Official address:

Research , Development and Testing National Institute
for Electrical Engineering - ICMET CRAIOVA
144, Calea Bucuresti, 200515 Craiova ROMANIA
Phone: +40 251 436866, 437795
Fax: +40 251 415482, 416726
E-mail: amarin@icmet.ro

Education and qualifications:

Doctor Engineer (Ph.D) degree in Electrical Engineering from "Polytechnica" University Bucharest (1977).

Professional career:

R & D & Testing Institute ICMET
Scientific Manager-Head of Laboratories Department since 1990

Academic career:

Professor since 1993
Ph.D's degree conductor since 1991 (8 Ph.D candidates)

Research activity:

Actual domains: Testing & Monitoring & Diagnosis of Power Transformers, EMC in Power Engineering
Other domains: HV & HP Technologies, Magnetic & Magnetoelastic Materials, AE PD Detection & Transient Phenomena in Power in Power Transformers.

Awards:

Romanian Scientific Medal of Merit;
Romanian Academy Prize "Traian Vuia";
Golden Medal for a series of patents Jassy 1994.
Who's Who in the World, Millennium Edition 2000
Prize of Romanian Academy for Technical Sciences (SIR 2000).
Honorary Professor at Craiova University.

Publications:

Number of papers (in Scientific Journals): 59 (7 abroad);
Number of papers at Scientific Conferences: 87 (22 abroad);
Books, University text books: 14.

Translations from German into Romanian:

Mosch/Hauschild: HS Isolierungen mit SF6 Verlag Technik/Technical Publishing House 1984;
Schwab: Elektromagnetische Verträglichkeit Springer Verlag/Technical Publishing House 1996.

Stages abroad:

1970 (June - July) Germany, Dresden, Technical University;
1979 (December) Germany, Dresden, Technical University;
1992 (September - December) Germany, UNI - Karlsruhe, IEH (Prof. A.J. Schwab); Visiting scientist; Research stage financed by DAAD;
1996 (October - December) Germany, UNI - Karlsruhe, IEH (Prof. A.J. Schwab); Visiting scientist; Research stage financed by DAAD;
1999 (October - December) Greece, UNI - Patras; NATO Research Fellowship.

Professional and Technical Societies:

• INTERELECTROTEST: Romania's representative 1971-1989; Chairman of TK 2 (High Voltage) Committee 1976-1978;
• IEC Romanian National Committee, Secretary of TC 14 "Transformers" 1980-1990; Chairman of Romanian IEC TC 8 "Switchgears & Instrument Transformers & High Voltage" since 1990; Romania's representative in IEC TC 42 "High Voltage" since 1996;
• RENAR (Association for Romanian Accreditation Network)-member of the Board of Directors 1998 - 2003;
• IEEE member since 1993;
• CIGRÉ member since 1992; Romania's representative in SC 12 (now A2) "Transformers" since 1998; Member of working group WG 33-03 (now WGD1.33) "HV Measurement and Testing Technique" since 1996;
• Member of the editorial staff of the Romanian review "EEA - Electrotehnica" since 1991;
• Chief editor of the firm review "Technical Reports - Electroputere" since 1990;
• ACER (Romanian EMC Association) - Founder & First Chairman since 1997;
• IEEE EMC Romanian Chapter - Founder & First Chairman since 2003
• Romanian Academy for Technical Sciences - Corresponding Member since 1999.
  

International scientific cooperation programs achieved:

• PTB (Germany) - ICMET Convention to Achieve the National Standard for High Forces 1-32MN (1991-1995);
• COPERNICUS ERBCIPACT Program of EEC " Mutual Recognition of HV Test and Measurement in Eastern and Western Europe Countries" (Germany, Hungary, Czech Rep., Romania, CIS) (1995-1996);
• Technical University of Athens - ICMET Bilateral Research Convention "Improvement of Some Testing Methods in High Voltage Engineering" (1995-1996);
• UNI Karlsruhe, IEH (Germany) - ICMET, - Project RUM 022-96 "Transient Phenomena in Electric Power Systems" (1996-1999): Impulse Phenomena in Power Transformers & Seismic Behaviour of HV Switchgears;
• UNI Karlsruhe, IEH (Germany) - ICMET - Project RUM 036-97 "Electromagnetic Compatibility in Power Engineering" (1997-2000);
• PTB (Germany) - ICMET Convention for Development of ICMET High Voltage & EMC Laboratory, Measurement Techniques (1995-2002);
• COST 261 "EMC in Complex and Distributed Systems" (1998-2001);
• SMT Program EU-SMT-CT98-2270 "Traceability and Mutual Recognizability of Impulse Voltage Measurements".
  

Main technical and scientific achievements:

• Coordination of High Voltage Laboratory achievement at ICMET Craiova (technical-economic study, contracting, execution, putting into operation) within 1968-1973 and its development in two stages 1976-1977 and 1979-1981; Scientific research management in the field of HV technique;
• Testing and certification of the first 400kV equipment of Electroputere (Power transformers and switchgears);
• A New Method for Power Transformers Switching Impulse Test: CIGRÉ Report 12.10 Paris (1980)
• Static Switch Use to Generate Switching Impulses in Laboratory and Service to Test Power & Instrument Transformers Using Electromagnetic Induction (1988-1992);
• Series of Papers and Devices for Acoustic Emission Partial Discharge Detection & Location in Power Transformers on site (1991-2003)
• Founding of the Romanian Competence Centre - CERTENSMAG - in the field of magnetoelastic phenomena (1992);
• New Types of Magnetoelastic Transducers with Reduced Energy Consumption - TRADEC (1990-1994);
• Founding of Numerical Method Laboratory in Electrical Engineering at ICMET (1994);
• Achievement of Traceability to PTB standards for 32 MN Force Laboratory (1995);
• DKD Accreditation of 32 MN Force Calibration Laboratory (DKD-K-18701/1997);
• RENAR Accreditation of ICMET High Voltage & High Power Laboratories (1995);
• DKD Accreditation High Voltage Calibration Laboratory (DKD-K-18702/1998);
• Coordination of EMC Testing Laboratory achievement at ICMET Craiova (1996 - 2000);
• RENAR Accreditation of ICMET EMC Testing Laboratory (1997);
• DKD Accreditation of EMC Calibration Laboratory for HF & Magnetic Field Probes
  (DKD-K-18703/ 2002)