Emerging Materials and Nanotechnology

Biography

Octavian Buiu is a graduate of the Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest (specialization: Nuclear Materials and Fuels), with a PhD in Atomic and Molecular Physics awarded by the “Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj in 1998.Octavian has more than 30 years’ experience in research and development, in private and public institutions: R&D Institute for Nuclear Power Reactors, R&D Institute for Electronic Components, Institute of Microtechnology (currently National Institute for R&D inMicrotechnologies), and Honeywell Romania (Sensors and Wireless Laboratory) - Romania. Between 1997 and 2007, he worked in United Kingdom as research associate, fellow, and senior fellow at De Montfort University (Leicester) and University of Liverpool (Liverpool). In 2002 he has appointed as Lecturer in Electrical Eng. Department, University of Liverpool. Throughout his career, Octavian served as deputy scientific director at IMT Bucharest (1994-1997), Portfolio Manager and Senior Technology Manager at Honeywell Romania – Advanced Technology (2007-2014 and 2014-2017, respectively). He is co-founder and CEO of BIS INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT, a start-up established in 2017 which is active in the field of consulting for sensors, smart systems, and IoT applications.

Research Interest

Octavian has more than 70 papers in ISI journals, as well as more than 100 papers and presentations at National and International Conferences, covering topics related to thin films synthesis and characterization, electronic devices architectures, sensors.He is author and co-author in 20 book chapters and co-author of 23 granted US and EU patents; Octavian is an IEEE and American Vacuum Society member.