Adrian Velicu Gheorghe

Background

Gheorghe, Adrian Velicu was born on September 12, 1945 in Bucharest, Romania. Son of Velicu and Frusina Vasile (Cojocaru) Gheorghe.

Education

Degree in Engineering, Bucharest Poly U., 1968; degree in Engineering, Stanford University, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy in Systems Science, City U., London, 1975; Master of Science in Engineering and Economics, Bucharest Polytechnic U., 1978; Master of Business Administration, Academy Economics Studies, 1985.

Career

Assistant professor, Bucharest Polytechnic U., 1968-1975; senior lecturer, Bucharest Polytechnic U., 1975-1980; professor, Bucharest Polytechnic U., 1980-1994; acting director Swiss project on risk and safety technical systems, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, since 1993. Research fellow Stanford (California) U., 1973. Senior research fellow Energy Study Center, The Netherlands, 1989, Risø (Denmark) National laboratories, 1986, UNUniv., Tokyo, 1978-1982, International Institute Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, 1976-1980.

Civil servant first officer International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1990-1993. Science secretary United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Integrated Risk Assessment and Safety Management for Large Industry Complexes, 1991-1993;consultant COWI-Consult, Lyngby, Denmark, 1990, Institute for Energy Research, Bucharest, 1981-1984, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1973, World Health Organization, 1995, Integrated Decisions and Energy Policy with Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, since 1995. Secretary World Energy Conference, Bucharest, 1971.

Honorary professor, China, 1994. Lecturer and congress organizer in field. Project leader Alliance for Global Sustainability, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, U. Tokyo.

Vis.prof. U. Delft, The Netherlands, 1997.

Achievements

• Adrian Velicu Gheorghe has been listed as a noteworthy Energy and safety engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Integrated Regional Risk Assessment
  • Applied Systems Engineering
  • Integrated Regional Risk Assessment, Vol. I: Continuous and Non-Point Source Emissions: Air, Water, Soil (Environmental Science and Technology Library) (Volume 1) by Adrian Gheorghe (2013-12-31)

Membership

Lieutenant major Romanian military, 1968-1969. Fellow Society for Risk Analysis United States of America, Society for Risk Analysis-Europe (member Executive Board since 1990). Member Swiss Forum Science and Energy, Swiss Society Riskand Saftey, TRUSTNET, New York Academy Sciences, Austrian Society for Cybernetics (honorary), Romanian Marketing Association (secretary 1975-1990), Romanian Society Engineering.and Management (president 1990), European Institute Risk, Security, Comm.

Management (honorary president 1995).

Interests

• Avocations: jogging, swimming, reading, classical music.

Connections

Married Aurora P. Niculescu, July 29, 1972. Children: Paul, Alexandra.

Father:

Velicu Gheorghe

Mother:

Frusina Vasile (Cojocaru) Gheorghe

Spouse:

Aurora P. Niculescu

child:

Paul Gheorghe

child:

Alexandra Gheorghe