Gabriel VASILESCU

· Date of birth: August 15^th, 1942

· Current position: Associated Professor at UNESCO/UNITWIN network coordinated by City University London

· Address: City University London, DEEIE, UNESCO Chair, Northampton Square, London EC1V OHB

· E-mail: vasilescu.gabriel@gmail.com, fvasilescu@uoradea.ro

Education:

Engineer Degree in Electronics, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, 1960;

Dr. Eng. Degree in Electronics, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, 1974;

Ph.D. Degree in Electronics, University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France, 1994.

Positions held:

Lecturer of Electronics, University P. & M. Curie, Paris, France, ' 87- '07

Associated Lecturer of Electronics, University of Limoges, France, ' 84-' 87

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Limoges, France, ' 83-' 84

Computer operator at Laplaud International, Limoges, France, ' 82

Lecturer of Electronics, Inst. of Telecommunications, Oran, Algeria, ' 77-' 82

Lecturer of Electronics, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, ’73-‘77

Assistant Professor of Electronics, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, ’67-‘73

Engineer at Bucharest Telecommunications Center, ' 65-' 67

Part-time employment:

               Invited Lecturer, Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka, Japan, April-May '06

               Visiting Lecturer, E.N.S.E.A. Cergy-Pontoise, ' 86, ' 96

               Visiting Lecturer, E.S.I.E.E. Marne-la-Vallée, ’88

Visiting Lecturer, University of Oran, Algeria, ‘79 -' 82

Membership of engineering and academic societies:

Member, IEEE, from 1985

Senior Member, IEEE, from 2003

Miscellaneous:

Director of 7 Ph.D. theses ’85, ’90, ’91, ’97, ’98, ’01, ’05

Author or Co-Author of over 70 scientific and educational development articles

Author of 2 books

Co-Author to 3 books

Referee for IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, part I, ’92-‘93

Referee for IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, part I, (Express Letters) ’95-‘96

Referee for IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, ’05 –

Coordinator of Sakura joint program of University P. & M. Curie and Osaka Sangyo Univ.

Member of the Program Committee of "LSMS 2007" held in Shanghai, China, September 14-17

Member of the Program Committee of "CIE 2008” held in Oradea, Romania, May 29-30

Languages:

English, French, Romanian: fluently

German, Russian: basic

Japanese: poor

Publications:

See the Selected List

Research interests

Former:

Noise and interfering signals in electronic circuits and systems

SPICE experiments for stochastic resonance process

Recent:

Noise in life systems

SPICE models of various biomolecular processes

Electromagnetic pollution in renewable energy sources

Development of interconnects for nano-technologies