Zohar Yosibash

Prof. Zohar Yosibash is a faculty member at the School of Mechanical Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering at Tel Aviv University. He serves as Vice Dean for Research and Industry Relations and heads the Computational Mechanics and Experimental Biomechanics Laboratory. Previously, he was a Professor at Ben-Gurion University (1995-2017) and an Associate Professor at Brown University (2001-2007).

Education:

• BSc in Aeronautical Engineering, Technion (1987)
• MSc in Applied Mathematics, Tel Aviv University (1991)
• DSc in Mechanical Engineering, Washington University, USA (1994)

His research focuses on fracture mechanics, biomechanics of bones and arteries, and AI-driven computational modeling. He applies high-order finite element methods (h/p-FEM) and phase field models to study crack propagation, bone fracture risk, and arterial mechanics. Recent work integrates machine learning (e.g., nnU-Net) for tumor segmentation and autonomous finite element analysis.

Articles Trends: Recent publications emphasize

• 3D fracture mechanics for elliptical cracks
• CT-based finite element analysis for bone diagnostics
• phase field modeling of arterial responses
• machine learning in biomedical imaging
• failure criteria for V-notches
• multi-scale simulations in geophysics and medicine

Scientific Awards:

• Hans Fischer Senior Fellow (2009)
• European Structural Integrity Society Fellow (2020)
• International Association for Computational Mechanics Fellow (2020)

Additional Contributions: He co-founded two startups and served as President of the Israel Association for Computational Methods in Mechanics (2015-2021). His work bridges experimental, theoretical, and numerical approaches, with over 130 peer-reviewed articles and a Springer monograph on singularities.