Dr. Simon Lineykin is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, Ariel University, Israel. He was awarded a Ph.D. in 2006 at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Simon currently leads the Renewable Energy Research Laboratory. His research focuses on an interdisciplinary study of thermal, electrical, and mechanical processes. The field of interest is renewable energy, direct energy conversion systems, analog electronics, ultra-low noise electronic systems and sensors, electro-optical systems, active thermal management, and mathematical modeling of the physical processes.