Dr. Ing. Florin LAZA

1994:

Graduation from the Electrotechnical High School Cluj-Napoca , Romania.

1994:

Diploma of Electrical Technician, Electrotechnical High School Cluj-Napoca , Romania.

1994 -1999:

Faculty of Electrical Engineering - specialization Electrical Machines and Drives, Technical University Cluj-Napoca , Romania.

1999:

Dipl.-Ing. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

1999 - 2000:

One-year Post-graduate Study - Faculty of Electrical Engineering - specialization "Energy-efficient electric drives", Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

2000:

Post-graduate Study Dissertation "Theoretical and experimental study of the electronic commutation and the digital control of a small electronically-commutated doubly-salient permanent-magnet motor" prepared at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca , Romania.

April 2005:

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Poitiers, France and from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Subject of the Ph.D. Thesis: ’Contributions to the study of a three-phase doubly-salient stator-permanent-magnet flux-reversal motor’ (Ph.D. Co-advisors: Prof. Mircea M. Radulescu and G.CHAMPENOIS from the University of Poitiers, France ).

1999 - 2003:

Research Fellow in the Small Electric Motors and Electric Traction Group (Head: Prof.Dr. Mircea M. Radulescu) Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University Cluj-Napoca, Romania, working on research projects in the area of small electronically-commutated motors and direct torque control of AC traction drives.

1999 March - May:

Electrical Engineering Diploma Project "AC/AC matrix converters for electric drive applications" prepared at the Technical University Chemnitz, Germany within the framework of SOCRATES-ERASMUS European Inter-University Cooperation Programme.

2001 January - March & August - November:

Research Scholar at the Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Akron , OH, USA within the framework of
US NSF Grant ECS-9702370.

Research interests:

• CAD of electromechanical devices and electric drives
• field analysis of electromagnetic structures
• design and control of small electric motors
• design and control of electric traction vehicles