Working on heat management solutions for medical, industrial, space and, defence applications.

Developing electrosurgery equipment. Designed ultrasonic acoustic chains for surgical devices using CAD and FEA software and tested them using impedance analyzers, acoustic modal analyzers, and laser vibrometers. Explored the concept of a cooling system for ultrasonic blades. Evaluated new materials. Developed method for acurate density measurements. Performed mechanical testing. Analyzed competitive IP.

Developing sensors for medical devices.

Developed the concept of a high-performance gravity gradiometer for geologic exploration and homeland security applications. Directed a team that conducted exploratory research, designed, and validated experimentally the candidate solutions for gradiometer subsystems.

Working on Life Cycle Assesment of new energy and fuel technologies for DOE programs.

• Developed analytical programs for design of LED and laser diode light sources for microprojectors and displays. Performed electrical, radiometric, and photometric measurements for light collection efficiency, color balance, power, and heat management. • Designed portable sensors for body temperature, pulse, and blood pressure monitoring, including their electronics for signal conditioning and power sources, data fusion algorithms, and system integration.• Designed mechanisms and optical layouts for portable devices and microprojectors.• Performed power measurements, power budget calculations, and environmental Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for mobile phone power supply modules and batteries, and alternative energy sources.

• Researched glass fiber solubility in biological solutions.• Performed data processing and modeling for environmental emissions, designed test database.• Designed and constructed a spectrometer for measurement of molten glass visible and infrared spectra.

• Responsible for wet and dry flue gas desulfurization, and synthesis gas clean-up processes. Performed process modeling for heat and material balances, thermodynamics, flow pressure loss, and heat transfer.• Contributed to system control concept and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) elaboration. Performed marketing support, including risk analysis. Designed test data bases. • Received awards for contribution to pilot operations, Hazardous Operation qualification (HAZOP), and start-up activity, for the Hot Gas Clean-Up system of the Polk power plant in Florida, an $8 million project.• Received award for contribution to gaining a $16 million contract by process redesign to meet client’s tight execution schedule.

• Studied moisture absorption in household detergents that resulted in improved formulations. Calculated numerical solutions for diffusion-adsorption equations.

• Produced experimental proof of the possibility of producing aluminum nitride with high yield at temperatures lower than in current industrial processes. Used TGA, FTIR, fluidized beds.

• Developed procedures for quality assurance, and reliability in compliance with IEEE, ISO 9000, and national nuclear standards.• Coordinated type testing resulting in qualification of new control equipment for use in nuclear power plants.

• Contributed to qualification of parts produced by the company for use in military aircraft.• Developed and implemented quality control procedures for ultrasonic, X-ray, magnetic, and penetrating liquid inspection methods.• Developed formulations for ceramic filters and cores that resulted in production of aircraft parts by investment casting for the first time in Romania.

• Contributed to the design and construction of the pilot plant that developed the process for nuclear fuel production and fabricated the first load for Romanian nuclear power reactors.• Started the QA program of the pilot plant by generating the QA manual and system procedures.Research Scientist, Bucharest, Romania (1971 to 1976)Fuel Department• Developed equipment and methods for uranium dioxide powder characterization and organized a laboratory supporting its production. Using X-ray diffraction, SEM, TEM, optical microscopy, TGA, DTA, dilatometry.• Studied sintering of uranium dioxide and other ceramics which led to development of the process for nuclear fuel production. Performed numeric modeling of sintering.• Characterized homogeneity of mixed uranium-plutonium oxide fuel pellets while in residence for 9 month at Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center, Germany (1975).