Alumni

Waheb Bishara

Waheb Bishara
Senior Director – Engineering R&D | Semiconductor Manufacturing | Metrology | Machine Learning (ML) | Computer Vision | Sensors and Signals @ Applied Materials
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Physics

BSc in Electrical Engineering and Physics at the Technion.

Direct PhD at California Institute of Technology, where he studied topological phases of matter, non-abelian statistics and quantum Hall physics.

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Electrical Engineering at UCLA.

Participated in the Technion Excellence Program: 2000 – 2003.

During his undergraduate studies, Waheb conducted research in MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems). Being in the Program made it easier for him to approach professors and get their attention. His research in MEMS involved designing the electrical and mechanical parts of a micron-size gyroscope. His research was under the supervision of Prof. Yael Nemirovsky from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering .

Recommendation to Program participants: "Use the freedom given by the Program to broaden your knowledge and explore multidisciplinary ideas. Specializing in a particular topic will come sooner or later."