GUVERNUL ROMÂNIEI
Instrumente Structurale
2007-2013
Sectoral Operational Programme “INCREASE OF ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS”
Co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund
„Investments for your future”
Priority Axis 2: Research, Technological Development and Innovation for Competitiveness
Operation 2.2.1 Development of the existing R&D infrastructure and of new infrastructure (laboratories, centres of excellence)
Research, Development and Innovation Institute: High-Tech Products for Sustainable Development - PRO-DD
Contract no. 11 / 01.03.2009, ID 123, SMIS 2637
N E W S L E T T E R
CONCRETE SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
The development of sustainable communities represents a priority set at
international level as the only path for the long-term progress of humankind. This
requires new and innovative solutions for the built environment, to increase the energy
efficiency in buildings, reduce losses (mainly thermal energy losses), to implement
renewable energy systems and support environment quality (with specific focus on
water). This represents the core research topic in the R&D Center Renewable Energy
Systems and Recycling (RES-REC) which is interdisciplinary approached in national and
international projects. Special attention is devoted to actions aiming to give full value to
the research result, by the optimal communication and networking with the end-users.
Following this objective, the RES-REC Centre hosted two meetings that aimed at
informing key actors and increasing the market and societal acceptance of the novel solutions for Nearly Zero Energy
Buildings.
- The first meeting was organized together with the Home Point company, on February 17, and gathered decision
makers from large companies active in building and construction materials, including passive houses and low energy
buildings: KNAUF – GHIPS, TERMOCEL, XELLA, LASSELSBERGER KNAUF, PAVATEX, REHAU, SKS – HELLA,VELUX,
FUNDERMAX, BRAMAC, EGGER, ROCKWOOL, SALAMANDER – LEONIS, BREEZEGROUP, LINDAB, HOLVER. The
meeting identified as common ground the need for a information system that should actively promote the novel
solutions towards the direct beneficiaries in residential buildings.
- The second meeting was part of the project 100% RES Communities, developed in the frame of the Intelligent Energy
for Europe programme. The event was co-organized with the University Vasile Alecsandri from Bacău (represented
by the Vice-Rector Elena Nechita) and allowed the joint meeting of participants from the Brasov metropolitan area
(majors, the President of the Brasov Metropolitan Agency, Mr. Dragoș David), from the Brasov Agency for Energy
Management and Environment Protection (Executive Manager, Mrs. Camelia Rață, director executiv) along with
researchers from the RES-REC Centre and students involved in the
awareness campaigns. The meeting proved the interest existent at
communities' level for implementing efficient energy mixes based on
renewable energy systems, and outlined the need for concrete and
concerted actions to extend the economic and legal frame able to
support the transition towards sustainability.
Coordinator of the RES-REC Centre,
Prof. dr. eng. Ion Vișa
A DIFFERENT SCHOOL
As in each year, the week “A different Scool” brought in the R&D Institute of the Transilvania University many groups
of pupils, interested on the fascinating world of research and on the knowledge development mechanisms. The pupils from
the national colleges Unirea and Andrei Saguna from Brasov took a tour through the laboratories in ICDT where they could
understand the variety of research fields approached in the Institute: renewable energy systems and recycling, forestry and
plants genetics, robotics and virtual reality, automatics and processes control. The pupils were highly interested on the
details and could actively contribute to several experiments, and in the end they visited the Data Centre, the IT hart of ICDT.
For the first time this year, the Institute was visited by the youngest pupils, the “0” class from the Honterus High school , for
which the ICDT represented a fairy-tale brought into reality.
Prof. dr. eng. Anca Duță, Scientific Manager ICDT
ACADEMIA- INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP
IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES
One of the priority research topics in the R&D Centre Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Systems is the
design, development and testing of innovative technologies for manufacturing products with high level of specificity, as
prototypes or small production series. Thus, in a cooperation with the company S.C. Electroprecizia Electrical Motors SRL
Săcele a novel technology was developed for cutting novel components of electrical engines with water-jet and abrasive
compounds. Manufacturing was done using the Maxiem 1530 machine, part of the R&D infrastructure of the R&D
Institute of the Transilvania University (in the laboratory building L3).
Parameters optimization was successfully finalized, according to the mechanical and dimensional features of the
samples and the results were delivered to the beneficiary at the imposed quality
level. The water jet technology using abrasive compounds allow the development
of complex patterns, with a total length of about 2m, folded in the inner part of a
disc with a diameter of 20mm and the entire process lasted 2.5 min. Cutting using
the water jet proved to be the most economically advantageous technological
process for such parts. The theoretical and experimental research proved the real
potential of the manufacturing technology based on water jet and abrasives for
complex parts, as being accurate, feasible and affordable.
Lect. dr. ing. Alexandru FILIP, R&D Centre Advanced Manufacturing
Technologies and Systems
RESEARCH COOPERATION WITH THE R&D INSTITUTE
FOR THE PHYSICS OF PLASMA, LASERS AND RADIATION, INCD-INFPLR
The R&D Centre for Advanced Technologies and Metallic, Ceramic and MMC Composite Materials, from the
Materials Science Department, faculty of Materials Science and Engineering organized on February 28, 2014 a meeting with
two representatives of the R&D Institute INCD-INFPLR, dr. Valentin Craciun and Dr. Maria Craciun.
The meeting was hosted by the Materials Science Department Director, Conf. Dr. Eng. Sorin Munteanu, the ViceDean of the faculty, Prof. Dr. Eng. Ioan Milosan – Prodecan and researchers in the Centre: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Tibor Bedo,
Lect. Dr. Ing. Maria Stoicanescu and Researcher CS III Dr. Eng. Mihai Alin Pop. The meeting started with a visit of the
experimental facilities of the R&D Centre in the Institute and included detailed discussions on the topics of interest,
particularly related to advanced surface characterization (porosity measurements, DSC analysis, elemental analysis). The
experience exchange allow to identify joint cooperation subjects, for the projects.
Assoc. Dr. Eng. Bedo Tibor, Researcher CS III Dr. Eng. Pop Mihai Alin
R&D Centre for Advanced
Technologies and Metallic,
Ceramic and MMC Composite
Materials
FURNITURE ECO-DESIGN, RESTORATION
AND CERTIFICATION IN WOOD INDUSTRY
In the Laboratory for ageing tests and restoration the research in process is part of the PhD thesis Ageing phenomena
of wood and traditional finishing materials - a comparative approach of European and Chinese specific materials, with
applicability in furniture conservation/restoration, author eng. Liu Xin You (China), coordinated by Professor M.C. Timar. The
comparative study is made for 3 wood species and 3 types of traditional finishing materials that are important for historic
furniture from Europe and China. There are 36 variants of finished wood samples that were submitted to the artificially
accelerated ageing tests. The samples were prepared, the initial colors were determined, the FTIR investigation was made,
the microscopic characterization of the finishing films, the FTIR investigation of the finishing materials and of the hardened
films were also made. This approach implies an intense research effort, but it is unique and it is going to have a substantial
contribution at extending the database that includes the ageing resistance of various materials used for conservation and
restoration.
In the Eco-design Laboratory new furniture panels made of recovered wooden
materials, such as solid wood, blockboard and chipboard, are prototyped and tested. The
research is part of the PhD thesis Theory and practice of furniture eco-design with recycled
wood materials author eng. Andrea Deák, coordinated by Professor M. Cionca.
Prof. dr. eng. Maria Cristina Timar, Prof. dr. eng. Marina Cionca,
R&D Centre: Furniture Eco-design,
Restoration and Certification in Wood
Industry
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND ADVANCED PRODUCTS IN WOOD INDUSTRY
During January-April 2014, the activity of Center for Research focused on the specific investigations of the wood
industry field. The link to the economic field was based on a scientific contract with best results of the outstanding
experimental research conducted by a valuable team from Transylvania University of Brasov, who have obtained good
results in designing new products that incorporate in their structure agricultural waste materials The new products were
designed for indoor and outdoor purpose, for civil and industrial buildings. From the scientific point of view, the results were
used to support two patent applications. In the field of doctoral research conducted by PhD student Maria Gherghişan, good
results were obtained for new lignocelluloses products for thermal insulation of buildings. Also, PhD student Cristina
Olarescu manufactured panels made of heat-treated spruce wood lamellas and performed the first tests regarding the
shape and dimensional stability of these panels, as well as the color modifications occurred
after 1 month of outdoor exposure. The climatic chamber, the photo-spectroscope and the
equipment for determination of the processing accuracy of wood products, all parts of the
ICDT endowment, are the main pieces of equipment used within this research.
Coordinator of the R&D Centre: Innovative Technologies And Advanced Products In Wood
Industry
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng.
Luminiţa Brenci
THE FOROPA PROJECT, A PARTICIPANT IN THE 4th CENTRAL
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON BIOMASS
Between the 15 and 18 of January, the Austrian city of Graz hosted the 4 th Central European Conference on Biomass,
an event attended by well-known specialists from all around the world. The discussions focused on current issues
concerning the available policies, strategies and technologies, as well as on the prospective technologies for the production
of biomass energy. The agenda included thematic field trips during which participants had the opportunity to collect firsthand information on cutting-edge technology of biomass production, and to visit the technology fair, organized for the
occasion. In addition, the conference provided the framework for a FOROPA progress meeting, whose main aim was to
probe the partners' availability for the future development of joint pilot projects targeted at enhancing the efficiency of
woody biomass use. At this meeting, the Romanian partners were represented by Dr. Stelian Alexandru Borz from
Transilvania University, the local project coordinator.
Further information about this event can be found at:
http://www.foropa.eu/index.php/project/news-articles/67-4th-central-europeanbiomass-conference-in-austria.
The FOROPA project is co-financed by the SEE Programme Transnational Cooperation Programme and the European Union.
Dr. Stelian Alexandru Borz
BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR THE CENTRE FOR VALORISATION
AND TRANSFER OF COMPETENCE (CVTC)
THE CREATIVITY LAB AT TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY
The Creativity Lab is a genuine powerhouse when it comes to making educational and research software and hardware available to our students. This year
is bound to bring many contributions from the industrial milieu, aimed at setting CVTC on the innovation path in education and research trends and technologies. Of
these,three deserve particular mention. Within the frame of our ongoing collaboration with German company STEINEL, and owing to the steady support provided by
Dr. Eng. Victor Hoffmann, Manager of STEINEL Romania, a sponsorship agreement for 42,000 Euro was signed. Based on this agreement and following negotiations,
American Optical Instruments (www.oai-instruments.com) began building a LEDbased unique solar simulator for the Creativity Lab. Aimed at fostering the training of
master's and doctoral students, this special simulator will enable CVTC to step into new research avenues, particularly (but not exclusively) the photovoltaic field.
Committed to the idea of promoting the “Multidisciplinary methods and technologies in engineering education”, CVTC started collaboration with INTEL,
which equipped the Creativity Lab with new ARDUINO
compatible Intel GALILEO systems. We therefore can, with good reason, be proud for being among the top
universities, internationally, to use GALILEO educational systems running on powerful Intel Quark X1000 SoC processors.
From among the Agilent Technologies premium products, CVTC managed
to obtain an academic licence for the latest version of Agilent-VEE Pro software. This
will enable students to develop programmes by means of state-of-the-art software,
to compare and decide on which of the products
available - VEE Pro or LabVIEW offered by National
Instruments (campus licence) – best meets their needs.
Dr. Cornel Samoilă
Dr. Doru Ursuțiu
OUTSTANDING RESULTS AT INTELLIGENT CAR – FREESCALE CUP
Representing Transilvania University, the AIA (Automatics and Applied Informatics) Team, consisting of Ionuţ
Răcaru, Alexandru Tabalai, Daniel Ştefancu (Automatics and Applied Informatics) and Cătălin Laurenţiu Cristoiu
(Information Technology), and coordinated by Dr Sorin-Aurel Moraru and Dr Dominic Mircea Kristaly, scored a new victory
in the Intelligent Car competition organized by Freescale.
As sequel to our success story in Paris last year (3rd runner-up of 27 teams-universities from the EMEA region Europe, Middle East & Africa, and winner of the Start-Stop section, out of 27 participating teams), we finished third, out of
eighteen teams, in the regional competition (Romania, Bulgaria & Greece) organized at Bucharest on March 5th. The
competing teams were among the best – judging by this year's results of the other six regional contests within the EMEA
competition held in France, Italy, Morocco, Russia, Slovakia and Germany, with contenders from sixteen countries.
The Romanian success is all the more commendable, as only the first four winning teams in the Bucharest contest
qualified for the EMEA finals to be held at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits at Erlangen (Germany), on April
29th and 30th. Furthermore, our performance is noteworthy since, out of the 86 teams from among the 146 registered competitors, only 25 qualified for the EMEA
Finals.
The latest version of the AIA car (2013-2014), which proved its robustness and reliability in competitions, represents the outcome of a remarkable upgrade
of the 2012-2013 car, completed in about 6 months, within the Research & Development Institute ICDT-ProDD of our University, in the Process Control Systems
Research Centre of the Automatics and Information Technology Department of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
https://www.facebook.com/IESCBrasov/photos_stream
Dr Sorin-Aurel Moraru
RESEARCH CENTER ADVANCED ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
The research activity of the members of Advanced Electrical Systems Research Center (C07-SEA) has been developed
according to the 2014 Research plan.
The C07-SEA Center members, belonging to Research Laboratories POWERELMA (Renewable Energy Sources and Smart
Distributed Energy Grids) and SECEM (Electrical Systems and Electromagnetic Compatibility) have continued to develop new testing
procedures using the equipments purchased through the PRO-DD project. Involved persons: Lecturer Dr. Eng. Daniel Marius Calin,
PhD Student Corneliu Ursachi, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Ioan Serban.
The RENERGICA (Information System for Renewable Energy Sources Monitoring) project proposal has been accomplished
for the Ro-No 2013 (Romania-Norway) competition, with Transilvania University as coordinator; the other partners are: Technical
University of Cluj-Napoca, SC SERVELECT SRL Cluj Napoca, SC Renovatio IT Solutions SRL Brasov, Center for International Climate and
Environmental Research - Oslo. The goal of this joint research project is to increase the research capability of the partners in the
domain of an emergent area – Renewable energy sources. The project research goal is the increasing the quality and efficacy of
systems with renewable energy sources (RES) through development of an innovative information system for on/offline monitoring
the quality and energy management. Involved Persons: Prof. Dr. Eng. Elena Helerea, Prof. Dr. Eng. Corneliu Marinescu, Researcher Dr.
Eng. Andreea Busca-Forcos, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Ioan Serban, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Catalin Petrea Ion.
Researh activities of the Computational and Applied Physics Laboratory were developed according to the topic of doctoral
internships scholars« Eugen Ionesu 2014» of the doctoral students Mohamrd Saidani and Marwen Hanachi El-Manar from the
University of Tunis. The corresponding research activity was supervised by Prof. dr.ing. Elena Helerea and Assoc. Prof. dr. CorneliuBazil Cizmas. Following topics were approached:
1. Experimental study at low temperature (5-230K) and ZFC conditions of the magnetic properties of some magnetic
nanomaterials as :
Nanometric powders of cobalt ferrites (Fe3-(x+y)CoxLayO4, x=0.4-2, y= 0.1);
Thin layers of intermetallic compounds as Sm-Co deposited on t Si, MnO and Kaptan substrats;
These studies were made by using the system « 7Tesla Mini Cryogenic Free Measurement System » (7T mCFMS) and under controlled atmosphere in «
Glove boxe PureLab HE 2GB ». Research team : CS III, dr. Adrian Bezergheanu and Conf. Dr. Marius Volmer.
2. Discussions and interpretation of experimental results, corroboration with theory by computational studies (modeling, computer simulation) using ORIGIN
and MATLAB support. Research team: Conf. dr. Marius Volmer, S.L. dr. Attila Laszlo Boer, S.L. dr. Ioana Firastrau.
All C07 Research Center members are involved in the organization of the 14th International Conference on OPTIMIZATION OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT which will take place between 22 and 24 May 2014. Moreover, 9 scientific papers belonging to the research center members have been produced and
accepted for presentation; they promote energetic sustainability, economical development of the society that brings social welfare, in close relation with the
environment.
Dr Elena Helerea
LEADERS OF THE AUTOMOTIVE SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY PRESENT
CONFERENCE ON THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
The series of technical lectures Leaders of the automotive science and industry present was initiated in 2012 and is organized by the Faculty
of Mechanical Engineering together with Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG.
As part of this series, the conference on Engine Development Trends - 2004 - now - 2024 - Driven by European Legislation, took place on
March 20th, and had Dr Martin Scheidt, Vice-president of the Schaeffler's R&D Division for Propulsion Systems, as plenary speaker. The conference
was attended by students from the technical faculties of the University, doctoral students and master students, as well as
by automotive specialists and representatives of the industrial and business environment.
In his lecture, Dr Scheidt focused on four distinct topics: issues likely to trigger changes in the European
legislation regarding emissions; main challenges regarding the evolution of engines in the short run; use of variabledistribution mechanisms in view of improving the engine performance; and solutions to reduce friction between engine
components. In the context of the future development of ICE (internal combustion engines), the proposed
topics proved to be of great interest, and engendered lively discussions as well as a productive exchange of
information between Dr Scheidt and the participants.
Dr Ioan Călin Roșca
OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE LEGO EDUCATION
REGIONAL COMPETITION – BRAŞOV 2014
On the 12th of March 2014, the Department of Product Design, Mechatronics and Environment, at the
Faculty of Product Design and Environment of our University launched officially of the LEGO Education Regional
Competition – Braşov 2014, with a view to participating in the World Robot Olympiad 2014.
The launch was also attended by physicist Ioannis Somalakidis, president of World RobotTM Olympiad –
Greece (WRO Hellas), representative of LEGO® Education in South-East Europe, Dr Luigi Renato Mistodie, President
of the Scientific Committee of the First National Education Robotics Competition World Robot Olympiad - Bucharest
2013 and Dr Carmen Cătălina Rusu, President of the Scientific Committee of the Regional Competition - Galați.
This event gathered teachers and students eager to give free rein to their imagination in developing,
constructing and programming new mechatronic applications with the help of LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ (RCX, NXT
or EV3) products. The LEGO Education Regional Competition – Braşov 2014 will take place on the 1st of June 2014,
and the winners will qualify for the LEGO Education National Competition in Bucharest, to take place on the 14th of June 2014.
Dr Luciana Cristea
STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR OUR UNIVERSITY
POOLING OF EXPERIENCE WITH LUXEON – PHILIPS
On the 13th of March 2014, representa ves of LUXEON – Philips visited the University to share their experience as part of the ac vi es
undertaken by the Centre for Valorisa on and Transfer of Competence (CVTC) and of the Crea vity Lab in order to bring to our University state-ofthe-art technologies and equipment.
The mee ng was a ended by Viorel Toadere, Country Manager of Future Electronics, Andrea G. Banfi, Technical Support Manager South
Europe, and Nikki Di Genova, Sales Manager Italy, who presented the novel es in the field of LED lamps, and the future research direc ons that
Philips intends to develop.
This visit is the result of a produc ve coopera on of CVTC with Steinel Germany, which provided posi ve references about our University's
researchers' ability to bring about innova on in this field.
Dr Doru Ursuţiu presented our areas of exper se and iden fied the fields where joint research could be conducted with Philips. The mee ng
could be the beginning of joint research in the direc on of quality tes ng of LED lamps with electronic noises and fluctua ons.
Dr Doru Ursuţiu
CONFERENCE AT THE FACULTY OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES
AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
MODERN MARKETING AND TECHNOLOGY
On March 11th the students in Marketing at the Faculty of
Economic Sciences and Business Administration participated in a
conference talk on Modern Marketing and Technology given by Silvian
Cențiu, CEO Transiris IT Consulting, a company specializing in consultancy
services in automated marketing. Met with enthusiasm by future
specialists in the field, the event was aimed at increasing awareness of the
importance of using the most innovative technologies, on which largescale companies rely heavily in order to optimize their marketing
strategies.
This conference was also the starting point of a future cooperation
between the faculty and Transiris IT Consulting, a company which,
according to Silvian Cențiu “is looking for goal-driven graduate or
undergraduate students in their senior year at Transilvania University of
Brașov who want to build a successful career in a new and promising environment”.
Dr Ioana Chițu
Editor in Chief
Professor Ion Vișa, PhD
Transla ng
Editorial board
Professor Anca Duţă, PhD
Professor Liliana Rogozea, PhD
Professor Andrea Deaconescu, PhD
Codruţ Abdi, Msc
Senior lecturer Marinela Burada, PhD
Senior lecturer Gabriela Cusen, PhD
Lecturer Mona Arhire, PhD
Teaching assistant Cristina Valcea
Senior lecturer Oana Tatu, PhD
Lecturer Raluca Sinu, PhD
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