Technion energy innovation received the world’s biggest prize for smart mobility and alternative fuels for transportation. But the true value of this kind of innovation to our future is priceless.
The 2020 Eric and Sheila Samson Prime Minister’s Prize for Global Innovation in Smart Mobility and Alternative Fuels for Transportation was awarded to Prof. Avner Rothschild and Prof. Gideon Grader.
Rothschild and Grader are members of the Grand Technion Energy Program and the Faculties of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering respectively. They were awarded the Groundbreaking Research Prize for their contribution to the development of innovative green energy technology, that aims to yield hydrogen at a competitive cost and with zero greenhouse gas emissions. To develop and commercialize the technology, the scientists founded the startup H2PRO.
Asst. Prof. Yaniv Romano won the 2020 Smart Mobility Researcher Recruitment prize, for his innovative work in data science, machine learning and signal processing, including their application to smart transportation.
THE THREE PRIZE WINNERS REPRESENT THE GROWING RECOGNITION THAT INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH THAT RUNS ACROSS FACULTY, DISCIPLINARY, INSTITUTIONAL AND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES IS AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION FOR BREAKTHROUGHS IN BASIC SCIENCE AND ITS TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS.
– Prof. Uri Sivan
