Curriculum Vitae
Alexander Axelevitch

Phone: 972-3-5026647 (work), 972-54-718122 (cell.)

E-mail: alex_a@hit.ac.il
URL: http://www.hit.ac.il/staff/alexa/
Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR
Date of arrival in Israel: 29.07.1992
Marital Status: Married + three
Education: Ph.D., Physical Electronics
 
EDUCATION
2002                   Ph.D. degree on the Physical Electronics
1997 - 2002        Ph.D. student in the Engineering Faculty of Tel-Aviv University, Speciality of Physical Electronics
1995-1996          Lecturer on Electronics and Electricity, Center of Technological Education Holon
1983                   Maintenance of HP computer devices, Severodonetsk, Ukraina
1982                   Programming of Microcontrollers, Assembler, Riga, Latvia
1971                   M.Sc. degree on the Electronics and Electricity
1965-1971           Student in the Faculty of Electrifying and Automation, Leningrad Electrical Engineering Institute, Leningrad,
                  USSR
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1995-today       Holon Academic Institute of Technology, scientist, lecturer, laboratory instructor; supervising and
                          maintenance of the thin film laboratory; development of novel thin film deposition processes: Development
                          and investigation the novel plane plasma sputtering system, Conductive transparency in the visible and IR
                          range In2O3 films, Conductive transparency in the visible and near UV range Pd+Al2O3 films, Thin
                          semiconductor films (Si, Ge) and multilayer systems, Ohmic and Schottky metal contacts for semiconductors
                          (Si, SiC), Thin Ta films with defined resistance, Development of Vacuum Photothermal Processing method
                          for the semiconductor devices repairing; creation of laboratory educational courses in the fields of
                          semiconductor devices and digital electronics circuits; Development of laboratory methods for thin films
                          properties investigation; Supervising of student's final projects.
1995-1996        Privet firm,Tel-Aviv, consulting in the field of the refractory metal powder production; properties and
                          applications of Ta2O5 fine powder.
1994-1995        Privet firm, Petah-Tikva, expert in the Data Bases of the thin films technology area; Data Bases editing,
                          testing of final product.
1992-1994        Different privet firm, Israel, electrical works (Electrician Chief)
1991-1992        Privet firm, Apatity, Russia, General Manager, Electronics engineering and consulting in the computer,
                          electronics, and automation fields.
1978-1991        Engineering and consulting State firm, Apatity, Russia, Senior Engineer. Automation of great industrial
                          enterprices, computerization of chemical and mining technologies, technological measurement, monitoring and
                          control.
1971-1978        Scientific-Research Institute, Leningrad, USSR, Research Engineer.
SOCIAL ACTIVITY
1998-today       Member of city council elected, Bat Yam, Israel, Chairman of the Sport Committee, Chairman of the
                          Hi-Tec Committee
1997-today       Member of Israel Vacuum Society: Science, Technology and Applications
1997-2000        Chairman of the association Applied Research and Design Center of Israel
1989-1992        Member of city council elected, Apatity, Russia, Member of the Economical Committee, Chairman of the
                          Engineering Committee
LANGUAGES Russian (mother tongue), Hebrew, English, French
PUBLICATIONS

5 patents, 20 refereed articles, 54 papers presented on scientific meetings, 3 schoolbooks.