The Academy of Romanian Scientists, L ‘Accademia Tiberina and the National University of Science and Technolgy Politehnica Bucharest are organizing the International Scientific Conference “Applications of Chemistry in Nanosciences and Biomaterials Engineering (NanoBioMat)” for young researchers.
19-21 June 2024 Online – Teams Platform
The topics for the conference include:
– novel materials;
– surface chemistry;
– air and soil bioremediation;
– composite materials and biomaterials;
– applications of natural compounds and chemical products;
– nanomaterials and bionanomaterials for the controlled release of biologically active molecules;
– bionanoproducts for bone and tissue regeneration;
AOSR Awards Gala, an academic event under the auspices of scientific excellence
On Friday, 21 June 2024, at 9:30 am, the ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS AWARDS GALA for 2022 will take place. The event takes place at the AOSR headquarters on str. Ilfov nr. 3, Bucharest.
The award ceremony is followed, from 12:00, by Homage Session
EMINESCU, THE FULL MAN OF ROMANIAN CULTURE 9th edition
organised by the Philosophy, Theology and Psychology Section of the AOSR.
Opening speech: Doina BANCIU, President of AOSR
They will lecture: Angela BOTEZ Andrei DÎRLĂU Elena ARMENESCU Gheorghe DĂNIȘOR Ioan N. ROȘCA Diana DĂNIȘOR Henrieta Anișoara ȘERBAN Narcis ZĂRNESCU Sorin IVAN Mihai BĂDESCU ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
On June 21, 2024, the Romanian Academy of Scientists Awards Gala for the year 2022, dedicated to excellence in scientific research, took place. The event took place in the Council Hall of the AOSR, in the presence of a select audience of academics, researchers, scientists, cultural and scientific circles, authors, guests. At the presidium were: prof. univ. dr. eng. Adrian Badea, honorary president of AOSR, prof. univ. dr. eng. Doina Banciu, President of AOSR, prof. univ. dr. Viorel Jinga, vice-president of AOSR, the rector of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, prof. univ. dr. eng. Anton Hadăr, vice-president AOSR, prof. univ. dr. eng. Prof. Prof. Petru Andea, Scientific Secretary AOSR.
The Romanian Academy of Scientists Awards for the year 2022 were as follows:PHYSICAL SCIENCES SECTION, ȘERBAN ȚIȚEICA PRIZE, Open Quantum Physics and Environmental Heat Conversion into Usable Energy (Volume 3), Author: Eliade Ștefănescu, Publishing House Bentham Books, Number of pages 157, Year of publication 2022;GEONOMICAL SCIENCES SECTION, NICOLAE PETRULIAN PRIZE, The use of explosives for blasting hard rock in quarries and public works sites, Author: Dumitru Fodor, Editura Agir, Number of pages 411, Publication year 2022; ECONOMIC, LEGAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SECTION, COSTIN KIRIȚESCU PRIZE, Romania’s Policy for Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic, Author: Cristina Otovescu, Editura Academiei Române, Number of pages 285, Year of publication 2022; TUDOR TUDOR POPESCU PRIZE, Trea treatise on administrative litigation, Author: Cătălin -Silviu Săraru, Publishing House Universul Juridic, Number of pages 543, Year of publication 2022;MEDICAL SCIENCES SECTION, THE CAROL DAVILA AWARD,Infectious infectiousțioasăîn pandemie, authors: Sorin Rugină, Irina Magdalena Dumitru, Viața medicală Publishing House: Medichub Media, 2022; VASILECÂNDEAPRIZE, Guide educațional al pacienților cu obezitate, authors: Florin Mitu, Veronica Mocanu, Editura Gr. T. Popa, 2022; CONSTANTINBĂLĂCEANU-STOLNICIPRIZE, Compendium of vaccinology (vol.I/II), author: Irina Magdalena Dumitru, Editura Viața medicală: Medichub Media, 2022; IOAN MORARU PRIZE,Pharmacology vol. I, author Anca Buzoianu, Medical Publishing House 2022; TECHNICAL SCIENCES SECTION, HERMANN OBERTH PRIZE, Larisa Ivașcu, Lucian-Ionel Cioca, Gheorghe Filip, Intelligent Techniques for Efficient Use of Valuable Resources, Springer Publishing, 2022; MARTIN BERCOVICI PRIZE, Lucian Pîslaru-Dănescu, Gabriela Telipan, Sensitive materials for use in sensing, Electra Publishing House, 2022; SECTION AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, FORESTRY AND VETERINARY MEDICINE, PETRE AURELIAN PRIZE, Bonitation and technological characterization of agricultural soils, Autori: Radu Petru Brejea, Nicu Cornel Sabău, Editura Universității Oradea, Number of pages 404, Year of publication 2022; VASILE GHEȚIE AWARD, Agrotourism, Author: Romulus Gruia, Clarion Brașov Publishing House, Number of pages 333, Year of publication 2022; AMILCAR VASILIU PRIZE, Practice and pastoralism in scientific research, Author: Teodor Marușca, Publishing House Transilvania University of Brasov, Number of pages 311, Publication year 2022; PHILOSOPHY SECTION, CONSTANTIN NOICA PRIZE, Why do we like superheroes? Marvel movie mythology and symbolismAuthor: Nicolae Gavriluță, Polirom Publishing House, Iași, 2022; INFORMATICS SECTION, CORNELIU PENESCU PRIZE, Ștefan TRĂUȘAN-MATU, Mihai DASCĂLU: AI Tools for Learning and Collaboration; ȘTEFAN ODOBLEJA AWARD, Valentina Emilia BALAȘ, for scientific work Nonlinear Control for Blood Glucose Regulation of Diabetic Patients – LMI Approach and Intelligent Computing and Networking, published by Elsevier and Springer;HISTORY SECTION, GHEORGHE BUZATU PRIZE, Sever Bocu, Autori: Florian Bichir, Horea Dumitrescu, Editura RAO, Number of pages 809, Year of publication 2022;ANDREI OȚETEA AWARD, Bicazu ardelean – monograph, Autori: Gheorghe Țepeș-Greuruș, Cornel Duculescu, Marcela Duculescu, Ionel Moldovan, Constantin Ioan Bîrsan, Editura Crigarux, Piatra-Neamț, Number of pages 548, Publication year 2022; AUREL SACERDODOȚEANU PRIZE, Stefadina, Authors: Corneliu Mihail Lungu, Mihai NicolaeDIMITRIE CANTEMIR PRIZE, Encyclopaedia – Centenary of the War of the War of Integration and the Great Union (2014-2020),Author-coordinator Ion I. Solcanu, Univers Enciclopedic Publishing House and Romanian Academy of Scientists Publishing House, Number of pages 1712, Year of publication 2022;MILITARY SCIENCES SECTION, MARSHAL CONSTANTIN PREZAN PRIZE, Reconfiguration of Security and International Relations in the 21st Century, Author: Iulian Chifu, Publishing House Rao, Number of pages 328, Year of publication 2022; GENERAL PAUL TEODORESCU AWARD, Logistic Support to the Operations of an Infantry Unit, Autori: Gheorghe Minculete, Benone Andronic and Bixi-Pompiliu Mocanu, Editura Academiei Forțelor Terestre din Sibiu, Number of pages 290, Year of publication 2022.
TheRomanian Academy of Romanian ScientistsAwards Gala was a major event of the Romanian scientific research, due to the breadth of the scientific fields, the quality and value of the awarded works, signed by renowned authors. The event, which is part of a long academic tradition of the AOSR, expresses, within the programs and projects of the institution, the major role that the Romanian Academy of Scientists attaches to creativity, innovation and originality in the process of scientific research development and knowledge transfer. The 2024 Awards Gala is part of the “Romania of Knowledge” Program, initiated by the Romanian Academy of Scientists, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” and the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, a national Program, which promotes education, science and research as key factors and vectors of Romania’s development through knowledge, a true Country Project.
Conferencededicated to prof. Constantin I. Angelescu at 155 years since his birth
Moderator – Prof. Victor Ciupină, President of the Constanta Branch of AOȘR
Lecture: Dr. Constantin I. Angelescu (12 June 1869-14 September 1948)– a leading figure in education and culture,founding president (1935) of the Romanian Academy of Sciences
Lecturer – Prof. Stoica Lascu, M.C. of AOȘR
The event will take place on Saturday, 15 June 2024, at 11.00 am, at the Constanta Branch of AOȘR – bd. Mamaia nr. 126
The “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy in Sibiu is hosting the 30th edition of the international scientific conference The Knowledge – Based Organization (KBO) 2024, an event organized under the aegis of the Romanian Academy of Scientists.
183 authors from higher education institutions and research centres from Romania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine and Hungary registered for this year’s edition, with 100 papers being submitted.
KBO offers participants the opportunity to disseminate knowledge and scientific research results and exchange ideas on a wide range of topics that fall under the theme of knowledge-based organisation.
The conference “RESEARCH – THE VOCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE” discusses the importance of supporting young people’s innovative ideas in all fields of science and the development of research projects through funding opportunities offered by the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitisation, Structural Funds and international programmes.
The main objectives of the conference are to develop and strengthen scientific and technical skills of importance for economic and social development, including the training of talented researchers for the Romanian research, academic and innovation system.
On 24 May, in the Aula of the “Carol I” Central University Library, the General Assembly of the Romanian Academy of Scientists met to discuss a number of important issues in the existence of the institution, at the end of the 2020-2024 mandate and at the beginning of the 2024-2028 mandate. The agenda of the General Assembly included the following items: 1. Presentation and approval of the Report on the scientific activity of the AOSR in 2023and the Financial Report for the year 2023; 2. Speech by Prof. Dr. Ing. Adrian Badea at the end of two terms as President of the AOSR; 3. Putting to vote the election of the Honorary President of the AOSR; 4. Voting of candidates for full, corresponding and honorary members of the AOSR; 5. Election of the new Presidium of the AOSR for the term 2024-2028.
According to the Report on the scientific activity of the AOSR in 2023, presented by Mr. Doru-Sabin Delion, Research Scientist I, Vice-President of AOSR and President of the Bucharest Branch of AOSR, the Romanian Academy of Scientists has had a substantial and complex scientific activity in the past year, materialized in national and international scientific events, research contracts, projects for young people at postdoctoral level. The prodigious scientific activity of the AOSR is reflected in its presence in the ISI – Web of Science database, in the number of citations and international visibility of the institution. The results of the scientific activity place AOSR on the 7th place in the top of the research institutions in Romania according to the prestigious SCIMAGO ranking.
President Adrian Badea presented the evolution of the AOSR during the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 presidential terms, the vision that was at its origin, in line with the founders of the institution, starting with Professor Constantin Angelescu and continuing with Professor General Vasile Cândea, highlighted the development coordinates, programs, projects and events under the aegis of the institution and highlighted its status as an elite academic institution in the Knowledge Space at national and international level. Professor Adrian Badea paid tribute to the memory of Professor Vasile Cândea, illustrious professor and physician, the second founder of the institution, and announced that in 2025 the Romanian Academy of Scientists will celebrate 90 years of existence, AOSR being the successor and sole legatee of the Romanian Academy of Sciences, founded in March 1935. The two mandates were a period of development for the AOSR, despite the difficulties the institution encountered, a framework for prolific scientific activity under the sign of scientific value and academic excellence.
At the end of the current term, the election of the Honorary President of the AOSR was put to a vote. By unanimous vote, Professor Adrian Badea was elected Honorary President of the Romanian Academy of Scientists. Next, the candidates for full, corresponding and honorary members, from home and abroad, of the AOSR were voted.
The last item on the agenda was the election of the new President of the AOSR for the 2024-2028 mandate. The candidates for the position of President of the AOSR are: prof. dr. eng. Ecaterina Andronescu, President of the Chemical Sciences Section of the AOSR and Prof. Dr. Ing. Doina Banciu, Vice President of AOSR and Director General of the AOSR Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research “Constantin Angelescu”. Following the vote by the General Assembly, the President of the Romanian Academy of Scientists was elected Prof. Dr. Ing. Doina Banciu, with 90 votes out of 110 cast (6 votes annulled). Together with the new President, the Vice-Presidents and the Scientific Secretary of the AOSR were elected for the new mandate: prof. univ. dr. Viorel Jinga, Rector of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” – Vice-President; prof. univ. dr. eng. Anton Hadăr – vice-chairman; prof. univ. dr. eng. Petru Andea – scientific secretary.
The elections held in the Aula of the “Carol I” Central University Library thus inaugurate a new mandate and a new period of development of the Romanian Academy of Scientists in the fields of education, science and academic research and continues the institution’s strong commitment to the implementation of the National Project “Romania of Knowledge”, an initiative of AOSR, with the potential to become a real Country Project.
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The National Association for the Cult of Heroes “Regina Maria” awarded the Grand Prize “Commander Virgil Alexandru Dragalina”, 10th Edition, 2023, to Prof. Valentin Ciorbea, full member of the Romanian Academy of Scientists for the volume Adjutant General Paul Teodorescu (1888-1981). Dimensions of creativity, Publishing House Academy of Romanian Scientists, Bucharest, 2023, 357p.
The committee that evaluated the works selected for the award concluded: “An outstanding book, with a logical structure, a monograph that fits perfectly into this category of works. It presents General Paul Teodorescu in all aspects of his life – family, childhood, training schools, further training, head of class at schools in France, as an officer and general with responsibilities in military commands, education, ministry, government, royal house, etc. including posthumous evocations.
More unpublished information relates to the general’s involvement in the Restoration Act of June 1930. It mentions the reforms that the General has worked hard to implement in the Army, including details of military education and the construction of the modern War College premises.”
The awards gala will take place in the Byzantine Hall of the Palace of the National Military Circle in Bucharest on 27 May 2024, at 11 am.
During the event, the Romanian Academy of Scientists Publishing House will receive a diploma in recognition of the publication of valuable volumes in recent years.
The conference is organised under the auspices of the Romanian Academy, in collaboration with the Academy of Romanian Scientists and the Technical Sciences Academy of Romania.
With each edition, this conference has consistently promoted nuclear as a clean energy, emphasizing its role in reducing greenhouse emissions, and supported education in this field through dedicated sessions.
NUCLEAR 2024 intends to present the latest achievements in the development of innovative technologies, discuss the current opportunities for the implementation of new nuclear projects in Europe and abroad, identify appropriate ways to accelerate their implementation and exchange best approaches to ensure in due time the qualified human resource for the nuclear field. See details HERE
On 14 May, starting at 2 p.m., the launch of the National Project “Romania of Knowledge”, initiated by the Romanian Academy of Scientists, the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest and the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, under the aegis of the “Elite Forum of Ideas and Solutions”. The event took place in the Aula of the “Carol I” Central University Library and was attended by a select group of academics, rectors, researchers, representatives of statutory institutions and the diplomatic corps accredited in Bucharest. The event was chaired by Prof. Dr. Ing. Adrian Badea, President of the Romanian Academy of Scientists, Prof. Viorel Jinga, Rector of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” and Mihnea Costoiu, Rector of the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest.
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The “Romania of Knowledge” project is dedicated to development of the country through education, science, research and technology, vectors of progress and evolution of the economy, society and civilisation. The project aims to achieve a national framework for debate, a think-tankbringing together representative personalities from each field involved, from home and abroad, scientists, researchers, academics, experts and specialists, decision and policy makers, a synergy of creative and innovative intelligences. Within this elite forum of ideas and solutions, subsumed under the objective sustainable developmentwill address areas and themes fundamental to Romania’s development process through knowledge.
Communications, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence;
Efficient and sustainable development; Re-industrialisation;
Efficient and organic farming;
Health;
Culture, civilisation, spirituality;
Energy and mineral resources;
Human resources; Social policies;
Ecology, Environment, Climate change;
Defence, public order and national security.
Conf. Dr Mireille Rădoi, Director General of the “Carol I” Central University Library, as host of the event, said that the “Romania of Knowledge” project is “a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue, an elite forum of ideas and solutions that is much needed”. The project, which will bear fruit in the years to come, has the potential to become “a real cultural-scientific landmark of the Romanian space”. In this context, he praised the long-standing partnership between the “Carol I” Central University Library and the Romanian Academy of Scientists, expressing his wish for its development.
Prof. dr. eng. Doina Banciu, Vice President of AOSR and Director General of the Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research “Constantin Angelescu” of AOSRsaid that the launch event has a special significance, given the potential of the AOSR initiative to become a true Country Project. In a changing world at all levels, we need a process of qualified reflection if we are to play a role as a country. The project “brings together the bright minds who have something to say about the future of Romania.” Referring to the idea of the Project, he underlined the merit of Prof. Dr. Eng. Adrian Badea, President of the Romanian Academy of Scientists, for initiating the Romania of Knowledge Project. The project has as institutional partners two leading universities, the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest and the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, and a number of prestigious academic institutions as collaborators, which shows the interest of the academic environment for it. “We need decisions based on science and knowledge, without political implications or contextual interests”, concluded the AOSR Vice-President.
Prof. dr. eng. Adrian Badea, President of the Romanian Academy of Scientists, who came up with the idea of the Project, said that the history of mankind is a history of the evolution of knowledge and that emerging and disruptive technologies, Artificial Intelligence will change everything, our behaviour, society and the world. Therefore, as individuals and as a society, we must be prepared through learning and knowledge in this process. Based on the series of national debates initiated by AOSR in 2016, the idea of a National Project was born, which would constitute a working group, a think-tank at the disposal of decision-makers, providing public administration, Parliament, Government, SMEs and other institutions with qualified opinions on key issues of Romania. The “Romania of Knowledge” project is a Romanian project, structured on 10 action lines, which includes working groups of academics and specialists in each field. The project is co-initiated by two prestigious universities, Politehnica and UMF “Carol Davila”, constantly present in the top 5 of all national university rankings and a growing number of partners and collaborators: universities, research institutes, institutions. The interest generated by the Project at the highest level of the statutory institutions is shown by the messages of support received from the Prime Minister of Romania, from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Research, from the Education Committees of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies and from other forums. Education and research are the victory of knowledge over ignorance, and countries that have invested in education are developed countries. “Knowledge is the engine of development, that is why Romania’s development must be conceived on Knowledge, this is the thesis and direction of our Project”, underlined the President of AOSR, who ended his speech with a quote from Shakespeare: “Ignorance is the curse of God, and Knowledge the wing with which we fly to Heaven”.
Prof. Viorel Jinga, rector of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, presented the Global Knowledge Index, under the aegis of the UN, and analysed Romania’s position in its various sections. The conclusion of the analysis was that we need to have a strategy to overcome ignorance and focus our efforts to increase Knowledge in Romania. Within the framework of the Project, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, said the rector, will collaborate in its specialist fields with both the Romanian Academy and the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Mihnea Costoiu, rector of the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, said that the “Romania of Knowledge” Project is a necessary vision for Romania and an initiative that he would like to see extended to the Romanian academic and research world, to our society as a whole, welcoming the fact that many Romanian universities are already participating in the Project. The Rector presented a situation of the reality and developments in the Romanian labour market and economy, which supported with official figures and statistics the need for development through knowledge of the country.
Prof. Sorin Cîmpeanu, Vice-President of the Romanian Senate, President of the National Council of Rectors, President of the AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie), rector of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest, said that “Romania of Knowledge” is a project with great potential in the process of Romania’s development in a period of great technological and societal change. The President of the NRC expressed his full support and confidence that it will be a successful Project that will turn potential into reality and contribute to building a Romania of Knowledge. In this context, he paid a tribute to Professor Gheorghe Câmpeanu, former member of the Romanian Academy of Scientists.
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu sent a message of appreciation and support for the Romania of Knowledge Project, which was read out by State Counsellor Andrei Ioan Ungar. The Prime Minister considers that the AOSR Project is “a benchmark of the future vision of the Romanian academic world”, that it represents a “vision for a country in which education, research and innovation must be an engine of progress”. Through the collaboration of the three institutions and our joint effort, we are ready to bring changes in the lives of all Romanians, the head of the Romanian Government added in his message.
Prof. dr. eng. Tudor Prisecaru, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitisation, stressed the need for the project and said it was a very good initiative that should be generalised to the whole of society.
Prof. dr. eng. Valeriu Tabără, President of the Gheorghe Ionescu-Sisești Academy of Agronomic and Forestry Sciences, said that a very clear analysis of Romania’s economic situation was needed, which the Romania of Knowledge Project should take into account. In doing so, the economic effect of the research must be taken into account. Scientific support is needed in all research and change programmes and processes. The Romania of Knowledge project is a national programme, but without political meaning, he added.
Prof. Mircea Beuran, President of the Academy of Medical Sciences, stressed the importance of research as a factor of development, a process in which we must preserve national elements, and appreciated the Romania of Knowledge Project as a project of national scope, dedicated to the development of the country. Such a project cannot fail to include health, which is why ASM joins, as a partner, “this elite forum of ideas and solutions that will support sustainable development”.
Nicolae Marius Mărginean, Director General of the Horia Hulubei National Institute for Research and Development in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, said that the Institute and its team of researchers will respond and are ready to contribute to the Romania of Knowledge Project.
Cătălin Nae, Director of the Elie Carafoli National Institute for Aerospace Research and Development, said that the Romania of Knowledge Project represents a vision that needs action and that it is a space for “Knowledge, but also for Recognition of merit and value”.
Prof. Alexandru Sălceanu, Director of Doctoral Schools at the Technical University Gheorghe Asachi, Iasi, said that the AOSR Project is an approach with vision for the sustainable future of Romania and expressed the full support that Iasi academic will give to the Project.
A special guest at the launch event of the Romania of Knowledge Project was Ambassador of Albania to Romania Her Excellency Mrs Enkeleda Mërkuriwho spoke about the fact that the “Romania of Knowledge” Project can be a framework for collaboration between the two countries and for the transfer of experience and expertise from Romania to Albania. Ambassador stressed the importance of education and research in the development process, said that women are a force of society, which must participate in its progress and advocated the promotion of mutual interests, cooperation and transfer of good experience of the Romanian side.
The launch event of the Romania of Knowledge Project ended with a musical moment performed by Albanian soprano Arlinda Morava, pianist Adriana Alexandrescu (mezzo-soprano at the Romanian Opera) and violinist Aurelian Isar.
