Microfluidics & Bio-MEMS

Biography

Liviu Popa-Simil is currently president of LAVM LLC, a private company developing nano-nuclear materials and THz applications as well as security systems, and the Executive Director of LAAS - Los Alamos Academy of Sciences, which strives to serve the public good by promoting science and innovation.Nuclear engineer and researcher Dr. Popa-Simil has built a reputation for excellence over the course of a decades long career. After graduating from the Nuclear Engineering Faculty in Bucharest, Romania, specialized in Fast Breeder Reactors Physics and Engineering, and with dissertation work in Laser-Plasma Jet Nuclear Materials enrichments, he has a broad engineering and computing background. Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Liviu Popa-Simil, PhD, with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Popa-Simil celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field.

Research Interest

He introduced cutting edge technologies in industry, as robotics, material characterization using nuclear methods, interferential holography, sound and vibration based measurements, automotive and navigation electronics, etc., and took part in the study of various singular and abnormal phenomena. He rapidly advanced through his field, serving as an engineer-physicist, project coordinator and senior researcher for IFIN-HH (Nuclear Physics and Engineering Institute - Horia Hulubei), Accelerator and Nuclear Physics Application Division where he developed nuclear methods and applications in industry and environment, and initiated novel nuclear fuel research and pulsed power applications. He then served as Technical Director of Electron Trading, where he was involved in modernizing process control and automation in the processing industry.