David Zarrouk, Ph.D.
I am an Associate Professor at the ME department of Ben Gurion University of the Negev,
and director of the Bioinspired and Medical Robotics Laboratory.
I received my M.Sc. in 2007 (in stochastic mechanics) and Ph.D in 2011 (in medical robotics) degrees from the faculty of mechanical engineering at the Technion. Between Aug. 2011 and Oct. 2013, I was a postdoctoral scholar at the Biomimetics and Millisystems Lab. in the EECS Dep. of U.C. Berkeley, working on miniature crawling robots. My research interests are in the fields of biomimetics, millisystems, miniature robotics, flexible and slippery interactions, space robotics, underactuated and minimally actuated mechanisms and theoretical kinematics.
I received many prizes for excellence in research and teaching, which include a Fulbright postdoctoral Fellowship, Fulbright-Ilan Ramon postdoctoral Fellowship, Hershel Rich Innovation award, Aharon and Ovadia Barazani prize for excellent Ph.D. thesis, and Alfred and Yehuda Weisman prize for consistent excellence in teaching. (more details below), best paper award in the Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2016. Best and second best innovation awards of the Israeli Conference on Robotics 2019, and best paper award in IEEE RAL 2019.
My office is at the Marcus campus, building 55, room 317, my email is [email protected]
Click here for My YouTube page
Academic degrees
Research Interests
Teaching
Honors and Awards (selected list)
Technion awards for excellence in teaching: (9 semesters *). (Faculty prize awarded to 6-10% of TAs each semester)
Previous Teaching experience
Public Activities during my grad studies
(2006-2007) Volunteering in charitable work for student's welfare.
(2006-2011) Faculty representative in Technion's graduate students’ organization.
(2008-2011) Faculty representative in Technion's teaching staff organization.
(2007) Head, Technion graduate student organization.
(2008) Founder and temporary head, Technion teaching staff organization.
I am an Associate Professor at the ME department of Ben Gurion University of the Negev,
and director of the Bioinspired and Medical Robotics Laboratory.
I received my M.Sc. in 2007 (in stochastic mechanics) and Ph.D in 2011 (in medical robotics) degrees from the faculty of mechanical engineering at the Technion. Between Aug. 2011 and Oct. 2013, I was a postdoctoral scholar at the Biomimetics and Millisystems Lab. in the EECS Dep. of U.C. Berkeley, working on miniature crawling robots. My research interests are in the fields of biomimetics, millisystems, miniature robotics, flexible and slippery interactions, space robotics, underactuated and minimally actuated mechanisms and theoretical kinematics.
I received many prizes for excellence in research and teaching, which include a Fulbright postdoctoral Fellowship, Fulbright-Ilan Ramon postdoctoral Fellowship, Hershel Rich Innovation award, Aharon and Ovadia Barazani prize for excellent Ph.D. thesis, and Alfred and Yehuda Weisman prize for consistent excellence in teaching. (more details below), best paper award in the Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2016. Best and second best innovation awards of the Israeli Conference on Robotics 2019, and best paper award in IEEE RAL 2019.
My office is at the Marcus campus, building 55, room 317, my email is [email protected]
Click here for My YouTube page
Academic degrees
- Ph.D. 2011 Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. (supervisor Prof. Moshe Shoham)“The Interaction Between Miniature Robots and Biological Tissue”
- M.Sc. 2007 Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. (supervisor Prof. Eli Altus), “Mechanical aspects of stochastic structures”
- B.Sc. 2005 Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Major in Robotics, Mechatronics, Dynamics and Control
- I did my postdoc at the Biomimetics and Millisystems Lab, EECS, UC Berkeley (Fulbright and Fulbright-Ilan Ramon Fellow)
Research Interests
- Miniature robotics
- Robot interaction with flexible and slippery surfaces
- Space robotics
- Biomimetics
- Millisystems and rapid prototyping
- Under actuated and minimally actuated mechanisms
- Theoretical kinematics
Teaching
- Theory of machines, 362.1.2242
- Selected subjects in robotics 1, 362.1.4654
- Machine design, 362.1.3321
Honors and Awards (selected list)
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Best Paper Award for 2019, "A Minimally Actuated Reconfigurable Continuous Track Robot"
- Best innovation award, “capsule robot”, 6th Israeli conference on robotics, Hertzelia 2019. (the competition included multiple startup companies)
- Finalist best innovation award, “hybrid quadcopter”, 6th Israeli conference on robotics, Hertzelia 2019. (second best excluding startup companies)
- Best student paper award (first place), "Single actuator wave-like robot", 34th israeli conference on Mechanical Engineering (2016).
- Best student paper award (Third place),"Robot for minimally invasive neurosurgery", 34th israeli conference on Mechanical Engineering (2016).
- Best Innovation award in Surgical Robot Challenge for “Robot for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery”, The Halymn International Symposium on Medical Robotics 2016, London, UK. (2016)
- Finalist Best Video Award, IEEE, ICRA 2014 (One-Actuator Stearable Robot "1STAR"). (2014)
- Aharon and Ovadia Barazani prize for excellent Ph.D. thesis. Faculty of M.E. Technion. (2012)
- Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship (most prestigious prize for Israeli Postdocs). (2011-2012)
- Fulbright-Commerical and Industrial Club-Ilan Ramon Fellowship for most prominent Israeli Fulbright fellow in exact sciences (single prize each year). (2011-2012)
- Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Award for “Robot for minimally invasive brain tumor resection”. (Most prestigious research prize at Technion- awarded to six researches with commercial value each year. The research was not part of my PhD). (2011)
- Alfred and Yehuda Weisman prize for Technion outstanding teaching assistant. (Most prestigious prize for TA at Technion, awarded to 6 TA each year-out of 1500). (2011)
- Best final project award, Faculty of mechanical engineering (supervisor). (2011)
- Planning and Budgeting Committee, Israeli Council for Higher Education (VATAT) scholarship for excellence in multidisciplinary PhD study (awarded for two years). (2009-2011)
- 2nd place in Techno-Brain 2010, Technion's yearly design competition. (2010)
- Benin Scholarhsip for excellence, awarded by the Jewish agency and the New York Federation. (2008)
- Technion Graduate School scholarship for excellence. (2005-2011)
- Excellence scholarship awarded by the civil center for culture, society and economy. (2003)
- 1st place in the solid trust competition organized by Fac. of Mec. Eng. Technion. (2002)
- Dean and president Excellence awards during undergraduate studies. 2001-2005
Technion awards for excellence in teaching: (9 semesters *). (Faculty prize awarded to 6-10% of TAs each semester)
- Vivian Konigsber Award for Excellence in Teaching (winter 2011)
- Sandor Szego Award for Excellence in Teaching (spring 2010)
- Vivian Konigsber Award for Excellence in Teaching (winter 2010)
- Vivian Konigsber Award for Excellence in Teaching (winter 2009)
- Sandor Szego Award for Excellence in Teaching (spring 2008)
- Vivian Konigsber Award for Excellence in Teaching (winter 2008)
- Sandor Szego Award for Excellence in Teaching (spring 2007)
- Vivian Konigsber Award for Excellence in Teaching (winter 2007)
- Sandor Szego Award for Excellence in Teaching (spring 2006)
- I was a favorite candidate for a 10th prize on spring 2011 but my candidacy was withdrawn to give chance for other TAs
Previous Teaching experience
- 34015 Mechanical Design 1 (responsible TA 2008-2011)
- 34035 Thermodynamics 1 (responsible TA 2007-2011)
- 34013 1 Fluid Mechanics
- 35022 Finite Elements for Engineering Analysis
- 34339 Project in robotics 1
- 34340 Project in robotics 2
Public Activities during my grad studies
(2006-2007) Volunteering in charitable work for student's welfare.
(2006-2011) Faculty representative in Technion's graduate students’ organization.
(2008-2011) Faculty representative in Technion's teaching staff organization.
(2007) Head, Technion graduate student organization.
(2008) Founder and temporary head, Technion teaching staff organization.
ד"ר דוד זרוק
אני פרופ' חבר במחלקה להנדסת מכונות באוניברסיטת בן גוריון בנגב וראש המעבדה לביורובוטיקה ורובוטיקה רפואית. סיימתי תואר שני ב 2007 (במכניקה סטוכסטית) ותואר שלישי ב 2011 (ברובוטיקה רפואית) בהנדסת מכונות. לאחר מכן הייתי בבתר דוקטורט באוניברסיטת ברקלי בארצות הברית במחלקה לחשמל ומדעי המחשב
אני מתמחה בתכן, מידול, בקרה וייצור של רובוטים ייחודיים לחקלאות, חלל, חיפוש והצלחה ורובוטים רפואיים
זכיתי במספר פרסים במחקר והוראה, ביניהם פרס "פולברייט" ופרס "פולברייט אילן רמון" לבתר דוקטורט, פרס "הרשל ריץ'" לחדשנות מדעית, פרס "אהרון ועובדיה ברזאני" לעבודת דוקטורט מצטיינת, ופרס "אלפרד ויהודה וייצמן" להצטיינות מתמשכת בהוראה (9 פעמים). פרטים נוספים למטה
המשרד שלי בקמפוס הראשי (מרקוס), בניין 55, חדר 317
טל: 08-6477097
[email protected]
אני פרופ' חבר במחלקה להנדסת מכונות באוניברסיטת בן גוריון בנגב וראש המעבדה לביורובוטיקה ורובוטיקה רפואית. סיימתי תואר שני ב 2007 (במכניקה סטוכסטית) ותואר שלישי ב 2011 (ברובוטיקה רפואית) בהנדסת מכונות. לאחר מכן הייתי בבתר דוקטורט באוניברסיטת ברקלי בארצות הברית במחלקה לחשמל ומדעי המחשב
אני מתמחה בתכן, מידול, בקרה וייצור של רובוטים ייחודיים לחקלאות, חלל, חיפוש והצלחה ורובוטים רפואיים
זכיתי במספר פרסים במחקר והוראה, ביניהם פרס "פולברייט" ופרס "פולברייט אילן רמון" לבתר דוקטורט, פרס "הרשל ריץ'" לחדשנות מדעית, פרס "אהרון ועובדיה ברזאני" לעבודת דוקטורט מצטיינת, ופרס "אלפרד ויהודה וייצמן" להצטיינות מתמשכת בהוראה (9 פעמים). פרטים נוספים למטה
המשרד שלי בקמפוס הראשי (מרקוס), בניין 55, חדר 317
טל: 08-6477097
[email protected]