NCKU Initiated Talk with Technion of Israel
Michelle, News Center
September 12, 2008
Professor Yitzhak Apeloig, the President of Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, has a two-day visit at the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) from September 12 to explore the feasibility of close cooperation between NCKU and Technion, which are both leaders in Taiwan and Israel respectively.
One of the well-known connections between NCKU and Technion is that Aaron Ciechanover, 2004 Nobel laureate of chemistry, Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry in the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is current Visiting Distinguished Chair Professor in the Institute of Innovations and Advanced Studies as well as 2008 Honorary Doctorate recipient of NCKU
According to Dr. Da-Hsuan Feng, the Senior Executive Vice President of NCKU, NCKU and Technion have shared with similar developing history and both institutes were initiated from school of engineering. “We may explore the feasibility of future research collaborations and student exchanges between NCKU and Technion in the fields of Medicine, Life Sciences and Engineering”, Dr. Da-Hsuan Feng added.
The President of Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Dr. Yitzhak Apeloig, said that at Israel Technion already has a successful structure in place and can offer the support that NCKU needs to further advance in this area. Professor Su, the Director of the Office of International Affairs also came out the idea of developing Joint Degree Curricula in the fields of Medicine, Life Sciences and Engineering. The prospects of establishing this relationship with Technion would be extremely beneficial for the entire NCKU community.
About Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
In operation since 1924, the Technion at Haifa is the oldest university in Israel. Since its establishment, the institute has educated three generations of men and women who have played a key role in laying the country’s infrastructure and establishing its crucial defense and high-tech industries. In the new millennium, Technion’s role at the forefront of the global network of science and technology has never been more vital.
The university offers degrees in science and engineering, and related fields such as architecture, medicine, industrial management and education in an intellectually invigorating environment. Great emphasis is also placed on its humanities and social science programs, the incorporation of which takes on ever-increasing importance in today’s multi-faceted workplace. However, Technion’s goals go beyond providing a well-rounded technical education. At the institute, scientific instruction is interwoven with professional ethics, producing leaders sensitive to social and environmental issues.
The dissemination of knowledge doesn’t end in the classroom. Technion actively publishes its discoveries in journals and popular manuscripts, and aims to spark scientific and technological interest among youth through popular lectures and programs. Technion laboratories are also dedicated to enhancing the country’s economy – they offer novel solutions, research facilities, and world-class expertise.
As a whole, the Technion is committed to its role as the country’s top facility for science and technology, a role that is necessary for the future of Israel and to all of humanity.
About Professor Yitzhak Apeloig
Professor Yitzhak Apeloig was nominated as the President of the Technion in October 2001. In 2005 he was nominated for the second 4-year term.
Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig completed his B.Sc. (1967), M.Sc. (1969) and Ph.D. (1974) studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Shortly after his postdoctoral career at Princeton University, in 1976, he joined the Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, where he was promoted to the rank of full professorship in 1988 and became a Chair incumbent in 1993. During 1995 – 1999, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry.
During his tenure as the President of Technion, he shows visionary leadership and great endeavor for excellence in research and teaching. On top of his priorities they are the recruitment of young brilliant faculty and the encouragement of excellence and leadership in research, especially in multidisciplinary fields cutting across disciplines, such as nanotechnology and the interface between engineering, the life sciences and medicine.
Professor Apeloig is highly committed to teaching and research. He continues to teach also during his Presidential term, and was named as the Teacher of the Year on three separate semesters by the Technion Student Association. He continues to lead an active research group of 10 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Professor Apeloig is a world renowned leader in computational chemistry, organosilicon chemistry and organic chemistry.
Yitzhak Apeloig uses quantum chemistry in order to make predictions which guide experiments in new directions and new fields of chemistry. In many cases these predictions are tested experimentally by his own group. The fact that both experiment and theory are carried out in the same group (and sometimes by the same student) leads to an interesting synergistic effect and to unique insights. The current research interests of the group are mainly in organosilicon chemistry and in organic and organosilicon reaction mechanisms, in particular in reactive intermediates.
In 1996 he established, together with Prof. S. Shaik from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Lise Meitner Center for Computational Chemistry and is her co-director. The center is the main hub of activity in Israel in the field of computational chemistry.
Yitzhak Apeloig is an avid teacher. He has been selected a few times by the students as one of the best university teachers at the Technion.
He has received the Wacker Silicone Award, the Israel Chemical Society Prize, the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Award, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Professor Award (twice), the Technion Awards for Academic Excellence and Excellence in Research, has been a DAAD fellow and a visiting professor at several leading universities around the world. In 2006, Yitzhak Apeloig was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany. He has presented more than 100 invited and plenary lectures in international conferences, universities and industry around the world. He holds a Chair in Chemistry, since 1993.
September 12, 2008
Professor Yitzhak Apeloig, the President of Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, has a two-day visit at the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) from September 12 to explore the feasibility of close cooperation between NCKU and Technion, which are both leaders in Taiwan and Israel respectively.
One of the well-known connections between NCKU and Technion is that Aaron Ciechanover, 2004 Nobel laureate of chemistry, Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry in the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is current Visiting Distinguished Chair Professor in the Institute of Innovations and Advanced Studies as well as 2008 Honorary Doctorate recipient of NCKU
According to Dr. Da-Hsuan Feng, the Senior Executive Vice President of NCKU, NCKU and Technion have shared with similar developing history and both institutes were initiated from school of engineering. “We may explore the feasibility of future research collaborations and student exchanges between NCKU and Technion in the fields of Medicine, Life Sciences and Engineering”, Dr. Da-Hsuan Feng added.
The President of Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Dr. Yitzhak Apeloig, said that at Israel Technion already has a successful structure in place and can offer the support that NCKU needs to further advance in this area. Professor Su, the Director of the Office of International Affairs also came out the idea of developing Joint Degree Curricula in the fields of Medicine, Life Sciences and Engineering. The prospects of establishing this relationship with Technion would be extremely beneficial for the entire NCKU community.
About Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
In operation since 1924, the Technion at Haifa is the oldest university in Israel. Since its establishment, the institute has educated three generations of men and women who have played a key role in laying the country’s infrastructure and establishing its crucial defense and high-tech industries. In the new millennium, Technion’s role at the forefront of the global network of science and technology has never been more vital.
The university offers degrees in science and engineering, and related fields such as architecture, medicine, industrial management and education in an intellectually invigorating environment. Great emphasis is also placed on its humanities and social science programs, the incorporation of which takes on ever-increasing importance in today’s multi-faceted workplace. However, Technion’s goals go beyond providing a well-rounded technical education. At the institute, scientific instruction is interwoven with professional ethics, producing leaders sensitive to social and environmental issues.
The dissemination of knowledge doesn’t end in the classroom. Technion actively publishes its discoveries in journals and popular manuscripts, and aims to spark scientific and technological interest among youth through popular lectures and programs. Technion laboratories are also dedicated to enhancing the country’s economy – they offer novel solutions, research facilities, and world-class expertise.
As a whole, the Technion is committed to its role as the country’s top facility for science and technology, a role that is necessary for the future of Israel and to all of humanity.
About Professor Yitzhak Apeloig
Professor Yitzhak Apeloig was nominated as the President of the Technion in October 2001. In 2005 he was nominated for the second 4-year term.
Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig completed his B.Sc. (1967), M.Sc. (1969) and Ph.D. (1974) studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Shortly after his postdoctoral career at Princeton University, in 1976, he joined the Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, where he was promoted to the rank of full professorship in 1988 and became a Chair incumbent in 1993. During 1995 – 1999, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry.
During his tenure as the President of Technion, he shows visionary leadership and great endeavor for excellence in research and teaching. On top of his priorities they are the recruitment of young brilliant faculty and the encouragement of excellence and leadership in research, especially in multidisciplinary fields cutting across disciplines, such as nanotechnology and the interface between engineering, the life sciences and medicine.
Professor Apeloig is highly committed to teaching and research. He continues to teach also during his Presidential term, and was named as the Teacher of the Year on three separate semesters by the Technion Student Association. He continues to lead an active research group of 10 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Professor Apeloig is a world renowned leader in computational chemistry, organosilicon chemistry and organic chemistry.
Yitzhak Apeloig uses quantum chemistry in order to make predictions which guide experiments in new directions and new fields of chemistry. In many cases these predictions are tested experimentally by his own group. The fact that both experiment and theory are carried out in the same group (and sometimes by the same student) leads to an interesting synergistic effect and to unique insights. The current research interests of the group are mainly in organosilicon chemistry and in organic and organosilicon reaction mechanisms, in particular in reactive intermediates.
In 1996 he established, together with Prof. S. Shaik from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Lise Meitner Center for Computational Chemistry and is her co-director. The center is the main hub of activity in Israel in the field of computational chemistry.
Yitzhak Apeloig is an avid teacher. He has been selected a few times by the students as one of the best university teachers at the Technion.
He has received the Wacker Silicone Award, the Israel Chemical Society Prize, the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Award, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Professor Award (twice), the Technion Awards for Academic Excellence and Excellence in Research, has been a DAAD fellow and a visiting professor at several leading universities around the world. In 2006, Yitzhak Apeloig was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany. He has presented more than 100 invited and plenary lectures in international conferences, universities and industry around the world. He holds a Chair in Chemistry, since 1993.
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