1962 - 1966 High School in Nirdavid, Israel

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Samuel Gan-Mor

I. Personal

1948 Born in NirDavid, Israel.

1962 - 1966 High School in NirDavid, Israel.

1966 - 1969 Military Service (Presently Major - Res.).

Marital status: Married, 2 Children.

II. University Education and Additional Training

1970 - 1972 Practical Mechanical Engineer - Ort Singalovsky, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1972 - 1976 B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering - TelAviv University, Israel.

1977 - 1979 M.Sc. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Case Institute of Technology, C.W.R.U., Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Thesis Title: Pressure measurements on model corneas due to hard and soft contact lenses. Supervision by Prof. A. Dybbs and Prof. I. Greber.

1984 - 1986 D.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering - The Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Thesis Title: Collision of a viscoelastic plastic agricultural product with an elastic plate. Supervision by Prof. N. Galili.

III. Positions held and Academic Status

1973 1977 Research Engineer, The Institute of Agricultural Engineering, ARO, Israel.

1977 - 1979 Research Assistant, The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept., Case Inst. of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1979 - 1986 Research Scientist, The Institute of Agricultural Engineering, ARO, Israel.

1986 Promoted to Senior Scientist, The Institute of Agricultural Engineering, ARO, Israel.

1986 - 1987 Visiting Professor at the Agricultural engineering Dept., The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. Research subject: Handling of small particles and droplets by electrostatic and aerodynamic forces. With Prof. S. E. Law, Brooks Distinguished Professor.

1990 - 1995 Head, The Department of Post-Harvest Technologies, The Institute of Agricultural Engineering, ARO, Israel.

1996 Promoted to Associate Principle Scientist, The Institute of Agricultural Engineering, ARO, Israel.

1996 - 2000 Deputy Director, The Institute of Agricultural Engineering, ARO, Israel.

2000 - 2001 Visiting Professor, The Agricultural engineering Dept., The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. Research subject: Automatic guidance by RTK-GPS. With Prof. R. L. Clark.

2001 - 2002 Visiting Professor, The Pomology Dept., Davis University, Davis, CA, USA. Research subject: Electrostatic pollination of fruit trees. With Prof. V. Polito.

2004 - 2007 Head, The Department of Post-Harvest Technologies, The Institute of Agricultural Engineering, ARO, Israel.

2004 - 2008 Head, ISAE - The Israeli Society of Agricultural Engineers.

2010 – to date Director, The Institute of Agricultural Engineering, ARO, Bet Dagan.