| Raphael T. Haftka | |
| Birth Date: | 22 February 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Fields: | Engineering |
| Workplaces: | University of Florida |
| Alma Mater: | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, University of California, San Diego |
| Awards: | Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
Raphael T. Haftka (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 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.