Daniel Weihs

Daniel Weihs is a Distinguished Professor (PhD, Technion, Haifa, Israel 1971) and currently serves as the Head of the Technion's Autonomous Systems and Robotics Program. Some of his extensive previous executive positions at the Technion include Provost, Dean of Aerospace Engineering, Dean of the Graduate School and Head of the Neaman Institute for National Policy Research. Professor Weihs has also served on several Israel’s national and government organizations including Chairman of the Israel National Committee for Space Research and the Steering Committee of the Israel Space Agency. Most recently, he served as the Chief Scientist of the Israel Ministry of Science and Technology. Professor Weihs is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (IASH), foreign member of the United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE), fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the 2011 recipient of the Honorary Doctorate from the Ben-Gurion University, the 2015 awardee of the Israel Ministry of Defense (MOD) Creative Thinking Prize and the 2016 recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award of the International Society of Bionic Engineering. Professor Weihs is also the Chairman of the Israel Interuniversity Marine Science Institute, a member of the Board of Directors at TEUZA-Fairchild Venture Capital and a member of the Advisory Board of the Global Drucker Management Forum. His main research interests are robotics, aerodynamics, bioengineering, space exploration and policy research. Professor Weihs has published over 160 scientific and engineering peer-reviewed articles, lectured in over 130 national and international events, has co-authored several issued and pending patents and is the awardee of one postage stamp.