Dr. Daniel Costianu (AIEE/Romania)
| AIEEThe General Assembly, chaired by the current EUREL President Prof. Dr. Berhard Jokoby (OVE - Austrian Electrotechnical Association), unanimously expressed its confidence in Dr. Daniel Costianu. He will take over the office of EUREL President in autumn 2025 from Emil Koifman (SEEEI - The Society of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel). Dr. Costianu’s presidency of Romanian AIEE will mean that the 2026 EUREL General Assembly will be held in Romania.
In the person of Dr. Daniel Costianu (39 years old), an engineer who can proudly be described as an EUREL home-grown player will take over the EUREL presidency in 2025/26. He first came into contact with EUREL back in 2011 during his Master's degree in Power Engineering. His entry into the world of European electrical engineers at EUREL was through his participation in the EUREL International Management Cup - IMC, which will be held for the 18th time next year.
Over the years, Dr. Daniel Costianu has always been closely associated with EUREL and has taken part - several times - in the annual international activities that EUREL offers for young European electrical engineers. He was Vice-Chairman of the Young Engineers Panel, EUREL's young engineers' organization, for two years and then Chairman for one year. For his home association in Romania, Dr. Costianu was responsible for the overall planning of the EUREL Field Trips in 2015 and 2023. Finally, he is a founder and board member of the Association of Energy and Electrical Engineers of Romania (AIEE).
Professionally, Dr. Costianu works as a Project Manager for Siemens Energy Romania and has 18 years of experience in projects in the energy sector for conventional and renewable power generation plants, transport and distribution of electrical energy in Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
Dr. Daniel Costianu: "I am pleased that someone who joined EUREL's activities as a student in 2011 and has been constantly committed to the interests of Europe's young electrical engineers has now been elected to the highest representative position at EUREL. This is a very great appreciation of my work and a motivation for the young members of each EUREL member association, who see that consistent passion and commitment can bring someone to the top."
About AIEE
The Association of Energy and Electrical Engineers (AIEE) is a professional, non-governmental, non-profit, apolitical, independent organization legally established in 2022. It is an open association of individual members. The purpose of AIEE is to contribute to increasing the role of engineers in the energy and electrical field, to develop and modernize the energy system, as pillar for economic development. AIEE promotes the principles of sustainable development of the energy system and ensures the adequate institutional, material, and social framework for the expression of its members. Goals and objektives of AIEE are, to promote the energy field as a pillar for the development and increase of the competitiveness of the economy, to increase the prestige and promote ethics among the energy engineers or electrician profession by organizing professional events: conferences, symposia, forums, round tables, seminars, debates, exhibitions, technical study visits, to provide professional training activities and courses for specialists in the energy and electrical field, to collaborate with similar organizations and associations in the country and abroad and to collaborate with university centers and educational institutions in the energy and electrical field.
About EUREL
EUREL, Convention of National Associations of Electrical, Electronic and Information Technology Engineers of Europe, is a non-profit organization with its headquarter in Brussels (Belgium). EUREL was founded in Switzerland in 1972. EUREL’s objectives are to facilitate the exchange of information and to foster a wider dissemination of scientific, technical, and related knowledge relevant to electrical engineering as well as standardization in the field of electrical engineering. In this way EUREL contributes to the advancement of scientific and technical knowledge for the benefit of both, the profession, and the public it serves. EUREL-Chairman Markus B. Jaeger: “Europe, the entire world and the current and upcoming generations of humans are facing significant energy, climate, and security policy challenges. Electrical, electronic and information technology engineers can and must make an important contribution to stability in Europe and the world with their know-how. EUREL sees itself as the strong voice of European electrical, electronic and information technology engineers.”