CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Family name: Popa 2. First names: Nicolae 3. Date of birth: 5 December 1946 4. Nationality: Romanian 5. Civil status: Married 6. Education: Institution Civil Engineering Institute of Bucharest, Railways, Roads, and Bridges Faculty Date: from (month/year): to (month/year) October/ 1964 - June/1969 Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: 7. Language skills: (Mark 1 to 5 for competence) - Railway Construction Engineer Diploma, June 1969 - Doctor Degree (PhD) in Bridges, 1986 Language Reading Speaking Writing English 4 4 4 French 3 3 3 German 1 1 1 8. Membership of professional bodies: - Romanian Professional Association of Roads and Bridges, (APDP) since 1992; - International Association for Bridge Management and Safety (IABMAS), since 2001; 9. Other skills: Research & Development: 1993: Grant for Research and Technical Documentation at the Fridericiana University, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 1993 December 1993; 1986: Doctor Degree (PhD) in Bridges with a subject in the field of pre and post critical behavior of plate and box girders webs used in modern steel and composite bridge structures; 10. Key qualifications: Bridge Engineering. Highly experienced in bridge design, construction, expertises, research, structural analysis, and projects checking. 11. Specific Eastern (External) Countries experience: Only in Romania 12. Professional Experience Record:
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) Location Company Position Description Aug. 1969 Sept.1993 Bucharest Railways Design Institute (ISPCF). Department of Bridges - Design Engineer 15 Projects and Studies for Bridges on the Romanian Railways Network: - Strengthening of the steel truss superstructure of the bridge on the railway Galati Barlad, Km. 44 + 426; - Project for the new welded plate girder bridge on the railway Triaj Barbosi Vadeni, Km. 0 + 477; - Project for the new welded plate girder bridge on the railway Medgidia Nisipari, Km. 4 + 452; - Repair projects for super structure components of the «King Carol I Bridge» in Cernavoda ; - Project for the new bridge crossing Somuz river on the railway Adjud Suceava ; - Repair projects for bridges crossing Trotus river in Urechesti and Onesti on the railway Adjud Ciceu ; Date: from (month/year) to Sept.1993 to date (month/year) Location Bucharest Company Technical University of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Railways, Roads and Bridges, Department of Bridges Position Assistant Professor (1973 1978) Lecturer (1978 1990) Associate Professor (1990 1993) University Professor (1993 2011) Retired since 05.12.2011 Visiting Professor (2011 present) Description - Academic work: Graduate and Post graduate lectures, seminars, training projects, diploma projects in the field of designing, fabrication, construction, inspection, maintenance and management of bridges; - Technical Work. Examples: The Project for the Truss Steel Railway Bridge crossing Siret River at Barbosi, 1974, 4 x 64,2m; Technical Studies for the New Bridge crossing
Danube at Fetesti and Cernavoda, 1975 1976 ; The Project for Steel Box Structures of the acces railway viaducts to the New Bridges crossing Danube at Fetesti and Cernavoda, 1977 1980; The Project for Steel Arch Structure (Nielsen System) of the Highway Bridge crossing the Danube Black Sea Canal at Basarabi, 1980 1983 ; Launching Projects for the Steel Structure of the Bridges crossing the Danube Black Sea Canal at Cernavoda and Poarta Alba, 1981 1982; - Research work. Examples: Department Standard for designing of steel bridge structures joints with calibrated high strength bolts, (STR MTTc 1418 86), 1984 1986; New Romanian Specifications for the designing of the Steel Railway Bridges ( Romanian Standard SR 1911 98), 1987 1989, 1995 1998; 13. Others: Collaboration with private firms as: - EUROMETUDES S.A. (1994 2005). Consulting engineer, expert and projects checker. Exemples: The New Arch Bridge crossing Danube Black Sea Canal at Cernavoda, 1994 2002; Pedestrian Bridge crossing Mures River between Burjuc and Tisa villages, 2000; - SEARCH CORPORATION S.A. (2000 present). Consulting engineer, projects checker. Exemples: Suspension Bridge crossing Gogosu branch of Danube in Portile de Fier II (2000 2002) 15 Pedestrian Bridges crossing DN 1, between Bucharest ant Ploiesti, (2001 2004) ; The Project Craiova by pass road. Over pass Km. 7 + 898, 2004 ; The Project Pitesti by pass for motorway. 5 Bridges with composite structures crossing Arges river and Doamnei river, 2002 2005; New cable stayed bridge crossing Danube Black Sea Channel at Agigea (under construction).
- S.C. CONSIS PROIECT S.R.L. (2002 2005). Consulting engineer, expert and projects checker. Exemples: Technical Assesment of the Bridge crossing Crisul Repede in Oradea, on the railway Bucharest Oradea Km. 651 + 252, 2002; Technical Assesment of the Bridge crossing Slanic river on the railway Buda Slanic, Km. 0 + 248, 2002; Reabilitation of the Mostistea Bridge on the railway Fundulea Fetesti, Km. 47 + 915, 2004; Technical Assesment of the Bridge crossing Olt river in Rm. Valcea on tha railway Valcele Rm. Valcea Km. 168 + 430, 2005; Technical Assesment of the Topolog, Samnic and Samnicel Viaducts on the railway Valcele Rm. Valcea, 2005; Supplementary technical activities: - Authorized Expert for Bridges (MLPAT Certificate N. 363) from January 1994 to present; - Authorized Projects Checker for Bridges (MLPAT certificate N. 741) from November 1993 to present. Innovations: - Certificate N. 1178 / September 1990 of the Romanian Transport Ministry for the work Railway Bridge Structures with asymmetrical plate steel girders embedded in reinforced concrete ; Publications (examples): I. Buca, O. Opran, R. Mühlbächer, N. Popa: Steel Bridges. Designing examples, Published by Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, Bucharest, 1981, 398 pag; N. Popa: Strength of Transveraly and Longitudinaly Stiffened Webs for Plate and Box Girder Bridges. The 4 th National Conference for Steel Structures, Timisoara, 1985, 10 pages; N. Popa, I. Petrescu: Commentary about Fatigue Damages on Romanian Steel Bridges. Published in the Volume New Developments in Constructional Engineering. Resarch Center for Steel, Timber and Stones, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 1994, 12 pages; N. Popa, D. Teodorescu, S. Florea: The Centenary of the King Carol I Bridge over the Danube in Cernavoda (1885 1995), Proceedings of the Second International Conference Bridges on the Danube, Bucharest Cernavoda, September 1995, 15 pages; I. Petrescu, N. Popa: Comparative study of a bowstring arch bridge stability with various types of wind bracings, Stahlbau, Heft 2, February 1999, Ernst & Sohn a Wiley Company, 4 pages;
N. Micu, M. Dovancescu, N. Popa: The New Road Bridge Crossing the Canal Danube Black Sea at Cernavoda, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference Bridges Across the Danube, Bratislava, September 2001, 8 pages; N. Popa, A. Dima, I. Racanel: The Fatigue Safety Rules used in Romania for Steel Bridge Structures, Proceedings of the Firest International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2002, Barcelona, July, 2002, 8 pages; N. Popa, A. Dima, I. Racanel: Technical evaluation on Bridge crossing Olt River in Ramnicu Valcea Romania. The Third International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety, and Management, IABMAS `06, Porto, Portugal, 2006, 8 pages. Bucharest, July 18th, 2013