Raphael T. Haftka (; February 22, 1944 – August 16, 2020) was an American engineer, a Distinguished Professor at

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and an Elected Fellow of the

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. Raphael T. Haftka was born on February 22, 1944, in Tel-Aviv, Israel. He earned his B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering in 1965 and his M.Sc. in 1968 from the

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is a public university, public research university located in Haifa, Israel. Established in 1912 by Jews under the dominion of the Ottoman Empire, the Technion is the oldest university in the coun ...

. In 1971, he received his Ph.D. from the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Sciences at the

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1944 births 2020 deaths Engineers from California Fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Israeli engineers People from Tel Aviv Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni University of California, San Diego alumni University of Florida faculty {{US-engineer-stub