Technical University of Cluj Napoca
Department of Electrical Machines, Marketing and
Management
 
Staff of department


ACADEMIC STAFF

PROFESSORS EMERITI:
Dr. BIRÓ Károly Ágoston
Dr. Ioan-Adrian VIOREL
Dr. Vasile IANCU

PROFESSORS:
Dr. SZABÓ Loránd - Head of the Department
Dr. Gh. Alexandru CATANA
Dr. Doina CATANA
Dr. Mircea M. RADULESCU
Dr. Horia C. HEDESIU
Dr. Claudia MARTIS

ASSOCIATED PROFESSORS:

LECTURERS:
Dr. Anca CONSTANTINESCU-DOBRA

ASSISTANT LECTURERS:
Dr. Daniel FODOREAN
 Dr. Dan-Cristian POPA
 Dr. Nicolae Florin JURCA
Dr. Claudiu Alexandru OPREA
Dr. Stefan BREBAN

RESEARCH STAFF

FULL TIME Ph.D. STUDENTS:

Cosmina NICULA
MAGYARI Györgyi-Karola
Arthur Richard MATYAS
Dan PAUNESCU
Dan IRIMIE
Dan ILEA
Ioana BENTIA
Ana GAZDAC
Felicia SURDU
Raluca TRIFA
Ionut LAR
Adrian Augustin POP
Vlad PETRUS
Adrian-Cornel POP
Liviu SOMESAN
Emil PADURARIU
Rares TEREC
Virgil CHINDRIS
Ciprian HARLISCA
Petru HANGIU
Andrei FILIP
Mircea ARION

TECHNICAL STAFF

Ioan MOLDOVAN
(Laboratory Technician)

Former members of the department

 

Ioan-Adrian Viorel
Professor Emeritus

 

Current position:
Professor emeritus, Department of Electrical Machines, Marketing & Management, Technical University of Cluj
Mail address:
Baritiu str. 26-28, RO-400027 CLUJ, Romania
Telephone/fax:
(+40)-264-401-827 / (+40)-264-593-117
Email:

Date and place of birth: 30 th August, 1942, Deva (Romania)

Education:

  • Secondary Education: "Emil Racovi ta" Lyceum, Cluj-Napoca, 1953-1960.

  • Tertiary Education:
    • Polytechnic Institute (now Technical University) of Cluj-Napoca, 1960-1965, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.
    • Technical University of Timisoara, 1970-1978, without frequency, Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Dissertation title: Slot shape, slot number and winding distribution influence on induction machine parameters and considering it on the machine characteristics (s upervisor: Prof. Toma DORDEA, member of Romanian Academy)

Professional experience:

  • Working 6 months during 1969 and 1970 (three month each summer) with Producing, Transportation and Delivery Electrical Energy State Company, concerning energy saving on the local area delivery system
  • 1965 - 1972 Teaching assistant, Polytechnic Institute (now Technical University) of Cluj-Napoca
  • 1972 - 1980 Assistant Professor, Polytechnic Institute of Cluj-Napoca
  • 1980 - 1990 Associated Professor, Polytechnic Institute of Cluj-Napoca
  • 1990 -   Professor of Electrical Machines, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Professional activities:

Undergraduate lectures:

    • Electrical Machine Basics
    • Steady-State Operating of Electrical Machines
    • Electrical Machines Dynamics
    • Special Electrical Machines
    • Electrical Machines Parameter Identification
    • Electromechanical Systems
    • Mathematical Numerical Methods Applied to the Electrical Engineering

Keynote and guest lectures:

    • Keynote lecturer:
      • Coupled Circuit-Field Mathematical Models of Electrical Machines, Technical University of Timisoara, Romania, 1995
      • New Developments in the Switched Reluctance Motor Domain, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Romania, 1995
      • Magnetic Field Computation in Electrical Machines via Finite Element Method, Oradea University, Romania, 1996
    • Guest Lecturer:
      • Oradea University, Romania, 1997,1998, a 14 lecture course on Mathematical Numerical Methods Applied in Electrical Engineering Domain

Visiting Scholar:

    • Research Fellowship at Technical University of Budapest , Hungary (Advisor: Prof. G. Retter), April-May 1972 Fulbright Research Scholarship at Maryland State University , College Park, MD, USA (Advisor: Prof. R.W. Newcomb), August-July 1976
    • Research Fellowship at Federal Technical University of Lausanne , Switzerland (Prof. M. Jufer), two weeks in November 1994
    • Visiting Professor at RWTH Aachen , Germany, Department of Electrical Machines (Prof. G. Henneberger), June 1998 and November 1999.
    • Visiting professor at the University of Akron , Akron (Ohio, USA), three weeks in July 2001.
    • Invited professor at École Polytechnique Federale (EPF), Electrical Machines Department, Lausanne (Switzerland), September - October 2001and July - September 2003.
    • Invited Professor at Technical University of Berlin (Germany), June 2000.
    • Invited Professor at Technical University of Chemnitz (Germany) in June 2005.
    • Visiting Researcher at RWTH Aachen (Germania), Department of Electric Machines, May-July 2005.
    • Visiting Researcher at the Korean Electrical Research Institute (KERI) in Changwon (Republic of Korea) in the framework of a grant funded by the Korean Science Foundation (KOSEF), December 2005 July 2006.

Ph.D. supervisor:

    • Current Ph.D. Students:
      • 2 Ph.D. students are finishing their thesis and will defend it in 2001
      • 10 Ph.D. students are working for their thesis (3 are teaching assistants and 7 are working outside the University)
    • 10 Successful Ph.D. Students

Ph.D. examiner:

    • 13 times at Technical University of Timisoara (1986 - )
    • 2 times at Technical University of Iasi (1997 -)
    • 6 times at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (1992 -)
    • 2 times at Oradea University (2000-)

M.S. Examiner:

    • President of the Master Degree Examining Committee, C.A.M. specialty, Technical University of Cluj, 1995 - 1997
    • Member of the Engineering Degree Examining Committee, Electrical Machines Specialty, Technical University of Cluj, 1994 -
    • Member of the Engineering Degree Examining Committee, Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj, 1982 -

University services:

    • Electrical Engineering Faculty Council Scientific Secretary, 1987 - 1992
    • Electrical Machines Department Chairman (first chairman), 1990 - 1992
    • Technical University of Cluj Senate Scientific Secretary, 1992 - 1996
    • Electrical Engineering Faculty Vice-Dean, 2000 - 2004

Professional Committee Memberships:

  • Member of IEEE since 1993
  • Member of Romanian National Association of Electrical Engineers
  • Editorial Board membership
    • International Journal "Electromotion"
  • Steering Committee membership
    • First International Symposium "Electromotion", 1995, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    • EPE - PEMC '2000 Conference , Kosice, Slovak Republic
  • National Organizing Committee membership
    • Second International Symposium "Electromotion", 1997, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Section Chairman
    • First International Symposium "Electromotion" Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1995
    • First International Conference on Electromechanical Systems (SIELMEC), Chisinau, R. Moldavia, 1997
    • Fourth International Conference on Engineering of Modern Electric Systems, Oradea, Romania, 1997
  • Journal Refereeing
    • Electromotion
    • Acta Electrotehnica Napocensis
    • Oradea University Annals
    • "Lucian Blaga" Sibiu University Annals
  • Consultancy activity for different Companies on subjects like:
    • Electric generators behavior in power electric plants.
    • Electric motors
    • Electric drive systems.

Research interests:

  • Induction machine (mathematical model, current and field harmonics, field oriented control, design strategy)
  • Circuit-field models of electrical machines (transformer, d.c. machine, permanent magnet synchronous machine)
  • Variable reluctance motors ( hybrid linear stepper motors , switched reluctance motor, transverse flux machines, etc.)
  • Magnetic field computation in electrical machines (FDM and FEM)
  • CAD in electrical machines

Research activity:

  • Solving, alone or within different teams from our Department, more than 30 projects for Industrial Companies. The subject of the projects were concerning different aspects like:
    • Electrical energy saving.
    • Electrical drives performances improving (new systems or a specific control).
    • Special electrical machines designing and building up (Schrage-Richter type of motor, one phase induction motor, linear motors).
    • Induction heating system analyzing and designing.

Publications: 236 titles ( see the detailed list )

  • Published textbooks and books (13)
  • Scientific works published in refereed journals (21)
  • Scientific works published in refereed Romanian universities annals or equivalents (75)
  • Scientific works published in refereed proceedings of International conferences (70)
  • Scientific works published in refereed proceedings of Romanian national conferences (11)
  • Scientific works published in non-refereed conference proceedings (46)
   
 

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