Prof. Shaul Sorek
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Professor
Researcher
Department :
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Phone :
972-8-6496902
Email :
sorek@bgu.ac.il
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Education
B.Sc. 1972 Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Mechanical Engineering Beer Sheva, ISRAEL
M.Sc. 1976 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering Haifa, ISRAEL
D.Sc. 1980 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering Haifa, ISRAEL
Research Interests
1) Mathematical/Numerical modeling of transport phenomena through heterogeneous (including bio-systems) media;
2) Sensitivity analysis and inverse methods;
3) Wave propagation through porous media;
4) Decision Support Systems for modeling water management.
Research Projects
INTAS - European Community; 2001-2004; Modeling Studies of Preferential Flow in Irrigated Soils
Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development & Ministry of National Infrastructure, Water Commission; 2000-2001; Assessment of Aquifer Contamination in the Nahalat Itzhak Area - Tel Aviv
Israel Ministry of Science & German Ministry of Sciences; 1998-2000; National Lab for Hydrological Experimental Models
Water Institutes Ben-Gurion University & Technion; 1998-2001; A Model for Groundwater Management stressed by Saltwater Intrusion, Under Uncertainty and Two Stage Optimization
Rotem Industries; 1997-1998; Solar Heat Exchanger
Ministry of Defense; 1997-1998; Structure Forti¯cation
AVICENNE - European Community; 1994-1998; Development of Water Resources management Tools for Problems of Seawater Intrusion and Contamination of Fresh-Water Resources in Coastal Aquifers
Israel Water Commissioner; 1996-1997; De¯nition of Hydrological Heterogeneity of the Coastal Aquifer
MERC - U.S. Agency for International Development; 1994-1996; Monitoring and Modeling of Saltwater Intrusion, Implemented to Gaza Strip and Morocco
Vinik Institute for Soil Research and Plant Nutrition; 1995; Modeling of Nutrient Uptake by Sorghum Genotypes, di®ering in their Salinity Tolerance
RASHI Foundation; 1994-1996; Modeling Quantitative Identi¯cation of Aquifer
Resources and Parameters, using Environmental Tracers
DNA - Defense Nuclear Agency, U.S.; 1992; Dust entrainment by sweep of shock waves
Ministry of Industry and Commerce; 1991-1992; Software package for solving environmental problems
U.S. Air Force; 1987-1989; Brain mechanics and Chemical Process
Palgei-Maim, Yizrael Valley and Israel Water Commissioner; 1988-1989; Salinization processes in soils and shallow aquifer as related to irrigation and storage reservoirs of treated water in Yzrael Valley
Israel Nat. Council for Research and the European Community; 1987; Euler-Lagrange method for multiphase °ow
Water Commissioner; 1988; Flow assessment through Ramat Hovav fractured media