Jury and academic board

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The work of the students will be judged by an external jury. Additionally, an academic board will ensure the quality of results.

Jury members

Name	Institution	Backgroup/Expertise/white glove	Status
Harel Baris, M.D., Director of ARC Space Lab	ARC Innovation Center at Sheba Medical Center, an initiative to leverage the unique aspects of space travel to overcome current boundaries, shape the future of health, and benefit humanity- both in space and on Earth	Bridging the medical world and technological world innovative ways of thinking is a great passion of mine. Therefore in the past few years, I'm involved in our local healthcare innovation community and hoping to promote these important endeavors. During the COVID pandemic and my work at the respiratory emergency department, I lead several clinical trials of innovative diagnostic tools and volunteered to assist the national effort to gather ad-hoc clinical data. This experience emphasized to me the importance of healthcare innovation for our daily life. In the past, I had several initiatives, both in community involvement- with tech-education projects for teenagers and elderlies at the social periphery, cybersecurity and anti-fraud startups, and worked as a medical tech analyst for private ventures. Previously, I was an officer in the IDF intelligence elite R&D unit, and back when I still had some time for hobbies- I loved to model in 3d, white-hat hacking, and being a maker. Hope to learn and be inspired by the graduated teams, and assist whenever needed. Looking forward!	Confirmed
Ass. Prof. Maxim Bezugly, MD, PhD	Ophthalmology Dept. of Zaporizhzhia State Medical University	Ophthalmology is probably the most innovative branch of medicine which tightly cooperates with science in various fields. Medical imaging allows us to raise the vital diagnostic procedures to the highest level ever to reveal the smallest changes in anatomical structures of the eyeball for more accurate diagnosis. Surgical robots make the retinal surgery more precise and much safer than it used to be recently. Bioengineering provides us with numerous intraocular implants helping to struggle against vision-threatening diseases like glaucoma, cataract and different retinal disorders. And finally, researches for the “bionic eye” development – an outstanding technology for blind people rehabilitation. Being an ophthalmic surgeon, I’m greatly inspired with all these technical innovations and widely use them in my daily practice. Looking forward for our further cooperation!	Confirmed
Dmitry Bogdanov, CEO	EXOLAUNCH	Founded by scientists and engineers from the Department of Space Technology at the Technical University of Berlin in 2010, Exolaunch started as one of the global pioneers of the New Space era. After delivering its first rideshare cluster to orbit in 2013, Exolaunch has expanded to become a global leader in providing both launch services and small satellite deployment technologies.	Confirmed
Dr. Eran Schenker, MD, B.Sc.	Head and Medical Director, The Israel Aerospace Medicine Institute (IAMI)	DDr. Eran Schenker (MD, MHI, MBA) is an executive leader with 20+ years of achievements as an entrepreneur, global medical director and chief medical innovation technology officer. As a pilot and aerospace medicine research specialist served as the primary investigator for six international medical space projects conducted on five NASA Space Shuttle missions.	Confirmed

Academic board

Name	Institution	Backgroup/Expertise/white glove
Kinga Korniejenko	CUT	She is a researcher at the Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Material Engineering and Physics, Chair of Material Engineering. She received her first PhD from Management and second from Material Engineering – geopolymer composites. Her research interests includes: innovation management, environmental aspects and materials engineering - composite materials; in particular fly ash based geopolymer composites reinforced by waste materials as well as 3D printing for concrete and geopolymers.
Dr. Oleksii Sheremet, Professor	DSEA	He is head of the Department of Electromechanical Systems of Automation and Electric DriveBig Data Analytics in Technical Problems. His scientific interest are development of decision-making systems with Fuzzy Logic. machine learning and Artificial Intelligence in general technical problems and rlectromechanics and predicative analytics based on Artificial Intelligence technologies.
Thilo Sauter, Prof. at Vienna Universtity of Technology, Senior scientist Danube University Krems	DUK, TUW	Dr.Sauter became a tenured Associate Professor for automation technology at VUT. His current research interests include smart sensors and automation networks with a focus on real-time, security, interconnection, and integration issues. Dr. Sauter is the Vice President of the Austrian Association for Instrumentation, Automation, and Robotics, an AdCom Member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, and Treasurer of the IEEE Austria Section.
Doctor Michal Ballberg	HIT	Dr. Ballberg is focused on developing new technologies for brain monitoring and functional imaging. He is also interested in multi-modal wearable sensors for clinical applications. Focus of his education is on Neural Computation. In 2005 he co-founded Ornim Medical Ltd. A company that developed and marketed the first FDA cleared non-invasive cerebral blood flow monitor.
Peter Arras, Doctor engineer, Machinebuilding Department	KU Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Honorary professor at NUZP	Dr ing Arras is lecturer and expert in mechanical design and manufacturing. Dr Arras is program director for the degree program on electromechanical engineering. He is involved in educational reform and educational projects. He is university Coordinator and course developer of Tempus NCR (Neues Curriculum in Raumfahrttechnik), Tempus CRIST (Curriculum Reform in Space Technology) and grantholder of Tempus MMATENG (Modernization of two Cycles (MA, BA) of Competence-based Curricula in Material Engineering). His scientific interest is in mechanical design methods and techniques.
Galyna Tabunshchyk, PhD, Hab. Prof,	NUZP	Galina Tabunshchyk is professor of Software Tool Department of National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic. She graduated from Zaporizhzhya National Technical University with speciality Software Engineering, in 2004 finished PhD work in control systems and process. Her track record include more than 100 scientific works. Scientific interests are Software Engineering, System Verification, Embeded Systems, Risk Management. Additonally, she is coordinator of the Erasmus+ CBHE project WORK4CE: Cross-domain competences for healthy and safe work in the 21st century.
Alexander Azarkhov doctor of medical science, professor	PSTU	Alexander Azarkhov is the head of the department of biomedical engineering PSTU and has practical experience in medical and biomedical areas for more then 20 years. He's active member of Biomedical engineering Ukrainian council and got a Scopus/Web of Science publications, author of medical books and recommendations with teaching experience of 6 years.
Ivan Sili PhD in biomedical engineering,assistant professor	PSTU	Main interesting activities are microcontrollers, Arduino, embedded systems in biomedical reaserches, biomedical electronics. Author and co-author for more the 10 articles and publications regarding biomedical engineering. Author of 3 patents and inventions. Teaching experience 3 years.
David Luengo	UPM	David Luengo is Associate Professor at the University Politechnico de Madrid. His teaching inclueds circuit analysis, signals and systems and dgital signal processing. Actual research is on machine learning, signal processing and communications and in particular for the monitoring and analysis of biomedical signals.
Oleksandr Hrushko, Doctor of Sciences, Prof. of Materials Strength and Applied Mechanics Department	VNTU	Expert in the mechanical testing of materials with different rheology; research of mechanical properties of materials; modeling the behavior of physical bodies under load (for example, endoprotheses); optimization of shape, strength calculations, rigidity and stability calculations; FEM calculations
Sergii Pavlov, Doctor of Sciences, Prof. of Biomedical Engineering Department	VNTU	Expert in biomedical information optoelectronic and laser technologies; develop opto-electronic systems of the "eye-processor type", as well as the creation of intelligent biomedical optoelectronic eye-processor systems for diagnosing the main indicators of the cardiovascular system.