Prof. Igal Meir Shohet

◆ Professor
Department of Structural Engineering Faculty Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Education

►D.Sc. 1989-1993 - Technion – Faculty of Civil Engineering
Name of advisors: Professor Abraham Warszawski and Dr. Yehiel Rosenfeld
Title of thesis: "An Intelligent System for Mapping and Planning of Building Tasks by the Interior Finishing Robot".

►M.Sc. Civil Engineering - 1985-1987 - Technion – Faculty of Civil Engineering
Name of advisor: Dr. Alexander Laufer.
Title of thesis: "Factors Affecting the Span of Control of the Construction Foreman"

►B.Sc. (Cum Laude) - 1981-1985 – Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering.

Employment History

►2005 – Present:
Associate Professor (with tenure)
Head, Construction Management Program
Deputy Chairman, Department of Structural Engineering
Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

►2004-2005:
Senior Lecturer
Department of Structural Engineering
Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

►2004:
Visiting Assoc. Professor
Doctoral Program, College of Architecture
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Ga, US

►1999-2004:
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Eng. Technion

►1996-1999:
Lecturer
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Eng. Technion

►1995-1996:
Visiting Assistant Professor
Faculty of Civil Engineering
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

►1993-1995:
Associate Researcher
Department of Building Management and Economics
National Building Research Institute - Technion, I.I.T.

►1992-1993:
Undergraduate project supervisor on Control of Robotics systems.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering – Technion, I.I.T.

►1989–1993:
Teaching Assistant
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Technion

►1988-1989:
Production Manager
Lageen Box and Can Company Ltd.
Kibbutz Yagur

►1987–1988:
Visiting Researcher - Faculty of Applied Science, Université Libre de
Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

►1985–1987:
Teaching Assistant - Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technion, I.I.T. Haifa.

Significant Professional Consulting

►2012: Present - Advisor – Israel Registrar of Engineers – Ministry of Economy,the State of Israel.

►2012-2014: Academic Advisor – Building Division, Planning Administration, Ministry of the Interior, State of Israel.

►2001-2002: Exterior Consultant – The Administration for Planning,Development, and Construction of Health Care Facilities, the Ministry of Health, the State of Israel
Subject: Strategic Healthcare Facilities Management

►1997-1999:Exterior Consultant in Israel Electric Company, Department ofMaintenance – Logistics division - Subject: Prediction of Maintenance Costs

Editor or Member of Editorial Board of Scientific or Professional Journal

►2006-Present: International Journal of Strategic Property Management -Editorial Board Member

►2004-Present: Editorial Board Member - International Journal of construction Management

►2006-2010: Journal of Building Appraisal Editorial board member

►2003-2012: Editorial board member – Construction and infrastructures, Professional Journal of Israel Society of Civil Engineers (ISCE)

Ad-hoc reviewer for journals

►Automation in Construction

►Building Research and Information

►Construction Management and Economics

►International Journal of Strategic Property Management

►Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

►Materials and Structures

►ASCE J. of Performance of Constructed Facilities

►Facilities

Membership in professional/scientific societies

►1999-Present: Israel Society of Civil and Infrastructural Engineers

►2000-2012: American Society of Civil Engineers

►2003-2005: ARCOM Association of Researchers in Construction Management

►2002-2010: CIB W-70 International Committee on Facilities Management and Maintenance

►1999-2003: Member - PMI – Project Management Institute

►1998-2002: Member - I.A.A.R.C. - International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction