The Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP) or Grand Technion Energy Program was established in 2007 at
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, which is
Israel's first university, founded in 1912.
Overview
GTEP's stated aim is to bring together
Technion's researchers to discover and tap alternative and renewable energy sources, promote more
efficient energy use, and reduce the environmental damage caused by the production of fossil fuels.[1]
In 2011, GTEP submitted the winning proposal to the
Israel Science Foundation,[5] through the framework of the Israeli Centers for Research Excellence (I-CORE). As proposal coordinator, GTEP is coordinating top researchers to advance research into
Solar fuels from
Technion, the
Weizmann Institute of Science and
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The I-CORE for Solar Fuels includes nine existing faculty members from each university and 3 new faculty members in each school (a total of 36 members).[6]
Notable GTEP faculty members
Prof. Yoed Tsur, GTEP Director, Technion Faculty of Chemical Engineering.
Prof. Gideon Grader, Founder and Former GTEP Director, Technion Faculty of Chemical Engineering.[7]
Prof. Avner Rothschild, Technion Faculty of Materials Engineering.[8]
Prof. Yair Ein-Eli, Technion Faculty of Materials[9]
Prof. Ilan Riess, Technion Faculty of Physics.
Prof.
Nir Tessler, Technion Faculty of Electrical Engineering.[10]
Prof. Gadi Schuster, Technion Faculty of Biology.[11]
Prof. Avner Rothschild, Technion Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
Prof. Lilac Amirav, Technion Schulich Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. David Greenblatt, Technion Faculty of Mechanical Engineering .[12]
Technion faculties involved with GTEP
Aerospace Engineering
Architecture and Town Planning
Biology
Biotechnology and Food Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
Mathematics
GTEP International Graduate Studies Program
GTEP houses Israel's only multidisciplinary graduate studies program in energy science and technology.[13]