Israel Urieli (Dr. Iz), Associate Professor Emeritus Mechanical Engineering

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OU History by Dr. Bob Dept of Mechanical Engineering Since July 1, 2012, I am now formally: Retired and Recumbent Email: urieli@ohio.edu

My emeritus commitment to the ME department is to maintain some of the various web learning resources that I developed over the years, in particular:

• Engineering Thermodynamics - A Graphical Approach

Course Home Pages:

• Introduction to Thermodynamics (ME321 - Last taught by me Winter 2012)
• Applied Thermodynamics (ME328 - Last taught by me Spring 2012)
• Computer Methods in Engineering (ET181 - Last taught by me Fall 2011)
• Stirling Cycle Machine Analysis (ME422 - Last taught by me Spring 2012)

ET181: C++ Programming Exercise Sequences:

• Space Shuttle (last used in Fall 2003)
• Human Powered Vehicles (last used in Fall 2011)
• Hot Air Balloons (last used in Fall 2010)
• Water Rockets (last used in Fall 2009)

Research (actually - Hobby):

• Human Powered Vehicles

Some previous ME departmental issues:

• October 2008: Thermal Systems Outcomes
• April Fool's Day 2006: The ME Department Survivors Club
• September 2005: Proposed Pictures for the New ME Web Design

Various Technical Notes:

• Winter 2007: Ordinary Differential Equations
• Winter 2004: Using MATLAB to evaluate an Electric Scooter (updated 3/9/2011)
• Winter 2002: Ordinary Differential Equations
• Winter 2002: DFX - the eBici Handlebar Stem Clamp
• Winter 2002: The eBici Handlebar T Fixture

Personal Page:

Education: BSc (ME, EE) 1961: University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa MSc (EE) 1972: Technion, Haifa, Israel Phd (ME) 1977: University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa PhD Thesis: A Computer Simulation of Stirling Cycle Machines (57.9MB .pdf file) Recent Highlights: Fall, Winter 2012: Climbing the Inca Trail to Machu Pichu Israel Summer 2012: Finally Retired from teaching at OU Jonquiere, Quebec for a French Immersion Course Tel Aviv, Israel Winter 2011: Cycling the Longleaf Trace, Mississippi Summer 2011: Cycling the Loire River Valley, France (and visiting Chateaux) Winter 2010: Visit to Puerto Rico, Tel Aviv, Foix (France) and New York Summer 2010 Cyclng Chicago and Madison, WI Easton, Maryland - eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay Yiddish Vokh in Warwick, New York Summer 2009: Canoeing on the Missouri River (Montana) Babysitting Mischa and Dmitri in France Summer 2008: GOBA (The Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure) Cycling the North Coast of Lake Erie (5 MB .pdf file) Summer 2007: The Urieli Adventure, including: The Greek Island Naxos Cycling The Golden Ring of Russia The Trans Siberian Railway and Lake Baikal Yiddish in Birobidzhan Winter 2006: Visit to Venice (Italy) and Toulouse (France) Summer 2006: Yiddish Vokh in Copake, New York Rafting 100 miles down the Copper River in Alaska Summer 2005: Paris, Yiddish in Brussels, Cycling in Brugge (Belgium) Summer 2004: Banff (Canada) and Northwest USA Summer 2003: Cycling a little bit of Brittany & Canal du Midi Summer 2002: eBici - a parallel hybrid electric bicycle Summer 2001: Cycling Trip to Italy Spring 2001: Dizzy, the Stirling Powered Dragster Summer 2000: Cycling Trip to Ireland Recreation & Fun: Fall 2003: Pilates Family & Friends: My son Assaf's software development company in France Joliciel Informatique, specializing in OOAD and Java Assaf recently started a delightful blog under the pseudonym Moyshele Rosencrantz: The Moyshele Rosencrantz blog - it includes 3 themes: Literature review, including a book that Assaf wrote on Old English Riddles and various books on the Holocaust era. Music, including Yiddish songs and songs of French singer/songwriter George Brassense - performed by Assaf. Adoption - describing his own experiences of adopting children from Russia. An article published by the Yiddish Book Center (Pakn-Treger Jan 2013) on Assaf's contribution as a Computational Yiddish Linguist.