Faculty:
Mechanical Engineering
About:
| Year | University | course of study | |
| Direct Track Ph.D. | 2016 | Tel Aviv University | Materials Engineering and Nanotechnologies |
| B.Sc. | 2008 | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Physics |
| Visiting Research Student | 2016 | University of California, Berkeley | Microfluidics |
| Postdoctoral Researcher | 2022 | Stanford University | Bio-MEMS, Mechanobiology |
Research Interests:
Research interests in Energy:
| Topic: | Sub-Topics | Elaborate on one topic or more |
| Energy Storage and Conversion: | Energy Storage | Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) |
Roles, Chairs, prizes e.t.c.
| 2025 Featured as an Emerging Investigator by RSC Nanoscale
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| 2025 Nominated for the EIPBN Early Career Award and received 2nd place
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| 2022 Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Faculty Fellowship, Technion – IIT
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| 2022 Bio-X Travel Award, Stanford University
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| 2017 Postdoctoral Award from Israeli Council for Higher Education, VATAT
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| 2016 ChEM-H Mechanobiology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University
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| 2015 Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award, National Student Award from American Vacuum Society (AVS)
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| 2015 NA’AMAT Award for Women in Engineering Sciences
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| 2013 Excellence Award for Advising Electrical Eng. M.Sc. Project (A. Klein), Tel Aviv University
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| 2013 Excellence Award for Advising Electrical Eng. M.Sc. Project (S. Kruk), Tel Aviv University
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| 2013 Marian Gertner Institute for Medical Nanosystems Fellowship, Tel Aviv University |
| 2013 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement, Tel Aviv University |
| 2012Academic Excellence Award in Materials and Nanotechnologies, Tel Aviv University |
| 2012 Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Travel Grant, American Vacuum Society (AVS) |
| 2011 Best poster award at the 29th Israel Vacuum Society (IVS) Conference |
| 2005 Merit based scholarship of half tuition coverage, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Main Energy Field: Transducers, Micro and Nanosystems
Selected Publications:
- L. Engel, S. Kruk, J. Shklovsky, S. Krylov, Y. Shacham-Diamand. A study toward the development of an electromechanical poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) buckling membrane actuator. J Micromech Microeng 24 (12), 125027. (2014) https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/24/12/125027
- L. Engel, G. Gaietta, L.P. Dow, M.F. Swift, G. Pardon, N. Volkmann, W.I. Weis, D. Hanein, B.L. Pruitt. Extracellular matrix micropatterning technology for whole cell cryogenic electron microscopy studies. J Micromech Microeng 29 (11). (2019) https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6439/ab419a
- R. Feiner, L. Engel, S. Fleisher, M. Malki, A. Shapira, Y. Shacham-Diamand, T. Dvir. Engineered hybrid cardiac patches with multifunctional electronics. Nature Materials. (2016) https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4590