Committed to personal and professional excellence
Adrian Mihalcioiu was born in March 1979 in the Transylvanian city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He starts his education at "George Cosbuc" National College (1985-1993) then at "Tiberiu Popoviciu" Computer Science High School (1993-1997).Between 1996 and 2001 he takes active part in the youth organisation of the National Liberal Party, Cluj county branch where he serves for several years as Coordinative Secretary. He also serves as advisor to Prof.dr.eng. Anton Ionescu, MP.
In 2002 he graduates Electrical Engineering at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. In 2002 he joins the PhD program at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca under the advising of Prof.dr.eng. Alexandru IUGA.
In 2003 he joins the PhD program at Poitiers University under the advising of Prof.dr.eng. Lucian Dascalescu on the framework of a co-tutored PhD program agreement and with a scholarship support from the French Government.
After successfully defending his PhD Thesis in December 2005 he receives the PhD degree from Poitiers University with the distinction "Très Honorables" and from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca with the distinction "Magna Cum Laude".
His research involved the development of measurement techniques and virtual instrumentation for the study and control of electrostatic processes. His published papers also cover the optimization of electrostatic separation processes and SPC.
He is currently involved in the development of plasma combined exhaust gas aftertreatment system for super clean diesel hybrid engine as a researcher for the Japan Science and Technology Agency.
He is a member of IEEE / IAS since 2005. He published over 10 articles in international journals and conferences and in 2005 he received the IEEE James Melcher Prize Paper Award from the Electrostatic Processes Comity of Industry Application Society.
