Cand.Sci. (Engineering), professor
Training
Igor M. completed his education programme at the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics (M.Sc.), Ural State University, Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Russia; Computer Aided Design Systems in Manufacturing, Department of Computer Methods and Mathematical Physics (PhD), Ural State Technical University, Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Russia; Docent Certificate in Higher Mathematics, Department of Higher Mathematics, Ural State Academy of Mining and Geology, Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Russia; Teaching Certificate in Technology, Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Job Title
Associate Professor, Doctoral School Coordinator, and Education in Technology and Science Coordinator, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Scientific Activities
Education in technology and science with emphasis on educational robotics and teaching mathematics in context.
Dr. Verner actively participates in the outreach program Beaver Works Summer Institute and in the student exchange program MISTI of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is Visiting Scholar of the Teachers College Columbia University and Visiting Faculty of the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning.
Memberships in editorial boards of International Journal of Engineering Education, and International Journal of Robotics Research.
Research Areas
Engineering, Mathematical and Science Education with emphasis on spatial training, learning with learning and communicating robots, learning-by-modeling, didactics of robot competitions, student engagement, cross-age mentoring, education 4.0, reverse engineering and making; Mathematical education in the field of architecture, museum and multicultural education.
Publications
Over 100 peer reviewed papers
e-mail: ttrigor@tx.technion.ac.il
