Dr. Diamanta Benson-Karhi

Updated: August 2009

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Personal

Telephone Tel: 972-9-778-2668
Fax Fax: 972-9-778-0668
Email E-mail: diamanta@openu.ac.il
Born: 13.03.1972, Israel
Marital Status: Married + 3

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Professional Education

1996 B.Sc., Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
2001 M.Sc., Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Thesis: Technological Forecasting using Inverse Normalizing Transformations
Advisor: Prof. Prof. Haim Shore
2007 Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Dissertation: Modeling and Predicting Temperature-Dependent Properties of Pure Compounds
Advisors: Prof. Haim Shore, Prof. Mordechai Shacham

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Academic Appointments

2008 Visiting Lecturer, The Open University of Israel
2006 Lecturer, Sapir Academic College, Sderot, Israel

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Administrative Activities

2006-2009 Representing the Industrial Management Dept. in the Final Projects Unit, Sapir Academic College
2006-2009 Member, Industrial Management Dept. Teaching Committee, Sapir Academic College
2006 Participating in organizing the annual Industry and Academy conference, Sapir Academic College
2001-2002 Supervisor of the new Intel advanced lab in the IEM Dept., Ben-Gurion University
2008 - Member, Social Sciences subcommittee, The Open University
2008 - Member, Management and Economics subcommittee, The Open University
2008 - Member, Engineering subcommittee, The Open University
2008 - Member, The Open University Faculty Council

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Teaching Responsibility for OUI Courses

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Other Teaching Experience

1998-2009 Teaching:
  1. Dept. of Industrial Management, Sapir College, Courses: Probability, Mathematics, Quality Control, Work Study
  2. Business School of Ben-Gurion University, Courses: Statistics, Mathematics, Statistical Process Control
  3. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University, Course: Work Study
  4. Faculty of Health Sciences, Dept. of Health Systems Management, Ben-Gurion University, Course: Statistics, Mathematics, Work Study
1994-1998 Teaching Assistant:
  1. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University, Courses: Probability, Statistics, Quality Control, Production Planning & Control, Operation Research
  2. Business School of Ben-Gurion University, Courses: Probability, Statistics, Mathematics, Production Planning & Control, Operation Research
  3. Technological Pre Academic Dept. of Ben-Gurion University, Mathematics course
  4. Faculty of Health Sciences, Dept. of Health Systems Management, Ben-Gurion University, Course: Probability, Statistics, Mathematics

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Awards and Scholarships

1996-2006 Subsistence scholarship for master's and doctoral students: Ben-Gurion University
2001-2006 High-Tech scholarship for outstanding Ph.D. students in the high technology fields
2002 Prize for outstanding research, the 12th Industrial Engineering & Management Conference

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Membership in Professional Societies

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List of Publications

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Articles in Refereed Journals

  1. Shacham, M., Brauner, N., Shore, H., and Benson-Karhi, D. (2008). Predicting Temperature-Dependent Properties by Correlations Based on Similarity of Molecular Structures: Application to Liquid Density, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 47(13), 4496-4504.
  2. Benson-Karhi, D., Shore, H. and Shacham, M. (2007). Modeling Temperature-Dependent Properties of Water via Response Modeling Methodology (RMM) and Comparison with Acceptable Models, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 46(10), 3446-3463.
  3. Shore, H., Benson-Karhi, D. (2006). Forecasting S-shaped diffusion processes via response modeling methodology, JORS, 58, 720-728.

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Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Benson-Karhi, D., Shore, H. and Shacham, M., (2009), Process and Product Design: Empirical Modeling and Prediction of Temperature-Dependent Properties of Pure Compounds. 4th Industrial Engineering & Management Research Conference, Conference Proceedings.
  2. Shore, H., Benson-Karhi, D., Brauner, N. and Shacham, M., (2007), Prediction of Temperature-Dependent Properties by Correlations Based on Similarity of Molecular Structures. AIChE, Conference Proceedings.
  3. Benson-Karhi, D., Shore, H., Shacham, M. (2006). Empirical Modeling in Engineering: an Example of using RMM for Empirical Modeling in Chemical Engineering. 14th Industrial Engineering & Management Conference, Proceedings on CD.
  4. Regev, I., Dvir, I., Schechtman., E., Benson-Karhi, D. (2006). Variance Estimation of a Normal Process with Significant Round-off Errors. 14th Industrial Engineering & Management Conference, Proceedings on CD.
  5. Benson-Karhi, D., Shore, H., Shacham, M. (2005). Applying Response Modeling Methodology to Model Temperature-Dependency of Vapor Pressure. ICCMSE, Conference Proceedings, 4(A), 835-838.
  6. Benson-Karhi, D., Shore, H., Shacham, M. (2004). Applying RMM for Empirical Modeling in Chemical Engineering. 13th Industrial Engineering & Management Conference, Conference Proceedings, 13-14 (Abstract).
  7. Benson-Karhi, D., Shore, H. (2002). Technological Forecasting using Inverse Normalizing Transformations. 12th Industrial Engineering & Management Conference, Conference Proceedings, 126-130.

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Current Research Activities and Writing

  1. Benson-Karhi, D. and Shore, H., Modeling Temperature-Dependent Properties of Oxygen, Argon and Nitrogen via RMM, Submitted to J. Chem. Eng. Data, April 2009.
  2. Round-off Errors in Measurements: Cooperating Prof. Edna Schechtman, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University.
  3. Statistical Pregnancy Control.

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