Alexander ANGHEL

 
Born: May 11, 1952 in Medias, Romania

Nationality: German

Marital Status: Married. 1 Child

 
ADDRESS:                      Schulstrasse 26, 79774 Albbruck, Germany

                                   Tel. Home: +49 7753 2664

                                   Tel. Work: +41 56 310 3723

                                   E-mail: alexander.anghle@psi.ch

 

EDUCATION:            December 1983, PhD (Dr. Rer. Nat. in Physics)

                             University of Cluj, Romania

Thesis Topic: Coexistence of Spin- and Charge-Density Waves in Chromium and Chromium Alloys

 June 1976, Degree in Solid State PhysicsFaculty of Physics, University of Cluj, Romania

Thesis Topic: Nonequilibrium Processes in the Critical region of Phase Transitions

 

EMPLOYMENT:           01.01.94-present, Scientist

                              EPFL-CRPP Villigen, CH

Responsible for cryogenic engineering, superconducting magnet development and magnetic measurement at ITER/SULTAN Facility.

Projects:

QUELL (QUench Experiment on Long Length): project leader

An international medium size experiment at the SULTAN facility on quench propagation in cable-in-conduit superconductors.

SULEIKA: leader of cryogenic part

Development of a new Neon refrigerator (the biggest ever built) for a prototype of a high temperature superconducting power transmission cable, AC-loss measurements using the novell double lock-in technique and Neon-cooled AC current leads.

SUPER-3HC Cavity for SLS: leader of cryogenic design and refrigeration system layout.

A superconducting idle resonant cavity for improuvment of the bunch length in SLS cooled by a Helium refrigerator.

80kA back up current leads for ITER/TFMC: project leader

Two 80kA conventional current leads as back up solution for the test of the ITER Toroidal Field Model Coil in the TOSCA facility, Karlsruhe

 

                                   01.05.1992-31.12.93, Scientist

                                   Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, CH

Responsible for cryogenic engineering and superconducting magnet development.

Projects:

SMES: responsible for the cryogenic system

A superconducting magnet energy storage device, in collaboration with ABB.

Superconducting Dipole for SLS: responsible for cryogenic system and magnet design

A novell superconducting bend magnet design for SLS with improuved field homogeneity and reduced maximum field on superconductor.

 

                                   01.09.87-31.12.90, Scientist

                                   University of Konstance, Faculty of Physics,

                                            Germany

Responsible for synthesis and magnetic measurements on new high temperature superconductors

Teaching activity: seminars in advanced quantum mechanics and superconductivity.

 

                                    23.04.77-31.12.86, Cryogenic Engineer 

                                    Refrigeration Research Institute, Cluj,

                                             Romania

Responsible for development and test of cryogenic machinery: Stirling refrigerator, Helium turbine detentors, Helium liquefactor and Low temperature cryostat design.

 

 

PROFILE:                   Cryogenic Engineering

                                Low temperature physics 

                                Superconducting magnet design

                                Analytical modelling of electromagnetical,

                                thermodynamical and mechanical problems 

                                Measurement techniques for superconductors and

                                superconducting magnets

                                Numerical (FEM) modelling (QuickField, FlexPDE)

                                Project planning, execution and evaluation

                                Leading activity in medium and large size projects

                                Program languages: FORTRAN, Visual Basic, LabView

 

LANGUAGES:                 German (fluently, read, write)

                                   English (fluently, read, write)

                                   French (school education, read)

                                   Russian (private course, read)