Sef lucrari dr.ing. BROBOANA DIANA E-mail: diana@hydrop.pub.ro

• Surname: BROBOANA
• First name: DIANA
• Nationality: Romanian
• Date of birth: 06.03. 1958
• Title: Dr.- Ing.
• Position:Teaching Assistant, "Politehnica" University Bucharest (PUB), Hydraulics Department;

• Area of scientific interest: : Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, rheology, rheometry, Numerical Models
• Education:
  1977 Baccalaureat
  1982 Master in mechanical engineering, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
  1991 University "Politehnica" of Bucharest - Energetics Faculty: PhD in Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics; advisor: Prof. Dr. Ion Seteanu (UPB)

• Fellowships:
  2000 (3 months) Spain, University of Zaragoza, Socrates doctoral stage: Finit Element Methods For Fluid Dynamic Analysis Of Engineering Systems;
  2001 (1 month), Spain, University of Madrid, research stage in Econometrics (TEMPUS JEP IB 14029-99);
  2003 (21 avril - 3 mai), Technische Universität Darmstadt, Universität Karlsruhe, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - Visite d’études
   2004 (18 aprilie - 2 mai), Technische Universität Dresden, Technische Universität Berlin, BAM Institut (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing), Institut fur Aerodynamik und Stromungstechnik Gottingen, Aerodynamischen Institut (Aachen University) – Visite d’études, Fluid mechanics and rheology, Numerical simulations and experimentals simulations ;

• Computer experience:
  Languages: FORTRAN, BASIC
  Mathematical software: Matlab, Fluent MathCad, SigmaPlot, Origin, Microsoft Office




• Scientific activity:
Colloquiums (selection after 2000):
  2003 Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Fluent Applications, Timisoara, Romania;
  2003 Annual European Rheology Conference, Guimaraes, Portugal;
  2003 South Estern Europe Fluent Users Group Meeting, Istambul, Turcia
  2003 International Conference for Energy and Environment, Bucharest, Romania
   2004 3rd Hydroenergeticians Conference from Romania "Dorin Pavel", Bucharest, Romania
  2004 6th International Conference on Hydraulic Machinery and Hydrodynamics, Timisoara, Romania
  2004 International Symposium on Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Mechanics (STAMM'04), Seeheim, Germany
  2004 "Caius Iacob" National Colloquium for Fluid Mechanics, Bucharest, Romania
  2004 Experimental and Computational Biofluid Mechanics (EUROMECH 456), RWTH Aachen, Germany
Research projects (selection after 2000):
  Rheology of drilling fluids in presence of polymer solutions, nr. 18, UPB-CCEPM, (S.C. PETROM S.A.) 2003 ;
  Rheology of drilling fluids with micro-bubbles, nr. 40A, UPB-CCEPM (S. C. PETROM S.A.) 2002;
Grants (selection after 2000):
  Aplications of fluids rheology in biology and medicine, nr. 184, CNCSIS (World Bank), 2001 – 2002;
  Rheological investigations of nano- and microfluids in electric and magnetic fields, nr. 113, CNCSIS, 20;
  Investigations of capillary flow of viscous fluids filled with deformable particles, with application to the hydrodynamics of corporal fluids, CNCSIS 1368

• LIST OF PUBLICATIONS – (selection after 2000):
  Broboana D., Balan C., Calin A., Muntean T., Petrovici T., "Numerical and Experimental Simulations of the Viscous Flows in 2D and 3D Bifurcations", Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Fluent Applications, Timisoara, pp 141-153, 2003;
  Balan C., Broboana D., Calin A., Muntean T., "Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Viscous and Viscoelastic Flows in 2D and 3D bifurcations", AERC 2003, Guimaraes, Portugal;
  Calin A., Muntean T., Balan C., Broboana D., "Flow of viscous fluids in bifurcated pipes: Part I - Experimental investigations", CIEM, Bucharest, 2003;
  Broboana D., Balan C., Muntean T., "Flow of the Viscous Fluids in 3D Bifurcations: Experimental Investigations and Numerical Simulations", Istambul,Turkey, 2003;
  Broboana D., Balan C., Muntean T. , Marica C. " Investigations of capillary flow of viscous fluids filled with deformable particles, with application to the hydrodynamics of corporal fluids ", Hydroenergeticians Conference from Romania "Dorin Pavel", Bucharest, 28-29 Mai, 2004;
  Balan C., Broboana D., Muntean T., Marica C., "Flow of viscous fluids in 3D bifurcations: experimental investigations and numerical simulations", The 6th International Conference on Hydraulic Machinery and Hydrodynamics, Timisoara, Romania, October 21-23, 2004;
  Broboana D., Muntean T., Balan C., "Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Pure Viscous and Weak Elastic Viscous Flows in Bifurcations", STAMM'2004, International Symposium on Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Mechanics, Seeheim,. Germany, 2004 ;

• "Experimental and numerical inverstigations of viscous flows in 3-D bifurcations, with applications to the modelling of blood flow in portal vein", EUROMECH 456, Experimental and Computational Biofluid Mechanics, RWTH Aachen, 2004 .
Broboana D., Muntean T., Balan C., „Politehnica“ University of Bucharest, Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology – REOROM Group