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Work Experience

2023 - present

Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada

Laboratory Instruction - Department of Chemistry and Physics

Those courses provide an introduction to Newtonian point mechanics, covering topics such as vectors, motion in one and two dimensions (including circular motion), forces, work and energy, impulse and momentum, as well as fundamentals of electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry.

  • PHYS 1201 401, Tutorial, 

  • PHYS 1201 501-511 Laboratory

  • PHYS 1202 401, 402 Tutorial

  •  PHYS 1202 503 Laboratory

  •  PHYS 1202 504 Laboratory

  • CHEM 1202 504 Laboratory

  • CHEM 3200 - Research Methods in Chemistry

2019-2022

Romanian Academy – Institute of Solid Mechanics, Bucharest, Romania

Scientific Researcher III

  • Teaching chemistry, physics, and math principles to undergraduate and graduate students, creating interactive and engaging learning activities.

  • Tailored learning materials to the students’ areas of expertise

  • Instructed students to use laboratory equipment and software, and ethics 

  • Prepared lectures

  • Developed evaluation processes, including multiple-choice, short-answer, and essay exams

  • Provided learners with timely, formative responses to enhance their learning

  • Prepared additional practical study opportunities to support learners 

  • Provided ongoing academic support, guidance, and advice to learners

  • Referred learners to campus resources

  • Developed curriculum for chemistry course 

  • Collaborated with professors on course development and research opportunities

  • Development of molecular imaging diagnostic techniques to identify, characterize, and evaluate therapeutics of liver tumors based on: 

- mechanical properties of deformable media;

-  wave propagation in continuous media; 

- hysteretic properties of materials; 

- optical and dielectric; 

- properties of material;

- intelligent materials;

- biodynamics.​

  • Scientific Researcher in IMPROVE project developed PN-III-P1-1.2- PCCDI-2017- 0221/ 59PCCDI/2018.

  • Development of an integrated robotic system for laparoscopic intraoperative treatment of unresectable tumors with multiple control algorithms.

2011-2017

Ophir Optics (Mother Company MKS Instruments), Bucharest, Romania

Engineer Physicist

  • Designed single-layer (MgF2), double, and multilayer optical coatings for UV-VIS-NIR and IR spectra range (3-5μm and 10- 12μm), Cube beam splitter, Notch Filter, Laser Mirrors, and Metal Mirrors. Design optical coating LRC lowered chrome reflective (AR coating of Cr2O3) and optical density controlled for parts photolithography.

  • Developed coating for ITO layer (15 OHM), (20 OHM), (24 OHM), (30 OHM), (sputtering DC) with an antireflection coating used by the CVD technique.

  • Developed hard carbon coating from spectral range (3-5 μm) substrate: Ge, Si and (8-12 μm) substrate: Ge.

  • Developed work procedures for technologies like vacuum machines, Leybold, and Balzer.

  • Coordinated production, managed a team of 12 people, and evaluated monthly and annual KPIs. 

  • Delivered exact product specifications to customers under deadlines.

  • Analyzed data with Spectrophotometer measurements (Lambda 950, OpticaFtir - Perkin Elmer).

2010-2011

Institute of Chemistry Physics “Ilie Murgulescu”, Bucharest, Romania

Research Assistant 

  • As a Ph.D. student, I researched optical surface characterization by TEM, SEM, and Ellipsometry Spectroscopy for different films, layers, and interfaces.

  • Led the production team (manager of production, 12 people, and a team of Ph.D. and Master's level students;

  • Developed course outline and lecture materials on mathematical models of material science

  • Developed a budget for research grants

  • Lectured on spectrophotometry

2017 – 2018

National Institute of Metrology, Bucharest, Romania

​Engineer IA – CS III

  • Applied scientific research to develop national, primary, and reference standards and traceability to SI units.

  • Taught lab technologists in groups of up to 20 people to operate chemistry and physics lab equipment.

  • Evaluated technologists’ operation of lab equipment and certified them once they demonstrated proficiency.

  • Improved the principles of metrology in chemistry and physics development, and used reference materials in chemistry and physics measurements for the following types of equipment:

  • UV-VIS spectrophotometers, absorption spectrophotometers, FT-IR spectrometers, IPC-OS spectrometers, Flame photometers, pH-meters, and metrological checks.

  • Created certified reference materials, model tests, and provided technical support to customers.

Training

  • LNE – Paris (France) - Training ICPMS, project EMPIR 16RPT01Chem Mat 20.05.2018 -25.05.2018 (5 days). Developed traceable measurement capabilities for the analysis of heavy metals with uncertainties less than 10 % by developing isotope dilution mass spectrometry.

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  • LNE -Paris (France) – Training ICPOS, and isotope dilution Metro Food (EMPIR 16RPT01Chem Mat), 12.02.2018-02.03.2018 (3 weeks). Validate the developed methods of developing isotope dilution mass spectrometry and secondary pH procedures by participation in international comparisons organized by CCQM, EURAMET, and another RMO.

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  • BAM – Berlin (Germany)- Training Karl Fischer Titration Method and Chromatography (EMPIR 16RPT02), 10.2017-19.10.2017 (1 week). Standard operating procedures for an analytical method for the reliable quantification of ethanol in water. Calculate the certified values of reference materials developed with uncertainty assessment.

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  • Evatec - Liechtenstein (Switzerland) - Training materials evaporation for vacuum deposition using BAK700 Baltzer, 02.04.2013- 16.04.2013 (2 weeks). Developed the work procedures to transfer technology from Leybold to Balzer vacuum machines.

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  • OphirOpt – Jerusalem (Israel) - Training optical coating designer in the IR spectral range 03.10.2012- 31.10.2012 (1 week). Developed Hard Carbon coating from spectral range (3-5 μm) substrate: Ge, Si and (8-12 μm) substrate: Ge.

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  • Institute of Electronics - Sofia (Bulgaria) – Inter-Academic Exchange, 18.09.2011 - 30.09.2011 (2 weeks) Presented on "Surface Topography and Optical Properties of Ge-Sb(As)-S-Te Thin Films by Atomic Force Microscopy and Variable Angle Spectroscopic Ellipsometry" based on the collaboration between Romania-Bulgaria Institutes.

Awards

7 December 2023

Romanian Academic Award Henri Coanda

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Group of works: The advanced methods and models in techniques for analysis and characterization of materials with different technological applications.

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 27 March 2024   

Best Video Presentation - Faculty of Science and Technology Research Day Structural, Optical, and Dielectric Insights to Transparent Integration of PZT for Sensor Application

Student: Frederick Harford

Faculty Advisor: Nicoleta Nedelcu

Best Video Presentation Award to Frederick Harford
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