Lev Rapoport
Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
Biography
Rapoport is the Head of the Center for Materials Engineering and the Laboratory of Tribology at the Holon Institute of Technology. Friction and wear research of nanomaterials is known both nationally and internationally. Friction and wear properties of fullerene-like nanoparticles were studied at first in the laboratory of Prof. Rapoport. Prof. Rapoport is a principal investigator in several research grants sponsored by the Israel Ministry of Science, the Bi-national Israel- USA and Germany-Israel Funds. Prof. Rapoport is the author more than 100 publications. He is Vice-President of the Tribology Council in Israel.