The Israeli Institute of Technology comes to The LSE

LSESU Israel Society are delighted to host Professor Boaz Golany, the Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development and the incumbent of the Samuel Gorney Chair in Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. This is a unique chance to hear about the Technion and Israeli Technology. In light of recent SU meetings, we invite all students to come and listen and discuss. Register for tickets here: https://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/internal/20120227_InternalEvent.aspx LSE students and staff can request one ticket via the online ticket request form which will be live on this listing from shortly after 10pm on Tuesday 21 February till at least 12noon on Wednesday 22 February. Professor Boaz Golany is the Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development and the incumbent of the Samuel Gorney Chair in Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Since 1986, he has been a faculty member at the William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, serving as Associate Dean for Teaching (1994-1999) and as Dean (2006-2011). He holds a BSc (Summa Cum Laude) in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion (1982), and a PhD from the School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin (1985). Professor Golany has served as an Area Editor and member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Productivity Analysis, IIE Transactions, Omega, and Operations Research. Professor Golany has published over 80 papers in refereed journals and over 15 book chapters. His publications are in the areas of Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, and Management Science. In recent years he has also addressed issues of homeland security and counterterrorism. He has supervised over 40 graduate students, some of whom now serve as faculty in Israeli universities and colleges. Professor Golany has served as a consultant to numerous companies and agencies in Israel and the USA. These include government agencies, energy companies, and companies in the financial sector, manufacturing, services, and information technologies.