Dan NICULA

Professor Dan NICULA is a faculty member at the University of Transilvania in Brașov, Romania. He holds a Doctorate in Engineering (2017) from the same institution and a Master's degree in Applied Electronics Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest (1990). His academic roles include teaching courses such as Digital Electronics, Hardware Description Languages, and Digital Media Communication across undergraduate and graduate programs in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

His research focuses on digital systems, hardware description languages (Verilog/VHDL), and electronic circuit design. Key contributions include textbooks like 'Digital Electronics: Emergency Textbook' (2020) and 'Verilog Textbook' (2019), which are foundational resources for students and professionals. He has supervised over 150 student theses, with recent topics spanning FPGA-based AI accelerators, UVM verification methodologies, and embedded system implementations.

Professional experience includes roles at Intel (1999-2015) and Fotonation (2015-present), alongside his academic career. He is affiliated with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and contributes to research initiatives in VLSI design, digital signal processing, and hardware-software co-design.