Daniel Weihs

Daniel Weihs (born 1942) is the Israeli Louis and Lyra Richmond Chair of Life Sciences and Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Aeronautical Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and the Head of its Autonomous Systems Program.

Weihs was born in Guilin in southern China, three years after his parents fled Austria for China.^[1][2][3] The family moved to Israel in 1949.^[2]

Weihs obtained his B.Sc. from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 1964, his M.Sc. from Technion in 1968, and his D.Sc. from Technion in 1971, all in Aeronautical Engineering.^[1][4]

He has taught at Technion since 1973, became a Professor in 1982, and became a Distinguished Professor in 2002.^[1] Weihs holds the Louis and Lyra Richmond Chair of Life Sciences.^[1] He was Dean of Aerospace Engineering in 1987-1988, Director of the S. Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology from 1990-1995, Dean of Graduate Studies from 1996-1998, Provost from 1998-2000, and Head of the Technion Autonomous Systems Program from 2007-present.^[1]

Weihs was Chairman of the Israel National Committee for Space Research from 2006-2015.^[1] He was Chief Scientist of the Israel Ministry of Science and Technology from 2010-2011, and Chairman of the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat from 2013-2018.^[1][5] He has published over 150 scientific papers.^[4]

He is a Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society.^[1]