חזי גריסרו

Dr. Hezi Grisaro is an Assistant Professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering and Construction Management Division, and the Head of the Extreme Loads on Structures Lab (ELSL)

Hezi got his BSc (summa cum laude, 1st rank in class, 2008), MSc (summa cum laude, 2014) and PhD (2018) in structural engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He was a Lyon Sachs Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada (2018-2020).

Hezi has academic and practical experience in designing and analyzing structures under extreme loads such as blast and impact. His research focuses on modeling the behavior of structures under extreme loads, and analysis of reinforced concrete structures, as well as experimental testing.

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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

2023  A. Arnson Award for Excellence in Teaching (Lecturer), Technion (Winter 2023)

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

Please visit my Google Scholar and group website for updated publications.

Last update: June 2023

1. Pressmair N, Xia Y, Wu H, Langelaar M, Hendriks MAN, Majdouba A, Mogra M, Grisaro H, Amir O, Kromoser B. Bridging the gap between mathematical optimization and structural engineering: Design, experiments and numerical simulation of optimized concrete girders. Structural Concrete 2023. doi:10.1002/SUCO.202201096.
2. Grisaro HY. Pressure-Impulse diagrams for assessment of structural response due to a fully confined explosion. Engineering Failure Analysis 2023;146:107103. doi:10.1016/J.ENGFAILANAL.2023.107103.
3. Grisaro HY. Modeling one-dimensional tension stiffening of plain and fiber reinforced concrete with discrete cracks. International Journal of Solids and Structures 2022;254–255:111929. doi:10.1016/J.IJSOLSTR.2022.111929.
4. Grisaro HY. Dimensionless Pressure Impulse Diagrams for Elastic-Plastic and Elastic-Plastic with Hardening Structural Members for SDOF Structural Systems. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering 2022;148:04022061. doi:DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0003355.
5. Grisaro HY, Benamou D, Mitelman A. Field tests of fiber reinforced concrete slabs subjected to close-in and contact detonations of high explosives. International Journal of Impact Engineering 2022;162:104136. doi:10.1016/J.IJIMPENG.2021.104136.
6. Grisaro HY. Effect of combined blast and fragmentation load on the dynamic response of reinforced concrete structures. Engineering Structures 2021;248:113244. doi:10.1016/J.ENGSTRUCT.2021.113244.
7. Grisaro HY, Turygan S, Sielicki PW. Concrete Slab Damage and Hazard from Close-In Detonation of Weaponized Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Journal of Structural Engineering 2021;147:04021190. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0003158.
8. Grisaro HY, Packer JA, Seica M V. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Bare and Strengthened Wide-Flange Sections Subject to Near-Field Blast Loading. Journal of Structural Engineering 2021;147:04021139. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0003096.
9. Grisaro HY, Seica M V, Packer JA, Li W. Strong-axis response of steel I-sections subjected to close-in detonations: International Journal of Protective Structures 2020;12:347–76. doi:10.1177/2041419620984487.
10. Grisaro HY, Edri IE, Rigby SE. TNT equivalency analysis of specific impulse distribution from close-in detonations: International Journal of Protective Structures 2020;12:315–30. doi:10.1177/2041419620972423.
11. Grisaro HY, Dancygier AN. Dynamic response of RC elements subjected to combined loading of blast and fragments. Journal of Structural Engineering 2020;147:04020315. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0002866.
12. Grisaro HY, Packer JA, Seica MV. Weak axis response of steel I-sections subjected to close-in detonations. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2019;160:189–206. doi:10.1016/J.JCSR.2019.05.025.
13. Grisaro HY, Dancygier AN. Representation of damage caused by fragmentation impact in design and analysis of reinforced concrete barriers. Engineering Structures 2019;197. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109387.
14. Edri IE, Grisaro HY, Yankelevsky DZ. TNT equivalency in an internal explosion event. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2019;374:248–57. doi:10.1016/J.JHAZMAT.2019.04.043.
15. Grisaro HY, Dancygier AN. Model of fragmentation distribution over a protective wall. International Journal of Impact Engineering 2019;128. doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2019.01.011.
16. Grisaro HY, Dancygier AN, Benamou D. Structural properties of RC plates damaged by fragmentation impact. Construction and Building Materials 2019;207. doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.02.096.
17. Grisaro HY, Benamou D, Dancygier AN. Investigation of blast and fragmentation loading characteristics – Field tests. Engineering Structures 2018;167:363–75. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.04.013.
18. Grisaro HY, Dancygier AN. Characteristics of combined blast and fragments loading. International Journal of Impact Engineering 2018;116:51–64. doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2018.02.004.
19. Grisaro HY, Dancygier AN. Spatial mass distribution of fragments striking a protective structure. International Journal of Impact Engineering 2018;112:1–14. doi:10.1016/J.IJIMPENG.2017.10.003.
20. Grisaro HY, Edri IE. Numerical investigation of explosive bare charge equivalent weight. International Journal of Protective Structures 2017;8:199–220. doi:10.1177/2041419617700256.
21. Grisaro H, Dancygier AN. On the problem of bare-to-cased charge equivalency. International Journal of Impact Engineering 2016;94. doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2016.03.004.
22. Grisaro H, Dancygier AN. Numerical study of velocity distribution of fragments caused by explosion of a cylindrical cased charge. International Journal of Impact Engineering 2015;86:1–12. doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2015.06.024.
23. Grisaro H, Dancygier AN. Assessment of residual deformation of rear steel plate in RC barriers subjected to impact of non-deforming projectiles. International Journal of Impact Engineering 2015;77:42–58. doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2014.11.005.
24. Grisaro H, Dancygier A. A Modified Energy Method to Assess the Residual Velocity of Non-deforming Projectiles that Perforate Concrete Barriers. International Journal of Protective Structures 2014;5:307–22. doi:10.1260/2041-4196.5.3.307.
25. 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. International Journal of Impact Engineering 2014;64. doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2013.10.002.