Nicolae George Drăgulănescu

Nicolae - George DragulanescuAddress: t1/ 15, str. Obcina Mare; 77.346 - Bucharest 66, RomaniattPhone: 40 1 413.33.57.ttFax: 40 1 413.33.57.tte-mail : nicudrag@yahoo.comBorn: tMay 10th, 1947/ Bucharest - ROMANIACitizenship: RomanianCURRICULUM VITAESummary of qualifications: - Fulbright Visiting Professor at University of Pittsburgh, USAt- Professor/ Associate Professor / Lecturer / Assistant Professor in POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest (since 1976); fields of interest: Analog Electronics, Consumer Electronics, Power Electronics, Electronic Measuring Instruments, Radio-communications, Information Science and Technology, Quality Management/ Assurance/ Controlt- Basic qualification: Electronics Engineer t- Specialization: quality/ metrology/ reliability engineering for electronics manufacturing- Holder of two Doctor degrees (earned in Romania and in France ) and one Master degree (earned in France )t- Fluent in French (Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondis de Langue Française), English and Romanian; good command of Germant- Certified as EFQM - Assessor, DGQ/EOQ - Quality Auditor, DGQ/EOQ - Quality System Manager, DGQ - Environment Management Representative- Francophone Africa expertise- Registered in ONUDI and PHARE-TACIS experts data basest- Management expertise (all levels)Education: 1965-1970; POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest / ROMANIA; Electronics engineer1985-1991; POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest / ROMANIA; Doctor - Engineer (Ph. D.) in Electronics1993-1994 ; ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE COMMERCE DE PARIS / FRANCE ; Master's Degee in Quality Management t1995-1998; UNIVERSITY PARIS X / FRANCE - Doctor (Ph. D) in Letters and SciencesProfessional experience: 2000-2001: Fulbright Visiting Scholar at University of Pittsburgh / USA 1996-present: Associate Professor in POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest / ROMANIA; Faculty of Electronics and TelecommunicationsTaught courses and directed seminars, practical works and graduating projects in :tt-Electronic Devices and Circuits tt-Sound and Image Recording/Playing Techniquestt-Data Communicationstt-Quality Management -Information Science1991 - 1996: Lecturer in POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest / ROMANIA; Faculty of Electronics and TelecommunicationsTaught courses and directed seminars, practical works and graduating projects in : -Electronic Devices and Circuits -Sound and Image Recording/Playing Techniques -Quality Management1990 - 1992: President of the National Commission for Standardization,Metrology and Quality (Government of Romania)Drafted laws and decrees in the fields of standardization, metrology, quality certification, organizations accreditation and consumers' protection.1981 - 1991 and 1976 - 1977: Professor - Assistant in POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest / ROMANIA; Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications Taught courses, directed seminars, practical works and graduating projects in:tt- Electronic Devices and Circuitstt- Industrial Electronicstt- Information Processing Techniques tt- Power Electronicstt- Electronic Measurementstt- Design and Manufacturing of Electronic Equipment1977 - 1981: Lecturer in INSTITUT DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Oran / ALGERIATaught courses, directed seminars, practical works and graduating projects (in French and English) in:- Analog Electronic Circuits- Radio-Electrical Systems- Signals, Distortions and Noises - Systems Theory- Radio-receivers' TroubleshootingPerformed comparative tests and trials of electronic measuring instruments. 1970 - 1976; Design/ Development/ Manufacturing/ Metrology/ Quality/ Maintenance/ Applications Engineer in MEASURING AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS FACTORY (IEMI) - Bucharest / ROMANIA, a company which has produced, between those years, approximately 50 types of electronic measuring instruments (oscilloscopes, counters, frequency-meters, multimeters, distortion-meters, LF/HF-generators, functions generators, RLC-bridges, strain gauge measuring instruments, stroboscopes, etc), 20 types of power supplies and AC stabilizers and 10 types of radio-communication professional equipment.For almost all these products:-I developed technical documentation (i.e. working, testing and troubleshooting procedures as well as user's manuals)-I managed manufacturing, adjusting, inspecting, testing and troubleshooting workers and technicians teams-I performed environmental tests and trials according to Romanian and international standards (i.e. temperature cycles, humidity, salted fog, vibrations, shocks and bumps) -I performed final inspection and testing of new products in order to determine performance parameters and to verify compliance with customers' specifications and national / international standards (including electrical safety and electromagnetic compatibility tests)-I carried out reliability tests and failure analysis in order to team with products' designers for problem resolution-I controlled, calibrated and maintained complex and high-performance electronic measuring instruments (used in production lines) in order to determine their capability and availability and to decide the company replacement policy Patents and publications :t - Romanian Patent number 112654/ 0ctober 31, 1997 for invention entitled <>- 2 Doctoral Thesis- 1 Master Thesis- 62 scientific and technical books and textbooks - 66 scientific and technical conference and journal publicationsAdditional professional activities: 1995-1996; Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, Köln / GERMANY, Training in "Management of SME in a Free Market Economy" 1997; European Foundation for Quality Management, Brussels / BELGIUMTraining and certification as "Assessor for the European Quality Award"1997; Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship, Yokohama/ JAPAN Training in Quality Management 1997 - 1998; 2001: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität / European Organization for Quality, Bucharest / ROMANIA Training and certification as "DGQ/EOQ - Quality System Manager" and "DGQ/EOQ - Quality Auditor" t 1998; Visiting professor at University Paris VI / FRANCE1999; Visiting professor at University of Nantes / FRANCE2000; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität, Frankfurt am Main / GERMANYTraining and certification as "DGQ - Environment Management Representative"t 2000; Visiting professor of ENSEA, Cergy Pontoise / FRANCE 2001 National Institute for Economic Development, Bucharest, RomaniaTraining in International Marketing 2001; Visiting professor at ENSEA, Cergy Pontoise / FRANCEProfessional memberships:- Member of American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) - Member of American Society for Quality (ASQ) - Member of General Association of Engineers from Romania (Bucharest)- Member and President of the League for Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Romania - France (Bucharest)-Member and General Secretary of Romanian Foundation for Quality Promotion (Bucharest)- Member and Vice-president of Romania AOTS Alumn Society - Member of Romanian Fulbright Scholars Alumni AssociationLanguages :ROMANIAN (mother tongue)FRENCH (fluently, Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondis de Langue Française - DALF ; France)ENGLISH (fluently)GERMAN and RUSSIAN (limited)Miscelanneous:-Project management expertise:t1998-1999: Author and manager of project "Improving the Quality of Local Public Authorities Services", Open Society Foundation, Bucharest1999: Co-author of Terms of Reference for "Romanian Quality Award" Project, European Commission Delegation, Bucharestt1999-2000: Evaluator of projects within RELANSIN Program, Polytechnics University, Bucharestt1999-2001: Author and Manager of project "Promotion of European Quality Policy in Romania", European Commission Delegation, Bucharestt 2001-2002: Coordinator of Study no.6 "The impact of transposing in Romania the EU quality systems (standards, norms and technical regulations) upon some selected industrial sectors", European Institute of Romania-Computer literacy (MS-Word, Ami-Pro, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Winnet, PSpice)-Driving license (B)-Personal skills: open minded, highly adaptable, fast learner, tenacious, pro-active, self-motivated, smart and team worker, efficient and effective - Holder of EFQM Medal "In Recognition of your Contribution to TQM in Europe"-Quoted in "Who's who in the World" (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)-Lead Assessor of "J.M. Juran" Romanian Quality Award FoundationReferences: available upon request

Universitatea Politehnica-Bucuresti, Facultatea Electronicã, Telecomunicaţii şi Tehnologia Informaţiei, Bucureşti, .

E-mail: trimite un mesaj.

Pagina web a instituţiei: http://www.upb.ro
Pagina web personala: http://www.ndragulanescu.ro

Nascut(a) in: 1947

Interese: electronicã,stiinta informatiei,managementul calitatii

Detalii:
Nicolae - George Drãgulãnescu

Adresa: str. Obcina Mare 1/15; 77.346 Bucureşti-66; România
Tel.: (01) 413.33.57
Fax: (01) 413.33.57
e-mail: nicudrag@artelecom.net; nicudrag@yahoo.com
Internet: http://www.ndragulanescu.ro
Data şi locul naşterii: 10.05.1947; Bucureşti

CURRICULUM VITAE

STUDII : 1965-1970 ; Institutul Politehnic - Bucureşti ; Inginer electronist
1985-1991; Institutul Politehnic - Bucureşti ;
Doctor - inginer în electronicã
1993-1994 ; Ecole Supèrieure de Commerce de Paris / France ;
Master specializat în managementul calitãţii
1994-1998 ; Université Paris X / France ; Doctor în litere şi ştiinţe

STAGII : 1993 : Centrul de Pregãtire în Informaticã , Bucureşti
(curs de perfecţionare )
1995-1996: Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, Köln / Germania
Managementul IMM în economia de piaţã (curs)
1997: European Foundation for Quality Management
Asesor EFQM - Premiul European pentru Calitate
1997: Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship, Yokohama /Japonia; Managementul calitãţii în Japonia
1997-1998: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität / European Organisation for Quality; Auditor DGQ/EOQ pentru calitate, Manager DGQ/EOQ pentru sistemele calitãţii
1998: Université Paris VI / Franţa: Visiting Professor
1999: Université de Nantes (IRESTE ): Visiting Professor
2000: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität: Reprezentant al Managementului pentru Protecţia Mediului
2000: ENSEA, Cergy Pontoise/ Franţa: Visiting Professor
2000-2001: University of Pittsburgh / SUA: Visiting Professor
(Fulbright Post-doctoral Scholarship)
2001: Institutul Naţional de Dezvoltare Economicã, Bucureşti :
Marketing internaţional (curs)
2001: Fundaţia "Premiul Român pentru Calitate - J.M.JURAN", Bucureşti: Evaluator/ Asesor

LIMBI STRÃINE CUNOSCUTE:
-franceza ( curent ; Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondis de Langue Française / DALF - Franţa)
-engleza ( bine)
-germana (bine)
-rusa (suficient)

EXPERIENţÃ PROFESIONALÃ :
1970-1976: Inginer electronist
INTREPRINDEREA DE APARATE ELECTRONICE DE MÃSURÃ şI INDUSTRIALE (IEMI) - Bucureşti
1971-1976: Asistent universitar asociat
INSTITUTUL POLITEHNIC / Facultatea de Electronicã şi Telecomunicaţii - Bucureşti
1976-1991 : Asistent universitar titular
INSTITUTUL POLITEHNIC/ Facultatea de Electronicã şi Telecomunicaţii - Bucureşti
1977-1981: şef de lucrãri asociat
INSTITUT DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Oran/ Algeria
1990-1992 : Presedinte, Ministru Secretar de Stat
COMISIA NAţIONALA PENTRU STANDARDE, METROLOGIE şI CALITATE (Guvernul României)
1991-1996: şef de lucrãri titular
UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA/ Facultatea de Electronicã şi Telecomunicaţii - Bucureşti
1996- în prezent: Profesor universitar titular
UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA/ Facultatea de Electronicã şi Telecomunicaţii - Bucureşti

LUCRÃRI PUBLICATE: - 2 teze de doctorat
- 1 tezã de master
- 68 cãrţi şi manuale tehnice şi ştiinţifice
- 76 articole şi comunicãri ştiinţifice şi tehnice

DOMENII DE INTERES :
- ELECTRONICA ANALOGICÃ
- şTIINţA şI TEHNOLOGIA INFORMAţIEI
- MANAGEMENTUL CALITÃţII

DIVERSE : · Membru al :
-American Society for Information Science and Technology / SUA
-American Society for Quality / SUA
-Asociatiei Generale a Inginerilor din România, Bucureşti
-Fundaţiei Române pentru Promovarea Calitãţii, Bucureşti
(şi secretar general)
-Ligii de Cooperare Cultural-ştiinţifice România-Franţa, Bucureşti
(şi preşedinte)
· Expert şi consultant internaţional (ONUDI, PHARE/TACIS)
· Auditor DGQ/EOQ pentru calitate
· Asesor EFQM - Premiul European pentru Calitate
· Asesor FPRC-JMJ - Premiul Român pentru Calitate "J.M.Juran"
· Menţionat in WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD (1998, 1999, 2000,2001)
· Permis de conducere auto (cat.B)

Details:
Nicolae - George Dragulanescu

Address: 1/ 15, str. Obcina Mare;
77.346 - Bucharest 66, Romania
Phone: 40 1 413.33.57.
Fax: 40 1 413.33.57.
e-mail : nicudrag@yahoo.com
Born: May 10th, 1947/ Bucharest - ROMANIA
Citizenship: Romanian

CURRICULUM VITAE

Summary of qualifications:
- Fulbright Visiting Professor at University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Professor/ Associate Professor / Lecturer / Assistant Professor in POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest (since 1976); fields of interest: Analog Electronics, Consumer Electronics, Power Electronics, Electronic Measuring Instruments, Radio-communications, Information Science and Technology, Quality Management/ Assurance/ Control
- Basic qualification: Electronics Engineer
- Specialization: quality/ metrology/ reliability engineering for electronics manufacturing
- Holder of two Doctor degrees (earned in Romania and in France ) and one Master degree (earned in France )
- Fluent in French (Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondis de Langue Française), English and Romanian; good command of German
- Certified as EFQM - Assessor, DGQ/EOQ - Quality Auditor, DGQ/EOQ - Quality System Manager, DGQ - Environment Management Representative
- Francophone Africa expertise
- Registered in ONUDI and PHARE-TACIS experts data bases
- Management expertise (all levels)

Education:
1965-1970; POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest / ROMANIA; Electronics engineer
1985-1991; POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest / ROMANIA;
Doctor - Engineer (Ph. D.) in Electronics
1993-1994 ; ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE COMMERCE DE PARIS / FRANCE ; Master's Degee in Quality Management
1995-1998; UNIVERSITY PARIS X / FRANCE -
Doctor (Ph. D) in Letters and Sciences

Professional experience:
2000-2001: Fulbright Visiting Scholar at University of Pittsburgh / USA
1996-present: Associate Professor in POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest / ROMANIA; Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications
Taught courses and directed seminars, practical works and graduating projects in :
-Electronic Devices and Circuits
-Sound and Image Recording/Playing Techniques
-Data Communications
-Quality Management
-Information Science
1991 - 1996: Lecturer in POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest / ROMANIA; Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications
Taught courses and directed seminars, practical works and graduating projects in :
-Electronic Devices and Circuits
-Sound and Image Recording/Playing Techniques
-Quality Management
1990 - 1992: President of the National Commission for Standardization,
Metrology and Quality (Government of Romania)
Drafted laws and decrees in the fields of standardization, metrology, quality certification, organizations accreditation and consumers' protection.
1981 - 1991 and 1976 - 1977: Professor - Assistant in POLYTECHNICS University - Bucharest / ROMANIA; Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications
Taught courses, directed seminars, practical works and graduating projects in:
- Electronic Devices and Circuits
- Industrial Electronics
- Information Processing Techniques
- Power Electronics
- Electronic Measurements
- Design and Manufacturing of Electronic Equipment
1977 - 1981: Lecturer in INSTITUT DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS - Oran / ALGERIA
Taught courses, directed seminars, practical works and graduating projects (in French and English) in:
- Analog Electronic Circuits
- Radio-Electrical Systems
- Signals, Distortions and Noises
- Systems Theory
- Radio-receivers' Troubleshooting
Performed comparative tests and trials of electronic measuring instruments.
1970 - 1976; Design/ Development/ Manufacturing/ Metrology/ Quality/ Maintenance/ Applications Engineer in MEASURING AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS FACTORY (IEMI) - Bucharest / ROMANIA, a company which has produced, between those years, approximately 50 types of electronic measuring instruments (oscilloscopes, counters, frequency-meters, multimeters, distortion-meters, LF/HF-generators, functions generators, RLC-bridges, strain gauge measuring instruments, stroboscopes, etc), 20 types of power supplies and AC stabilizers and 10 types of radio-communication professional equipment.
For almost all these products:
-I developed technical documentation (i.e. working, testing and troubleshooting procedures as well as user's manuals)
-I managed manufacturing, adjusting, inspecting, testing and troubleshooting workers and technicians teams
-I performed environmental tests and trials according to Romanian and international standards (i.e. temperature cycles, humidity, salted fog, vibrations, shocks and bumps)
-I performed final inspection and testing of new products in order to determine performance parameters and to verify compliance with customers' specifications and national / international standards (including electrical safety and electromagnetic compatibility tests)
-I carried out reliability tests and failure analysis in order to team with products' designers for problem resolution
-I controlled, calibrated and maintained complex and high-performance electronic measuring instruments (used in production lines) in order to determine their capability and availability and to decide the company replacement policy

Patents and publications :

- Romanian Patent number 112654/ 0ctober 31, 1997 for invention entitled <<Technique and installation for in-situ gasification of fossil coal and fuel deposits >>
- 2 Doctoral Thesis
- 1 Master Thesis
- 62 scientific and technical books and textbooks
- 66 scientific and technical conference and journal publications

Additional professional activities:
1995-1996; Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, Köln / GERMANY,
Training in "Management of SME in a Free Market Economy"
1997; European Foundation for Quality Management, Brussels / BELGIUM
Training and certification as "Assessor for the European Quality Award"
1997; Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship, Yokohama/ JAPAN
Training in Quality Management
1997 - 1998; 2001: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität / European Organization for Quality, Bucharest / ROMANIA
Training and certification as "DGQ/EOQ - Quality System Manager" and "DGQ/EOQ - Quality Auditor"
1998; Visiting professor at University Paris VI / FRANCE
1999; Visiting professor at University of Nantes / FRANCE
2000; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität, Frankfurt am Main / GERMANY
Training and certification as "DGQ - Environment Management Representative"
2000; Visiting professor of ENSEA, Cergy Pontoise / FRANCE
2001 National Institute for Economic Development, Bucharest, Romania
Training in International Marketing
2001; Visiting professor at ENSEA, Cergy Pontoise / FRANCE

Professional memberships:
- Member of American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)
- Member of American Society for Quality (ASQ)
- Member of General Association of Engineers from Romania (Bucharest)
- Member and President of the League for Cultural and Scientific Cooperation Romania - France (Bucharest)
-Member and General Secretary of Romanian Foundation for Quality Promotion (Bucharest)
- Member and Vice-president of Romania AOTS Alumn Society
- Member of Romanian Fulbright Scholars Alumni Association

Languages :
ROMANIAN (mother tongue)
FRENCH (fluently, Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondis de Langue Française - DALF ; France)
ENGLISH (fluently)
GERMAN and RUSSIAN (limited)

Miscelanneous:
-Project management expertise:
1998-1999: Author and manager of project "Improving the Quality of Local Public Authorities Services", Open Society Foundation, Bucharest
1999: Co-author of Terms of Reference for "Romanian Quality Award" Project, European Commission Delegation, Bucharest
1999-2000: Evaluator of projects within RELANSIN Program, Polytechnics University, Bucharest
1999-2001: Author and Manager of project "Promotion of European Quality Policy in Romania", European Commission Delegation, Bucharest
2001-2002: Coordinator of Study no.6 "The impact of transposing in Romania the EU quality systems (standards, norms and technical regulations) upon some selected industrial sectors", European Institute of Romania

-Computer literacy (MS-Word, Ami-Pro, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Winnet, PSpice)

-Driving license (B)

-Personal skills: open minded, highly adaptable, fast learner, tenacious, pro-active, self-motivated, smart and team worker, efficient and effective

- Holder of EFQM Medal "In Recognition of your Contribution to TQM in Europe"

-Quoted in "Who's who in the World" (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)

-Lead Assessor of "J.M. Juran" Romanian Quality Award Foundation

References: available upon request

Publicații selectate:

* Nicolae George DRAGULANESCU, INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY .GENESIS AND EVOLUTION, Denbridge Press, New York,USA, 2007.

* Nicolae George Dragulanescu, Tehnologii şi echipamente electronice de putere pentru valorificarea unor resurse geologice/Power Electronics Technologies and Equipments for Geologic Resources Exploitation, Institutul Politehnic Bucureşti, 1991.

* Nicolae George Dragulanescu, Emerging Information Society and History of Information Science in Romania, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol.53,No.1 / 2002, 2002.

* Nicolae George Dragulanescu, Contribution a l'histoire de la science et des techniques de l'information. Approche biculturelle franco-roumaine/ Contribution to the History of Information Scence and Technology. A Bicultural French-Romanian Approach, Universite Paris X - Nanterre, Franta, 1999.