CURRICULUM VITAE
Alin Dan POTORAC, Ph.D.eng.
1. IDENTIFICATION DATA
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Date and place of birth: Place of residence:
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POTORAC Dan Alin
1962, February 01, Suceava, ROMANIA 4, S.F.Marian Street
ROMANIA, 720193, Suceava,
e-mail: alinp@eed.usv.ro ;
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2. STUDIES
a. Background degree:
- Electronics and Telecommunications Faculty, 5 years cycle, University
of Iaºi, Romania, year of graduation 1987
b. Grants, stages, specializations:
- professional grant at the ISE Porto, Portugal (1992/1993, 9 months),
Electronic System, contact dr. J.P.Baptista
- research grant at the IUT Besancon, France (1994/1995, 4 months;
1995-1996, 5 months), doctoral research in technical interfaces, contact
dr. J.Mignot
- professional grant KIHO Gent, Belgium (1996, 1 month),
Data Communication, contact dr. Luc de Backer
- professional grant at IUT Belfort, France (1998, 2 weeks)
, technical interfaces and laser profilometry, contact dr. P.Nardine
- professional grant at University of Limerick, Ireland
(1998, 2 weeks; 2000, 4 weeks), IT, contact dr.T.Hall
c. Doctor’s degree:
- doctorate degree in the domain of Electronics at the University
“Gh, Asachi” of Iaºi, Electronics and Telecommunications Faculty,
coordinator Prof. D. Alexa – public sustained in 1997
3. PROFESIONAL ACTIVITIES
1987 – 1990 “Microelectronica” Bucharest (greatest Romanian
IC manufacturer) – applications, design and test engineer in the developing
and application department, MADS (multi-application development system)
and MIND (industrial multi-application system) project involvement, customer
developments
1990 - University “ªtefan cel Mare”
of Suceava - university assistant, lecturer, ass.professor on Numerical
Circuits, Digital Electronics, Data Transmission, CAD, IT and Multimedia
4. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES*
- books
2
- lecturer and students guiding books
2
- papers and studies published abroad
5
- papers published in proceedings of international symposiums:
19
- papers published in technical magazines:
21
- presented papers:
5
- research/design contracts: (coordinator for three of them)
14
- inventions patents (transducers, automotive) - team member
5
*see my works list for details
5. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Inventor Association from Romania
General Association of Romanian Engineers
6. OTHER ACTIVITIES
- applications developments for Fontane Group, Germany (microcontroller
based system, wireless applications, customer electronics) – started in
1999
- supervisor of Data Communication and Informational Technologies
Department from Suceava University, Romania – started in 1999
- industrial and home automation, data communication, and other
electronic application oriented systems for small romanian companies
- teaching post-graduates IT courses
7. FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English (speak, read and write) well; French (speak, read and write) well.
8. LAST YEARS PREOCCUPATIONS
microcontroller based systems (hardware design, assembly language programming, test and implementations - PIC, 8051), interfacing, CAD in simulation, modeling, PCBs (SPICE, PROTEL), wireless communications, voice systems, alarm systems, IT&Multimedia
9. HOBBYS
home automation, computers, multimedia, car racing…