Professor Ph. D. ALEXANDRU DARABONT was born
in 1933 in Lupeni. After graduating the University in Petrosani and working as a lector in the Polytechnic
Institute in Bucharest he joined the Scientific Research Institute for Labour
Safety (ICSPM- actually INCDPM ”Alexandru Darabont” ). He became General
Manager of INCDPM in 1986 and held this position till his death, on 19
September 2002.
Professor Ph.D. ALEXANDRU DARABONT was a very
nice man, very supportive for the occupational safety research activity and
young researchers. He succeeded to maintain a functional research institute in
very difficult economic periods. He re-launched the research in the safety
domain in Romania, on modern bases and supported the development of this
research. He continuously improved the quality of research, facilitating the
training of Romanian researchers in Germany, France and UK and also the
implementation of European specific programs (PHARE and others) in Romania,
through INCDPM. With his direct support a lot of researchers from ICSPM became
PhD s between 1996-2000.
Professor Ph.D. ALEXANDRU DARABONT was an outstanding
researcher. Specialized in the research of noise and vibrations, he published
15 books in the domain or related domains and more than 120 papers. He was the
author of 5 patented inventions and also the supervisor for the doctorands in
„Occupational Safety”. He was an out of the box thinker, allowing a free and successful
development of the specific research during the time of his leadership. He was
the developer and the promoter of the actual training system in the domain of
occupational safety in Romania.
Professor Ph.D. ALEXANDRU DARABONT was a very good mentor. He supported me in my research concerning the expert systems development in occupational safety- with his help I was able to obtain an European research grant at BIA in 1993 and also I could take my Ph. D. in 1996.
