Prof. Nir Gavish ngavish@technion.ac.il

Nir Gavish is the program’s mathematical advisor. Nir is an associate professor of applied mathematics at the Technion’s Faculty of Mathematics. He specializes in and teaches the use of mathematics to solve real-life challenges, such as the spread of epidemics. In particular, he uses a collection of tools, such as mathematical modeling, spatial analysis, and various computing tools to solve problems related to chemical physics, materials science, nonlinear optics, and tender theory. Furthermore, he used this toolbox to mathematically model policy management during COVID-19.

Yuval Sharon

Yuval Sharon served as the program ‘s technology consultant. He works as a math teacher and math coordinator in middle and high school. Yuval has extensive experience as an algorithm developer, team and project manager at Mobileye, where he developed a system for autonomous control of vehicle high lights, calibration algorithms and management of large projects with leading car manufacturers. Yuval holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mathematics and a teaching certificate from the Hebrew University. He is currently a graduate student in musicology at the Hebrew University.

Dr. Irit Talmor

Dr. Irit Talmor served as a fellow in the development team of the i-MAT program. She is a senior lecturer at the School of Management of the Western Galilee College, in the fields of operations research and logistics, and a consultant to companies and organizations in these fields. She was a senior researcher at the Center for Military Studies at Rafael. Irit holds four degrees from the Technion – a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and management and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics teaching, both with commendable honors. Master’s degree in operations research and systems analysis, and PhD in transportation engineering track of the Faculty of Civil Engineering.

Dr. David Feilchenfeld

Dr. Feilchenfeld is a consultant to the program, teaches at David Yellin College, and is a partner in the development of the tasks “Defensive Wall”, “YouTube”, “Doppler” and “Mobileye”.

Students from the Faculty of Science and Technology Education who take part in the development of i-MAT missions

Ranen Hassan Ranenhassan@gmail.com

Ranen participated in the course “Advanced Approaches to Evaluation in Mathematics Education” at the Technion, and is a partner in the development of the “Site Ranking” task.

Barak Cohen Barak913@campus.technion.ac.il

Barak took part in the course “Advanced Approaches to Evaluation in Mathematics Education” at the Technion and is a partner in the development of the “Site Ranking” task.

Noor Jabal Nabojabal9@gmail.com

Nur participated in the course “Advanced Approaches to Evaluation in Mathematics Education” at the Technion, and is a partner in developing the “Site Ranking” task. Nur posseses an industrial and management engineering Bachelor degree from the Technion.

Dema Badren Dema.1.97@hotmail.com

Dema participated in the course “Advanced Approaches to Evaluation in Mathematics Education” at the Technion, and is a partner in the development of the “Mapping Radar” mission. Dema holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and management and a master’s degree in supply chains and logistics management. He works as a PMO at the Israel Electric Corporation.

Ruth Karso Ruth.production@gmail.com

Ruti participated in the course “Advanced Approaches to Evaluation in Mathematics Education” at the Technion, and is a partner in the development of the task – Object tracking – which deals with identifying and tracking objects in images of a film. Ruti holds a BA in statistics, an MA in Information and Knowledge Management from the University of Haifa, and a teaching certificate in mathematics from the Technion. She works as a seventh grade educator and mentor in the field of entrepreneurship – Open Valley.

Roi Roth Roi.roth@campus.technion.ac.il

Roi participated in the course “Advanced Approaches to Assessment in Mathematics Education” at the Technion, and is a partner in the development of the “guided missile” mission.

Mayada Bahij Mayadabahij@gmail.com

Mayada participated in the course “Advanced Approaches to Evaluation in Mathematics Education” at the Technion, and is a partner in the development of the “Site Ranking” task. Mayada holds a bachelor’s degree in information systems engineering.

Joel Klein Joel.klein.2010@gmail.com

Joel participated in the course “Advanced Approaches to Evaluation in Mathematics Education” at the Technion, and is a partner in the development of the mission “Radar Mapping”. Joel is studying for a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics at the Technion.

Sara Steinitz Sarasteinitz3@gmail.com

Sarah participated in the course “Advanced Approaches to Evaluation in Mathematics Education” at the Technion and is a partner in the development of the “Total Station” task.

Aviva Rozen aviva0207@gmail.com

Aviva participated in the course “Advanced Approaches to Evaluation in Mathematics Education” at the Technion, and is a partner in the development of the “Periscope” mission. Aviva is an employee of the Ministry of Education.

Carcom Dekel Carcomr@yahoo.com

Crocus participated in the course “Advanced Approaches to Evaluation in Mathematics Education” and co-developed the task “Ultrasound Imaging”. Crocus works at Foresight Robotics.

Ron Nezer Ronezer@gmail.com

Ron participated in the course “Advanced Approaches to Evaluation in Mathematics Education” and co-developed the “Solar Electricity” mission. Ron is a math teacher and previously worked as the manager of a company in the field of solar energy.

Abeer Halabi Azam abeer.halabi@campus.technion.ac.il

Abeer participated in the course “Mathematical Modeling in Education in a Scientific Context”, and is a partner in the development of the “Parabolic Mirror” task. She works at ORT al-Ashraq High School.