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ntemational intrigue. Daring rescues
and narrow escapes. Trans-Atlantic
crossings. Scientific discoveries.
Evening soirees and "love triangles:'
Sound like the storyline out of
your latest spy novel? Yet, the people
involved are very real. The thread they
have in common isn't the CIA, the lat-
est Jason Bourne movie or Mossad,
but the Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology, home to three Nobel
Prizes.
Meet the 2012 Technion Dean and
Student Delegation trio led by Prof.
Zalman Palmor, deputy executive vice
president for academic affairs; with
Marina Toger, a master's student in
the faculty of architecture and town
planning; and Guy Bershadsky, a
medical and electrical engineering
student, who were here in Detroit for a
whirlwind two-day tour, March 8 - 10 to
share their life experiences and talk of
the latest scoops in technology.
With this year heralding Technion's
centennial, and close on the heels of
announcements in December of a
partnership with Cornell University
in Ithaca, N.Y., and another Nobel
Prize in chemistry, this distinguished
delegation trio had more requests for
appearances than time permitted.
Lawrence Tech University, Henry
Ford Innovation Center, Wayne State's
Tech Town, BBYO, the Jewish Student
Union of North Farmington High
School, Mango Languages and dinner
socials were some of the forums where
the delegation presented.
At the heart of each personal mes-
sage is a flourishing love triangle
made up of technology, innovation
and an entrepreneurial spirit that is
the pulse point of their lives, and the
very heartbeat of the Technion.
Born in Russia to parents who nar-
rowly escaped the Nazis in 1939, from
Warsaw, Prof. Palmor is now renowned
in the field of mechanical engineer-
ing, having been published in nearly
100 leading international journals and
invited to speak at symposiums world-
wide. In a true collaboration typical of
the Technion, he and his students have
developed algorithms that have been
installed globally.
An expert sailor, with 30,000 miles
logged on the open sea, Tager's life took
a dramatic turn during her third trans-
Atlantic crossing. It was then that she
noticed the increasing accumulation of
pollution in the ocean.
"It was terrible to see this huge pool
of swirling plastic that had grown since
my last crossing. I felt motivated to
do something:' Upon returning to the
Technion, Marina took her career in a
new direction. She is planning her doc-
toral degree and intends to work in the
field of sustainable urban planning.
As a volunteer medic in the Carmel
and Western Galilee rescue unit, and a
combat soldier in the IDF, Bershadsky
has seen his share of danger. Initially
an electrical engineering major,
Bershadsky tenaciously pursued his
passion to gain entrance into the
highly competitive field of medicine.
"Today's medicine relies more and
more on high tech',' he said.
He believes the two fields interplay
perfectly and is using his electrical
engineering expertise in the cutting
edge area of neuroscience.
"The Technion graduates don't just
get a degree declared Palmor. "They
go out and change the world:'
For more information on the
American Technion Society, call (248)
737-1991 or email leah@ats.org .
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Leah Colmer is on staff at the local
American Technion Society.