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Mr. Catalin Nicolae POPESCU

Prof.univ.dr.habil.ing.,ec.

Professor - UNIVERSITATEA PETROL GAZE PLOIESTI

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Conducator de doctorat, domeniul: Inginerie si Management - UNIVERSITATEA DIN PETROSANI (Romania)

Dr. Cătălin Popescu is Professor of Management at University of Petroleum and Gas from Ploiesti, Romania. His research and consulting interest include general management, engineering management, project management, quantitative methods for business and management, management information systems, HRM, operations management, energy and environmental management and petroleum economics. Starting with 2016 he is PhD advisor in Engineering and Management domain. Dr. Popescu has published over 250 articles and conference papers, 9 books, 17 book chapters and he was involved in more than 35 scientific research grants and international projects. He is member of A.C.A.D.E.M.I.A., AMIER, SSMAR, AGIR, EUMMAS, IBIMA, IMTA Alumni. His international experience includes presentations and participations with papers in more than 27 countries, with more than 45 participations in International conferences. He was six times plenary speaker. He is editor-in-chief of JIBBP(USA) and EITC (Romania).

Web of Science ResearcherID: D-8177-2012

Curriculum Vitae (11/10/2024)

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GAS AND OIL PROCESSING, A EUROPEAN LEBANESE COOPERATION Call name:
561530-EPP-1-2015-1-RO-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP 2015 - 2018

Role in this project: Project coordinator

Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITATEA PETROL GAZE PLOIESTI

Project partners: UNIVERSITATEA PETROL GAZE PLOIESTI (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA PETROL GAZE PLOIESTI (RO)

Project website: http://www.gopelc.org

Abstract:

Develop and implement a new curriculum programme in the field of Gas and Oil Engineering

Ø The new curriculum is in perfect alignment with the with Bologna process requirements.

Ø Address the main issues that the Lebanese society and the Lebanese Higher educational system are facing: Energy problems, Gas and Oil offshore recently localised in Med. Sea, boost the recently established Chemical and Petroleum engineering departments

Ø Provide qualified professional resources capable of sustaining and managing the gas and oil industry development: students will learn new and advanced tools for gas and oil processing and environmental sustainability.

Ø GOPELC graduates will be in position to best serve the Partner country in developing the newly established oil and gas industry which will serve the Lebanese people in particular and the people in the surrounding countries.

Ø Keeping aware all stakeholders concerning the implementation of a new Master on GOP will foster its sustainability: dissemination activities such as information days, new master program launching,…

Innovative methods leading Youth to a solid career Call name:
VS/2012/0017 2013 - 2013

Role in this project: Partner team leader

Coordinating institution: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE STIINTIFICA IN DOMENIUL MUNCII SI PROTECTIEI SOCIALE - I N C S M P S

Project partners: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE STIINTIFICA IN DOMENIUL MUNCII SI PROTECTIEI SOCIALE - I N C S M P S (RO); UNIVERSITATEA PETROL GAZE PLOIESTI (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA PETROL GAZE PLOIESTI (RO)

Project website: http://www.firststeptofirstjob.eu

Abstract:

The idea behind the project “First Step to First Job” was created while observing a reality that EU Member States have been facing in the last years, that is a huge and fast increase of youth unemployment rate accompanied by a difficult transition of young people from school to work.

Following this idea, a partnership was formed with experts from Austria, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Romania. The consortium is aiming at analysing and bringing together different models that have been experienced by the five partnering countries when dealing with the issue of facilitating youth transition from education to labour market in order to identify common solutions with great transferability potential at EU level and to ensure an efficient transfer of innovative know-how among different EU Member States.

Therefore, the goal of the project is to come up with innovative methods for a more qualitatively appropriate youth employment, thus answering both the latter’s expectations as well as the needs of the society as a whole.

CAPITALIZATION OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES IN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY OF ROMANIA AS AN EFFECT OF DECISIONS BASED ON ECONOMETRIC METHODS AND MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS OF EXHAUSTIBLE MINERAL RESOURCES UTILIZATION Call name:
92-128/2008 2008 - 2011

Role in this project: Partner team leader

Coordinating institution: CENTRUL DE ECONOMIA INDUSTRIEI SI SERVICIILOR

Project partners: CENTRUL DE ECONOMIA INDUSTRIEI SI SERVICIILOR (RO); UNIVERSITATEA PETROL GAZE PLOIESTI (RO)

Affiliation: UNIVERSITATEA PETROL GAZE PLOIESTI (RO)

Project website: http://www.acier.iei.ro

Abstract:

The project had as main goal to identify, to analyze and to develop new managerial tools, for econometric assessment and multi-criteria analysis of certain exhaustible resources utilization (such as coal, mineral ores, oil and gas), that may lead to the capitalization of competitive advantages organizations from Romanian extractive industry may feature.

Why such analysis and decision-making models are needed? Because “The place of mathematics among human sciences is today very important, but tomorrow will be crucial” says Kaufmann; a quote that one way or another occurs or results from most of works in which mathematics is used as a tool for researches, for deepening and discovering new rules, for predicting future trends, all of these not only in one field, but in very diverse domains of science, technology, economy, society and history, that is everywhere clarity and strictness are highly needed. Leonardo da Vinci once said that “there is no precision in science if one of the mathematics sciences can’t be used, if there is no connection with figures”.

During the project implementation, evolved econometric models were used (multi-factorial models, dynamic econometric models, firm-level econometric models, spatial econometric models, cross-section and panel models, analysis, simulation and forecast non-linear models etc.) and modern multi-criteria analysis and decision-making techniques (sensitivity analysis, assessment grids, financial and non-financial scoreboards, TOPSIS method, decision trees, composite indices method, main component method, factorial decomposing method etc.) were giving the opportunity to assess the decision-making effects upon the growth of the potential of organizations in extractive industry (mining and oil and gas industry) to capitalize their competitive advantages.

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