Mircea Capanu, PhD, P Eng
About Mircea Capanu, PhD, P Eng
Mircea Capanu, PhD, P Eng, is a Senior Product Engineer at ON Semiconductor in Burlington, Ontario, where he has worked since 2012. He specializes in failure analysis and has a strong academic background in engineering and applied mathematics.
Work at ON Semiconductor
Mircea Capanu has been employed at ON Semiconductor as a Full Time Senior Product Engineer since 2012. Over the course of 12 years, he has contributed to the company in Burlington, Ontario. His work primarily focuses on precision failure analysis, particularly in the context of digital hearing aids. He has implemented laser ablation techniques to enhance the accuracy of these analyses.
Education and Expertise
Mircea Capanu holds multiple degrees in engineering and mathematics. He earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Aircraft Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest between 1981 and 1986. He furthered his education at the University of Bucharest, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics-Mechanics from 1988 to 1994. Capanu completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering & MEMS at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1996 to 1999.
Background
Before joining ON Semiconductor, Mircea Capanu worked in various engineering roles. He served as a Senior Microsystem Technology Engineer at Paratek Microwave Inc. from 2009 to 2012. Prior to that, he was a Microsystem Technology Researcher at Gennum Corporation for nine years, from 2000 to 2009. He also briefly worked as an RF Researcher at Research In Motion in 2012.
Achievements
Mircea Capanu has been recognized as a Professional Engineer in Ontario since August 2005. He has collaborated with academic institutions to introduce novel materials for capacitors used in various industries, including telecommunications and automotive. Additionally, he became an Iron Engineer Ring bearer at McMaster University, Kippling Camp XIII, on March 28, 2014.