ECE DEPARTMENT SEMINAR: A REVIEW OF RESEARCH RESULTS OBTAINED AT THE APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETICS RESEARCH CENTER OF THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA PROFESSOR DAN D. MICU

January 29, 2018 in

Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/29/2018
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location
234 Larsen Hall

Categories No Categories


Details

A review of research results obtained at the Applied Electromagnetics Research Center of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Dan D. MICU, Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
(currently Fulbright Scholar at the ECE Department of the University of Florida)

Results of research in the following areas will be covered:
Numerical modelling, simulation, and in situ evaluation of different electromagnetic interference problems;
Electromagnetic field analysis, synthesis, and optimization;
Artificial intelligence algorithms and inverse problems in electromagnetics;
Lightning interferences and protection of infrastructures;
Energy solutions for efficient use of energy for industrial and residential consumers.

Dan D. MICU, received the degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1998 and the degree in Mathematics from the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 2001. He received the MS degree and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1999 and 2004, respectively. In the period 2000-2003 he was also with Vrije Universitiet Brussel, Belgium at Electrical Engineering Department. Between 2006 and 2010 he was RDI Project Manager at the Managerial Agency of Scientific Research, Innovation and Technological Transfer, Ministry of Education and Research, Bucharest. Since 1999 he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, where he is currently Full Professor and Director of the Numerical Methods Research Center. He has authored and coauthored more than 200 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences. He is author/coauthor at 12 books published in national and international publishing houses. He was project manager at 6 research grants obtained by national and international competitions and more than 20 research projects for industry. Current research interests are in the field of: numerical methods and modelling techniques in electromagnetics; artificial intelligence algorithms and inverse problems; electromagnetic field analysis, synthesis and optimization; energy efficiency solutions. He was the General Chairman of the 49th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC) in 2014. He is a member of 6 International Steering Committes and reviewer at 9 International scientific journals. Dr. Micu received the Excellence Award for young researchers in 2008, the 2nd Prize Award for Research Projects in 2008, Excellence Award for researchers in 2014, Professor Bologna National Prize in 2012, 4 national prizes awarded by National Authority of Scientific Research for ISI Journal papers in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 and the Romanian Energy Award – Special Jury Award, in 2015.