Dorin Shapira

Hi! I’m Dorin Shapira, a PhD candidate at the Technion in Prof. Leeya Engel’s Lab, where I’m beginning my journey in the field of BioMEMS.

My background is in dynamics and vibrations, with an M.Sc. focused on mechanical engineering, complemented by experience in algorithm development. I genuinely enjoy learning (my academic path probably gives that away), but what excites me most is turning theory into real-life applications and discovering that, more often than not, reality has other plans. That’s where the interesting work begins.

Outside the lab, you’ll usually find me hiking with my family, taking photos, or playing ultimate frisbee.

News

Jan 06, 2026	Passed my PhD candidacy exam!
Oct 03, 2024	Passed my M.Sc. final exam!
Sep 09, 2024	Presented our paper on micron-scale ultrasonic transducer optimization at ISMA 2024 in Leuven.
Aug 09, 2024	Started an internship at Cornell Tech with Prof. Wendy Ju!

Selected Publications

Fingerprinting NYC’s Scaffolding Problem with Longitudinal Dashcam Data

Dorin Shapira, Matt Franchi, and Wendy Ju

Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM), 2025

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Scaffolds, also called sidewalk sheds, are intended to be temporary structures to protect pedestrians from construction and repair hazards. However, some sidewalk sheds are left up for years; this trend recently motivated New York City’s mayor to issue a "Get Sheds Down" plan. We use computer vision to develop a longitudinal map of scaffolding, using a dataset of 29,156,833 dashcam images recorded between August 2023 and January 2024 in NYC. We develop an algorithm to track scaffolding presence over time and match detected scaffolds to reported permit locations, identifying 850,766 images of scaffolding, tagging 5,156 active sidewalk sheds, and estimating 529 unpermitted sheds.
@incollection{shapira2025fingerprinting, title = {Fingerprinting {NYC}'s Scaffolding Problem with Longitudinal Dashcam Data}, author = {Shapira, Dorin and Franchi, Matt and Ju, Wendy}, booktitle = {Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM)}, series = {Digital-Era Urban Transformations}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, year = {2025}, url = {https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-98300-9_10}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-98300-9_10}, }

Optimization of the Ultrasonic Dynamics and Kinematics for a Micron-Scale Accurate Ultrasonic Transducer

Dorin Shapira, and Izhak Bucher

Proceedings of ISMA 2024 – International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, 2024

Bib

@inproceedings{shapira2024ultrasonic,
  title = {Optimization of the Ultrasonic Dynamics and Kinematics for a Micron-Scale Accurate Ultrasonic Transducer},
  author = {Shapira, Dorin and Bucher, Izhak},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of ISMA 2024 -- International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering},
  address = {Leuven, Belgium},
  year = {2024},
}