Last modified: Dec. 2009 CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Uri Tzadka Affiliation: SCE Sami College of Engineering, Beer-Sheva, P.O.B. 950, 84100. Tel: +972-8-6475715. E-mail: uriz@sce.ac.il Tel: +972-77-3469740. 1. Academic education 1983-1988 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer- Sheva, Israel. Dissertation title: Crack Propagation Criterion for Fiber Reinforced Materials. Advisor: Prof. Kalman Schulgasser. 1977-1979 M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer- Sheva, Israel. Dissertation title: Approximate Calculation of the Longitudinal Shear Modulus in Composite Materials. Advisor: Prof. Kalman Schulgasser. 1972-1975 Part time Graduate study in Civil Engineering (Structures and Geomechanics), Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Hifa, Israel 1965-1969 B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Hifa, Israel 2. Academic employment Since 2007 Dean, Civil Engineering Department, SCE Sami College of 1996-2006 Chair, Civil Engineering Department, SCE Sami College of. 1988-1996 Head of the Civil Engineering, Architecture, Mechanical, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Technological College of Beer Sheva, Beer Sheva, Israel. 1984-1988 Adjunct and Instructor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel 1980-1984 Lecturer and Head of Civil Engineering Unit, Technological College of Beer-Sheva, Beer-Sheva, Israel 1975-1980 Lecturer and Laboratory Engineer, Civil Engineering and Architectural Dept. Technological College of Beer-Sheva, Beer-Sheva, Israel 3. Civil engineering experience
Uri Tzadka page 2 1974-1986 Self Employed Structural Design Engineer 1974-1975 Structural Engineer, Private Structural Engineering Design Company, Beer-Sheva, Israel. 1969-1975 Civil Engineer, R&D, IDF. 4. Academic activities 4.1 Previous research and development activities Development of plastic material element for concrete framework Diagnostic and self control of pipe lines Buildings control 4.2 Present research and development activities Crack propagation in fibers reinforced cementitious materials Interaction of shock wave with concrete plate 4.3 Other relevant activities 5. Grants and award 5.1 Grants 2009 Reducing flow by ponds, M&M Engineers, 40,000 NIS 2008 Hydraulic model for En-Bokek river, M&M Engineers +Dead Sea Drainage Committee, 100,000 NIS. 2007 Laboratoty tests for culverts, M&M Engineers +Dead Sea Drainage Committee, 50,000 NIS. 2006 Handbook on "Rivers and drainage, process engineering and design", Shikma Besor Drainage Committee, 50,000 NIS 2002 Development of concrete framework using plastic material, A.B. Engineering and Dolav Factory, 30,000 NIS 5.2 Honors, Citation Awards 1984- Ben Amitai Found in Aeronautical Engineering 6. List of Publications 6.1 Peer Reviewed papars 1. Tzadka U,, Schulgasser K., "Energy approach to crack growth in fiber-reinforced brittle material modeled by an inclusion", Theoretical and applied Fracture Mechanics, 52, 2009, pp. 72-82.
Uri Tzadka page 3 2. Mazor G., Nemirovsky D. Tzadka U., "The head-on collision of normal shock waves with a concrete supported plate", Submitted to and accepted (on Jan. 2008) by the HAIT journal of Science and Engineering. (in press) 3. Tzadka U. and Schulgasser K., "Effective Properties of Fibers Reinforced Materials", Journal of applied Mechanics ASME, Vol. 50, Dec. 1983, pp.828-834. 6.2 Books/collective volumes 6.2.1 books/collective volumes 6.2.2. Chapters in books 1. Tzadka U., Wainshtein I., "Soil Mechanics" (in Hebrew), Submitted and accepted by the "Drainage Engineering Handbook" publishing committee of the book "Rivers and drainage, process engineering and design" September 2007 2.Tzadka U., Grinis L., Structural Engineering in Drainage Planning (in Hebrew), Submitted and accepted by the "Drainage Engineering Handbook" publishing committee of the book "Rivers and drainage, process engineering and design" April 2007 6.2.3. Articles in refered conference volumes 1. Gluck N., Tzadka U., Farhat R., "Discontinuity of structural Stability during Earthquakes", COMPDYN 2009, 2th international conference on Computational Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Rhodes, Greece, June 2009. 2. Gluck N., Tzadka U., "Optimal Control Dissipating Devices for Reducing Effects on the Main and Secondary Structural Elements", ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods In Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Crete, Greece, June 2007 3. Grinis L., Tzadka U., Krakovskii Y.M., "Experimental Study on Vortex Induced Vibration with an Elastically Mounted Sphere in a Pipe", the 5 th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Seoul, June 2005 4. Grinis L., Krakovskii Y.M., Tzadka U., " Flow Induced Vibration of a Pipe with Sphere and it's Application", the 8 th International Conference on Flow Induced Vibration, Paris, July 2004 5. Gluck N., Tzadka U., "The Feedback of Controlled Buildings on Foundation Soil", the 8 th International Conference on Modern Building Materials Structures
Uri Tzadka page 4 and Techniques, Vilnius, May 2004 6. Grinis L., Krakovskii Y.M., Tzadka U., "Determination of Pipeline by Noise and Vibration Diagnostics", the 10 th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Stockholm, July 2003 7. Grinis L., Krakovskii Y.M., Tzadka U., "Acoustic Diagnostic of Scaling in Pipelines and it s Prevention", the 9 th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Orlando, Florida, July 2002. 8. Grinis L. and Tzadka U., "Self-Excited Vibration in Hydraulic System and its Control, poceeding, the 8 th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Hong-Kong, July 2001, pp. 2843-2850 6.3 Papers and abstract- proceedings of conference 6.3.1 Invited conference plenary lectures 6.3.2 Contributed conference presentation 6.3.3 Seminar presentation Dec. 2009 Concrete formwork design, Israel Engineers Association for Construction and Infrastructure 6.4 Patents 1. Grinis L., Lukov L., Tzadka U., Kholmer V., "System for Gas Treatment of Liquid", Israeli Patent Application, 2003 6.5 Other publications report 1. Tzadka U., Grinis L., " Hydraulic Model for a En-Bokek river's bridge, Research Report, Jan. 2009 (in Hebrew) 2. Grinis L., Tzadka U., "Laboratory Analysis of culverts various shapes efficiency", Research Report, Aug. 2007 (in Hebrew) 3. Tzadka U. " Strength of Material Laboratory Manual", SCE Sami College of Engineerin, 2006 (in Hebrew - on Web) 4. Grinis L., Ducovni M., Tzadka U., "Training Instruction to Laboratory Work Fluid Mechanics", SCE Sami College of Engineering, 2001 (in Hebrew) 7. Academic roles Since 2007 Dean, Civil Engineering Department, SCE Sami College of
Uri Tzadka page 5 1996-2006 Chair, Civil Engineering Department, SCE Sami College of. Since 1997 Member of the Academic Council, SCE Sami College of. Since 2006 Member, interior college academic ranks committee, SCE Sami College of. Since 2006 Chair, college committee of un sufficient conditions of applicants, SCE Sami College of. Since 1998 Chair, Civil engineering students projects committee, SCE Sami College of. Since 1996 Chair, Civil engineering educational department committee, SCE Sami College of. 8. Preparation of Academic program 2006 B.Sc. revised program in Civil Engineering, SCE Sami College of 1996 B. Tech. program in Architecture, SCE Sami College of 1995 B.Tech. program in Civil Engineering, SCE Sami College of 9. Courses taught Under Graduate Courses in Ben Gurion University: - Engineering Mechanics/ Static and Dynamics - Strength of Materials 1+2 - Continuum Mechanics - Progressive Strength of Materials Under Graduate Courses in SCE- Sami College of Engineering: - Strength of Materials 1+2 - Structural Analysis - Structural Design - Soil Mechanics - Foundation Analysis and Design - Concrete-Structures Design - Formwork Design
Uri Tzadka page 6 - Introduction to stability 10. Editorial roles 10.1 Editor/member of editorial board 2006-2009 Member of the editorial board, Conference Council, Handbook on "rivers and drainage, process engineering and design" 10.2 Editorship in journals/collective volumes 10.3 Manuscripts reviewer Y. Vaserman, "Statics", text book, Pub. Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 1991, (in Hebrew). 11. Position in Confereces 2009 session chair, the 6 th conference of the Israel Engineers Association for Construction and Infrastructure, Israel. 2009 Chair of the Conference Council and Conference chair, Green Civil Engineering, SCE Sami college of. 2007 Member of the Conference Council and session chair, Campi 2007, SCE Sami college of. 2005 Member of the Conference Counci and session chair. Campi 2005, SCE Sami college of. 2003 Member of the Conference Counci and session chair. Campi 2003, SCE Sami college of. 12. Membership in professional/scientific societies 2009 Israel Engineers Association for Construction and Infrastructure Since 1969 Engineers Society Israel 13. Additional activities Sep. 2009 Member. of the judgment committee, M.Sc. thesis, "Development of instruments for cost estimation of accidents in construction", Tatiana Andreeva, Ben gurion university of the Negev.
Uri Tzadka page 7 Since 1997 Development of Civil Engineering Laboratory, SCE Sami College of.