Josef Singer

Josef ("Josi") Singer (; August 24, 1923 – November 12, 2009) was an Israeli aeronautical engineer. He was a professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and served as the university's president.

Biography Singer was born in Vienna.

He subsequently studied aeronautical engineering at Imperial College London, earning a first-class BSc and DIC in 1948. He then served as a technical officer in the Israeli Air Force. After being discharged with the rank of Major, he resumed his studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, earning an MSc in 1953 and a PhD in 1957 under the supervision of Nicholas J. Hoff.

Singer joined the faculty of the Technion. He founded the university's Department of Aeronautical Engineering and served as its dean twice, from 1958 to 1960 and again from 1965 to 1967. He became an associate professor in 1961 and a full professor in 1965. He replaced Amos Horev as president, and was in turn succeeded by Max Reis. Ludwig Prandtl Ring (1994). Israel Prize (2000).