WINNERS
| NAME | ACADEMIC INSTITUTION | FACULTY / DEPARTMENT | STUDIES LEVEL | SUPERVISORS | RESEARCH TITLE | OUTCOME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avital Angel | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Architecture and Town Planning | PhD | Prof. Pnina Plaut | Measuring street-level walkability and its influencing factors – A big-data-based research | Article in Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (2022): Angel, A., Cohen, A., Dalyot, S. and Plaut, P., "Impact of COVID-19 policies on pedestrian traffic and walking patterns" |
| Yaara Tsairi | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Architecture and Town Planning | PhD | Prof. Karel Martens | Justice and equity in employer policy towards employee transport | |
| Meital Turgeman | Bar-Ilan University | Department of Chemistry | PhD | Prof. Doron Aurbach and Dr. Netanel Shpigel | Improved High-Energy Na-NCM Cathode Prepared by Ion Exchange Route via Application of Various ALD Treatments | Article in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 41: M. Turgeman et al., "Unique Mechanisms of Ion Storage in Polyaniline Electrodes for Pseudocapacitive Energy Storage Devices Unraveled by EQCM-D Analysis" Article in Cell Reports Physical Science (Vol. 3, 2022): Turgeman, M., Wineman-Fisher, V., Malchik, F., Saha, A., Bergman, G., Gavriel, B., ... and Aurbach, D., "A cost-effective water-in-salt electrolyte enables highly stable operation of a 2.15-V aqueous lithium-ion battery" |
| Bar Gavriel | Bar-Ilan University | Department of Chemistry | PhD | Prof. Doron Aurbach and Dr. Netanel Shpigel | Aqueous Batteries for Personal Transportation | Article in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (Vol. 11, 2023): Nimkar, A., Gavriel, B., Bergman, G., Turgeman, M., Fan, T., Shpigel, N., and Aurbach, D., "Rechargeable Seawater Batteries Based on Polyimide Anodes" Article in Materials Today Energy (Vol. 31, 2023): Gavriel, B., Bergman, G., Turgeman, M., Nimkar, A., Elias, Y., Levi, M. D., ... and Aurbach, D., "Aqueous Proton Batteries Based on Acetic Acid Solutions: Mechanistic Insights" |
| Yazan Safadi | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering | PhD | Prof. Jack Haddad | Traffic Flow Modeling and Control of Macroscopic Fundamental Diagrams for Low-Altitude Air City Transport | The research was presented at the 10th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART 2022): Safadi, Y., Fu, R., Quan. Q., and Haddad, J., "Macroscopic Fundamental Diagrams for Low-Altitude Air City Transport" The research was presented at the 22nd Swiss Transport Research Conference (STRC 2022): Safadi, Y., Haddad, J., and Geroliminis, N., "Traffic Flow Modeling and Control of Macroscopic Fundamental Diagrams for Low-Altitude Air City Transport" |
| Oksana Sabinik | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Faculty of Engineering Sciences/ Department of Industrial Engineering & Management | PhD | Prof. Hillel Bar-Gera | Partially Flexible Demand Responsive Transit services | |
| Felix Tener | University of Haifa | Faculty of Social Sciences / Information Systems | PhD | Dr. Joel Lanir | Human-Machine Interaction Researcher and Designer | Article in Proceedings of the "2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems": F. Tener and J. Lanir, "Driving from a Distance: Challenges and Guidelines for Autonomous Vehicle Teleoperation Interfaces" The research was presented at the 2nd ISTRC Students Conference (2021): Tener, F., and Lanir, J., "Driving from a Distance: Challenges and Guidelines for Autonomous Vehicle Teleoperation Interfaces" |
| Inbal Offen | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Grand Technion Energy Program | PhD | Prof. David Eisenberg | Low-cost Ni-based catalysts for ammonia oxidation for direct ammonia fuel cells (DAFC): understanding of the mechanism | |
| Michal Hochman | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Industrial and Management Engineering | PhD | Prof. Tal Oron Gilad | Toward a better design of the interaction between a crossing pedestrian and fully autonomous vehicles (FAVs): Investigating pedestrians' understanding, intention to cross, and their behavior | Article in Traffic Injury Prevention (2024): Hochman, M., Parmet, Y., and Oron-Gilad, T., "Pedestrians’ intent to cross in a fully autonomous vehicle environment; looking at crossing opportunity, eHMI message and wait time" |
| Gal Neria | Tel Aviv University | Industrial Engineering | PhD | Prof. Michal Tzur | Dynamic routing to achieve efficient and fair distribution | The research was presented at the 2nd ISTRC Students Conference (2021): Neria, G., and Tzur, M., "Dynamic routing to achieve efficient and fair allocation" |
| Shimon Regev | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Mechanical Engineering | PhD | Dr. Shai Arogeti and Dr. Achiya Elyasaf | Multi-Objective Control Strategies for Non-Cooperating Autonomous Robots | |
| Moran Barenboim | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Technion Autonomous Systems Program | PhD | Prof. Vadim Indelman | Qualitative Belief Space Planning | |
| Golan Ben-Dor | Tel Aviv University | Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Department of Geography and Human Environment | PhD | Prof. Itzhak Benenson and Prof. Eran Ben-Elia | Dynamic Metropolitan Simulation of Shared Automated Vehicles in a Multimodal Transportation System | Article in Elsevier Procedia Computer Science (Vol. 201, 2022): Ben-Dor, G., Ogulenko, A., Klein, I. and Benenson, I., "Modal Shift and Shared Automated Demand-Responsive Transport: A Case Study of Jerusalem" Article in AGILE GIScience Series (2022): Ben-Dor, G., Ogulenko, A., Klein, I., and Benenson, I., "Modeling the Effect of Congestion Charge and Parking Pricing on Urban Traffic: Example of Jerusalem" The research was presented at the 2nd ISTRC Students Conference (2021): Ben-Dor, G., Klein, I., Ogulenko, Ben-Elia, E., and Benenson, I., "The Carrot and the Stick - Congestion and Parking Prices in a Shared Automated Vehicle Future A Case Study of Jerusalem" |
| Adiel Ashrov | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | The School of Computer Science and Engineering | PhD | Dr. Guy Katz | Guarding Neural Networks using Scenario-Based Modeling | |
| Michael Fleicher | Ariel University | Computer Science | Master | Dr. Azaria Amos and Dr. Oren Musicant | Reducing Stress reactions to Autonomous Vehicles Passengers | Article in Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE 34th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI): Fleicher, M., Musicant, O., and Azaria, A., "Using Physiological Metrics to Improve Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Vehicles" The research was presented at the 2nd ISTRC Students Conference (2021): Fleicher, M., "Reducing Stress Reactions of Autonomous Vehicles Passengers" |
| Orel Yarkoni | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Department of Industrial Engineering and Management | Master | Prof. Avinoam Borowsky | Behavioral adaptation in conditional autonomous vehicle | The research was presented at the 2nd ISTRC Students Conference (2021): Yarkoni, O., and Borowsky, A., "Behavioral adaptation in conditional autonomous vehicle" |
| Yanai Ankaoua | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management / Department of Business Administration | Master | Dr. Ofir Rubin and Dr. Stav Rosenzweig | How to promote efficient and green transportation? Assessing policy measures and consumer behavior | |
| Shachar Eizen | Tel Aviv University | Industrial Engineering and Management | Master | Prof. Michal Tzur and Prof. Tal Raviv | System for Shipping Parcels from E-commerce | |
| Shachaf Ben-Gal | Tel Aviv University | Industrial Engineering Department | Master | Prof. Michal Tzur | The Online Ride-hailing Problem with Fairness Considerations | Article in Transportation Science (2025): Ben-Gal, Sh., and Tzur, M., "Data-Driven Policies for the Online Ride-Hailing Problem with Fairness" The research was presented at the 2nd ISTRC Students Conference (2021): Ben-Gal, Sh., and Tzur, M., "The Online Ride-Hailing Problem with Fairness" |
| Tom Yotam | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Mathematics | Master | Prof. Vadim Indelman | Qualitative Simultaneous Localization and Mapping | Article in IEEE Transactions on Robotics (Vol. 40, 2024): Yotam, T., and Indelman, V., "Measurement Simplification in ρ-POMDP with Performance Guarantees" |
| Raz Machlev | Ariel University | Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics | Master | Prof. Zvi Shiller | Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments for Autonomous Vehicles | The research was presented at the 3rd ISTRC Annual & Students Conference 2023: Machlev, R., and Shiller, Z., "Model Based Motion Planning and Control for Autonomous Vehicles in Dynamic Environments" |
| Andrey Vulfovich | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | School of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Master | Prof. Alon Kuperman | Optimization of WPT Systems for Electrical Vehicles | 2021 IEEE 62nd International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON), 2021: A. Vulfovich, A. Kuperman and M. Sitbon, "Primary Capacitance Control of S-S Compensated IWPT Link Voltage Gain" Article in Energy 2024 (vol. 292): Vulfovich, A., and Kuperman, A., "Increasing tolerable coupling coefficients range of series-series compensated inductive wireless power transfer systems operating in restricted sub-resonant frequency region with constant current output" Article in Energy 2024 (vol. 293): Vulfovich, A., and Kuperman, A., "Extending the lower bound of attainable load-independent voltage gain values range in contactless, feedbackless and sensorless power delivery links" IEEE Journal Of Emerging And Selected Topics In Power Electronics, Vol. 10, No. 5, Pp. 5414-5422, Oct 2022: Vulfovich A. and Kuperman A., "Design Space of Sub-Resonant Frequency-Controlled Series–Series-Compensated Inductive Wireless Power Transfer Links Operating With Constant Output Current Under Frequency Constraints" Article in the Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Microwaves, Antennas, Communications and Electronic Systems (COMCAS): Vulfovich, A., Peretz, M. M., and Kuperman, A., "Output voltage feedback control method for series-series compensated inductive wireless power transfer link with varying primary capacitor" |