Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information First name /Surname Address Telephones Fax E-mail Sonia Degeratu Nicolae Titulescu Blv., Bl. I3, Ap. 11, 200219, Craiova, Romania Office: +40 251435255 Mobile: +40 726 495743 +40 251435255 sdegeratu@em.ucv.ro Nationality Romanian Date of birth 21.02.1955 Gender Private: +40 351 807643 Female Work experience Dates Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities Name and address of employer 10.10.2004- at present Associate Professor Didactic activities (teaching activities, carrying out laboratory work, participation in licence/masteral/doctoral commissions); new materials technologies and electrical equipments research (analysis, modelling, testing and certification); research in the field of new technologies, development of new methods of material testing and electrical equipment testing. University of Craiova, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electromechanics, Environment and Industrial Informatics, Decebal Bvd., No.107, Craiova, Dolj Type of business or sector Education and research Dates 01.10.1991 -01.10.2004 Occupation or position held Lecturer Main activities and responsibilities Didactic activities (teaching activities, carrying out laboratory work, participation in licence/masteral commissions and in advisory committees of research contracts); research in the field of materials and electrical equipment (analyzing, modelling, testing and certification); research in the field of new technologies; developing norms and standards for electrical equipment. Name and address of employer University of Craiova, Faculty of Electromechanics ( presently Faculty of Electrical Engineering) Department of Electromechanics, Decebal Bvd., No.107, Craiova, Dolj Type of business or sector Dates Occupation or position held Page 1 - Curriculum vitae Sonia Degeratu Education and research 26.09.1982 – 01.10.1991 Design Engineer 1982-1988 (until 1986 at the Design of Rotating Electrical Machines Department, then at the Scientific Research Department for the Study, Analysis and Assimilation of Materials - CCSSAAM) Head of Laboratory Electro-technical materials at CCSSAAM: 1986-1989 Research Scientist level III at CCSSAAM: 1988-1991 Head of Division at CCSSAAM (four research laboratories)1989-1991 Main activities and responsibilities Name and address of the employer Dates Position held Design activities in the field of electrical machines, research activities in the domain of materials and electrical equipments; thermal qualification of equipments for the Cernavoda Nuclear Plant (CNE); building equipments and devices for materials testing, elaborating norms and standards for materials and electrical equipments, coordinating a team of 46 people. Institute for Scientific Research and Technological Engineering for Engine, Transformers and Electrical Equipment (ICSITMTAE) Craiova, Romania 06.09.1979-26.09.1982 Engineer Main activities and responsibilities Developing and implementing new electrical machines technologies; coordinating the manufacturing of the AC/DC electrical machines coils. Name and address of employer Electroputere Craiova, Rotating Electrical Machine Factory, Calea Bucuresti Street, No. 80, Craiova, Romania Type of business or sector Manufacturing of rotating electrical machines Education and training Dates 1993-2002 Title of qualification awarded Doctoral Degree in Electrical Engineering field Title of the PhD Thesis Contributions to the manufacturing and the achnowledgement of the insulation systems for high voltage asynchronous machines PhD Coordinator: Prof. Eng. Aurel Câmpeanu PhD; Public defense: 16-th July2002, University of Craiova Diploma Series C, Nr. 0001609, M.E.C. Order no. 4900/11.11.2002 Name and type of organisation providing education and training University of Craiova, Romania Level of qualification awarded PhD title Dates 20.04.1999-20.06.1999 Qualification Qualification in the field of Materials and insulation systems for electrical equipments Name and type of organisation Institut Supérieur des Techniques Avancées, Saint Etienne, France(scholarship at the World Bank, providing education and training Grant 12834/28.09.1998, 1999) Level of classification of education/training Dates Field of qualification Name and type of organisation providing education and training Level of classification of education/training Dates Field of qualification Name and type of organisation providing education and training Type of activity Page 2 - Curriculum vitae Sonia Degeratu Doctoral studies 08.01.1994-06.02.1994 Qualification in the field of Materials and advanced technologies (scholarship programme TEMPUS JEP Nr. 2786-93/3) Institut Supérieur Industriel, Bruxelles, Belgium Doctoral studies 01.02.1992 - 29.02.1992 Qualification in Electrical insulating materials (scholarship programme TEMPUS JEP Nr. 2786-91/1) Université Jean Monnet, Saint Etienne, France Research Dates Qualification/ Diploma Name and type of organisation providing education and training Level of classification for diploma awarded Dates Qualification/ Diploma awarded Domains covered Name and type of organisation providing education and training Level of classification of education/ training Dates Qualification/ Diploma awarded 1987 –1988 Qualification in the field of Industrial Robots, Graduation certificate no. 1657/19.11.1988, series A University of Craiova, Faculty of Mechanics, Romania Postgraduate studies 1974-1979 Engineer Electrical Engineering field University of Craiova, Faculty of Electrotechnics, Craiova, Dolj Graduate studies (Bachelor of Science) 1970-1974 Baccalaureate Diploma Domains covered/Competences obtained General Knowledge Name and type of organisation providing education and training ‘Nicolae Balcescu’ High school, Craiova, Dolj Level of classification of education/ training High school Education Personal skills and competences Mother Tongue Romanian Other language(s) Self-assessment Nivel european (*) Understanding Listening Reading Speaking Spoken interaction Writing Spoken production French C1 Advanced user C2 English B1 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B1 Independent user B2 Independent user Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C1 Advanced user (*) The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Technical skills and competences Page 3 - Curriculum vitae Sonia Degeratu Ability to approach topics from a wide range of interest ( electrical engineering, new materials and technologies) visible in: - 65 Research and Development Projects: 6 international projects (2 as Manager), 59 national projects (28 as Manager) - 25 conceived products that were used in the social-economical environment; - 13 systems and devices for material and product trials (design, trials and functioning assessment) - 10 procedures for thermal qualification of electrical products and systems (5 of which as single author) - 9 new technologies of fabrication for materials and products ( participation in their development procedures) - 4 innovation certificates - Elaboration of standards and norms; - Thermal qualification of products and equipments. Organisational skills and Organising and coordinating teams of specialists at ICSITMTAE Craiova in the assimilation of competences materials for CNE Cernavoda and in the thermal qualification of electrical equipments. Organising and coordinating the team at CCSSAAM and of the Laboratory for Electrotechnical Materials at ICSITMTAE Organising and fully endowing (by personal contribution) the following laboratories: - The laboratory for accelerated thermal ageing at CCSSAAM at ICSITMTAE Craiova; - The Laboratory for Electrotechnical Materials at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Excellent ability to adapt as demonstrated by perpetual activity in educational and pluridisciplinary research environments; Excellent communication skills acquired through the activity in coordinating research teams of over 46 people; Ability to expand and develop high-level collaboration in research and education both nationally and internationally. Social skills and competences Computer skills and competences Artistic skills and competences - Good command of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel și PowerPoint); - Good knowledge of Matlab-Simulink applications; - Experience with Visual Basic, C++ Literature and music Additional information Awards, decorations, distinctions Membership in professional associations Annexe Page 4 - Curriculum vitae Sonia Degeratu - the „Dragomir Hurmuzescu “ Medal, awarded by the Romanian National Committee for the International Electrotechnical Comission, Bucharest 1995; - the „ Merit Diploma for productive and longlasting activity in the service of international and Romanian standardisation in the filed of electrotechnics and electronics” awarded by the Romanian National Committee for the International Electrotechnical Comission, 23.02.1995, Bucharest; - Romanian National Committee for the International Electrotechnical Commission; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; IEEE Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Society; General Association of the Romanian Engineers . 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