חזי גריסרו

Education

2018      Ph.D, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel Thesis title: "Response of a structural element to combined loading of explosion and fragmentation impact"

2014      M.Sc, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel (Summa Cum Laude) Thesis title: "Effect of a rear face layer on scabbing in walls of RC protective structures"

2008      B.Sc, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel (Summa Cum Laude, ,1st rank in class)

Academic Appointments

2020-Present     Assistant Professor, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel

2018-2020         Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

Honors and Awards

2019 The Tuvia Netzer Prize for the Best PhD Dissertation in the Field of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion

2019 Special Mention in the Research Category of the 2019 fib Achievement Award for Young Engineers

2018 Lyon Sachs Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto, Canada

2018 Award for Excellence in Teaching (Assistant), Technion (Spring 2017)

2017 The Ministry of Science, Technology and Space Travel Grant for Phd students

2017 Award for Excellence in Teaching (Assistant), Technion (Spring 2016)

2016 The Best Lecture Award in the 11th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil engineering, Tokyo, Japan

2016 The “Eng. Yehezkel Koplevitch, Eng. Arie Tzimerman” prize for excellence in research in the Structural Engineering and Construction Management division in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion

2016 The Adams Fellowship Program of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities for excellent PhD students in Israel

2015 Fain Daniel prize for PhD students

2014 The Tuvia Netzer Prize for the best MSc dissertation in the field of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion

2008 1st rank in class, undergraduate studies – Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion

2007 The Yitzhak Alpan prize for excellence in the 'Geomechanics' course, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion

1. Grisaro HY, Seica MV, Jeffrey PA, Li W. Strong-axis response of steel I-sections subjected to close-in detonations. Int J Prot Struct 2020; Accepted for Publication.
2. Grisaro HY, Edri IE, Rigby SE. TNT equivalency analysis of specific impulse distribution from close-in detonations. Int J Prot Struct 2020; Accepted for Publication.
3. Grisaro HY, Packer JA, Seica MV. Weak axis response of steel I-sections subjected to close-in detonations. J Constr Steel Res 2019;160:189–206. doi:10.1016/J.JCSR.2019.05.025.
4. Grisaro HY, Dancygier AN. Representation of damage caused by fragmentation impact in design and analysis of reinforced concrete barriers. Eng Struct 2019;197:109387. doi:10.1016/J.ENGSTRUCT.2019.109387.
5. Edri IE, Grisaro HY, Yankelevsky DZ. TNT equivalency in an internal explosion event. J Hazard Mater 2019;374:248–57. doi:10.1016/J.JHAZMAT.2019.04.043.
6. Grisaro HY, Edri IE. Numerical investigation of explosive bare charge equivalent weight. Int J Prot Struct 2017;8:199–220. doi:10.1177/2041419617700256.
7. Grisaro HY, Dancygier AN. Model of fragmentation distribution over a protective wall. Int J Impact Eng 2019;128:1–10. doi:10.1016/J.IJIMPENG.2019.01.011.
8. Grisaro HY, Dancygier AN, Benamou D. Structural properties of RC plates damaged by fragmentation impact. Constr Build Mater 2019;207:463–76. doi:10.1016/J.CONBUILDMAT.2019.02.096.
9. Grisaro HY, Benamou D, Dancygier AN. Investigation of blast and fragmentation loading characteristics – Field tests. Eng Struct 2018;167:363–75. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.04.013.
10. Grisaro HY, Dancygier AN. Characteristics of combined blast and fragments loading. Int J Impact Eng 2018;116:51–64. doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2018.02.004.
11. Grisaro HY, Dancygier AN. Spatial mass distribution of fragments striking a protective structure. Int J Impact Eng 2018;112:1–14. doi:10.1016/J.IJIMPENG.2017.10.003.
12. Grisaro H, Dancygier AN. Numerical study of velocity distribution of fragments caused by explosion of a cylindrical cased charge. Int J Impact Eng 2015;86:1–12. doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2015.06.024.
13. Grisaro H, Dancygier AN. On the problem of bare-to-cased charge equivalency. Int J Impact Eng 2016;94. doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2016.03.004
14. Grisaro H, Dancygier A. A Modified Energy Method to Assess the Residual Velocity of Non-deforming Projectiles that Perforate Concrete Barriers. Int J Prot Struct 2014;5:307–22. doi:10.1260/2041-4196.5.3.307
15. Grisaro H, Dancygier AN. Assessment of residual deformation of rear steel plate in RC barriers subjected to impact of non-deforming projectiles. Int J Impact Eng 2015;77:42–58. doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2014.11.005.
16. Grisaro H, Dancygier AN. Assessment of the perforation limit of a composite RC barrier with a rear steel liner to impact of a non-deforming projectile. Int J Impact Eng 2014;64. doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2013.10.002.