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NANOMATERIALS ENABLING SMART ENERGY HARVESTING FOR NEXT-GENERATION INTERNET-OF-THINGS

Type of the project: Prizes for participation in Horizon 2020
Project duration: 01.01.2021 - 30.09.2023
Project budget: 127.892,62 RON

NANO-EH project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 951761
(01/10/2020 - 30/09/2023). Website: https://www.imt.ro/NANO-EH/

 


The NANO-EH project was chosen in the FET Proactive: emerging paradigms and communities call (FETPROACT-EIC-05-2019) in the subtopic "Breakthrough zero-emissions energy generation for full decarbonisation".

Team

Dr. Martino Aldrigo (the project manager) obtained his M.S. degree in Telecommunications Engineering in 2009 at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy. In 2014 he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications and Information Technology at the same university. In January 2014 he was hired at IMT Bucharest as Assistant Researcher and, since 2016, he is a permanent Scientific Researcher III (CSIII). He is/has been involved in many national and international projects, as both team member and coordinator. As per 2021, he has published 1 book chapter and more than 70 papers in ISI journals and conference proceedings. His research interests focus on the design, modeling, 3D electromagnetic simulation, fabrication, and experimental characterization of micro- and nano-devices and systems for microwave and millimeter-wave applications, based on graphene and other innovative 2D materials, and ferroelectric thin films for low-voltage and CMOS-compatible devices. h-index = 13 with 468 citations (Google Academic).

Dr. Mircea Dragoman graduated from “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Faculty of Electronics, and received his Ph.D. degree in electronics from the same faculty. Mircea Dragoman is a senior researcher I at IMT-Bucharest, and the director of the research department dedicated to carbon-based nanotechnologies where this project will be implemented. In the period 1992-1994 he was the recipient of the Humboldt Fellowship award and he followed postdoctoral studies at Duisburg University, Germany. He was invited professor at: CNR–Istituto di Elettronica dello Stato Solido, Roma, Italy; Univ. Saint-Etienne, France; Univ. Mannheim, Univ. Frankfurt, and Univ. Darmstadt, Germany. In the period 2005-2011 he was nominated directeur de recherche at LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France. He has more than 40 invited papers at international conferences. He has published over 350 scientific papers dedicated to the following areas: nanoelectronics, microwaves, MEMS, optoelectronics. He has co-authored 7 books published at Springer and Artech House. The last two published books are dedicated to physics and devices based on 2D materials. He has more than 5000 citations and h-index = 30.

Dr. Alina Cismaru graduated from the Physics Faculty in 1998, M.S. degree in physics in 2000, Ph.D. degree in semiconductor physics in 2008, University of Bucharest, Physics Faculty. Her current research activities are the design and characterisation of CNT- and graphene-based devices working as gas sensors and biosensors for microwave applications. Since September 1998 she has been employed as Scientific Researcher II (CSII) at IMT-Bucharest, Romania. His main expertise comprises the electromagnetic simulations and measurements of RF/microwave systems and CNT-based CO2 and CH4 sensors. In the field of his research activity at IMT she is deeply involved in the design of metamaterial-based antennas and resonators, and EMBG-based components for microwave applications for innovative micro- and nano-devices. She has co-authored 14 chapters in series books (Editura Academiei Romane, during the period 2005-2016). She was the project director of GRANT CNCSIS as Ph.D. student and was involved in a POSDRU EU project as a Postdoc Researcher. She was/is also involved as team member in 15 international projects (FP6, FP7, ENIAC, H2020) and in 16 national projects. She has (co-)authored more than 64 papers in ISI-ranked journals and national/international conferences, with over 500 citations. h-index = 15.

Dr. Sergiu Iordanescu received the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering from the University “Politehnica” Bucharest, Romania in 2000. From 1972 to 1977, he was with the Institute of Physics and Technology of Radiation Apparatus, Romania. He was Research Scientist with IMT-Bucharest, Romania, from 1977 to 2000 and Senior Engineer with Alvarion Romania SRL from 2000 to 2015. Since 2015, he is Senior Researcher with IMT-Bucharest, Romania. His research interests include microwave SAW filter, sensor and microwave/millimeter wave circuits design and characterization, dielectric and ferroelectric materials characterization. He is the author of more than 100 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He received the “Tudor Tanasescu” Romanian Academy award (with team) in 2003. He has been an IEEE member since 1991.

Dr. Dan Vasilache received his Ph.D. in 2011 from Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. He is senior researcher at IMT and between 2010 and 2012 he was senior researcher at FBK-irst Trento, Italy. His competences include technological design, masks design and manufacturing, and technological processes development for silicon, AIIIBV semiconductor compounds, and wide band gap semiconductors. He was part of the team that developed SAW structures using nanolithographic processes starting with 2007. In the last 4 years he has been involved in packaging systems developing for RF MEMS structures. He has co-authored 31 papers in ISI Journals and more than 175 in total. He was a team member in more than 15 international projects and more than 40 national projects. h-index = 15.

Drd. George Boldeiu graduated Electrical Engineering in 2001 and 2014, Faculty of Physics, Bucharest, Romania. In 2001 he was hired at IMT Bucharest and between 2007 and 2017 he worked in the Simulation Laboratory as simulation engineer, being involved in the simulation of the electrical, mechanical, and thermal phenomena of MEMS devices. For a short period, 2017-2019, he worked as thermal simulation engineer at Continental, Timisoara, Romania.
Here he developed and ensured thermal management for High Flash Lidar. In 2019 he returned to IMT and currently he is active in the Micromachined structures, microwave circuits and devices Laboratory (RF-MEMS). Starting from 2017 George is Ph.D. student in the frame of the Electrical Engineering from Politehnica University of Bucharest, with the thesis “Influence of the structure on the dynamics of electric charges in dielectrics".

Dr. Ioana Zdru (Giangu) received her M.Sc. in 2013 and Ph.D. in 2017 from “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications. The subject of the PhD thesis was devoted to sensors based on acoustic wave devices. She is an employee of IMT Bucharest starting from April 2012 and she is involved in microwave characterization of SAW devices and sensors on WBG materials. She participated in several national and European research projects (FP7, ENIAC). She (co-)authored more than 15 papers in journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Zdru (Giangu) was awarded with the Gheorghe Cartianu prize of the Romanian Academy in 2016 for the team work dedicated to GaN/Si SAW based temperature sensors. Now she is involved, as a member of the IMT team, in two H2020 projects FET: (i) CHIRON (2018-2021) and (ii) i-Qubits (2019-2023), both connected with quantum computing. h-index =  6 (Google Scholar).

Technician I, Mr. Mircea Pasteanu (mechanical and electrical manufacturing).

Technician III, Mrs. Mariana Dionian (logistic support).

Financing agency:
Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding – UEFISCDI (www.uefiscdi.gov.ro)
PNIII, P3. European and international cooperation, 3.6. Support, Prizes for participation in Horizon 2020
PN-III-P3-3.6-H2020-2020-0072, Contract no. 24/2021.

 

Contact information

National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies
Project manager: Ph.D. Martino Aldrigo
E-mail: [email protected]

Tel: +40-21-269.07.70; +40-21-269.07.74;
Fax: +40-21-269.07.72; +40-21-269.07.76;
Website: www.imt.ro