Raphael Haftka

Raphael T. Haftka (Hebrew: רפאל האפטקה; February 22, 1944 – August 16, 2020) was an American engineer, a Distinguished Professor at University of Florida and an Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.^[1][2][3][4]

Raphael T. Haftka
רפאל האפטקה
Born	(1944-02-22) February 22, 1944 (age 81) Tel Aviv, Israel
Died	August 16, 2020(2020-08-16) (aged 76)
Alma mater	Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, University of California, San Diego
Awards	Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Scientific career
Fields	Engineering
Institutions	University of Florida

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