UNCONVENTIONAL ACTUATORS, MICROMACHINES
AND MICRODRIVES RESEARCH LABORATORY
Unconventional Actuators, Micromachines and Micropower Drives laboratory it’s a part of the
structure of Research Center in Electrical Machines, Apparatus and Drives recognized in 2004 by
National Council of Stiintific Research from Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation.
OBJECTIVES 
The laboratory activitie follow the
strategy of the Research Center and have
the following
objectives: specialists
forming which can may compete through
their calification and performance at
enlargement of knowledge frontier;
university competitivity development on
top qualification market; committal of
performance elite forming by line of young
teachers.
The research directions which
entailed the founding of Unconventional
Actuators, Micromachines and Microdrives
laboratory relies on the reconsideration of
some categories of classic forces developed
in magnetic field and electric field or
another category of forces: forces based on
solid structure deformation under the action
of the electric field (piezoelectricity etc.) or
under the action of the magnetic field;
forces based on solid structure deformation
under the action of the heat (thermo-
bimetal; memory alloy etc.) and which
brought in some prototypes in solar
energetic (solar bimetallic engine, solar
nitinol engine, solar pneumatic engine etc.);
forces based on chemical reactions leading
to the achievement of the electrochemical
pumps; forces based on hydraulic effects
uses. Non-conventional energy supply
developments, micro wind turbine
dimensioning and power system testing
equipment represents new research
directions.
MAIN RESEARCH EQUIPMENT:
Computers, video camera, data
acquisition boards; frequency converters,
software application used for
electromagnetic and thermal physics
simulations. 
Equiflux and flux density to an asincron motor
SCIENTIFIC RESULTS
The research results were evidenced
through:
International and national exhibition
awards:
Monophase asyncronous motor with
multiple rotors. Innova, Bruxelles, 2009
Solar micromotor:
Bronze Medal at
Salon International des Inventions, des
Techniques et Produits Nouveaux,
Geneva,
2008  
Solar motor: Gold Medal at International
INVENTIKA Exhibition, Bucharest, 200
Low speed electric engine: Silver Medal
at International Exhibition of Innovations,
New Ideas, New Products and
Technologies - ARCA, Zagreb, 2008
Heliotrope: Gold Medal at International
ECOINVENT Exhibition, Iassy, 2003 
Patents: 39
Patent applications: 200 
Books: 5
INVENTICA Exhibition
Unconventional Electrical Machines
Symposium – ELS2005
International Symposium on Electrical
Engineering and Energy Converters –
ELS 2007, ELS 2009.
TEAM
Professor Dorel CERNOMAZU, PhD. Eng. Head of the research team:
Phone/Fax: (+40)-230-524801, ext. 170, 238
E-mail: dorelc@eed.usv.ro
Associate prof. Leon MANDICI, PhD, Eng. 
Phone/Fax: (+40)-230-524801, ext. 167, 238
E-mail: lmandici@eed.usv.ro
Associate prof. Dan MILICI, PhD, Eng. 
Phone/Fax: (+40)-230-524801, ext. 104 
E-mail: dam@eed.usv.ro 
Associate prof. Mihai RATA,PhD, Eng. 
Phone/Fax: (+40)-230-524801, ext. 167
E-mail: mihair@eed.usv.ro
Lecturer Niculai BARBA, PhD, Eng.
Phone/Fax: (+40)-230-524801, ext. 184
E-mail: barba@eed.usv.ro 
Assistant Elena Daniela OLARIU, PhD. Eng.
Phone/Fax: (+40)-230-524801, ext. 184
E-mail: elenao@eed.usv.ro 
Assistant Ciprian AFANASOV, PhD. Eng.
Phone/Fax: (+40)-230-524801, ext. 170
E-mail: aciprian@eed.usv.ro 
PdD. Students: Nicolae SOREA, Brandusa NEGRU, 
Iulian BACIU, Ilie ROMANIUC
Students: Dorin LOGIGAN, Marian LEVITCHI, 
Agnezia UNGUREAN
 
MAIN COLLABORATION
Technical University of Moldova  
Gent University
University of Catania
Polytechnic Institute of Porto 
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi
Politechnica
University of Bucharest 
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Transilvania University of Brasov
Technical University of Timisoara