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Leonid Burstein taught various engineering courses as associate staff member at Braude College of Engineering, Software Engineering Department. Before that he taught at the Technion -IIT, at Kinneret Academic College, Engineering School, at Haifa University, and at several other academic institutions. Following an MA in thermophysics at Odesa National University of Technology, Ukraine, and a doctorate at the National Research Institute for Physical and Radio Engineering Measurements at Moscow, he obtained his PhD in physical properties of materials from the Heat/Mass Transfer Institute of the Belarus Academy of Science, Minsk, in 1974. After a short period of work in Russia and Belarus, Dr Burstein started his carrier at the Piston Ring Institute in Odessa, where he served as Head of Projects and Head of the CAD/CAM group. In 1991-2002 he worked at the Technion IIT, Israel, at the Faculty of ME, in the QAR Program at the Faculty of IEM. Following his recent retirement, Dr. Burstein has continued his scientific and educational activities as an independent researcher, and his recent works have already been published as printed books and scientific journal articles. Dr. Burstein is also the editor of a handbook published by IGI Global and the author of several patents. He is the author of seven published textbooks, a member of Editorial Broad and a reviewer for several international scientific journals. Scientific works of Dr. Burstein has been reported in more than 60 publications in leading scientific journals. He is author and contributor of published textbooks, monographs, and an Editorial Board member and reviewer for a number of international scientific journals.
