Education:
English Language class at 119th
High School - Sofia (1992-1994)
College of Management and Finances (Certificated at the North-West College,
England, 1994-1996)
University of Chemical Technology an Metallurgy-Sofia - M. Sc. degree
in Polymer Materials (1996-2001) with defended Diploma thesis on topic
"Investigation of the Fiber Orientation of Short Glass Fibers in
Polypropylene Matrix" (October 2001)
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Skills:
Computer knowledge (Windows, Microsoft
Ofiice, Microcal Origin, Adobe Photoshop, Internet), basic hardware knowledge
Ability to work in team
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Scientific achievements:
Research project in the framework
of the CEEPUS program at the Polytechnical Universiy in Wrozlaw, Poland
(May, 2000)
Defended Diploma thesis on topic "Investigation of the Fiber Orientation
of Short Glass Fibers in Polypropylene Matrix" prepared in the
framework of the SOCRATIS/ERASMUS program at the University of Minho,
Guimaraes, Portugal (March-August, 2001)
Poster presentation on topic "Influence of the Orientation of Short
Glass Fibers on the Reinforcement of Polypropylene" at the P2002
conference in the town of Halle, Germany (September, 2002) - ISBN 3-86010-656-2
Poster presentation on topic "Method for Determining the Orientation
of Short Fibers in Polymer Matrix" at the Jubilee Scientific Conference
of UCTM in Sofia, Bulgaria (June, 2003), published in the Journal of
UCTM, XXXVIII, 4 (2003), 1435-1440
Oral presentation on topic "Structure and Phase Behavior of Composite
Material Based on Polypropylene and Short Basalt Fibres" at the
"Polymer Materials" conference in Bratislava, Slovakia (October,
2003) - ISBN 80-227-1959-5
Poster presentation on topic "Polypropylene Composites Reinforced
with Short Inorganic Fibers: Relationship Between Fiber Orientation
and Mechanical Properties" at the "Polymer Materials"
conference in Bratislava, Slovakia (October, 2003) - ISBN 80-227-1959-5
Poster presentation on topic "Determination of the orientation
of Short Glass Fibers in Matrix of Polypropylene" at the "Technomer
2003" conference in Chemnitz, Germany (November, 2003) - ISBN 3-00-012510-8
Oral presentation on topic: “Reinforcing of Polypropylene with Short Glass
Fibers“ at the Scientific session for students and Ph.D. students, Sofia
University, Bulgaria (May, 2004)
Poster presentation on topic “Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Polypropylene
Reinforced with Short Inorganic Fibers” at the “Polymer Materials P2004”
conference in Halle (Saale), Germany (September, 2004)
Publication in the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics on
Polypropylene Reinforced with Short Glass Fibers – Fiber Orientation and
Mechanical Properties” (submitted, scheduled for publishing in 2005)
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Publications:
D. S. Popov, C. D. Betchev, N. M.
Neves, A. J. Pontes, A. S. Pouzada, Influence of the Orientation of
Short Glass Fibers on the Reinforcement of Polypropylene, "Polymerwerkstoffe
2002" Conference in Halle, Germany, September 25-27, 2002, ISBN
3-86010-656-2
D. Popov, Ch. Betchev, Method for Determining
the Orientation of Short Fibers in Polymer Matrix, Journal of UCTM, XXXVIII, 4 (2003), 1435-1440
Ch. Betchev, D. Popov, M. Botev, Structure and Phase Behavior of Composite
Material Based on Polypropylene and Short Basalt Fibres, "Polymer
Materials" Conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, October 29-30, 2003,
ISBN 80-227-1959-5
D. Popov, Ch. Betchev, Polypropylene Composites
Reinforced with Short Inorganic Fibers: Relationship Between Fiber Orientation
and Mechanical Properties, "Polymer Materials" Conference
in Bratislava, Slovakia, October 29-30, 2003, ISBN 80-227-1959-5
D. Popov, Ch. Betchev, Determination of the Orientation
of Short Glass Fibers in Matrix of Polypropylene, "Technomer 2003"
Conference in Chemnitz, Germany, November 13-15, 2003, ISBN 3-00-012510-8
D. Popov, Ch. Betchev, Polypropylene Reinforced with
Short Glass Fibers – Fiber Orientation and Mechanical Properties, J. of
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, (submitted, scheduled for publishing in 2005)
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