Sergiu Adrian Artene

Student job in the Institute of Flight Propulsion, Technische Universität München. Main tasks: -Catia V5 designing and documenting a new test bench for rocket propulsion facility by laser ignition and LOX turbo-pump. -Documenting of the old equipment in the lab in order to reuse it.

Research on turbulent plasma: spatio-temporal properties, transport of particles and heat. Experimental engineering. Main tasks: -Data analysis of plasmas in AUG tokamak. -Measurements and understanding of plasmas with different diagnostics (Interferometry, Spectroscopy, Lagmuir probes, Retarding field analyser, Infrared-camera). -Setting and handling of a pneumatic arm that gets into the plasma for direct measurements. -Building a database of plasma filamentary properties.

Student job as a laboratory technical assistant in the Energy Conversion and Storage ECS group, Prof. Aliaksandr Bandarenka at Technische Universität München. Main tasks: -Assistance to the research group in energy storage and conversion, catalysis processes, surface studies (AFM and STM) and nano-scale modelling. -Construction of a black room for laser experiments (wall, table and laser structures preparation and assemblage).

Madrid area (Spain). Subjects: Mathematics and Physics Levels: from primary school to university level.

Sales of reactive power inverters. Reactive power convertors for small business circuits (car reparation shops, supermarkets…). Complete sale process: from finding clients to contract signing and customer after sale. Summer job.

-Master Thesis: “Quantification of filamentary plasma transport of particles and heat in ASDEX Upgrade” at Max Planck Institute. Publication of results in papers and conferences. Grade 1.3 in German level, equal to A in USA level or 9.7/10 in Spanish references.

-Thesis: “Ion temperature of turbulent plasmas”. Grade 10/10 in Spanish reference grade marks, equal to 1 in German level, or A+ in USA level.