CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

Mr. Kostadin G. Brandisky

PERSONAL DATA

Permanent address Technical University of Sofia
Department of Theoretical Electrical Engineering
8, Kliment Ohridski St.
Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
E-mail: kbran@tu-sofia.bg
tel: +359 2 965 3809
Place of Birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Date of Birth November 6, 1950
Sex Male
Family Status Divorced, with one child
Nationality & Citizenship Bulgarian

 

EDUCATION

1973
Electrical Engineer (Subject: Radio-Engineering, microwave technique)
GPA 5.48/6
Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering - Sofia
Bulgaria (now - Technical University of Sofia)
1983
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering - Sofia (now - Technical University of Sofia), Bulgaria
Ph.D. thesis: Using numerical methods for analysis of electromagnetic fields in nonhomogeneous media. / Main topic - Finite Element Analysis of the electromagnetic fields in linear induction machines. /

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1975-1981
 Assistant Professor
1981-1989
 Senior Assistant Professor
1989-1999
Associate Professor
Department of Theoretical Electrical Engineering,
Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria

(a) Teaching: Electric Circuit Analysis; Electromagnetic Fields.

(b) Supervising graduate students in Computational Electromagnetics.

(c) Developed "Educational Software on Finite Elements for Electrical Engineering", under contract with UNESCO SC/RP 262097.9, 1989.

(d) Referee for the Bulgarian Ministry of Science and Higher Education (1989-92)

(e) Introducing the use of contemporary software packages (PSpice, MATLAB, QuickField) in the teaching of Electric Circuit Theory and Electromagnetics. Written three manuals on the use of PSpice, MATLAB and the finite element program FEMM.
2000-2004
 Head of the Department of Theoretical Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Sofia.

Main achievements:

a) Organized the moving of the department to a new modern building (7 laboratories, 14 offices, 1 workshop)

b) Managed the Bulgarian part of the Joint Project sponsored by the German foundation DAAD “Academic Reconstruction for South-Eastern Europe – Theoretical Electrical Engineering”, (2000-2003).
- Developed web-based Multimedia Course on Electric Circuits and Electromagnetic Field;
- Equipped a computer laboratory with 5 computers;
- Organized two Summer Schools for young scientists on Theoretical Electrical Engineering: “Sozopol 2001” and “Sozopol 2002”.

c) Head of the project “Modernization of the teaching on Theoretical Electrical Engineering”, sponsored by the World Bank (2003-2004).
- Developed web site of the department;
- Published 5 textbooks and manuals;
- Equipped a new computer laboratory with 16 PC-s;
- Equipped two laboratories with modern measuring devices - 8 osciloscopes, 8 functional generators, 20 digital multimeters, 8 digital power meters, 8 power supplies, 2 RLC meters, 2 harmonic distortion meters;

2004-2005

 Associate Professor
Managing the Bulgarian part of the Joint Project sponsored by the German foundation DAAD “Academic Reconstruction for South-Eastern Europe – Theoretical Electrical Engineering” , (2004-2006).

2014

 Full Professor

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1980-1992
While teaching in TU-Sofia:
Designing and programming several finite element packages for analysis of electromagnetic fields under contracts with the Bulgarian Ministry of Science and Higher Education:

(a) finite element package for analysis of time-harmonic electromagnetic fields in linear induction machines;

(b) finite element package for analysis of transient electromagnetic fields in non-linear media - asynchronous electrical machines, nondestructive testing devices.

(c) finite element package for analysis of magnetostatic fields in nonlinear media - inductors, actuators, permanent magnet and synchronous machines;
1992-1994
Post-doctoral research fellow for 2 years at:
Laboratory for Electrical Machines and Drives (ELECTA)
Electrical Engineering Department
K.U. Leuven, Belgium.

Main activities:

(a) Finite element modeling of permanent magnet DC machines and induction machines using MagNet CAD-finite element package. (a product of Infolytica Corp., Montreal, Canada). Served as consultant for MagNet, testing new versions of the package.

(b) Developed C-programs (shells) allowing parametric input of the geometry of the analysed devices and automation the use of MagNet with goal - automating the computer experiments needed for the design of the experiment method.

(c) Multiresponse (vector) optimization of permanent magnet machines using evolution strategy.
1995-2007
(a) Research on optimization of optical fibers.

(b) Design and optimization of electrode systems for application in electrochemotherapy, based on Finite Element Analysis of the electrical field. Since September 1999 – working as half-time Research Associate at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Center of Biomedical Engineering.

(c) Research on inverse problems in electrical impedance tomography and eddy current nondestructive testing.

(d) Using parallel genetic algorithms and neural networks, combined with the Finite Element Method, for solving optimization and inverse problems in electrical engineering.

(e) Refferee for the journals:
- Journal of Materials, Science and Technology
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

2007-2009

 Research on wireless power transfer 

2010

Research work (01.12.2009-30.09.2010), at the Technical University of Lodz, Poland, in the Computer Engineering Department, as Research Associate on FP6 Marie Curie Project “DENIDIA”, on modeling and optimization of Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT) sensors.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Author and co-author of 81 publications, 38 of them in international journals and conferences, and 16 manuals.

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

Languages FORTRAN 77, 90 (20 years experience)
C (3 years experience)
Environments VAX/VMS (3 years)
UNIX on HP 9000/750 (2 years )
Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP on PC
Applications
MagNet, FEMM, QuickField, Ansys/Magnetic, MATLAB, PSpice, XSTAT, MS Office

 

LANGUAGES

English
Reading: Very Good; Writing: Good; Speaking: Good

Passed TOEFL two times, in Oct. 1990 with score of 570 (reg. No. 1763700), and in Oct. 1995 with score of 593 (reg. No. 7417043).
French Reading: Good; Writing: Fair; Speaking: Fair
Russian Reading: Very Good; Writing: Good; Speaking: Good
Bulgarian native