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BOGDAN POPESCU |
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| University of Cincinnati | |
| Department of Physics | Phone : (513)-556-4580 |
| PO Box 210011 | Email : popescb at email.uc.edu |
| CINCINNATI, OH 45221-0011 | Web : http://www.physics.uc.edu/~popescu/ |
| EDUCATION |
| 2006-present | Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cincinnati, Department of Physics, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2004-present | Graduate Student, University of Cincinnati, Department of Physics, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2002-2004 | Graduate Student, University of Utah, Department of Physics, Salt Lake City, UT |
| 1997 | M.Sc. in Physics, "Al.I. Cuza" University, Department of Physics, Iasi, Romania, specialization Theory of Non-Linear Phenomena, Thesis : Application of Gravitational Lenses |
| 1996 | B.S. in Physics, "Al.I. Cuza" University, Department of Physics, Iasi, Romania, specialization Theoretical Physics, Thesis : Gravitational Lenses |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| 2006-present | Graduate Research Assistant, Univ. of Cincinnati, Dept. of Physics, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2004-2006 | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Univ. of Cincinnati, Dept. of Physics, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2002-2004 | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Univ. of Utah, Dept. of Physics, Salt Lake City, UT |
| 1996-2002 | High School Teacher, Iasi, Romania |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
| 2005-2006 | Intermediate Physics Lab I, II, III; Advanced Lab I,II; |
| General Physics for Majors III (T.A.); General Physics III (T.A.) | |
| 2004-2005 | General Physics for Majors I, II, III (T.A.); Physics of Light and Color (T.A.); |
| Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (T.A.); Introductory Physics (T.A.) | |
| 2003-2004 | Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Relativity (T.A.); General Physics Lab I, II |
| 2002-2003 | Physics for Scientists and Engineers I, II (T.A.) |
| PAPERS |
| B. Popescu & M.M. Hanson, 2009, submitted to AJ (arXiv preprint : astro-ph/0811.4210) |
| D. Burke, T. Axelrod, J. Bartlett, D. Cinabro, C. Claver, M. Creze, J. Frank, K. Gilmore, J. Haggerty, Z. Ivezic, L. Jones, V. Krabbendam, B. Meadows, D. Monet, P. O'Connor, J. Oliver, B. Popescu, A. Saha, A. Smith, C. Smith, C. Stubbs, J.A. Tyson, 2009, AAS 213, 460.18 (abstract) |
| M.M. Hanson & B. Popescu, 2008, IAUS, 250, 307 (PDF) |
| M.M. Hanson & B. Popescu, 2007, AAS, 211, 58.14 (abstract) (poster) |
| D. Burke, T. Axelrod, J. Bartlett, D. Cinabro, C. Claver, M. Creze, J. Frank, K. Gilmore, J. Haggerty, Z. Ivezic, L. Jones, V. Krabbendam, B. Meadows, D. Monet, P. O'Connor, J. Oliver, B. Popescu, A. Saha, A. Smith, C. Smith, C. Stubbs, J.A. Tyson, 2007, AAS, 211, 137.23 (abstract) |
| PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES |
| 2008-present | Member of the American Physical Society (aps.org) |
| 2007-present | Member of the LSST Calibration Simulation Team |
| CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS |
| 2008 | Oct | LSST Calibration Simulation Workshop, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY |
| 2008 | Aug | SSC Group Meeting, Wapakoneta, OH |
| 2008 | May | LSST All Hands Meeting at NCSA, Urbana, IL |
| 2008 | Apr | SSC Group Meeting, Wapakoneta, OH |
| 2008 | Jan | 211th Meeting of AAS, Austin, TX, M. Hanson and B. Popescu |
| 2008 | Jan | LSST Calibration Simulation Meeting, SLAC, Palo Alto, CA |
| 2008 | Jan | LSST Calibration Simulation Workshop, SLAC, Palo Alto, CA |
| 2007 | Dec | IAU Symposium 250 on Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines - Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, HI, M. Hanson and B. Popescu |
| 2007 | Oct | KITP at UCSB - Star Formation Through Cosmic Time, Santa Barbara, CA, M. Hanson and B. Popescu |
| 2007 | Sep | LSST Calibration Simulation Meeting, SLAC, Palo Alto, CA |
| 2007 | Aug | Photometry Training Workshop, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ |
| 2007 | Feb | PYTHON Programming for High Performance Computing Workshop, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Columbus, OH |
| 2006 | Dec | LSST All Hands Meeting at SLAC, Palo Alto, CA |
| 2006 | Sep | LSST Camera Collaboration/Simulations Workshop at SLAC, Palo Alto, CA |
| PRESENTATIONS |
| 2008 | Nov |
The Massive Cluster Population of the Milky Way, ESO, Santiago, Chile, M. Hanson and B. Popescu |
| 2008 | Oct | Creating the LSST CalSim Model Source Catalog, LSST Calibration Simulation Workshop, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY |
| 2008 | Sep | Creating the LSST CalSim Model Source Catalog - myCAT 0.95 beta, for LSST Calibration Simulation at SLAC, Palo Alto, CA, B. Popescu, B. Meadows, M. Sokoloff, M. Hanson |
| 2008 | May | Model Source Catalog using myCAT code, LSST All Hands Meeting at NCSA, Calibration Simulation Session, Urbana, IL |
| 2008 | Apr | MASSCLEAN - Features and Users Guide, SSC Group Meeting, Wapakoneta, OH |
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Software Requirements for the Prototype Code, LSST Calibration Simulation Workshop at SLAC, Palo Alto, CA |
| 2007 | Dec | One Hundred 30 Dors?, IAU Symposium 250 on Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines - Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, HI, M. Hanson and B. Popescu |
| 2007 | Oct | LSST Calibration Simulation Diagrams (3), for LSST Calibration Simulation at SLAC, Palo Alto, CA |
| 2007 | Oct | The Search for Young Massive Clusters in Our Galaxy, KITP at UCSB, Star Formation Through Cosmic Time, Santa Barbara, CA, M. Hanson and B. Popescu |
| 2007 | Jul | LSST Calibration Simulation Diagrams (2), for LSST Calibration Simulation at SLAC, Palo Alto, CA |
| 2007 | May | MASSCLEAN - Results, LSST-Astro Group at UC, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2007 | Apr | LSST Calibration Simulation Diagrams (1), for LSST Calibration Simulation at SLAC, Palo Alto, CA |
| 2007 | Mar | MASSCLEAN - Description, LSST-Astro Group at UC, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2007 | Jan | MASSCLEAN - Overview, LSST-Astro Group at UC, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2006 | Oct |
Gravitational Lenses Simulated with GRAVLENS, LSST-Astro Group at UC, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2006 | Oct | LSST Simulation with GEANT4, LSST-Astro Group at UC, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2006 | Oct | LSST Telescope Simulation with OSLO, LSST-Astro Group at UC, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2006 | Sep | Selected Topics on Gravitational Lenses, LSST-Astro Group at UC, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2006 | Aug | Telescopes and Detectors, LSST-Astro Group at UC, Cincinnati, OH |
| POSTERS |
| 2008 | Mar | B.Popescu, MASSCLEAN : Search for the Missing Clusters, Graduate Poster Forum, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2008 | Feb | B.Popescu, MASSCLEAN : Search for the Missing Clusters, Research Poster Contest, Physics Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH |
| AWARDS |
| University Research Council (URC) Summer Graduate Student Research Fellowships 2008 (UC's announcement) | |
| COMPUTER SKILLS |
| Operating Systems | Linux/UNIX, Windows |
| Programming Languages | C/C++, Delphi/Kylix, Python, JavaScript, HTML, PHP |
| Databases | MySQL, Access |
| Multimedia | Desktop Publishing, Computer Graphics |