Education and Honors

EDUCATION

May 2002

Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. PhD in Electrical Engineering. PhD Thesis: “Application specific performance enhancements of digital and mixed-signal CMOS circuits using opto-electronic circuit techniques”. Academic Academic Advisor: Prof. Scott Hudson.

July 1993

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. Thesis title: “Hardware Design and Implementation of a PC-based Emulator for the Intel MCS-51 Family of Micro-controllers”. Academic Advisor: Prof. Mircea Dabacan.

December 1992

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

June 1987

German High School with special emphasis on Mathematics and Physics, Sibiu, Romania. Degree of Baccalaureate in Mathematics, Physics, Romanian and German Language and Culture. Senior Design Project: “Oscilloscope based discrete semiconductor devices characterization equipment". Academic Advisor: Prof. Hans Birk.

HONORS

January 2005 and January 2009

Nominated for RIT’s Eisenhart Outstanding Teaching Award.

April 2001

Outstanding Teaching Assistant in the College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.

August 1997 – May 2002

Two Teaching Fellowship appointments, Five Teaching Assistant appointments, Six Research Assistant appointments.

July 1987

First Prize in the National Science Olympics for Students - Electronic Equipment Session.