The Ollendorff Research Center is named after Prof. Franz Ollendorff who was the founder of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Technion.
CURRICULUM VITAE
1900 Born, March 15, in Berlin.
1921 Graduated as “Diplom-Ingenier” from the “Technische Hochschule” Berlin-Charlottenburg.
1922 Doctor-Ingenieur, “Technische Hochschule”, Danzig.
1922-1924 Principal Assistant, Institute of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Danzig.
1924-1928 Research Engineer, Research Department of Siemens-Schuckert-Werke, Berlin.
1928-1933 Senior Assistant and ‘Privatdozent’ (Lecturer), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technische Hochschule, Berlin-Charlottenburg.
1933 Dismissed by the National-Socialist Government.
1933-1934 Teacher at Jewish Primary School, Berlin
1935-1937 Emigration to Palestine.
1937 Teacher at Hebrew Primary School, Jerusalem-Talpiot.
1937-1980 Member of “Judische Jugendhilfe” in Berlin, and Head of “Jugend Alijah School”, preparing Jewish children towards emigration to Palestine.
1938 Organization and Management of the Department for Electrical Engineering of theHigh-School affiliated to the Technion.
1952-1980 Research Professor, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology.
1956 Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley.
1976,1980 Professor Emeritus.
1981 Deceased, December 9, in Haifa.
AWARDS
Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences.
1948 Weizman Price of the City of Tel-Aviv.
1950 Israel State Prize for Exact Sciences.
1959 Honorary Citizen of Haifa.
1960 Honorary D.Sc. – Technische Hochschule Berlin-Charlottenburg.
1961 Vice-President of the IEEE.
1971 Education Medal of the IEEE.
1974 Rothschild Price for Technology.
MAIN FIELDS OF INTEREST
- Applied Electronics
- Quantum Electronics
- Semiconductors
- Applied Relativity
- Medical Electronics
- Technical Education