Research interests and experience in

• Embedded Systems
• Sensors
• Applied Analog/Digital Electronics
• Analog/Digital Signal Acquisition and Processing
• Digital Adaptive Filtering
• Biomedical Signal Processing
• Software for Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Research projects - member

• “Barriera Attiva”: design and prototyping of a new innovative barrier based on an innovative concept of safety combined with structural function (passive function) and active function);
  Project director: Prof. Eng. Pasquale Daponte
  Web-link: http://www.barrieraattiva.unisannio.it
  Position in the project: member of the project team.
• “Autoclusters”: develop a network cluster for the automotive industry;
  Project director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Cristian-Gyozo Haba
  Web-link: http://www.autoclusters.eu/
  Position in the project: member of the project team.
• “FreeScale your FreeMind”: development of learning content and educational kits for automotive applications based on Freescale microcontrollers - project in collaboration with Continental VDO (former Siemens VDO);
  Project director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Cristian-Gyozo Haba
  Position in the project: member of the project team.
• “NANOSENS”: nanowires based microtransducers - development of a new generation of microtransducers based on magnetic homogenous or multilayer nanowires;
  Project director: Prof. Dr. Eng. Cristian Zet
  Web-link: http://www.nanosens.tuiasi.ro/en/index.html
  Position in the project: member of the project team.

Electrical/Electronic/Automation experience

• Practical experience in designing of embedded systems with microcontrollers (e.g. Atmel AVR family, Microchip PIC18F family, Freescale HCS12 family);
• Practical experience in building and debugging electronic boards (e.g. manual/automated PCB manufacturing, soldering/desoldering of SMD components);
• Design of analog and digital interface to: sensors, transducers, microcontrollers, DSP circuits, FPGA circuits, I/O drivers;
• Practical experience with measurement equipment from different producers (e.g. Tektronix, LeCroy, Agilent, Rohde&Schwarz, National Instruments) such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, spectrum and signal analyzers, function generators, counters, LCR meters, PXI systems;
• Filter design: analog, digital and digital adaptive filter (main scope of doctoral thesis);
• RF experience using the ZigBee based IEEE 802.15.4 standard (e.g. XBee module from Maxtrim);
• Designing applications using National Instruments (NI) hardware (e.g. PXI controllers, DAQs cards, functions generators, scopes, etc.);
• Circuit design and practical PCB implementation using OrCAD Cadence:

• Library Manager;
• Capture (Schematics - Analog and Mixed A/D);
• PCB Layout (1, 2, 4 layers);
• PSpice (advanced analog circuit simulations)

Computer skills

• C programming language for embedded systems;
• Integrated Development Environment (IDE): Atmel Studio, MPLAB C18, CodeWarrior, Code Composer Studio (CCS);
• Electric/Electronic Circuit simulations using OrCADPSpice, TinaTI, Proteus;
• Digital design and simulation using Verilog HDL and schematics for: (i) Altera: MaxPlusII, QuartusII, NiosII; (ii) Xilinx: ISI WebPACK IDE; (iii) MentorGraphics: ModelSim IDE;
• MATLAB/Simulink - signal processing toolboxes, SimPower Systems and Simscape toolboxes, DSP & FPGA Simulink tools, Real-Time Workshop and Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder;
• Designing architectural LabVIEW applications (middle level to upper level), good knowledge of programming and testing LabVIEW based applications;
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office™ tools;
• Operating systems: Windows, Linux.