Eugen COCA
Ph.D. Eng. Assoc. Professor
Associate Professor, Ph.D. Eng. Eugen COCA was born in 1969 in Suceava, Romania. He is Director of the Computers, Electronics and Automation Department at the Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania, and also the Technical Manager and Scientific Coordinator of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory - EMCLab.ro, from the same university, and Executive Editor of Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering journal. He received both the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania, in 1988, and 2001, respectively. After graduating in 1994, he was, for a period of 8 years, with the regional electricity distribution company, where he was involved in the maintenance operations of automation and communication infrastructure. In 1995 he joined the Microwaves Research Group from the ENSEEIHT Toulouse, France, with a 3 months Government of France scholarship. The activity in industry includes a collaboration, in 2015, under contract with Continental Automotive A.G. / EMC Test Facility in Babenhausen, Germany, for electromagnetic compatibility conformity qualification for a head-up display for Audi/VW. He teaches both under and post graduate courses, like Electromagnetic Compatibility, Wireless Sensor Network, Mobile and Satellite Communications, Digital and Analog Communication Systems, and Computer-Aided Design. His current research interests are in the areas of electromagnetic compatibility, design, testing, and compliance of domestic and automotive products with emissions and immunity standards, wired and wireless communications, wireless sensor networks and general microcontroller systems and their applications. He authored or co-authored three books or book chapters, and more than 60 papers in international journals or conferences. He edited the book “Wireless Power Transfer - Fundamentals and Technologies”, 978-953-51-2467-2, published by INTECH in 2016. He has also been involved as project manager or researcher in more than 40 scientific and /or industrial research projects, public or privately funded. Currently, he is a Partner team leader for the project “Hybrid visible light communications and augmented reality platform for the development of smart driver assistance and vehicle active safety systems” PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0917, for the Component Project P4 – “Characterization and improvement of the electromagnetic environment of modern vehicles, including visible and augmented reality communication systems”.