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Sonia Degeratu
Sonia Degeratu
Nicolae Titulescu Blv., Bl. I3, Ap. 11, 200219, Craiova, Romania
Office: +40 251435255 Private: +40 351 807643 Mobile: +40 726 495743
+40 251435255
sdegeratu@em.ucv.ro
Romanian
21.02.1955
Female
10.10.2004- at present
Associate Professor
Didactic activities (teaching activities, carrying out laboratory work, participation in
licence/masteral/doctoral commissions); new materials technologies and electrical equipments
research (analysis, modelling, testing and certification); research in the field of new technologies,
development of new methods of material testing and electrical equipment testing.
University of Craiova, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electromechanics, Environment
and Industrial Informatics, Decebal Bvd., No.107, Craiova, Dolj
Education and research
01.10.1991 -01.10.2004
Lecturer
Didactic activities (teaching activities, carrying out laboratory work, participation in licence/masteral
commissions and in advisory committees of research contracts); research in the field of materials and
electrical equipment (analyzing, modelling, testing and certification); research in the field of new
technologies; developing norms and standards for electrical equipment.
University of Craiova, Faculty of Electromechanics ( presently Faculty of Electrical Engineering) Department
of Electromechanics, Decebal Bvd., No.107, Craiova, Dolj
Education and research
26.09.1982 – 01.10.1991
Design Engineer
1982-1988 (until 1986 at the Design of Rotating Electrical Machines Department, then at the Scientific
Research Department for the Study, Analysis and Assimilation of Materials - CCSSAAM)
Head of Laboratory Electro-technical materials at CCSSAAM: 1986-1989
Research Scientist level III at CCSSAAM: 1988-1991
Head of Division at CCSSAAM (four research laboratories)1989-1991
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Name and address of the employer
Design activities in the field of electrical machines, research activities in the domain of materials and
electrical equipments; thermal qualification of equipments for the Cernavoda Nuclear Plant (CNE);
building equipments and devices for materials testing, elaborating norms and standards for materials
and electrical equipments, coordinating a team of 46 people.
Institute for Scientific Research and Technological Engineering for Engine, Transformers and
Electrical Equipment (ICSITMTAE) Craiova, Romania

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06.09.1979-26.09.1982
Engineer
Developing and implementing new electrical machines technologies; coordinating the manufacturing
of the AC/DC electrical machines coils.
Electroputere Craiova, Rotating Electrical Machine Factory, Calea Bucuresti Street, No. 80, Craiova,
Romania
Manufacturing of rotating electrical machines

Education and training

Dates 1993-2002
Title of qualification awarded Doctoral Degree in Electrical Engineering field
Title of the PhD Thesis Contributions to the manufacturing and the achnowledgement of the insulation systems for high voltage
asynchronous machines
PhD Coordinator: Prof. Eng. Aurel Câmpeanu PhD;
Public defense: 16-th July2002, University of Craiova
Diploma Series C, Nr. 0001609, M.E.C. Order no. 4900/11.11.2002
Name and type of organisation University of Craiova, Romania
providing education and training
Level of qualification awarded PhD title

Dates 20.04.1999-20.06.1999
Qualification Qualification in the field of Materials and insulation systems for electrical equipments
Name and type of organisation Institut Supérieur des Techniques Avancées, Saint Etienne, France(scholarship at the World Bank,
providing education and training Grant 12834/28.09.1998, 1999)
Level of classification of Doctoral studies
education/training

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providing education and training
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education/training
08.01.1994-06.02.1994
Qualification in the field of Materials and advanced technologies
(scholarship programme TEMPUS JEP Nr. 2786-93/3)
Institut Supérieur Industriel, Bruxelles, Belgium
Doctoral studies

Dates 01.02.1992 - 29.02.1992

Field of qualification
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providing education and training
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Qualification in Electrical insulating materials
(scholarship programme TEMPUS JEP Nr. 2786-91/1)
Université Jean Monnet, Saint Etienne, France
Research

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Mother Tongue
Other language(s)
Self-assessment
Nivel european (*)
French
English
Technical skills and competences
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Sonia Degeratu
1987 –1988
Qualification in the field of Industrial Robots, Graduation certificate no. 1657/19.11.1988, series A
University of Craiova, Faculty of Mechanics, Romania
Postgraduate studies
1974-1979
Engineer
Electrical Engineering field
University of Craiova, Faculty of Electrotechnics, Craiova, Dolj
Graduate studies (Bachelor of Science)
1970-1974
Baccalaureate Diploma
General Knowledge
‘Nicolae Balcescu’ High school, Craiova, Dolj
High school Education
Romanian
Understanding Speaking Writing
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
C1 Advanced user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C1 Advanced user
B1 Independent user B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B1 Independent user B2 Independent user
(*) The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Ability to approach topics from a wide range of interest ( electrical engineering, new materials and
technologies) visible in:
- 65 Research and Development Projects: 6 international projects (2 as Manager), 59 national projects
(28 as Manager)
- 25 conceived products that were used in the social-economical environment;
- 13 systems and devices for material and product trials (design, trials and functioning assessment)
- 10 procedures for thermal qualification of electrical products and systems (5 of which as single
author)
- 9 new technologies of fabrication for materials and products ( participation in their development
procedures)
- 4 innovation certificates
- Elaboration of standards and norms;
- Thermal qualification of products and equipments.
 Organisational skills and Organising and coordinating teams of specialists at ICSITMTAE Craiova in the assimilation of
competences materials for CNE Cernavoda and in the thermal qualification of electrical equipments.
Organising and coordinating the team at CCSSAAM and of the Laboratory for Electrotechnical
Materials at ICSITMTAE
Organising and fully endowing (by personal contribution) the following laboratories:
- The laboratory for accelerated thermal ageing at CCSSAAM at ICSITMTAE Craiova;
- The Laboratory for Electrotechnical Materials at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.
Social skills and competences Excellent ability to adapt as demonstrated by perpetual activity in educational and pluridisciplinary
research environments;
Excellent communication skills acquired through the activity in coordinating research teams of over
46 people;
Ability to expand and develop high-level collaboration in research and education both nationally
and internationally.
Computer skills and competences - Good command of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel și PowerPoint);
- Good knowledge of Matlab-Simulink applications;
- Experience with Visual Basic, C++
Artistic skills and competences Literature and music
Additional information
Awards, decorations, distinctions - the „Dragomir Hurmuzescu “ Medal, awarded by the Romanian National Committee for the
International Electrotechnical Comission, Bucharest 1995;
- the „ Merit Diploma for productive and longlasting activity in the service of international and
Romanian standardisation in the filed of electrotechnics and electronics” awarded by the Romanian
National Committee for the International Electrotechnical Comission, 23.02.1995, Bucharest;
Membership in professional - Romanian National Committee for the International Electrotechnical Commission;
associations - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers;
- IEEE Dielectrics & Electrical Insulation Society;
- General Association of the Romanian Engineers .
Annexe List of papers

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