Extreme Loads on Structures Lab (ELSL)
Hezi Grisaro's Research Group
Dr. Hezi Grisaro is an Assistant Professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering and Construction Management Division, and the Head of the Extreme Loads on Structures Lab (ELSL)
Hezi got his BSc (summa cum laude, 1st rank in class, 2008), MSc (summa cum laude, 2014) and PhD (2018) in structural engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He was a Lyon Sachs Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada (2018-2020).
Hezi has academic and practical experience in designing and analyzing structures under extreme loads such as blast and impact. His research focuses on modeling the behavior of structures under extreme loads, and analysis of reinforced concrete structures, as well as experimental testing.
ACADEMIC DEGREES
| 2018 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Thesis title: "Response of a structural element to combined loading of explosion and fragmentation impact"
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| 2014 | Master of Science (MSc)
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Summa Cum Laude Thesis title: "Effect of a rear face layer on scabbing in walls of RC protective structures"
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| 2008 | Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Summa Cum Laude, 1st rank in class |
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONORS
| 2023 | A. Arnson Award for Excellence in Teaching (Lecturer), Technion (Winter 2023) |
| 2019 | The Tuvia Netzer Prize for the Best PhD Dissertation in the Field of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion |
| 2019 | Special Mention in the Research Category of the 2019 fib Achievement Award for Young Engineers |
| 2018 | Lyon Sachs Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto, Canada |
| 2018 | Award for Excellence in Teaching (Assistant), Technion (Spring 2017) |
| 2017 | The Ministry of Science, Technology and Space Travel Grant for Phd students |
| 2017 | Award for Excellence in Teaching (Assistant), Technion (Spring 2016) |
| 2016 | The Best Lecture Award in the 11th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil engineering, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2016 | The “Eng. Yehezkel Koplevitch, Eng. Arie Tzimerman” prize for excellence in research in the Structural Engineering and Construction Management division in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion |
| 2016 | The Adams Fellowship Program of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities for excellent PhD students in Israel (The first student from the Faculty of Civil and Env. Eng. to win this fellowship) |
| 2015 | Fain Daniel prize for PhD students |
| 2014 | The Tuvia Netzer Prize for the best MSc dissertation in the field of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion |
| 2008 | 1st rank in class, undergraduate studies – Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion |
| 2007 | The Yitzhak Alpan prize for excellence in the 'Geomechanics' course, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion |
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Please refer to the publications page
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