Edmond MAICAN
(Ph.D.eng., Associate Professor)

 

 

Birthday: September 20, 1966                                                                 

 

Phone (office): 004021 402 9643

 

e-mail: edmond.maican@upb.ro;

 

Correspondence address

            Universitatea Politehnica Bucureşti

            Facultatea de Ingineria Sistemelor Biotehnice

            Catedra de Sisteme Biotehnice (Corp D)

Spl. Independentei 313, sector 6, Cod 060042

Bucureşti, ROMANIA

 

Areas of competence: parametric design, numerical calculus, CFD analysis, structural analysis (finite elements method), simulated kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms, renewable energy and sustainable development; food industry and agricultural machinery.

 

Lectures and seminars

§          Applied informatics in engineering;

§          Advanced techniques in computer aided design;

§          Numerical methods;

§          Computer programming;

§          Renewable energy production - wind turbines;

§          Equipment for the preservation of perishable products;

§          Harvesting machinery.

 

Scientific and professional activity in brief

§  Author of 5 books;

§          Over 60 papers published in national and international journals;

§          Over 20 papers published in proceedings of international symposiums and conferences;

§          Director or team member in 27 national and international projects;

§          Director of the Biotechnical Systems Research and Development Centre;

§          Advisor for over 100 licence and master graduation thesis;

§          Member in American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers;

§          Member in various committees for promotion of academic staff.

 

Main directions of interest (with exemplifications)

1. Computer aided engineering (eg.: Maican E., SolidWorks – modelare 3D pentru ingineri, Monography, PRINTECH Publishing House, Bucharest, 425 A4 pages, ISBN 973-718-544-7;  978-973-718-544-0, 2006).

2. Optimization of wind turbines design (eg.: Maican E., Biriş S.Şt. - Comparative Analysis of a Wind Turbine's Performances by Means of CFD Simulations, Journal of Agricultural Machinery Science, ISSN 1306-0007, Bornova-Izmir, Vol. 4, nr. 3, pg. 247-252, 2008; Design of a 100 kW Darrieus Wind Turbina - graduation theses advisor);

3. Sustainable development - hydrogen oriented economy (advisor for related master degree graduation theses, as for example: Procedures for obtainig hydrogen from biomass; Designing a small scale system for hydrogen production by means of steam methane reforming with CCS);

4. Optimization and numerical calculus (eg.: Maican E., Bayer M., Tabără Al.I. - Optimization of a Polymeric Rod from Plants Conveying Equipment, Plastic Materials (ISI Master Journal List-Web of Science;  indexed in Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents, SCOPUS, Compendex, Inspec), ISSN 0025-5289, vol. 45, nr. 2, pg. 184 -189, 2008);

5. Harvesting machinery design (eg.: Maican E., Moise V., Biris S.St. - Numerical calculus of the maximum displacement between the reel’s axes and the cutter bar from combine harvesters, Proceedings of the 36-th International Symposium on Agricultural Engineering "Actual tasks on agricultural engineering", Croaţia, Opatija; indexed Current Contents Proceedings, ISI – Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings, CAB International – Agricultural Engineering Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts – Conference Paper Index, InterDok; ISSN 1333-2651, pg. 307-316, 11-15 febr. 2008).