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Amir Ziv-Av | |
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אמיר זיו-אב | |
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| Born | July 24th, 1949 |
| Education | PhD |
| Occupation | mechanical engineer |
| Website | https://www.zivav.co.il/ |
Amir Ziv-Av (Hebrew: אמיר זיו-אב; Born July 24th, 1949) is an Israeli mechanical and systems engineer and entrepreneur, the chairman of "Ziv-Av Technologies Inc.", a member of the Executive Committee of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and a lecturer of the course "technological optimization" for advanced degrees at the Technion.[1][2] Ziv-Av also served as the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructures and Road Safety. [3][4] Furthermore, Ziv-Av and it's company has registered over 20 patents in the fields of mechanics, the plastics industry, automobiles, aviation, and medical devices. [5]
Biography
editZiv-Av was born in Rehovot, Israel. Ziv-Av studied mechanical engineering at Tel Aviv University in the early 70s. From 1973 to 1976, parallel to his university education, ZivAv served as a member of the safety committee of the Israeli minister of transportation, Gad Yaacobi. [3] That time, Ziv-Av also had a column of road tests of new vehicles in Maariv.[6] In 1984, Ziv-Av was appointed as an Optomechanical Development Executive of Oprotech (which later became Orbotech). [7] In 1987, he was appointed as an R&D manager and a board member of Keter Plastic. [8][6]
In 1990, Ziv-Av started a firm for technological consulting and development named Ziv-Av Technologies.[5][6] Following the foundation of his firm, Ziv-Av served as a consultant in the plastics industry for industrialist Stef Wertheimer. [9][10]
From 1997 to 2002, Ziv-Av Technologies registered several patents for new concepts of injection molding machines for the plastic industry.[11][12][13] In 1998, he was appointed as the chairman of the board of directors of "Tasfrir Mehandesim", an Israeli public company that provided engineering services. [14][15]In 1999, Ziv-Av led the project of transportation in what was known as the "Superheater affair." [16][17]
From 2005 to 2014, Ziv-Av served as a board member of Afeka College. He is still currently the chairman of the college's bidding committee.[18] From 2005 to 2010, Ziv-Av served as a board member for the R&D company of Bar-Ilan University.[3][4] Between 2007 to 2016, Ziv-Av served as a board member of a the governmental-public industrial company Ashot Ashkelon. [19]
Amir Ziv-Av received a PhD in Technological optimization from Tel Aviv University in 2006.[20] In 2011 he was appointed as the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructures and Road Safety. He was also the chairman of the Inter-ministerial Statutory Committee for Traffic Devices, Safety and Experiments and Chairman of the Steering Committee for Traffic Management and Control. [3][21]
Further Reading
edit- Amir Ziv-Av in the Israeli National Library.
- Amir Ziv-Av in TheMarker.
- Yoav Kave, The Miracle Formula of Failures, Haaretz, June 30th, 2006.[6]
- Daniel Shmil, Prevent young people from riding motorcycles - only a quarter of them will reach the age of 24 without injury or death ,TheMarker, May 13th, 2013.[22]
- Hadi Cohen, The country should provide free public transport for everybody, Globes, August 5th, 2015.[23]
Selected published articles
editReferences
edit- ^ "הוועד המנהל".
- ^ "הטכניון: נושאים באופטימיזציה טכנולוגית". הטכניון: נושאים באופטימיזציה טכנולוגית (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ a b c d זרזר, חיים (2011-11-06). "אמיר זיו-אב - המדען הראשי במשרד התחבורה". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ a b "ד"ר אמיר זיו-אב מונה למדען הראשי במשרד התחבורה". igudkb.co.il.
- ^ a b "Ziv-Av Patent Information". www.zivav.com.
- ^ a b c d "נוסחת הפלא של הכישלון". www.haaretz.co.il/.
- ^ "Board of Governors". לשכת המהנדסים והאדריכלים (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ Amit, Hagai. "How One Israeli Businessman Turned Plastic Into Gold". www.haaretz.com.
- ^ "Stef Wertheimer: Zionism needs economic recalibration". www.timesofisrael.com.
- ^ Shamah, David (2009-01-26). "Engineering is what counts, even in society". ISRAEL21c. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ US 5633024A, Ziv-Av, Amir, "Clamping assembly for injection molding apparatus", issued 1997-05-27
- ^ "Billion employs "free space" approach to break into small injection market". Modern Plastics: 98. February 2000.
- ^ US 6186770, Ziv-Av, Amir, "Clamping Assembly for injection molding Apparatus", published 2000-02-13
- ^ "צפריר - אמיר זיו-אב ימונה ליו"ר הדירקטוריון". Globes. 1998-06-22. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ דנון, יצחק (2006-02-13). "אמיר זיו-אב תובע מיעקב צפריר 12 מיליון ש' בעקבות התרמית במניות צפריר מהנדסים". Globes. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ דקלו, מאת דוד חיון ושמואל (1999-08-22). "הפשרה המתגבשת בפרשת המשחנים: מהנדס מכין תוכנית להעברה משולבת של המטענים". Globes. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ חיון, מאת דוד (1999-08-29). "תוכנית להובלת 4 משחנים בשתי הובלות - הוגשה לסוויסה". Globes. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "חבר הנאמנים | מכללת אפקה - לימודי הנדסה גבוהה בתל אביב". מכללת אפקה (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "דוח מיידי על מצבת נושאי משרה בכירה". mayafiles.tase.co.il. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ אמיר, זיו-אב. "גיבוש קונספטים הנדסיים אופטימאליים וקונספטים רובוסטים עם דגש על מערכות מכאניות". www.nli.org.il.
- ^ "משרד התחבורה ממנה מדען ראשי חדש - וואלה רכב". וואלה (in Hebrew). 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ ""למנוע מצעירים לרכב על אופנועים - רק רבע מהם יגיעו לגיל 24 ללא פציעה או מוות"". www.themarker.com.
- ^ כהן, הדי (2015-08-05). ""התחבורה הציבורית צריכה להיות חינמית - יש תועלת בסבסוד"". Globes. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "מדינה תחת סחיטה באיומים". www.haaretz.co.il.
- ^ "מנכ"ל הבנק לא אוהב את הבנק". www.haaretz.co.il.
- ^ "די לשנור: ישראל צריכה להפסיק לבקש נדבות מארה"ב". www.themarker.com.