Energy and Power Systems Engineering

The academic program in energy and electric power systems engineering is a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary program combining mechanical engineering and electric engineering. The program provides its students with a broad, comprehensive perspective of energy and power, enabling them to design, monitor, and develop advanced systems. Examples of these systems include roads that charge vehicles as they drive, developing alternative fuels and energies, and more

Majors

Service systems: including courses on service operations management, process management, and organizational innovation development 2.Infrastructure systems – including courses on spatial data systems, infrastructure systems design, water and sewage, and decision-making and risk-management 3.Business systems – including courses on business and financial planning, product management, business process management, and system integration

Program Faculty

The program’s faculty members have years of practical and research experience in a variety of unique specialties. Leading the program is Prof. Erel Avineri, who has many years of experience in advanced transportation systems. The Energy Systems track is led by Dr. Moshe Tshuva, head of the School of Mechanical Engineering and an expert on energy systems management, thermodynamics, and heat transfer. The Electric Power track is led by Dr. David Berla, head of the School of Electrical Engineering and an expert on advanced power systems and lightning protection systems. Other faculty members’ specialties include heat conversion, solar energy, vehicle and transport systems, and energy storage – to mention just a few

What makes this program unique?

The graduate program in energy and electric power systems engineering is designed to train experts in those fields, and place them at the forefront of its research and development. This unique, innovative degree, taught exclusively at Afeka, provides students with advanced, up-to-date knowledge and a comprehensive, integrative, system-wide perspective that will help them with research and with entering key roles in this field.

The energy resource crisis, the high cost of producing energy, and the environmental and regulatory implications of its production call for proper energy planning and management – as well as the ability to locate and develop alternative technologies and deal with multidisciplinary system-wide challenges. Thus, the field of energy and electric power has become one of the economy’s key fields – a continuing trend that creates the need for experts with engineering knowledge, a broad systemic understanding of the market, and deep familiarity with the energy market’s unique aspects. Alumni of this program will acquire the skills and the broad perspective needed to stand at the forefront of research and development in this field

Articles

Energy systems in a tire manufacturing plant

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Head of the program

Prof. Moshe Tshuva

Head of the Graduate Program in Energy and Power Engineering

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Prof. Moshe Tshuva

Head of the Graduate Program in Energy and Power Engineering

A senior lecturer at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Afeka – Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering, Prof. Teshuva completed his doctoral research in the Department of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer at the Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University. He has taught at Tel Aviv University, the Open University, and several colleges across Israel. In addition, he is a certified facilitator of Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT). He serves as Chair of the Energy Division of the Israel Association of Engineers and chairs or sits on several standardization committees at the Standards Institution of Israel. He previously served as Chair of the Israeli Renewable Energy Association. Prof. Teshuva’s expertise spans thermodynamics, heat transfer, multiphase flow, and energy systems management. He brings 25 years of experience in development and project management; he has served as a development manager in an engineering firm, and as an engineer and project manager in the IDF’s R&D division. He is the holder of several registered patents.

Faculty Members