CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Victor
Sofonea
Date and place
of birth: January 10, 1956, Deva, Romania
Education
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PhD: |
Department of Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania (1995)
Thesis: Collective Interactions
in Magnetic Fluids
Advisor:
Professor Ioan-Iovitz Popescu,
Member of the Romanian Academy
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MSc: |
Department of Physics, West University
of Timisoara, Romania (1978)
Dissertation: Applications of
Nonlinear Optics
Advisor: Professor Emmerich Hegedus |
Positions
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Senior Researcher
(since 1997)
Center for Fundamental and Advanced
Technical Research
Romanian Academy
Bd. Mihai Viteazul 24
RO - 300223 Timisoara
Romania
Research expertise
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physical properties of magnetic fluids and composites
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computer simulation techniques and numerical methods
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Lattice Boltzmann models for complex fluids
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parallel computing
Professional
experience
| 1990-1997 |
Senior Researcher
Institute for Complex Fluids
(formerly Research Center for
Hydrodynamics, Cavitation and Magnetic Fluids)
Polytechnical University of Timisoara
magneto-optical and microstructural properties
of magnetic fluids |
| 1986-1990 |
Research Physicist
Department of Physics, West University
of Timisoara
crystal growth technology and physical properties
of crystals |
| 1981-1986 |
Researcher
Institute for Welding and Material Testing, Timisoara
physics of the welding arc and plasma physics,
data acquisition and signal processing |
| 1979-1981 |
Physicist
Tehnometal CTC Laboratory, Timisoara
material testing and quality control |
| 1978-1979 |
Physics Teacher
25th General School,
Timisoara |
Visiting
positions
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Visiting Researcher
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Kobe, Japan
(September 16 - 30, 2007)
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Visiting Research Professor
Department of Physics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(March 1 - May 31, 2004 and June 1 - September 30, 2005)
Supported by NASA Microgravity Research Division
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Visiting Researcher
Department of Physics,
University of Bari, Italy
(January 22, 2004 - February 20, 2004)
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Visiting Researcher
Institute for the Applications of Calculus "Mauro Picone" Roma,
Section of Bari, Italy
(June 1, 2003 - November 30, 2003)
Supported by the National Research Council of Italy
(NATO Outreach Programme)
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Visiting Research Professor
Department of Physics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(October 1, 2000 - April 30, 2001)
Supported by NASA Microgravity Research Division
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Visiting Researcher
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
The University of Edinburgh, and
Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering,
Heriot - Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
(April 17 - July 15, 2000)
Supported by the European Community "Access to
Research Infrastructures" Programme under grant no. HPRI-1999-CT-00026:
Training and Research on Advanced Computing Systems - TRACS
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Visiting Research Professor
Department of Physics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(November 6, 1997 - February 28, 1998)
Supported by NASA Microgravity Research Division
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Visiting Professor
Laboratory for Devices and Instrumentation in Optoelectronics and Microwaves
(formerly Laboratory
for Colloid Sensors and Instrumentation),
Jean Monnet University, Saint Etienne, France
(October 1-31, 1997)
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Visiting Scientist
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of
Wuppertal, Germany
(June 15 - September 15, 1996)
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Scholar
Workshop on Parallel Processing and its Applications in
Physics, Chemistry and Material Science,
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste,
Italy
(September 5 - 23, 1994)
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Visiting Researcher
Laboratory of Acoustics and Optics of Condensed
Matter, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France
(January 3 - March 31, 1994)
Supported by the Commission of European Communities,
Directorate General XII (individual mobility grant)
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Visiting Researcher
Institute for Computer Applications, University
of Stuttgart, Germany (August 1 - September 30, 1993)
Supported by Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
(DAAD)
Awards
"Aurel Vlaicu" Prize of
the Romanian Academy (1999)
with Dr. Klaus
R. Mecke (Max
Planck Institute for Metal Research, Stuttgart, Germany),
for the group of papers entitled
Lattice
Boltzmann Morphological Models for Complex Fluids
including:
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V.Sofonea, K.R.Mecke
Morphological Characterization of Spinodal
Decomposition Kinetics
European Physical Journal B 8 (1999)
99-112
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K.R.Mecke, V.Sofonea
Morphology of Spinodal Decomposition
Physical Review E 56 (1997) R3761-R3764
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V.Sofonea
Two Phase Fluid Subjected to Terrestrial or Space
Conditions: a Lattice Boltzmann Study
International Journal of Modern Physics C - Computers
and Physics 7 (1996) 695-704
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V.Sofonea
Lattice Boltzmann Approach to Collective Particle
Interactions in Magnetic Fluids
Europhysics Letters 25 (1994) 385-390
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