Plenary

Manuela Sechilariu (M’11) received the Dipl.Ing. degree in electrical engineering from the Institutul Politehnic Iasi, Romania, in 1986, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and automatic from the Université d’Angers, Angers, France, in 1993. From 1994, she was an Associate Professor with the Automated Systems Engineering Department, Université d’Angers, France. Since 2002, she has been with the Université de Technologie de Compiegne, France, where she is currently Full Professor. Her areas of interests include photovoltaic-powered systems, microgrids, smart grid, energy management, and intelligent control. She has delivered several invited lectures and has published more than 100 refereed scientific and technical papers in international journals and conferences. She has managed several international and national research projects and industrial research contracts, including IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme TCP. His current research works are clarification on PV benefits in transportation, electromobility and microgrids optimization applied to urban areas utilizing photovoltaic energy.

Ion Boldea

Life Fellow, IEEE

Ion Boldea received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from The University Politehnica of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania, in 1967 and 1973, respectively. He is currently a Full Professor with the University Politehnica of Timisoara. He has authored or coauthored research papers extensively (291 papers, 5395 citations, H index: 40 in Web of Science) in linear and rotary electric machines, drives, and MAGLEVs, and numerous books, with 6000 entrances in libraries worldwide (WorldCat.com). Dr. Boldea was the recipient of the 2015 IEEE Nikola Tesla Award.(Based on document published on 20 December 2022).

Lucian Tutelea

Member, IEEE

Lucian Nicolae Tutelea received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University Politehnica of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania, in 1989 and 1997, respectively.,He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electric Drives and Power Electronics, University Politehnica Timisoara. He was a Visiting Researcher with the Institute of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark (1997, 1999, 2000, and 2006); and with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2004. His main research interests include design, modeling, and control of electric machines and drives.(Based on document published on 14 February 2022).

Nicolae Muntean

Senior Member, IEEE

Nicolae Muntean received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Politehnica University Timisoara, România.,He has authored over 70 publications in the field of power electronics, including four books (as a single author or coauthor). His research interest includes industrial implementation of power electronics systems in various applications. He is currently involved in research and development related to renewable energy systems.,Dr. Muntean is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Electric Engineering.(Based on document published on 27 July 2020).

Italian, M.Sc. in Chemistry (1994), Ph.D (2001), a chemist with a strong focus on polymer composites and environmental impact including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)/Life Cycle Costing (LCC). From 2001 she holds a PhD in Chemistry of Polymer Composites, carried out in the Wilton International Research Centre (UK), within the Strategic Technology Group of ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries), for about three years. Prof. La Rosa has started her education on LCA and LCC in 2006 in the Division of Environmental Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, and by attending an advanced course in Life Cycle Assessment at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm, Sweden. Since then, she has published several articles on LCA of polymers and polymer composites. Prof. La Rosa has long experience from national and European research and innovation projects, being the scientific director of S.C. All Green S.R.L. spin-off (Romania) since 2016. She is author of over 60 articles in journals and conference proceedings (H-index: 20, google scholar 2023). One of her recent articles won the Award NAMRC51 Outstanding Paper in Manufacturing Systems and another paper was published in a Nature-branded journal..

Born in Saint-Martin d’Hères (France) in 1972, he holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in high frequency electronics and optoelectronics from the University of Limoges, France, obtained in 1998 and 2002. He published on highly magnetic thin films but his main area of interest was pulsed laser deposition of thin films of lithium niobate used for optical telecommunications. From 2004 to 2010, he worked as a research engineer at the National Institute of Agronomic Research at the BioEMCo laboratory (Paris, France). In 2010, he joined the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and worked at LAPLACE Lab., in the “Light & Matter” research group, focused on efficient light sources such as LEDs and OLEDs. He has published more than 200 scientific communications. He has participated in the French Lighting Association as President of the Midi-Pyrénées region since 2014 and is honored with the Augustin Fresnel Medal in 2024. He is President of the IEEE “Industry Lighting and Display Committee” (IEEE IAS ILDC) since 2023.

Vasile Florin POPESCU is Assoc. Professor PhD. Eng. Ec. at the National Defense University Carol I/Information systems and cyber defense Department, has a PhD. and post doctorate in industrial engineering at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest and is acting as expert and rapporteur to assist the European Commission in evaluating the Digital Europe Program – Cybersecurity Calls, European Defence Industrial Development Program (EDIDP) and the European Defense Fund (EDF).
He is also acting within EOSC Future User Group as expert to co-design EOSC Future services and solutions.
Starting from 2023 he is an expert in the Body of Experts for the certification of research – development activity from the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization.
Assoc. Professor PhD. Eng. Florin POPESCU has brought over time elements of originality in the field of military applications, artificial intelligence, digital architectures and their cyber security.
The results of his researches were disseminated to prestigious international publishers who work closely with expert researchers and professionals from top institutions, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, Stanford University.

Georegs BARAKAT received the Electrical Engineering degree from Ecole Nationale des Ingénieurs Electricens de Grenoble, France, in 1992, and the Ph.D degree from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France, in 1995. In September 1995, he joined the University of Le Havre Normandie, France, as a lecturer in the IUT-Department of Electrical Engineering an Automation, and he was doing his research work at the LEPII laboratory. In September 2005, he joined the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Le Havre as a Full Professor where he is teaching electrical engineering and doing his research at the "Groupe de Recherche en Electrotechnique et Automatique du Havre" (GREAH). Since 2016, he is heading the GREAH laboratory.
His research interests include the design, modeling, and diagnosis of electrical machines for transportation (aeronautics, vehicles, etc) and renewable energy production (wind and tidal energies).

Yacine Amara (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Electrical Engineering degree from Ecole Nationale Polytechnique d’Alger, El-Harrach, Algeria, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Paris XI, Orsay, France, in 2001. From March 2003 to August 2004, he held a Research Associate position at the Electrical Machines & Drives (EMD) group, University of Sheffield (UK). In September 2004, he joined the “Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard” (France) as a lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, and he was doing his research work at the L2ES laboratory. In February 2008, he joined the “Université du Havre”, where he is teaching electrical engineering at the Department of Science and Technology, and doing his research at the “Groupe de Recherche en Electrotechnique et Automatique du Havre” (GREAH). Since 2013, he is heading the Electrical Machines and Actuators thematic of the GREAH.
He is member of the IEEE Magnetics Society since 16 years. He is active in the ProComm of INTERMAG conference since many years. He has been member of the IEEE Magnetics Society Technical Committee from late 2013 to the beginning of 2017. Besides, he is member of the ICEM (International Conference on Electrical Machines) Administrative Committee since 2024, and of the “Conseil National des Universités” (French National Academic Council) since 2024.
His research interests include the design, modeling, and control of rotating and linear synchronous machines for automotive and renewable energies applications.