Opportunities for Undergraduate Students

The MDEO Center warmly welcomes all students interested in exploring the research world and advanced technologies as early as the I^st Cycle of university studies (Bachelor’s level). Students enrolled in both 4-year programs (Technological Physics and Robotics) and 3-year programs (Physics, Physics in English, Computer Physics and Medical Physics) are all invited to take part in the center’s activities. Through the educational and research activities carried out within the center, students have the opportunity to become familiar with modern fields such as advanced materials, nanostructures, biophysics, electronics and optoelectronics, activating in a dynamic academic and scientific environment.

The MDEO Center provides access to modern research infrastructure, opportunities for collaboration with researchers and PhD students, as well as the possibility to become involved in projects and hands-on activities dedicated to professional training and academic development. We invite you to explore the available opportunities and discover the activities dedicated to undergraduate students within the MDEO Center.

Bachelor’s thesis supervisors, members of the MDEO Center:

Prof. PhD Eng. Habil. Vlad-Andrei ANTOHE

Assoc. Prof. PhD Sorina IFTIMIE

The topics are proposed by the Bachelor’s thesis supervisors, members of the MDEO Center, and the related research activities will be carried out within the center, making use of the available infrastructure and logistic resources, and/or in collaboration with partner institutes on the Măgurele research platform, such as the National Institute of Materials Physics (INFM), the National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR) and others. The Bachelor’s thesis is written in Romanian or in English, depending on the teaching language of the study program.

Below each supervisor’s topics, a list that opens on click shows the Bachelor’s theses they have supervised, carried out within the MDEO Center or in collaboration with research institutes, displayed in reverse chronological order.

Proposed topics for the 2026–2027 academic year

1. Template-assisted electrochemical growth of metallic nanowire arrays: students will grow arrays of vertically aligned copper (Cu) or nickel (Ni) nanowires through template-assisted electrodeposition using nanoporous alumina membranes. They will explore how process parameters influence the length, morphology and packing density of the resulting nanowires, and characterize their structural and morphological properties using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Such nanowire arrays are widely investigated as nanostructured electrodes for applications in solar cells, sensors, energy storage systems and various other functional devices.
2. Thin films of A^II-B^VI semiconductors for optoelectronic devices: students will deposit zinc selenide (ZnSe) or zinc telluride (ZnTe) thin films using radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering and investigate how deposition parameters influence their structural, morphological and optical properties through complementary characterization techniques, including UV–Vis spectroscopy. They will also examine the electrical characteristics of simple semiconductor heterojunctions incorporating these materials. As cadmium-free semiconductors, ZnSe and ZnTe are promising candidates for various optoelectronic applications, including UV–Vis photodetectors.

Proposed topics for the 2026–2027 academic year

1. Fabrication and characterization of innovative organic materials for optoelectronic applications: students will obtain novel organic materials and investigate their structural, morphological and optical properties, in order to assess their potential for optoelectronic devices.
2. Study of inorganic heterojunctions with applications in electronics: students will fabricate heterojunctions based on inorganic semiconducting materials and investigate their morphological, structural and electrical characteristics, in order to assess their integrability within electronic devices.