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Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  First name: Dan-Adrian

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Surname: Vasilache

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Date and place of birth: 15.09.1970, Calarasi, Romania

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Education: Univ. of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, License in Atomic and Molecular Physics, 1995

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Proffesional experience:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Micromachining of silicon and GaAs for microwave and millimeter wave circuits supported on thin dielectric and semiconductor membranes
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  3D circuit elements manufacturing design and manufacturing
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Pressure sensing elements manufacturing on dielectric membrane
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Design and manufacturing of micromachined sensing structure based on tunneling effect

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Career:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  1995- 1997 R & D Institute for Semiconductor Devices, Assistant Research Scientist
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  1998- present National R&D Institute for Microtechnology - Research Scientist

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Stages abroad:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  1996-2002 short-stages at MFA Budapest, Tor Vergata Univ. Rome, FORTH-IESL Heraklion
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  2001 participant within IMPACT Project entitled "Micromachined filters and antennas for 77GHz and 94GHz"at LAAS-CNRS Toulouse
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  2002 participant within IMPACT Project entitled "Micromachined emitter circuit for the 45GHz band" (Center of Excellence) at LAAS-CNRS Toulouse

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Present position: research scientist

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Research interests:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Micromachining technologies for silicon and GaAs
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  RF MEMS
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  sensing structure based on tunnelling effect

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Past and current projects:

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  International projects:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  "RF-MEMS switch", project funded by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) / principal investigator (2003-2005)
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  "Millimeter wave circuits supported on polyimide and semiconductor membranes on AIIIBV semiconductor compounds substrate for telecommunication applications" (2000-2002) project in the frame of bilateral with FORTH-IESL Heraklion / participant
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  participant within IMPACT Project entitled "Micromachined emitter circuit for the 45GHz band" (Center of Excellence) at LAAS-CNRS Toulouse (2002)
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  participant within IMPACT Project entitled "Micromachined filters and antennas for 77GHz and 94GHz" (Center of Excellence) at LAAS-CNRS Toulouse (2001)
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  EU Project: participant in the INCO-COPERNICUS Project 977131 MEMSWAVE (1998-2001) – "Micromachined Circuits for Microwave and Millimeter Wave Applications" (IMT as co-ordinator, participants: Uppsala Univ., CNR Rome, Tor Vergata Univ. Rome, IRST Trento, MFA Budapest, FORTH Heraklion, ISP & Mikrosensor Ltd. Kiev).
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  "Microwave engineering" (1998-2000), project in the frame of bilateral with Tor Vergata Univ., Rome / participant
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  "Micromachined structures on AIIIBV semiconductor compounds for high temperature sensors applications" (1998-2000), project in the frame of bilateral with FORTH-IESL Heraklion / participant
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  "Microwave circuits and devices on AIIIBV semiconductor compounds" (1995-2000), project in the frame of inter-academic cooperation with HAS-MFA Budapest / participant

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  National projects:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  2002-2005, "Center of excellence in microstructures and microsystems for centimeter, millimeter and submillimeter applications",
MATNANTECH Project / participant
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  2002-2004, "Millimeter wave receiving microsystems manufactured by silicon micromachining", MATNANTECH Project / participant
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  2001-2004, "Technologies for manufacturing of microsystems based on III-V compound semiconductors and polymides used in communications", MATNANTECH Project / participant
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  2001-2002, "Micromachined sensing structure for nuclear radiation detection", MATNANTECH Project / coordinator
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  2000-2002, "MEMS technologies, methods of design and modelling for circuits with applications in the centimetric, millimetreic and submillimetric wave range", Orizont 2000 project / participant
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  2000-2002, "Microelectromechanical structures based on nonlinear interaction between nanotips and microwave and millimeter wave circuits", Ministry of Research - Grant / participant
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  1999-2001, "Circuits for millimeter wave and pressure sensors manufactured on polyimidic membranes on silicon and GaAs substrate",
Ministry of Research - Grant / participant

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Main scientific publications:

Blue_Arrow25D.gif (140 bytes)  Books:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  "Micromachined Microwave Devices and Circuits" Editors: H.Hartnagel, D. Dascalu, R.Plana, A.Muller, Editura Academiei Romane, 2002, ISBN 973-27-0908-1, the chapters:

wpeB.jpg (687 bytes)  "Polyimide membranes on GaAs substrate as support of lumped elements, microphysical characterizationand stress analysis" authors I.Petrini, A.Müller, S.Iordanescu, F.Giacomozzi, G.Constantinidis, D.Vasilache, V.Avramescu, pp 102-115;
wpeB.jpg (687 bytes)  "Computer aided design of micromachined microwave circuits" authors D.Neculoiu, G.Bartolucci, G.Constantinidis, M.Dragoman, D.Vasilache, R.Marcelli, A.Müller, pp. 24-44;
wpeB.jpg (687 bytes)  "Silicon based micromachined receiving module for 38GHz with bonded GaAs Schottky detector diode" authors A.Müller, Neculoiu, F.Gicomozzi, I.Petrini, C.Buiculescu, D.Vasilache, M.Dragoman, V.Avramescu, D.Dascalu, M.Zen, pp. 66-78

Blue_Arrow25D.gif (140 bytes)  Papers in periodicals:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  A.Müller, G.Constantinidis, F.Giaccomozzi, M.Lagadas, G.Deligeorgis, S.Iordanescu, I.Petrini, D.Vasilache, R.Marcelli, G.Bartolucci, D.Neculoiu, C.Buiculescu, P.Blondy, D.Dascalu – "Micromachined Filters for 38 and 77GHz Supported on Thin Membranes", J. Micromech. and Microeng., vol. 11, nr. 4, 2001, pp.301-305
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  A.Müller, S.Iordanescu, I.Petrini, V.Avramescu, G.Simion, D.Vasilache, V.Badilita D.Dascalu, G.Konstantinidis, R.Marcelli, G.Bartolucci – "Polyimide Based GaAs Micromachined Millimeter Wave Structures", J. Micromech. and Microeng., 10 (2000), 218-222
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  I.Petrini, A.Müller, V.Avramescu, G.Simion, N.Nitescu, D.Vasilache, D.Dascalu, G.Konstantinidis – "Resistive Pressure Sensing Structures on Polyimide Membranes on GaAs Substrate", J. Micromech. and Microeng., 10 (2000), 130-135
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  D.Vasilache, A.Müller, V.Avramescu, Ioana Petrini, S.Iordanescu– "Air Bridges for MMICs", J. of Romanian Academy, 2000, 95-99
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  G.Simion, N.Nitescu, V.Badilita, D.Vasilache, A.Ion - "Non – silicon Materials for Micromachined Pressure Sensing Structures", J. of Romanian Academy, 2000, 89-94

Blue_Arrow25D.gif (140 bytes)  Other contributions:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  D.Vasilache, M.Rusu, M.Dragoman, A.Müller, M.Cherestes, C.Buiculescu, R.Enachescu, F.Vladoianu, I.Dragan – "Micromachined sensing structures based on tunneling effect", Micromechanics Europe Workshop, Oct. 6-8, 2002, Sinaia, Romania, pp. 225-228
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  I.Petrini, F.Giacomozzi, D.Neculoiu, D.Vasilache, C.Buiculescu, A.Müller – "Micromachined hybrid integrated receiver modules for 38 ghz and 77ghz, on silicon substrate, technology and manufacturing", 25th International Annual Conf. of Semiconductors, Sinaia, Romania, pp. 2002
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  A.Müller, G.Constantinidis, D.Neculoiu, D.Vasilache, M.Lagadas, G.Deligeorgis - "Millimeter wave circuits supported on polyimide and semiconductor membranes on AIIIBV semiconductor compounds substrate for telecommunication applications", MEMSWAVE Workshop, Heraklion, Greece,
June 26-July 1 2002
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  A.Müller, D.Neculoiu, F.Giacomozzi, I.Petrini, C.Buiculescu, D.Vasilache, M.Dragoman, V.Avramescu, D.Dascalu, M.Zen – "Silicon Based Micromachined Receiving Module for 38 GHz with Bonded GaAs Schottky Detector Diode", Micromechanics Europe Workshop MME’2001, Cork, Ireland,
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  September 2001.I. Petrini, F. Giacomozzi, Constantinidis G, D. Vasilache, V. Avramescou, A. Muller, "Polyimide membranes on GaAs substrate as support for lumped elements, microphysical characterisation and stress analysis", 3rd MEMSWAVE workshop, Sinaia, Romania, 2001.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Constantinidis G, A. Muller, D. Vasilache, G. Deligeorgis, M.Lagadas, D. Neculoiu, "Monolithically integrated millimeter wave micromachined receiver module supported on GaAs memmbranes", 3rd MEMSWAVE workshop, Sinaia, Romania, 2001.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  D.Vasilache, R.Enachescu, F.Vladoianu, M.Dragoman, N.Nitescu - "Microwave field tomography based on microelectromechanical structures", CAS’2001, Sinaia, Romania, Oct. 2001, p. 569.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  G.Konstantinidis, A.Müller, D.Neculoiu, I.Petrini, D.Vasilache, M.Lagadas, C.Buiculescu, V.Avramescu, P.Blondy, - "GaAs membrane supported millimeter wave filters", Design, Test, and Microfabrication of MEMS/MOEMS – SPIE’2001, p. 157.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  D.Neculoiu, P.Pons, R.Plana, P.Blondy, A.Müller, D.Vasilache - "MEMS Antennas for Millimeterwave Applications", Design, Test, and Microfabrication of MEMS/MOEMS – SPIE’2001, p. 66
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  A.Müller, G.Konstantinidis, M.Lagadas, G.Deligeorgis, S.Iordanescu, I.Petrini, D.Vasilache, P.Blondy, D. Dascalu – "Micromachined filters for 38 GHz and 77 GHz supported on thin GaAs/AlGaAs membranes", Proceedings of the 11th Micromechanics Europe Workshop MME'00, Uppsala, Sweden, Oct. 2000, A1.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Ioana Petrini, A.Muller, S.Iordanescu, D.Vasilache, G.Simion, G.Constantinidis, D.Pasquariello, F.Giacomozzi – "Microphysical Characterization and Residual Stress Analysis of Thin Polyimide Membranes on GaAs Substrate", Proceedings of the 11th Micromechanics Europe Workshop MME'00, Uppsala, Sweden, Oct. 2000, C2
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  A.Muller, G.Constantinidis, F.Giacomozzi, M.Lagadas, G.Deligeorgis, S.Iordanescu, I.Petrini, D.Vasilache, R.Marcelli, G.Bartolucci, D.Neculoiu, P.Blondy, D.Dascalu – "Thin membrane supported millimeter wave micromachined filters", Proc. of CAS’2000, Sinaia, Romania, p.429.
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  I.Petrini, A.Muller, D.Vasilache, G.Constantinidis, F.Giacomozzi, C.Anton – "Microphysical characterisation and residual stress analysis of thin polyimide membranes on GaAs substrate, support for micromachined structures", Proc. of CAS’2000, Sinaia, Romania, p.455.

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Additional information: The MEMSWAVE project was selected among the first 10 European projects finalised in 2001, for the Descartes Prize 2002.

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Foreign languages: English

Buton.jpg (695 bytes)  Contact information:

wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  E-mail: [email protected]
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Phone: +40-21-490.85.81, +40-21-490.82.12; Fax: +40-21-490.82.38
wpe5.jpg (680 bytes)  Normal mail: P.O. Box 38-160, Bucharest 72225, Romania. Currier mail: IMT - Bucharest, Erou Iancu Nicolae 32B, 72996 Bucharest, Romania

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