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Prof. Plamen I. Dankov received his M.Sc. degree in atomic physics and his PhD degree in Microwave Physics from the Faculty of Physics in Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria, in 1980 and 1988, respectively. In 1989, he joined the Department of Radio-Physics and Electronics in the Faculty of Physics and now he is an Assoc. Professor in Microwave and Wireless Technique. He has established teaching of many courses in the area of Radio-Electronics, Wireless Communications, Microwave and Wireless Technique, Microwave Measurements, Antennas for Wireless Communications, EMC in IC's, Basic Principles of Mission Design with Small Aerospace Vehicles, etc. Currently he is a Chair of two successful Master programs: “Wireless Networks and Devices” and “Aerospace Engineering and Communications”. He is also a scientific consultant for material characterization and antenna radomes in RaySat, Bulgaria and Gilat Ltd. (Gilat Satellite Networks).
The research efforts of Dr. Plamen Dankov are focused on characterization of dielectric material properties and anisotropy; microwave measurements; RF planar devices, antennas and antenna arrays, electromagnetic 3D simulators, near-field measurements; EMC measurements, safety standards for microwaves; satellite communications, aerospace engineering and small satellites, etc. He has more than 125 papers, presented and published in different journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Dankov is member of the Review Board of the Annual European Microwave Conference EuMC (more than 180 review notes), IEEE-MTT, IEEE-MWCL, IEEE Instrumentation and measurements; IEEE Microwave Magazine, etc. He is member of IEEE in 4 societies: 1) Microwave Theory and Technique; 2) Antennas and Propagation, 3) Instrumentation and Measurements, 4) Aerospace and Electronic Systems. Dr. Dankov has participations in several international and local contracts in different areas: material characterizations, plasma antennas, THz beams; controlled thermonuclear fusion (EUROATOM), COST VISTA project: Versatile, Integrated, and Signal-aware Technologies for Antennas, etc. A new joint project between Sofia University and Siberian State Aerospace University in Krasnoyarsk, the Russian federation, is developing now. Similar activity is started together with CASTRA-Bulgaria with the University of Bologna, Italy for 2014/15.
Dr. Dankov organized the MIC2 seminar in Bulgaria, February 2012, and was the leader of the Sofia University team in MIC2, selected for semifinalist in Nagoya, October 2012.
Contact: dankov(at)phys.uni-sofia.bg; PlamenD(at)gilat.com
Regional seminar on 21 May, 2014 at Sofia University.
Contact:
Plamen Dankov and Vesselin Vassilev
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Dr. Vassilev received his M.Sc. diploma engineering degree in Applied
Physics - Microelectronics and Optoelectronics from the University of
Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 1994. His M.Sc.thesis work was in the field of
modelling the quantum properties of semiconductor structures. In 2004,
Vesselin received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium being at the same time
affiliated to the Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC),
Belgium, the worlds leading independent R&D centre in the field of
semiconductor technologies and applications. Vesselin's Ph.D. research
area was in the field of modelling and design of protections circuits
against Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) events in semiconductor devices
and circuits. In the 2005-2009 Dr. Vassilev was part of the product
reliability team of Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, USA, providing
solutions and support to the wirelesses products groups at TI in the
area of ESD design for state of the art advanced integrated circuits.
In 2009 Dr. Vassilev established the start up company Novorell Ltd.,
which provides Electronic Device Automation (EDA) software tools and
consultancy services to companies worldwide in the areas of ESD design
reliability solutions for the nowadays integrated circuits and
technologies. In 2010 Dr. Vassilev initiated the establishment of Cluster Aero-Space Technologies, Research and Applications (CASTRA), a
non-profit non-government organization in Bulgaria combing the
expertise, capacity and resources of 23 (at present time) organizations
in the country - such as SME's, Universities and R&D centres with
activities related to the aero-space filed and its applications to the
benefit of the whole society. At present , Dr.Vassilevs serves as the
CASTRA's CEO and is also affiliated to the Space and Solar-Terrestrial
Research Institute (SSTRI), part the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - the
leading space research organization in Bulgaria, successfully executed
in the past two human space flight programs and a numerous international
space projects.
Dr. Vassilev is an author and co-author of more than 50 publications in
his research fields and co-author of 2 patents. In 2010 Dr. Vassilev
served as the General Chair of the Electrostatic discharge/Electrical
Overstress Symposium, organized by the international Electrostatic
Discharge Association (ESDA)- the worlds leading independent
professional organisation focused at the problems of electrostatic
events in semiconductor technologies and circuits. Dr. Vassilev is
presently a reviewer for several international journals and and alos
serves as guest editor for the journal of Microelectronic Reliability
in the fields of the ESD reliability topic.
Contact: vesselin.vassilev(at)castra.org
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