Romania
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n
electrical engineer
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,
professor
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at the
Politehnica University of Bucharest
Politehnica University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Politehnica din București) is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania. 200 years of activity have been celebrated lately, as the university was founded in 1818.Bârlad
Bârlad () is a city in Vaslui County, Romania. It lies on the banks of the river Bârlad, which waters the high plains of Western Moldavia.
At Bârlad the railway from Iași diverges, one branch skirting the river Siret, the other skirting th ...
. His father, Dumitru Tănăsescu, was a
lawyer
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, being also known for his hobby of
apiculturist
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. His mother Cecilia Tănăsescu (born Dragomir (1902–1986) was teacher of history in Bârlad and
Buzău
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. Florin-Teodor Tănăsescu studied engineering at the Faculty of Electrotehnics of the Politechnic Institute of Bucharest graduating in 1956. He defended the thesis in the field of electrical measures for his
doctorate
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in 1968, at the
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Given name
* Gheorghe Adamescu
* Gheorghe Albu
* Gheorghe Alexandrescu
* Gheorghe Andriev
* Gheorghe Apostol
* ...
.
Career
Florin-Teodor Tănăsescu started his professional activity as
research
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engineer at the "Research and Design Institute for the Electrotechnic Industry" (Institutul de Cercetări şi Proiectări pentru Industria Electrotehnică – ICPE"). He rose through the ranks until he reached the position of Director General of the institute. His research concentrated on
high voltage
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electrical equipment
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, new
energy source
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s,
electrotechnology
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and partial
electrical discharge
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University Politehnica of Bucharest
Politehnica University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Politehnica din București) is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania. 200 years of activity have been celebrated lately, as the university was founded in 1818.Valahia University in Târgovişte.
At the national level, Florin-Teodor Tănăsescu was coordinator of the national policy for scientific research in the "National Council for Science and Technology" (Consiliului Naţional pentru Ştiinţă şi Tehnologie – CNŞT) (1985–1987) and was secretary of state in the
Ministry of Education
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(1992–1996). He is editor in chief of the technical magazine "Electrotehnica-Electronica-Automatica".
Florin-Teodor Tănăsescu is member of the
International Council on Large Electric Systems
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(CIGRE) and of the
World Energy Conference
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The idea for the fo ...
– WEC. He is honorary member of the
Academy of Sciences of Moldova
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Florin-Teodor Tănăsescu had an important contribution to the activity of scientific societies in Romania. In 1986 he was elected
chairman
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of the National Committee of the
International Electrotechnical Commission
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– IEC. He is active in the team working on the "IEC Thesaurus". He is founding member of the CNR – CME (Romanian National Committee of World Energy Council) and of the Romanian Telework Society He is also secretary general of the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences. He is member of the
executive board
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of the General Association of Romanian Engineers (AGIR) for 2006–2009. He is chairman of the "Association for Terminology" (TERMROM)
During his activity Florin-Teodor Tănăsescu received different awards and distinctions. In 1970 he was awarded the
Traian Vuia
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prize of the
Romanian Academy
The Romanian Academy ( ro, Academia Română ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life.
According to its byl ...
* ''The Modern Problems of Electrostatics with Applications in environment protection'' – with Ion I. Inculet and Radu Cramariuc – Kluwer Academic Pub, 1999
* ''Repere ale ingineriei româneşti'' – with Mihai Mihăiţă, and Mihai Olteneanu – Editura AGIR, București 2000