIT-Israel students with Prof. Ehud Gazit, VP of Research MIT-Israel students at Caesaria and Development, Tel Aviv University

MIT-Israel students in Jerusalem

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VIII. MIT-Israel Staff Highlights

Christine Ortiz is appointed dean for graduate education The DMSE professor says she is honored to be chosen to work with and on behalf of MIT’s

graduate students.

Morgan Bettex, MIT News Office

Christine Ortiz, professor of materials science and engineering, has been appointed the Institute’s next dean for graduate

education, effective Aug. 1, Chancellor Phillip L. Clay announced Monday.

“Professor Ortiz brings considerable experience to graduate student issues,” Clay said in a letter to graduate students,

faculty and staff. “Her development and leadership of major projects at MIT and leadership in her profession have been

recognized by her peers and in numerous awards.”

Ortiz, whose research in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) focuses on the structure and

mechanics of biological materials, will replace Steven R. Lerman, who announced in March that he would become provost

and executive vice president for academic affairs at George Washington University. He had been dean for graduate

education since 2007.

In her new role, Ortiz will collaborate with students, faculty and staff across the Institute on issues related to graduate

education and research and will focus on increasing graduate-student opportunities for academic, professional and personal

development. She will also facilitate the advancement and information exchange of graduate curricula, formulate new ways

to grow the graduate-student community and strive to provide a better understanding and enhancement of the climate and

level of diversity in the graduate student population.

“I am deeply grateful for the honor and opportunity to work on behalf of and as an advocate for MIT’s extraordinary graduate

student population,” said Ortiz, adding that she hopes to build on the “outstanding achievements” of Lerman and his staff. “I

am, to this day, continually awed by the intellectual depth, creativity, work ethic and unbridled enthusiasm of MIT graduate

students. They are truly at the core of what makes MIT such a remarkable institution.”

A member of the MIT faculty since 1999, Ortiz has served as a member or chair on several department, school and institute

committees, including those that focus on undergraduate and graduate education, mentoring, international strategy and

diversity. She is a member of MIT’s Initiative on Faculty Race and Diversity and is often invited to speak at panels and

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workshops geared to improving the experiences of underrepresented minority students and faculty members. In 2009, she

received a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award for recognition of service that reflects the late civil rights leader's

ideals and vision.

As chair of the DMSE Departmental Committee on Graduate Students since 2008, Ortiz helped lead an extensive review

and revision of the department’s graduate curriculum. She is also the founding and current faculty director of the MIT

International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)-Israel international exchange program.

“Professor Ortiz will bring creative energy to her work with graduate students and faculty,” Clay said. “In selecting her, we

were impressed with the thoughtfulness that characterizes how she deals with students and faculty.”

Ortiz, described by Clay as “a prolific researcher,” received her BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and both her MS

and PhD from Cornell University, all in the field of materials science and engineering.

As leader of MIT’s Ortiz Bionanomechanics Laboratory, which currently has 16 students and postdoctoral associates, Ortiz

studies how the nanoscale properties of high-strength, lightweight biological materials could be transferred to synthetic

materials.

Her leadership achievements at MIT and in her profession have been recognized by her peers and in awards, including the

National Science Foundation Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which was presented to her by

former President George W. Bush. In 2008, she won the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow Award

from the Department of Defense.

Ulric Ferner, president of the Graduate Student Council, welcomed the news of Ortiz’s appointment. “She has an impressive

background of both professional and service work at MIT, and this puts her in an ideal position to be dean. This includes

extensive curriculum development, the MIT Students for Israel program and countless community building initiatives,” Ferner

said. “She brings a host of creative ideas and strong leadership to this office, and we look forward to working with her over

the coming years.”

Daniel Hastings, dean for undergraduate education, is also “delighted” that Ortiz is joining the chancellor’s team as the dean

for graduate education. “I know she is committed to the welfare of our students, and I look forward to continuing to work with

her,” he said.

The search advisory committee was chaired by Steven C. Graves and in addition to Ferner, members included Professors

Martin L. Culpepper, John A. Ochsendorf and Maria Zuber and Associate Deans Karen K. Gleason and Kai von Fintel.

David Dolev Honored by Israeli Consulate of New England

David Dolev, the coordinator for MIT- Israel, was honored at the annual Israeli Consulate Israel Independence Day

celebration, April 19th, 2010, for “his remarkable work in supporting strong collaboration between Israel and New

England.” The award was given on behalf of the State of Israel and presented by the Consulate General of Israel to

New England.

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IX. HOST COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS Our list of participating companies and institutions and willing to host MIT student is continually growing and currently includes:

Bar Ilan University

Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Haifa University

Hebrew University

Tel Aviv University

Technion- Israel Institute of Technology

Weizmann Institute of Science

http://www1.biu.ac.il/ind

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The students that interned at NDS and Intel are part of a relationship we have developed with the Jerusalem College of Engineering in which MIT students are doing internships at companies that have a strong relationship with the College and students from the college were matched up with MIT students to engage socially.

Students that will intern at netvizio are part of a relationship we have developed with Afeka ,Tel-Aviv

College of Engineering in which MIT students will work on a joint project with Afeka College students at

Netvizio developing modules for advanced Augmented Interactive online video system.

Amdocs: Customer care, billing and order management systems for telecommunications carriers and Internet services providers.

● Arava Power The Arava Power Company (APC), formed in 2006, is Israel's leading solar developer, seeks to supply 10% of Israel's electricity needs.

AVX via Jerusalem College of Engineering

Leading Worldwide Manufacturer and Supplier of Electronic Components

BrightSource Energy

BrightSource Energy’s mission is to make solar energy cost competitive with fossil fuels by developing, building, owning and operating the world’s most cost-effective and reliable large-scale solar energy projects.

Center for Jewish Arab Economic Development

http://english.jce.ac.il/

http://www.afeka.ac.il/About_Afeka_en.aspx

http://www.luz2.com/

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Covertix: provides organizations with the power to control and protect their Information Assets - track, monitor and control documents and files anytime

ecamp

Israeli technology summer camp in Israel for children and teens, ages 8-18.

ETV Motors

Founded in 2008, research, development and commercialization of critical EV components and their integration into turbine-powered Range-Extended Electric Vehicles (REEVs).

Galilee Foundation for Value Education

The Galilee Foundation for Value Education - engaging in education for intergroup understanding since 1992: Jewish - Arab, Jewish - Jewish (primarily orthodox/non-orthodox), and Israel - Diaspora.

Given Imaging

Given Imaging is a world leader in developing and marketing patient-friendly solutions for visualizing and detecting disorders of the GI tract.

Google Google's mission: to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. In Israel the company is committed to focus on Israeli Web surfers, advertisers and Web site operators in addition to development for worldwide operations.

http://ecamp4u.com/Israel.asp

http://eng.makom-bagalil.org.il/

http://eng.makom-bagalil.org.il/

http://www.covertix.com/index.aspx

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H8ybDMqu9xk/SoKhUYGunhI/AAAAAAAADcQ/lGgAEZ5MABk/S220/eCamp_logo_184px.png&imgrefurl=http://ecampisrael.blogspot.com/&usg=__ZD6CalzqMTUnvfpCHlQRN074j1I=&h=77&w=187&sz=13&hl=iw&start=4&tbnid=AjN1T_hN0S5fHM:&tbnh=42&tbnw=102&prev=/images?q=ecamp+logo&gbv=2&hl=iw

http://etvmotors.com/

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://eng.makom-bagalil.org.il/7891/ani_1Dy.gif&imgrefurl=http://eng.makom-bagalil.org.il/&usg=__-920DMkS81WdhVqd4SfakwRGHOQ=&h=182&w=272&sz=514&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=HvaU-Bt92KtI2M:&tbnh=76&tbnw=113&prev=/images?q=makom+bagalil+images&hl=en&rlz=1T4DMUS_enUS259US260&sa=N

http://www.givenimaging.com/en-us/Pages/GivenWelcomePage.aspx

http://www.sanog.org/sanog12/images/google_la

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Greenstein*Har-Gil Landscape Architecture and Design The firm of Greenstein, Har-Gil offers a variety of design and planning services in the area of landscape architecture, urban and regional planning, environmental design and architecture.

IMI Tami: IMI's primary goal is to expand the business of the Israel Chemicals Group by improving existing chemical production processes for "me-too" products and developing new, proprietary chemical compounds having a commercial advantage

Intel Jerusalem via Jerusalem College of Engineering

Intel is developing small, fast, and energy-efficient technologies to help create the next revolutionary step in mobile, desktop, and data center computing—as well as technologies that power the engine of change for our entire industry.

Israel Antiquities Society/International Conservation Center- Acre

The International Conservation Center is a joint project of the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Old Acre Development Company and the Acre Municipality. The Center aims to: provide training in conservation professions; serve as a place of study for researchers and students; develop new public and community programs that target all tangible and intangible heritage values of the city.

Kivunim- Shop for Meaning: promoting youth with special needs.

Leviathan Energy

Leviathan Energy was formed in 2006 in order to supply innovative, state-of-the-art technologies that will change the fundamentals of the renewable energy market on a global scale.

http://www.intel.com/

http://kvn.org.il/en/ShopForMeaning

http://www.leviathanenergyinc.com/

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Mansfeld-Kahat Architecture Firm

The firm’s work ranges from architectural design of individual buildings to master planning and design of large-scale urban complexes. Among it’s best-known work are The Israel Museum and Haifa University.

Naoit: Venture Accelerator that helps entrepreneurs translate innovative ideas into commercially-viable businesses

NDS: creates innovative technologies that allow pay-TV operators to generate revenues by securely delivering digital content to TVs, set-top boxes (STBs), digital video recorders (DVRs), PCs, portable media players (PMPs), removable media, and other mobile devices

Netvizio: new age video communication technology company pioneering the emerging and fast growing market of unified video communications, interactive digital media, TV widget and Web 2.0 convergence

Neurophage Pharmaceuticals

NeuroPhage’s breakthrough protein disaggregation platform for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and for imaging plaque is based on the pioneering discovery of Professor Beka Solomon from Tel Aviv University.

Provigent

PROVIGENT is the industry's leading merchant of "Systems on Chip" (SoC) products for the wireless transmission industry.

http://www.neurophage.com/

http://www.mansfeld-kehat.co.il/

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RAD Biomed: the incubator provides physical infrastructure, seed capital, business development and a wide range of related services to help entrepreneurs establish companies that will join the flourishing Israeli biomedical industry

Rambam Health Care Campus: Northern Israel's largest hospital and a tertiary referral center for 11 district hospitals and the North's address for advanced surgical departments in all specialties and subspecialties

Ramot: mission is to foster, initiate, lead, and manage the transfer of new technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace and to strengthen the relationship between Tel Aviv University’s research community and the business community.

Teva Pharmaceuticals via Jerusalem College of Engineering

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is a global pharmaceutical company specializing in the development, production and marketing of generic and proprietary branded pharmaceuticals as well as active pharmaceutical ingredients.

Tsofen The vision of “Tsofen - High Technology Centers” is to advance equal opportunity and minimize the inequality faced by Arab citizens of Israel by accelerating their entrance into the hi-tech industry.

ZenithSolar

ZenithSolar concentrated solar energy generation system is based on a new paradigm in optical design and high-efficiency solar cells.

http://www.ramot.org/index.html

http://www.bioabroad.org.il/banners/goto.asp?ban

http://www.tsofen.org/eng/

http://www.tsofen.org/eng/

http://www.zenithsolar.com/i

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X. ON-CAMPUS EVENTS Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Concentrator Photovoltaics in Israel and U.S.A Applications

Speaker: Prof David Faiman, Director of Israel's National Solar Energy Center at Ben Gurion University and Chief Scientist of ZenithSolar, a concentrator PV start-up. He will discussing the case of Israel as a “mini-laboratory” for examining the USA's energy challenges. Organized by MIT-Israel, Boston Israel Cleantech Alliance and Combined Jewish Philanthropies Tuesday, September 15, 2009

How Israeli Universities are Making a Difference in the Peace Process: Haifa University as a Prototype

Speaker: Prof. Sophia Menache, Dean Graduate Studies at Haifa University, well known historian, publishing pioneering research on communication, propaganda, and stereotypes. For the past five years she has been in charge of the graduate studies at the University of Haifa. Organized by MIT-Israel with MIT Israeli Students Club, Security Studies Program, Hillel (MIT), and MIT Center for International Studies

Monday, October 19, 2009

Israeli Bar Night- Organized by Israeli Students Club with Large Event Fund (LEF), GSC Funding Board,

MIT-Israel, MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI), Hillel (MIT)

Friday, October 23, 2009

Arab and Jewish Entrepreneurs Working Together in Israel

with Smadar Nehab and Sami Saadi Founders of Tsofen.Tsofen- High Technology Centers is a young innovative non-profit organization. Whose goal is to advance the economic and social equality of Arab citizens of Israel, by accelerating their entry into the Israeli hi-tech industry. Organized by MIT-Israel with Hillel (MIT), and Combined Jewish Philanthropies Thursday, October 29, 2009

Obama and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Interim Report Card

Speaker: Dr. Khalil Shikaki and Dr. Shai Feldman Organized by MIT-Israel and MIT Security Studies Program

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Waltz with Bashir

Animated movie on the Lebanon War of 1982 with introduction to movie by Ehud Eiran, author of The Essence of Longing: General Erez Gerstein and the War in Lebanon, Yediot Aharonot, 2007. Organized by MIT-Israel

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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Solar Energy Startups - the Israeli Perspective with Dr. Ory Zik

with Dr. Zik, Co-founder and CEO of Heliofocus, an Israel-based startup developing and commercializing

modular highly-efficient solar thermal solutions. Dr. Zik holds B.Sc. (cum laude) in Physics and

Mathematics from Tel Aviv University as well as M.Sc. (cum laude) and Ph.D. in Physics from the

Weizmann Institute of Science, in Israel, where he received the Feinberg physics award and the Amos De

Shalit physics prize

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Networking for Israeli Professionals and Academics (in Hebrew)

Speaker: Udi Meirav- Luminus Devices, Prof. Galit Lahav-Harvard Medical School, Prof. Eran Ben-Joseph and Assaf Biderman- MIT

Organized by MIT-Israel, The Israeli Consulate of New England, The Israeli House, BioAbroad, ZAG S&W International Law Firm, New England Israel Business Council

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

An Insider's View of Israeli Cleantech

with Hezi Kugler, Chairman of the Israeli Clean Energy Alliance and the former Director General of Israel's Ministry of National Infrastructures will share his perspective on Israel's cleantech sector. Opportunities for cleantech internships in Israel also presented. Organized by MIT-Israel, Consul General of Boston to New England, Boston-Israel Cleantech Alliance, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, New England-Israel Business Council, Sloan Israeli Business Club with MIT Energy Club, MIT Sloan Energy and Environment Club

Thursday, January 28, 2010

The Annual Hummus Taste Off- Organized by MIT Hillel with MIT Students for Israel, MIT - Israeli

Association, Hillel (MIT), MIT-Israel, MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI), Large

Event Fund (LEF)

The MIT Hummus Experience began in 2008. Last year, it was the highlight of MIT's IAP (Independence Activities Period). It might be the health trend or just pure curiosity which brought 150 people to the Hummus Taste Off, a competition where professors and students had to rank different hummus brands and student creations by aroma, taste and texture.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz – Organized by Bioabroad, The Israeli Consulate of New England,

The Israeli House and MIT-Israel

Minister Steinitz met with Israeli academics from MIT and the Boston area shared how Israel had

managed to emerge from the global economic crisis and discussed the challenges and opportunities for

those interested in returning.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Kick Off - MIT Ulpan (Hebrew@mit)- Organized by MIT Hillel with MIT-Israel, MIT - Israeli Association, MIT Students for Israel

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Monday March 6, 2010

Battery Ventures Israel - a talk with General Partner Scott Tobin – Organized by MIT Sloan Israel

Business Club with MIT-Israel

Informal conversation for Sloan MBA and MISTI MIT-Israel students interested in the

venture capital industry in Israel.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Israeli Cleantech Innovation and Tech Transfer

with Larry Loev, the Director of Business Development (Physical Sciences) at Ramot, the technology transfer company of Tel Aviv University. Organized by MIT-Israel, Boston Israel Cleantech Alliance, Combined Jewish Philanthropies with MIT Energy Club In Israel

Saturday, December 12th Engineering Our Future with Prof. Subra Suresh, MIT's Dean of Engineering

Organized by the MIT Club of Israel and Keter with MIT-Israel

Saturday January 16th, 2010

MIT Energy Initiative

with Prof. Vladimir Bulovid , Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

Head of the Organic and Nanostructured Electronics Laboratory, MIT Energy Initiative Council Member,

Co-Director of the MIT-ENI Solar Frontiers Center, Co-Head of Energy Education Task Force, Co-Director

of MIT Energy Studies Minor (http://onelab.mit.edu/people.htm)

Organized by the MIT Club of Israel with MIT-Israel

Sunday May 21st, 2010

Annual MIT Alumni Cocktail Reception with Mr. Saul Singer

Co-author of best-selling book Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle

Organized by the MIT Club of Israel, Sloan Israeli Business Club with Herzog Fox Neeman and MIT-Israel

Thursday, July 15th, 2010 Kidnapping Politics and the Case of Gilad Shalit With Prof. Prof. Richard J. Samuels Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies, Founding Director of the MIT Japan Program.

Organized by the MIT Club of Israel and MIT-Israel

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Israeli Finance Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz, February 2010, MIT

MIT Club of Israel President, Galya Racine, MIT

Sloan Club of Israel President, Prof. Vladimir

Bulovid , Associate Professor of Electrical

Engineering Dan Grotsky, at alumni event in Israel,

February 2010, MIT Club of Israel with MIT-Israel

Prof. Subra Suresh, MIT Dean of Engineering with

Sami Sagol CEO, Keter Group, at alumni event in

Israel, December 2009, MIT Club of Israel and

Keter with MIT-Israel

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XI. DONOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

There have been a large number of organizations and highly dedicated individuals who have provided critical support and worked collaboratively with us. We would like to express our sincerest gratitude for your efforts. They have a made a huge difference in the lives of many students. Larry Broutman '59, SM '61, SCD '63 Arie and Ida Crown Memorial Foundation (Charles Goodman '54)

Lionel C. Kimerling, Thomas Lord Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Robert and Myra Kraft Family Foundation The Kogan Family Rebecca and Laird M. Malamed '89

Edwin Roos Edward M. 59’ and Harriet Safran Arlene and Harold Schnitzer 44’ Jake Seid, Lightspeed Venture Partners, co-founder MIT-CETI, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science- BS '98 and M.Eng '98 Arthur Reidel, Scintera, B.S. Mathematics '73 Janice Rossbach 51’ Arnee R. and Walt A. Winshall '64

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XII. FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank all of the student host sponsoring organizations and faculty hosts for their generous financial and administrative contributions: Acre's International Center for Conservation/Israel Antiquities Authority, Amdocs, ecamp, ETV Motors, Intel via Jerusalem College of Engineering, Kivunim, Naiot Venture Accelerator, NDS via Jerusalem College of Engineering, ZenithSolar, Bar Ilan University, Ben Gurion University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, and The Weizmann Institute of Science. Susan Hockfield, President of MIT Philip Khoury, Ford International Professor of History and Associate Provost at MIT Phillip Clay, Chancellor, MIT MIT Hillel and its Director, Rabbi Michelle Fisher, Eliad Shmuel, Program Director, MIT Hillel The MIT Israeli Association: Itai Turbahn-EECS, Economics, 2011, Jonathan Goldberg, and Orit Shamir- EECS Phd Candidate, Presidents MIT Sloan Israel Business Club: Ronen Kofman, Amit Karp, Co –Presidents, Liron Azrielant, Liron Wand, Tal Snir, Noam Josephy, Roy Stern Eran Ben Joseph, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning; Chair, PhD program, MIT Debbie Berechman, Executive Director, MBA Program, Sloan School of Management Diane E. Davis: Associate Dean MIT School of Architecture and Planning; Professor and Head, International Development Group Department of Urban Studies and Planning Ora Gladstone, Addir Fellows Daniel Jackson, Professor of Computer Science, MIT Joseph Jacobson, MIT Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences Richelle Nessralla, Associate Counsel, Office of the General Counsel

Ezra Zuckerman, Sloan School of Management, Nanyang Technological University Assoc Professor The MIT Club of Israel: Past President, Haim Alcalay, EECS ’61, President, APA Advanced Technologies President, Galya Racine, MBA 02’, Strategic Innovator, Innovation Wise

President MIT Sloan Club of Israel, Dan Grotsky, MS EECS/MBA 02’, CEO, Cressca

Heidi Brun, Heidi Brun Associates Jaime Glottman, BS 59’

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Dror Sharon, MBA 06’, Gemeni Israel Funds Boaz Tamir, PhD, '87, Political Science Department, Montefiore Partners Venture Capital fund Jonathan Shapiro, Boston-Israel Cleantech Alliance BioAbroad: Rami Lotem, Eytan Abraham, Natalie Artzi, Ronen Eavri Consulate General of New England: Nadav Tamir, Consul General of Israel to New England, Rony Yedidia,

Deputy Consul General of Israel to New England, Ilana Snapstailer, Einav Laser,Oshrat Hason, Shira

Gareh, and Hilla Hoitash

The Department for Jewish Peoplehood- Oren, Shdemot: Roberta Bell- Kligler, Lori Abramson, Israel-America Chamber of Commerce: Tamar Guy, Executive Director, New England-Israel Business Council: Tami Durst, Yuval Malinsky Gadi Tamari, SAVANT Eitan Yudleievich, CEO, Bird Foundation Joel Berkowitz, New England Region Director of the American Technion Society Ruth Gold, The American Technion Society Ben Shamir, Past New England Regional Director at American Associates Ben-Gurion University of the Negev MIT Israel Enterprise Forum and it’s Director, Ayla Matalon Shlomo Gradman, Chairman, Israel High-tech CEO Forum

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