Romeo
Cristian Ciobanu, Professor, Ph.D.
Biographic data
Date and place of birth: 02.08.1961, Piatra-Neamt,
Romania
Employment and experience
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06/2000-present, professor
(Industrial Diagnosis, Dielectric Measurements, Quality and Maintenance,
Composite Technologies);
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Ph. D. supervisor since
2001;
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02/1995-06/2000, associate
professor (Dielectric Measurements, Quality and Reliability, Materials
Science);
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09/1990-02/1995, senior
lecturer (Materials Science, Composite Technologies);
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11/1989-09/1990, assistant prof. (Materials Science, Dielectric Measurements);
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08/1986-11/1989, researcher
at Central Research Institute for Electrotechnics (I.C.P.E.), Research
Division for Electrical Insulation, Bucharest.
Doctoral thesis
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(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
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(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
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(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
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Quality, Reliability and Maintenance
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Failure Mechanisms and Industrial Diagnosis
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Electrical Materials Science
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Composite Systems Technology
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Dielectric Measurements
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Statistical Process Control and Industrial Feasibility
Awarded
prizes
for research activity
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1 national in 1987,
for Pre-aging of Fibber Reinforced Composites;
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3 branch level in
1986, 1987 and 1988 for Technical Papers Technology;
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2 county level in 1986
and 1989 for Dielectric Investigations
Foreign
languages
English - very good;
French - good;
German – good;
Italian – fair;
Software capabilities
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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;
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)
International
Scholarships
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11/1995-02/1996, Computer Science Faculty, Technical University Darmstadt,
Germany. Winter intensive course, Major in Neuro-Fuzzy-Networks and
Applications
Fellowships
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2004, NATO -
short term research fellowship (2 months), Technical
University of Crete in Chania, Greece, Major in E-Measurements and Virtual
Laboratories.
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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
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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.
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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
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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:
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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.
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Leonardo-Mobility
Project in 2002 with Inst.Sup.Technico "Vittorio Emanuelle III" Palermo,
Italy.
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COST E11 cooperation
in 1998-1999, with partners from: UK,
France, Norway, Sweden and Germany.
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Romanian Expert of Harvard Institute for International
Development, USA,
in 1998, in the field of Environment Management in Electrical Eng.
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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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