Professor Gadi Golan was appointed president of HIT Holon Institute of Technology

Professor Golan will replace Professor Gideon Langholtz who served as president for the past four years. Gadi will take up his position at the beginning of October 2011.

Professor Gadi Golan was appointed president of HIT Holon Institute of Technology. Professor Golan will replace Professor Gideon Langholtz who served as president for the past four years. Gadi will take up his position at the beginning of October 2011.

Prof. Gadi Golan, 56 years old, married and the father of three sons, is an electronics engineer by training, specializing in microelectronics, a graduate of the Technion and Tel Aviv University (Bachelor's, Master's and PhD). In recent years, Prof. Golan served as the Dean of the Faculty of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Holon Institute of Technology, and headed the Center for Microelectronics and Thin Films.

In addition to his academic duties and at the same time, Gadi was active in several start-up projects in the hi-tech field and in extensive public activity for the benefit of the community. Prof. Gadi Golan's academic research focuses on the fields of energy and power engineering, such as solar cells and the future electricity grid. Professor Golan has dozens of publications in the world scientific literature, university textbooks for engineering students, many patents, and a very large number of appearances at professional conferences. In addition, for many years, Prof. Golan has been the head of several professional organizations in the field of electrical and electronics engineering, from Israel and abroad.

In recent years, Prof. Golan has devoted his scientific work in the field of energy and sustainability to two main topics:
A. A new venture from the silicon solar cell family that already shows the possibility of a high conversion efficiency of over 20% and the cost of producing one watt of electricity for much less than a dollar (compared to much higher electricity production costs accepted in the market today).
B. A new association within the framework of the "Magnet" program of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Science and Technology, dealing with Israel's future smart grid, or as it is called: ISG - Israel Smart Grid. The smart grid is the next energy revolution that will be wider in scope than the internet revolution we are living today and it is already right at our doorstep.

Prof. Gadi Golan: "The academic and human potential inherent in the employees of the Holon Institute of Technology, academic and administrative staff, is the main motive that stood before my eyes, in presenting my candidacy for the presidency of the institute. I have no doubt that the Institute of Technology is ripe and ready to reach its rightful place as a leader in academic institutions in the education and training of young people for engineering-management-design-science degrees, and their positioning as leaders in the high technology industry in Israel. In my vision, I see a fruitful friendship with the students of the city of Holon in particular, and with all the residents of Holon and the surrounding area in general."