Romeo Cristian Ciobanu, Professor, Ph.D.

 

Biographic data

 

Date and place of birth: 02.08.1961, Piatra-Neamt, Romania

 

Employment and experience

  • 06/2000-present, professor (Industrial Diagnosis, Dielectric Measurements, Quality and Maintenance, Composite Technologies);

  • Ph. D. supervisor since 2001;

  • 02/1995-06/2000, associate professor (Dielectric Measurements, Quality and Reliability, Materials Science);

  • 09/1990-02/1995, senior lecturer (Materials Science, Composite Technologies);

  • 11/1989-09/1990, assistant prof. (Materials Science, Dielectric Measurements);

  • 08/1986-11/1989, researcher at Central Research Institute for Electrotechnics (I.C.P.E.), Research Division for Electrical Insulation, Bucharest.

Doctoral thesis

  • (Electrical Eng.) „Contributions regarding the analysis and technological improvement of composite systems reliability“, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications of Politechnical Univ. Bucharest, Romania, 26.11.1992

  • (Chemistry) „Contributions regarding fabrication and quality assessment of papers for electrical purposes“, Faculty of Chemical Eng. of T. U. Iasi, Romania, 05.09.1997

MBA thesis

  • (Business administration) „Managerial and ethical aspects regarding Total Quality Management Systems implementation in quality assurance, calibration and measurement laboratories“, Business Administration Dept., Technical University of  Iasi, Romania, 15.09.2000.

Courses and applications

  • Quality, Reliability and Maintenance
  • Failure Mechanisms and Industrial Diagnosis
  • Electrical Materials Science
  • Composite Systems Technology
  • Dielectric Measurements
  • Statistical Process Control and Industrial Feasibility

Awarded prizes for research activity

  • 1 national in 1987, for  Pre-aging of Fibber Reinforced Composites;

  • 3 branch level  in 1986, 1987 and 1988 for Technical Papers Technology;

  • 2 county level in 1986 and 1989  for Dielectric Investigations

Foreign languages

  • English - very good; 

  • French - good;

  • German – good;

  • Italian – fair;

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    Software capabilities

    • MS-Office, Internet, Mathcad, Matlab, LabView, Orcad-Pspice, Q&Visual-Basic, C++, Weibull & other graphical / statistical programmes

    Publications

  • 16 books, Romanian, English and German language;

  • 9 published university courses;

  • over 170 published scientific papers,  from which 97 papers in internationally refereed journals or international conferences proceedings;

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    Technology transfer

  • 21 individual research contracts with research institutions, foundations and firms, Romanian Academy of Science, Romanian Ministry of Research and Development and Romanian Ministry of Education.

  • 26 patents (with industrial application, co-author)

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    International

     

    Scholarships

    • 11/1995-02/1996, Computer Science Faculty, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany. Winter intensive course, Major in Neuro-Fuzzy-Networks and Applications

    Fellowships

    • 2004, NATO - short term research fellowship (2 months), Technical University of Crete in Chania, Greece, Major in E-Measurements and Virtual Laboratories.

    • 2000-2003, A.v. Humboldt – Bonn Foundation Fellowship

      Cooperation program with German Universities (18 months),

      Senior Guest Researcher at T.U. Darmstadt, Germany,
      Institute of High Voltage Eng. and Electrical Measurements,
      Major in Advanced Dielectric Measurement in Porous Structures

    • 2001, NATO & ICCTI-Lisbon Foundation Fellowship  (3 months), Senior Guest Researcher, Technical University Lisbon, Portugal,
      Dept. of Electrical Measurements,
      Major in Advanced Dielectric Measurements and Applications.

    • 1999, National Research Council Rome Fellowship (4 months), Senior Guest Researcher at Univ. Bologna, Italy.
      Institute of  Electrical Technology and Materials,
      Major in Charges Measurement & Analysis upon Composite Structures

    • 1995-1998, A.v. Humboldt – Bonn Foundation Fellowship Basic and Follow-up financial support (24 months), Guest Researcher at T.U. Darmstadt, Germany Institute of High Voltage Eng. and Electrical Measurements, Major in Broadband Partial Discharges Measurement in Porous Structures

    Participation in European Projects and Programs

    International research teams:

    • ERASMUS Program / Invited lecturer for at least 2 weeks at the following universities: France (Toulouse, Grenoble), Germany (Darmstadt, Potsdam), Portugal (Lisbon), Italy (Bologna) and Greece (Chania), 1996-2002.

    • Leonardo-Mobility Project in 2002 with Inst.Sup.Technico "Vittorio Emanuelle III" Palermo, Italy.

    • COST E11 cooperation in 1998-1999, with partners from: UK, France, Norway, Sweden and Germany.

    • Romanian Expert of Harvard Institute for International Development, USA, in 1998, in the field of Environment Management in Electrical Eng.

    • Expert and responsible for T.U. Iasi (as pilot university) in European Project MATRA - Implementation of Quality Management Systems in Higher Education in Romania, 2000-2002

    Membership

  • Member of Romanian Academy of Science, 2000

  • IEE – Dielectric Society, UK, Member, 2000

  • IOP - Dielectric Society, UK, Member, 2001

  • Humboldt Fellow, Germany, 1997

  • IEEE and DEIS, USA, Senior Member in 2001 (Member since 1997)

  • Founding member of Quality & Reliability National Society, 1988

  • Member of Electrical Measurements National Society, 1989

  • Counselor of Mayor of Iasi, Romania, since 1996, expert for Urban Development, Industry and Public Services

  • proposed expert for the new program: Advanced Materials (till 2002), of Romanian Ministry of Research and Technology, section: Fibrous and Composite Materials

  • co-manager of Qualindser-Center and authorized laboratory of Quality and Maintenance Management in Electrical Eng., dedicated to research, development, training, technology transfer, promotion and consulting activities.

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