Journal of Energy Transition and Net-Zero Technologies (Two issues per year)
Daniel Tudor Cotfas (PhD)
Affiliation: Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov
University / Institution: Transilvania University of Brasov
Department: Department of Electronic and Computers
Designation: Professor
Email: dtcotfas@unitbv.ro
Country: Romania
Biography
DANIEL T. COTFAS was born in Toplita, Harghita, Romania, in 1970. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics, the M.S. degree in physics, the Ph.D. degree, and the Habilitation degree in electronic engineering, telecommunications and information technology from Transilvania University of Braşov, Romania, in 1995, 2001, 2008, and 2019, respectively. He is currently a Prof. Dr. Habil. at Transilvania University of Braşov. He is the author of 17 books and book chapters and more than 120 articles. It also holds a patent and a patent application. He was project responsible for more than 10 projects and a project team member in more than 15 projects. He is an Associate Editor of International Journal of Photoenergy and Frontiers in Energy Research and a guest editor for several other journals.
His expertise is focused on the following areas:
Renewable energy – conversion of solar energy into electricity and heat, wind energy, concentrated solar power systems.
Photovoltaic (PV) systems – modeling, characterization, optimization and extraction of parameters of photovoltaic cells and panels.