Nicolae MUNTEAN, director

Birth date: 20 May, 1956
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Current job position

Manager, TECHNOCONCEPT SRL Timişoara, energy auditor.

Senior Researcher, Ph. D., Romanian Academy, Timisoara Branch.

Professional Experience

• May 1990 – oct. 2021: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor & Ph. D. Advisor, University POLITEHNICA Timisoara (UPT), Romania, upt.ro.
• 2010 – present: Director of „Smart control of energy conversion and storage” Research center, https://eeris.eu/ERIF-2000-000F-0854
• Teaching and research activities in the field of power electronics and industrial automation.
• June 2018 – present: Senior Researcher, Romanian Academy (https://acad.ro), Timisoara Branch, (https://www.academiatm.ro/?lang=en).
• Research activities in the field of energy conversion and storage, energy efficiency.
• 2005 – present: Energy efficiency authorized auditor for complex audits in industry.
• 40 years of experience in energy efficiency, renewable energy conversion systems, power electronics, electrical drives, and industrial automation.
• More than 100 technical papers published in journals and conference proceedings.
• 17 Romanian patents.
• Associate editor of “Journal of Electrical Engineering”, jee.ro
• 20 research programs (as member or coordinator) in the field of power electronics, renewable energies, and energy efficiency. Selection:
  • “ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC BUS / MICROBUS FOR URBAN TRANSPORT, WITH ENERGY STORAGE IN SUPERCAPACITORS AND ELECTRIC DRIVE WITH VERY HIGH-POWER DENSITY” (2019-present);
  • “INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS ADAPTED TO CLIMATE CHANGE” (2018-2021);
  • “MICROGRID INTEGRATED SMALL POWER RENEWABLE ENERGY HYBRID SYSTEMS” (2012-2014),
  • “ENERGY EFFICIENT VEHICLES FOR ROAD TRANSPORT” (FP7, 2008-2010).
• Experience in EEA Grants:
  • “IMPROVEMENT OF THE STRUCTURES AND EFFICIENCY OF SMALL HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND GENERATORS WITH NON-REGULATED BLADES”, RO 018/2009;
  • “PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS TO INCREASE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF SOME PUBLIC BUILDINGS (GHIRODA TOWN HALL)”, 2020;

Details: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/N_Muntean?ev=prf_highl

Education

Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, 1981;

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 1994;

Membership in professional organizations

IEEE (www.ieee.org) Senior Member;

Member of Honor, Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences, (https://astr.ro/).

Language skills

Romanian, English.