Educational activities


ReCAST provides support and resources for B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. students: laboratory access under supervision, guidance for thesis, academic papers co-authoring.

B.S. thesis – Physics Faculty, University of Bucharest:

  • 1994: Laura MATEI, now - Senior Principal Product Manager ORACLE, Canada
  • 1994: Dorin MELINTE, now  - Ministry of Government Services - Enterprise Planning & Project Delivery Services, Canada 1994
  • 1995: Catalin Nicolae ZOITA, then: PhD in Physics at Dallas University US, now -ReCAST - INOE 2000
  • 2008: Laurentiu BRAIC

B.S. thesis – Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest:

  • 2002: Alina VLADESCU
  • 2017: Adelina-Elena ANDRIES
  • 2018: Loredana MIHU
  • 2019: Dalila BIVOLARU


M.S. thesis – Physics Faculty, University of Bucharest:

  • 2010: Laurentiu BRAIC, then: M.S. in Physics at University France (2011) and PhD in Material Science, Imperial College, London UK, now - KAUST University, Saudi Arabia
  • 2013: Iulian PANA
  • 2014: Cristina BESLEAGA, then: PhD in Physics, University of Bucharest, now - National Institute for Materials Physics, Magurele, Romania

M.S. thesis – Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest:

  • 2004: Alina VLADESCU
  • 2015: Andreea GRIGORE
  • 2016: Mihaela Violeta GRAURE and Dorela GROSU
  • 2019: Adelina-Elena ANDRIES, now - Military Romanian Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

PhD thesis – Physics Faculty, University of Bucharest:

  • 2010: Aurelia MANDES, now - Ovidius University Constanta
  • 2011: Virginia DINCA, now - Ovidius University Constanta
  • 2013: Mihai STRATICIUC, now - Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Magurele, Romania
  • 2013: Ion BURDUCEA, now - Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Magurele, Romania
  • 2018: Iulian PANA, now - ReCAST – INOE 2000

PhD thesis – Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest:

  • 2011: Cosmin Mihai COTRUT, now - Associate Professor Materials Science and Engineering Faculty - University “Politehnica” of Bucharest
  • 2011: Alina Vladescu , now  ̶  ReCAST – INOE 2000 and Associate Professor - University “Politehnica” of Bucharest.
  • 2013: Anca Constantina PARAU, now - ReCAST - INOE 2000
  • 2016: Ileana Gabriela STEFANESCU
  • 2016: Mihaela DINU, now - ReCAST - INOE 2000


Current PhD students:

  • Lidia Ruxandra CONSTANTIN - Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest
  • Elena UNGUREANU - Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest
  • Petronela SCRIPCA - Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest

Students lab courses

  • 2015 - 2020: Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest
  • 2010 – 2020: Faculty of Physics, Chemistry, Electronics and Petroleum Technology, Ovidius University Constanta

Short Internships for foreign PhD students

  • 2014 July: Bensu BAKIN, Tülay Koç DELICE, Utku TIRIC, Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Turkey
  • 2015 September-October: Timur MUKHAMETKALIYEV, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia
  • 2016 September-October: Roland MISSENGUE, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 2017 July-August: Emile MASSIMA MOUELLE, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 2018 September-October: Emile MASSIMA MOUELLE, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 2019 September: Emile MASSIMA MOUELLE, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

Summer Short Internships for Romanian students

  • 2015 June-August: Elena UNGUREANU, Mihaela Violeta GRAURE, Dorela Grosu, Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest
  • 2016 June-August: Valentin NEGOIESCU, Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest
  • 2017 June-August: Alexandra PREOTESCU, Maria CRETU, Medical Engineering Faculty, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest