Paul Serban Agachi
Full Professor
Botswana International University of Science and Technology
Paul Şerban Agachi (Romanian) is Professor of Chemical Engineering at
the Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at Botswana
International University of Science and Technology, since 2015. He is also
Professor Emeritus at the University Babes-Bolyai (UBB), Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He
is member of the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences. As a professor in
Chemical Engineering he is an active member of European Federation of Chemical
Engineers and of the International Federation of Automatic Control.
Teaching activity: Process Engineering, Process Control, Process Modeling Simulation and Optimization, Theory of Systems, Process Management. Scientific activity can be summarized in over 360 scientific articles, 9 patents and 15 books (some present in over 2500 libraries around the world), over 2300 Google citations, H Index 22. Ongoing projects: tar, petrol from coal and coal dust; soap from tallow and liquid soap; coal to syngas and chemicals; fertilizers from coal; chlorine and sodium hydroxide from brine; coal to metallurgical coke.
Personal data
Born on October 21, 1947, in Bucharest, Romania
Married with
two children
Studies and scientific titles
Sfântu Sava High School, Bucharest, Romania, graduate in 1965
Faculty of
Automatic Control, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania, 1970
Faculty of
Technology of Oil and Gas, Institute of Petroleum and Gas Ploieşti, Romania,
PhD in 1985
Teaching and research/project design
positions
Design engineer
- Design Institute for Organic Chemical Industry, IPROSIN, Bucharest, 1970-1972
System analyst
- Center for Computing of Chemical Industry, Bucharest, 1972-1973
Researcher in
electrochemical processes – University „Babeş-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca, 1973-1980
Lecturer, Associate
Professor, Full Professor in Process Control, Modeling and Optimization of
Chemical Processes - University „Babeş-Bolyai”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1980-
2015
Visiting Associate - California Institute of Technology, USA, 1991-1992
Visiting Professor
- University Eotvos Lorand, Budapest, University of Veszprem, Hungary,
Universidad Mayor de Lima, Universidad Nacional de Ingegneria Lima, Universidad
de Cuzco, Peru, Kazkah British Technical University Almaty, Kazakhstan,
University Kebangsan, Malysia
Full Professor
– Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye,
Botswana, 2015-present
~100 ISI
indexed scientic articles, 15 books (4 in international publishing houses), 9
patents, ~100 research projects, ~50 projects in HE and Research management
Other
General Chancellor,
Vice-Rector, President, Babeș-Bolyai
University, 1996-2008
UNESCO Higher
Education consultant, Iraq, Oil for Food UN program, 2000-2003
Member of the
European Federation of Chemical Engineers, CAPE WP, 2000 – 2016
Member of IFAC,
Automatic Control in Chemical Engineering WP, 1995 – present
Member of the
Romanian Council for Scientific Research in Higher Education, 2005-2011
Member of the
Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, 2009-2013
Member of the
Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences, 2005-present
Member of
International Ranking Expert Group Executive Committee, 2009-present
He has been involved in academic management at UBB since 1996, and occupied various positions such as Chancellor, Vice-Rector with research, university development and President of the university until 2012. At national and international level, he was member of the Romanian National Research Council for University Research, the Council of Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, International Ranking Expert Group Executive Committee, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering Working Group of European Federation of Chemical Engineering. He worked as professor and researcher in the USA (California Institute of Technology), Hungary (Eotvos Lorand University and Pannon University), Peru (Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Universidad Mayor de San Marcos), Kazakhstan (Kazakh British Technical University) and has been HE expert in the UN Program ”Oil for Food” in Iraq.
agachip@biust.ac.bw