• was born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1954

• received the Dipl.-Ing. degree (with honors) from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1978 and the Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) degree from the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania, in 1993, both in electrical engineering

• in 1983, joined the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, being appointed Full Professor in the Department of Electric Machines, in 1997, and Ph.D. Advisor in Electrical Engineering, in 2000

• was an Invited Research Associate with the Laboratoire d’Electromecanique et de Machines Electriques, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland during 1990-1991 and with the Laboratoire d’Electrotechnique de Grenoble, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France during 1992-1993

• was an Invited Professor with Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, in 1997; Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany, in 1999; the University of Akron, OH, USA, in 1999 and 2001; the Universite ‘Pierre et Marie Curie’ (Paris VI), France, in 2002; the Universite de Picardie ‘Jules Verne’ Amiens, France, in 2003; the Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, France, in 2003 and 2004; and the Ecole Centrale de Lille, France, in 2006 and 2007

• is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. - Industry Applications Society (IEEE - IAS), USA, since 1999

• is author or co-author of ten scientific monographs, multi-author books and textbooks, and of more than hundred published scientific papers in refereed technical journals and international conference and symposium proceedings; his teaching and research activities include computer-aided design of electromechanical devices, field analysis of electromagnetic structures; modelling, design and control of small electric motors, actuators, special electric machines and mechatronic drives; design, simulation, control and electromagnetic compatibility of electric traction systems; and ferrohydrodynamics

• is a Member of the International Steering Committee of several conferences and symposia in the field of electric machines and drives, and of electric traction systems, i.e.                                                    

  International Conference on Electrical Machines – ICEM (since 2006)

  International Symposium on Advanced Electromechanical Motion Systems – ELECTROMOTION (since 1995)

  International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment – OPTIM (since 2000)

  International Symposium on Micromachines & Servodrives – MiS (since 2000)

  International Conference on Railway Traction Systems – RTS (since 2001)

  International Conference ’Modern Electric Traction in Integrated XXI Century Europe’ – MET (since 2007)

  International Conference on Electrical Machines, Drives and Power Systems – ELMA (since 2005)

  International Conference on Applied and Theoretical Electricity – ICATE (since 2002)
  

• is a Foundation Member of the Romanian Association of Small Electric Machines Builders (ANCEM) and an Associate Editor of the international scientific quarterly ’Electromotion’ (since 1994)

• his biography is listed in several editions of 'Who's Who in the World' and 'Who's Who in Engineering and Science'

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