Department of Environmental Quality Sciences
In order to graduate, students are required to conduct a practicum that serves as their final project where they receive hands-on experience based on real life environmental conditions issues. These projects are usually carried out outside of the walls of HAC with the help of advisors from academic institutions, governmental agencies, or industrial companies. Past students have conducted research with the Israel Ministry of the Environment, the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Israel Water Authority, the Geological Institute, Intel Corp., and others. For example, because Haifa Bay, an area with the highest cancer incidence in Israel, has no continuous monitoring of hazardous materials, students have used a model calculation system to estimate the impact of air pollution in the region. Two additional projects addressed exposure to radiation from building materials containing radioactive elements, and a novel process aimed at the removal of manganese and arsenic from drinking water.
Inclusive Industrial Design Department
The Department already has a long-term relationship with the Rehabilitation Department at Hadassah Hospital, and is beginning a new collaboration with Alyn Hospital, a comprehensive rehabilitation center for physically challenged and
disabled children, adolescents, and young adults. Here, an HAC student is in the beginning stages of creating a prototype—its form still to be determined— to improve the lives of children.
As testified by one of the graduates, “I interned at Keter Plastic (largest plastics manufacturer in the Middle East) as part of my studies and now work there as a designer in its Lifestyle Unit. Our team develops gardening and
other products that improve the quality of life”.
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