CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

 

Name:                        Ion Rares Stanciu

Place of birth:          Alba Iulia

Marital Status:         married

Children:                  -          

Email Address:       Rares.Ion.Stanciu@drexel.edu,  raresstanciu@yahoo.com

 

Lab Phone:                215 – 895 – 2993

 

Education:

1988 – 1994: Technical University of Timisoara, Faculty of Electrotechnics.
Graduate thesis: Start Simulation of Switched Reluctance Motor

Used tools: C

Advisor: Prof. Boldea. Degree: BS

 

 1994 – 1995: Technical University of Timisoara, Faculty of Electrotechnics.
Graduate thesis: Driving a Switched Reluctance Motor using Intel 8051 Microcontroller,

Used tools: IDE 51

Advisor: Prof. Popovici. Degree: MS

 

1992 – 1997: Technical University of Timisoara, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunication.
Graduate thesis: Three Phase Soft Start-System for AC Machine using Intel 8051 Microcontroller (practically realized),

Used Tools: IDE 51

Advisor: Prof. Bogdanov. Degree: BS

 

Employment:      

 

- S Automatic S.R.L 1997 – 1998 Alba Iulia – Engineer. Responsibilities:

Development, Testing, PCB designing (using OrCad) for new Electronic and Power Electronic circuits (Rectifiers, Choppers, Switched Power Supply), PI Regulators, Proximity Sensors, IR Sensors, Intel 51 Microcontroller Board.


 - Technical University of Timisoara 1998 – January 2000: Teaching Assistant at, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunication. Responsibilities: Robotics Base class, Computer Control class,


 - Solectron S.R.L - January 2000 – October 2000. Test Engineer. Responsibilities: Performing Test Systems Calibration, Software Updating on Philips GSM line, Test Equipment Quality Assurance.

Trainings:

·  Test Systems – Integration, Software Updating and Test Quality Assurance  - Philips Consumer Communications Le Mans France,

·  GSM Base Trainings (Rhode Schwartz - instructor) – Solectron,

·  GSM – Measurements with CMU-200 (Rhode Schwartz - instructor),

·  MTX Test Machine Training (IPTE Belgium - instructor) – Solectron,


- Siemens Automotive S.R.L. - October 2000 – August 2001 Software Engineer (Power Train Department). Responsibilities: Software Design, Software Test, CAN, Real Time Embedded Software, Working under 16 and 32 bits platform with C (as environment), Attol (for testing), X32 (for coding), XD (for design testing), Trace32 (for debugging), Cross View.

Trainings:

·  Low Level C Programming Language (Siemens Automotive),

·  Software Design and Test (Siemens Automotive), Software Quality Assurance (Siemens Automotive),

·  Optimizing Process and Architecture Leadership (Siemens Automotive),


- Present – Ph.D. Student Drexel University: Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department Philadelphia PA.

 - Research in the domain of tracking objects using

Pan-Tilt Camera Systems (2 DOF)

 - Developing software for image processing and driving a Pan-Tilt unit (using C, Visual C++ and Visual Basic).

 

Computer Skills: Operating Systems:  Windows 95, 98, NT,

Programming Languages: C (low and high level), C++, Visual Basic (advanced), Visual C (intermediate level)

Programming Tools: Attol, X32, Trace32, Cross View, Code Write, Matlab-Simulink, Mathematica (beginner), MathCAD

Others: OrCad, Maple, Mathcad, MS Office, Assembly language for Intel 8051 family.

 

Knowledge:         

Microcontrollers Intel 8051 family, Assembly Language for Intel 8051, Digital Image Processing, Digital Signal Processing, Electronics and Power Electronics, Electric Machines and Electric Drives, Robotics, PC hardware.

 

Publications

Stanciu R., Oh P. "Designing Visually Servoed Tracking to Augment Camera Teleoperators" - IROS 2002 Lausanne, Switzerland  

Stanciu R., Oh P. "Integrating Visual Servoed Tracking for Human-in-the-Loop Camera Control" - CCCT Orlando, Florida  

Stanciu R., Oh P. "Feedforward Control for Human-in-the-Loop Camera Systems" - for ICRA 2004 New Orleans  



Conferences

IROS 2002 Lausanne, Switzerland  



Projects:   
  

- Start Simulation of a Switched Reluctance Motor,

- Three Phase Soft Start-System for AC Machine using Intel 8051 Microcontroller – simulated Overload and Locked situations: Used tools: IDE 51 environment for Intel 51 family,

- Microcontroller 8051 Development Board: Used tools: OrCad,

- Three Phase Soft Start-System for AC Machine using   Analogical Drive Systems:

Used tools: OrCad,

- Three Phase Start-System for AC Machine using Analogical Drive Systems with current feedback PI (use for soft start – a 7.5 kW AC Machine started under 2kW load with 33A): Used tools: OrCad,

- IR Sensors,

- Proximity Sensor,

- Chopper with Digital (using Intel 8051 microcontroller) and Analog Driver: Used tools: OrCad,

- PI Regulators for DC Machine: Used tools: OrCad,

- Back and Boost Switched Power Supply: Used tools: OrCad,

- Coin, Detect and Select Device, for a Coffee Machine,

- Project for Banknote Detect and Select Device for a Cigarette Machine,

- Project for Cigarette Machine (mechanical structure),

- Project for Rest return Device (coins only),

- Digital Bandpass Filter for ECG (EKG) signal with possibility of frequency range selection (didactical Purpose): Used tools: C, C Builder – for GUI,

- Board design and program for Parallel PC Port: Used tools: OrCad, C language,

- Programming 6K4 Parker-Compumotor: Used tools: Motion Planner, C language.

- Program for serial control (RS 232) of 6K4 Parker-Compumotor controller: Used tools: Visual C

- Program for serial control (RS 232) of Cognachrome Vision System (Newton Research Labs): Used tools: Visual C,

- Image Processing Programs (Visual C++) using Matrox Meteor II board: Used tools: Visual C, MIL and ActiveMil Library,

- Program for Trust Automation TA 115 Linear DC Brush-Motor Servo Amplifier System for a Pan-Tilt Unit and MEI (Motion Engineering): Used tools: Motion Console software, C language program.

- Close Loop Program to control a 2 DOF Video Camera using a Pan Tilt unit system and Cognachrome 2000 System for objects moving tracking using image processing as feedback: Used tools: C language;

- 8255 ISA board;

- Programs for 8255 ISA board. Used tools: C and Visual C++.;

- Data Aquisition Board (ISA board) using MAX158;

- Program to control the PTH-camera over the internet and receiving the image using Savant. Used tool: Visual Basic;

- Close Loop Program to control a DC Motor using DAC (MAX158) board, 8255 and PID control. Used tools: C language;

- Close Loop Program to read two US DIGITAL encoders using a PC7266 board. Used tools: Visual C++.;

- Close Loop Program to filter the velocity determined using data coming from two US DIGITAL encoders using a third order Butterworth filter. Used tools: Visual C++.;

- Close Loop Program to control a 2 DOF Video Camera using a Pan Tilt unit system and Matrox Meteor II for tracking moving objects using image processing, feedforward control. Used tools: Visual C++;

- Close Loop Program that implements an alpha-beta-gamma filter to predict the new position of the boom. Used tools: Visual C++;

- Simulink program to simulate the boom (as a two link manipulator) tracking of Mitsubishi robot's end effector and display the error based on the real experiment data. Used tools: Mathematica, Matlab, Simulink;

 

Interest:                    - PC programming (especially GUI and real time programming), Control, Image Processing Sensors and Algorithms for Computer Vision, Face Recognition, Programming Microcontrollers, Intelligent Sensors, Robotics,

 

Hobbies:                   - Music,

                      - traveling,

 

Languages:             - English,

- German – beginner.

 

Others:                      - Military Service - satisfied

 

Recommendation:  Available upon request:

Prof. Ion Boldea:         boldea@lselinux.utt.ro

Prof. Ivan Bogdanov: bogdanov@earouter.ee.utt.ro

Prof. Dorin Popovici: popovici@et.utt.ro

Prof. Sorin Siegler: ssiegler@coe.drexel.edu

Prof. Jaydev Desai: Desai@coe.drexel.edu

 

Philadelphia PA 3/20/2002







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