Last modified: Dec. 2009

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Uri Tzadka

Affiliation: SCE – Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer-Sheva, P.O.B. 950, 84100.

Tel: +972-8-6475715 .

E-mail:

[email protected]

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 Shamoon College of

Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel

1996-2006 Chair, Civil Engineering Department, SCE – Sami Shamoon College of

Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

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

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.

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

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

International Conference on Flow Induced

Vibration, Paris, July 2004

5. Gluck N., Tzadka U., "The Feedback of Controlled Buildings on Foundation

Soil", the 8

International Conference on Modern Building Materials Structures

and Techniques, Vilnius, May 2004

6. Grinis L., Krakovskii Y.M., Tzadka U., "Determination of Pipeline by Noise and

Vibration Diagnostics", the 10

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

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

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 Shamoon College of

Engineerin, 2006 (in Hebrew - on Web)

4. Grinis L., Ducovni M., Tzadka U., "Training Instruction to Laboratory Work – Fluid

Mechanics", SCE – Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, 2001 (in Hebrew)

7. Academic roles

Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel

1996-2006 Chair, Civil Engineering Department, SCE – Sami Shamoon College of

Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Since 1997 Member of the Academic Council, SCE – Sami Shamoon College of

Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Since 2006 Member, interior college academic ranks committee, SCE – Sami Shamoon

College

of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Since 2006 Chair , college committee of un sufficient conditions of applicants, SCE – Sami

Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Since 1998 Chair, Civil engineering students projects committee, SCE – Sami Shamoon

College of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Since 1996 Chair, Civil engineering educational department committee, SCE – Sami

Shamoon

College of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

8. Preparation of Academic program

2006 B.Sc. revised program in Civil Engineering, SCE – Sami Shamoon College of

Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel

1996 B. Tech. program in Architecture, SCE – Sami Shamoon College of

Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel

1995 B.Tech. program in Civil Engineering, SCE – Sami Shamoon College of

Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel

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 Shamoon College of Engineering:

- Strength of Materials 1+2

- Structural Analysis

- Structural Design

- Soil Mechanics

- Foundation Analysis and Design

- Concrete-Structures Design

- Formwork Design

- 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

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 Shamoon college of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

2007 Member of the Conference Council and session chair, Campi 2007, SCE – Sami

Shamoon

college of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

2005 Member of the Conference Counci and session chair. Campi 2005, SCE – Sami

Shamoon

college of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

2003 Member of the Conference Counci and session chair. Campi 2003, SCE – Sami

Shamoon

college of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.

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.

Since 1997 Development of Civil Engineering Laboratory, SCE – Sami Shamoon College of

Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel.