Editor-in-chief / Coordinator: Daniela-Doina Cioboată, PhD, Eng.
Daniela Doina Cioboată, PhD, Eng. is the head of the Mechatronic of Intelligent Measurements Laboratory – MMI 2 at the National Institute of Research and Development in Mechatronics and Measurement Technique – INCDMTM Bucharest. She received her PhD degree in mechatronic engineering from ¨Politehnica¨ University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, in 2013.
Her research activities are focused on: mechatronic measurement technologies; mechatronic equipment and systems for the automotive industry; monitoring and vibro-acoustic diagnostics of machine tools, motors, pumps; control of dynamic processes in real time; industrial automation. She is a former reviewer of scientific manuscripts for the ‘’Mechatronics’’ Journal that used to be included in the Elsevier Editorial System (EES).
She is an author, or a co-author of two books and more than 45 scientific papers, published in the Proceedings of National and International Conferences and International Journals.
Mrs. Cioboată has implemented and coordinated over 35 research projects funded by National and European funds. She has also participated in several privately-funded research and development projects, for companies in the automation and automotive sectors.
Honorary Editor-in-chief: Professor Ion Stiharu, PhD, PEO, FASME, FCSME – CONCAVE Research Centre
Professor Ion Stiharu, PhD, PEO, FASME, FCSME – CONCAVE Research Centre (Concordia University Center for Advanced Vehicle Engineering), CANADA – Honorary Editor-in-chief
Professor Stiharu obtained his PhD degree from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in 1989. He joined the faculty of engineering at Concordia University in January 1992 where he had the opportunity to be part in the start-up team of Microsystems (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) at the very early beginnings of this initiative in Concordia University, which now, became an established engineering. From 2000 to 2018 he was the director of the CONCAVE Research Centre (Concordia University Center for Advanced Vehicle Engineering) where he managed the personnel of the centre towards securing research contracts and grants. He was elected in 2002 and 2004 as Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering and respectively, the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering. He was one of the co-founders of the MEMS group associated to the Canadian Microelectronic Corporation. He is part of the editorial team of Micromachining where he organized six special issue on microfluidics and applications of MEMS to the Aerospace. His interest focuses on microsensors, sensing and complex microsystems which perform multiple tasks, subjects which constitute his main direction of research. His interest ranged from sensors for automotive industry – a major beneficiary of the MEMS research to bio-engineering applications. He was part of team which developed bio-medical platforms which identified cancer cells, separated from the other cells in treated blood samples and develop MEMS fabrication platforms for liposomes of controlled size, create and enhance platforms for production of artificial cellular vesicle. He authored and co-authored over 300 journal and conference publications and contributed with chapters to the Encyclopedia of MEMS (Academic press, 2000) and with chapters in specialized books on Mathematics for Engineering.
He is a reviewer of funding applications to the NSERC (Can), EPSRC(UK), UEFISCDI(ROM), etc.
He supervised and co-supervised 29 PhD students out of whom 19 fill academic positions in universities world-wide. He also supervised and co-supervised over 50 Master of Applied Science students.
He contributed to ideas which were reported in the open literature such that he published more than 300 journal and conference works. He is the organized of few international conferences and he was the organizer of few meetings of experts in MEMS in meetings on MEMS related subjects.
I. MECHATRONICS
This field is coordinated by Professor JOSÉ MACHADO – University of Minho, Portugal, Co-Editor-in-chief
José Machado received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering – Automation, from University of Minho, Portugal (and, in simultaneous, from Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France) in 2006.
He is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering department of University of Minho. He has authored, or co-authored, more than 150 refereed journal and conference proceeding papers. He has coordinated – and participated as collaborator – in several Research Projects on Mechatronics and Automation domains and his main interests are related with mechatronic design, design of medical devices and design and analysis of dependable controllers for obtaining dependable mechatronic systems. He is a member of IEEE and a member of IFAC.
1. Robotics and Automation
Professor Pierluigi REA – University of Cassino, Italy, Associate Editor
Pierluigi Rea got in 2002 the Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, at the same university he got the Ph.D. Degree in Civil and Mechanical Engineering in 2007. In 2014, he got the Italian National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in the field of Mechanics of Machines.
He has been Professor by Contract at the University “Guglielmo Marconi” in Rome for the course of Bioengineering for the years from 2008 to 2011. From 2010 to 2013 he was an Assistant Professor by contract at the University of Cassino for the Mechanical Design disciplines. Since 2002 he participated at several public and private research projects, with leaders of companies in automation and automotive sectors. From 2007 to 2010 he has been Assistant Researcher at the University of Cassino for the development of research activity regarding the Design and Experimentation of electro-pneumatic servo-systems for the actuation of robotic devices. Currently, he is Assistant Researcher for the courses of Mechanics of Machines, Design of Mechanisms, Mechanics of Actuation and Fluid Automation. His research interests regard topics on Mechatronics and Mechanical Design, Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms, Robotics and Fluid Automation. He is author and/or co-author of more than 70 scientific papers, published in Proc. of National and International Conferences and International Journals.
Professor Ciprian RIZESCU – ¨Politehnica¨ University of Bucharest, Romania, Associate Editor
Ciprian Ion Rizescu – is an Associate professor at University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, Mechatronics and Precision Mechanics Dept. PhD degree in the field of Precision Mechanics, 1997, Bucharest, Romania, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest.
1996 Tempus Grant 3 months at Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Meccanica;
1999 SOCRATES Grant, 2 weeks at Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Meccanica;
Member of professional associations: Romanian Association for Machine Theory and Mechanisms, (ARoTMM), Romanian Society for Robotics, (SRR), The International Society of Optics and Photonics (SPIE);
Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ciprian_Rizescu
Professor Adrian OLARU – ¨Politehnica¨ University of Bucharest, Romania, Associate Editor
Professor Adrian Olaru has graduated from ¨Politehnica¨ University of Bucharest, Faculty of Machines and Manufacturing Systems, Romania.
From 1974 to 1990 he worked as a designing engineer with “Optica Romana” Enterprise, also being an associate assistant at the Faculty of Machine-Building Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest. In 1990, he became an appointed lecturer at the Faculty of Technological Systems Engineering and Management, in the Machine-Tools Department. Currently, since 1998 he has been a full professor and he teaches the following courses: Industrial Robots Dynamics, LabVIEW application in modelling and simulation of the dynamic behaviour of robots, servosystems and components, analyse and syntheses of electrohydraulic servosystems for industrial robots, personal and social robots and vibration of the virtual prototypes of industrial robots. He has been a doctor since 1989.
Dr. Alexander SKVORCHEVSKY, Research Center of Robotics, Mechatronics and Production Informatization, Ukraine, Associate Editor
Associate Professor Alexander Skvorchevsky (ORCID 0000-0002-4572-7305) reserved a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Hydraulic and Pneumatic Machines at the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” in 2005. In 2008 he received a degree of Candidate of Engineering Science (PhD) in Armament and Military Equipment. His PhD thesis was related to scientific basements of the creation of electrohydraulic mechatronics systems for armored vehicles. In 2008, Alexander Skvorchevsky began his academic career at the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” where he was an assistant professor, senior lecturer and associate professor. In 2022, he launched his startup “Research Center of Robotics, Mechatronics and Production Informatization” whose main mission is making heavy-duty machines more energy-efficient and receptive to digitalization at all stages of their life cycles. Alexander Skvorchevsky is the author of more than 70 scientific publications, including 5 patents for inventions. His research interests include Hydraulic, Electrohydraulic and Pneumatic Systems; Fluid Mechanics; Mechatronics; Autonomous systems; Robotics; Industrial Automation; Control Engineering; Operational research (Optimization); Data science; Implementation of the Continuous Acquisition and Lifecycle Support (CALS) concept in the industry of the countries of the Baltic-Black Sea region.
Dr. Mihai Gabriel MATACHE, National Institute of Research and Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry – INMA Bucharest, Romania, Associate Editor
Mihai Gabriel Matache (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1399-6412) is the scientific director of the National Institute of Research – Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry – INMA Bucharest. He has a bachelor’s degree in Automation and Industrial Informatics, and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. He is a scientific researcher degree I, being a principal investigator in several applicative research projects within which were developed smart electrically driven agricultural machines prototypes (electrical tractor, electrical spraying machine, agricultural spraying drone etc.). Currently, he is focused on robotics and artificial intelligence design for smart agriculture. He is an associated member of the Romanian Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Section of Agriculture Mechanization. Matache has 7 granted patents, 2 granted utility models, he has published over 150 scientific papers, from which 88 are WOS-indexed, 5 books as a co-author and 1 as an author.
Researcher unique identifier(s):
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1399-6412
Researcher ID: AAK-4350-2020
Brainmap ID: U-1700-038J-4441
2. Measurement Systems and Image Processing
Professor Sahin YILDIRIM – Erciyes University, Turkey, Associate Editor
Dr. Sahin Yildirim has received the MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1990 from Erciyes University, Turkey. He has received his PhD degree in 1998 from Cardiff University. He was established Mechatronic Engineering Department in 2005, Kayseri, Turkey. He is head of the Mechatronic Engineering Department. He is lecturing the control theory, robotics, neural network applications in engineering at Erciyes University, Turkey. He has been supervised some national and international projects such as nurse robot design and control, active vehicle system design and control, 2 legged walking robot control. He has been reviewed more than 100 papers. He is also author of more than 140 journal and conference papers. He is currently supervising more than 30 PhD and M.Sc. students. His research area is consisted of neural network, control theory and applications, mobile and industrial robots, vehicle Dynamics and control.
Professor Luciana CRISTEA – University «TRANSILVANIA» of Brasov, Romania, Associate Editor
Prof. Luciana Cristea is a professor with University «TRANSILVANIA» of Brasov who graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics, Department of Precision Mechanics, in 1988. Over the course of time, she has held several research and teaching positions, of which are the following: trainee engineer, project engineer, scientific researcher, research engineer, head of works, associate professor and a professor with University «TRANSILVANIA» of Brasov.
Skills and areas of expertise: control technologies and systems; optimization of feed devices, transport and dosing systems used in the construction of control machines; structural improvement of dimensional and automated commercial control systems.
3. Modelling and Simulation of Mechatronic Systems and Manufacturing Processes
Professor Yevheniia BASOVA – National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute» & Ukraine, Associate Editor
Professor Yevheniia Basova (ORCID 0000-0002-8549-4788), Candidate of Engineering Sciences (Ph.D.), Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology and Metal-Cutting Machines of the Institute of Education and Science in Mechanical Engineering and Transport of the National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute», Kharkiv, Ukraine. She received a Ph.D. degree in “Technology of Mechanical Engineering” at the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 2014.
Professor Maohua XIAO – Nanjing Agricultural University, China, Associate Editor
Professor Maohua Xiao (ORCID 0000-0001-5213-1035), is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University. He received his Ph.D. from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2010. He has been selected in Jiangsu Province Youth Science and Technology Talent Promotion Project, Jiangsu Province “Six talent peaks” and other talent programs. He is currently the Deputy director of the Institute of Mechanical Transmission Technology of Nanjing Agricultural University, the Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Agricultural Machinery Power and Farming Machinery Reliability Technology of China Machinery Industry, and the Secretary General of Jiangsu Province Tractor Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance. He is also a member of National Tractor Standardization Technical Committee, Vice Chairman of Youth Working Committee of Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery, and member of Jiangsu Intelligent Agriculture Research Society. He has been engaged in research on modern design theory and method of agricultural machinery and health maintenance of high-end agricultural machinery equipment for a long time. He has presided over more than 10 national and provincial research projects and published more than 70 papers, nearly 50 of which have been included in SCI/EI. It has obtained more than 60 authorized patents (among which 11 are the first authorized invention patents) and more than 30 software Copyrights, among which two patents have been successfully transformed and applied. He has won 8 provincial and ministerial awards, including the first prize of China Agricultural Machinery Science and Technology Award, the second prize of China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Progress Award, and the third prize of Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Progress Award.
Professor Umidjon MARDONOV – Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan, Associate Editor
Associate Professor Umidjon Mardonov (ORCID 0000-0003-3327-1846) – Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam Karimov, Tashkent, Uzbekistan received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering (mechanical and physical-technical processing technologies. Machine tools and metal cutting tools) from Tashkent State Technical University, Uzbekistan in 2022.
He is an Associate Professor at Technology of Mechanical Engineering department of Tashkent State Technical University.
His Main Scientific Research fields are: Metal cutting process, Mechanical engineering technology, Machining and Manufacturing processes, Metal cutting tools, Cutting fluids.
Professor Yevgen TSEGELNYK – O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Associate Editor
Yevgen Tsegelnyk is a Deputy Head (Research) at the School of Energy, Information and Transport Infrastructure of the O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv (Ukraine). He received his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute” (Ukraine) in 2010. He has more than 15 years of international experience in research and development. He had an international traineeship as Post Doctorate at the Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic) in 2014. His research interests cover innovation technologies, including the methods of manufacturing for the digital industry, processing with intense energy fluxes (technologies using plasma, laser, and detonation sources), additive and subtractive manufacturing technologies, and applied computing techniques.
Scientific profiles links:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1261-9890
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57192961558
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yevgen-Tsegelnyk
E-mail – y.tsegelnyk@kname.edu.ua
Professor Paulo MYIAGI – University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Associate Editor
Professor Paulo Eigi Miyagi received his B.Eng. from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1982, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan in 1985 and 1989 respectively. He received his D.Sc. degree (Livre-Docencia) from the University of Sao Paulo in 1994. Since 1997, he has been a Full Professor at University of Sao Paulo where he was Head of Department, Coordinator of Postgraduate Program and Chairman of the Postgraduate Committee. He is a senior member of IEEE, ABCM, and member of SBA, SBPN. He was Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor of the Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. He was also, member of the Board of Directors of ABCM, SBA and SBPN. He is the author of the book “Programmable Control”, published by Editora Edgard Blucher and co-author of the books “Modeling and Analysis of Hybrid Supervisory Systems” published by Springer Verlag and “Fault Tolerance in Manufacturing Systems: Applying Petri Nets” published by VDM Verlag. He works in the area of Mechatronics Engineering, with emphasis on Systems Automation and has carried out research and developments on discrete event system, manufacturing system, industrial automation, robot programming and control systems design.
Professor Dacian ROMAN – Concordia University Montreal, Canada, Associate Editor
Dr. Dacian Roman is a distinguished authority in mechanical engineering, automation, and mechatronics. He earned his PhD in mechanical engineering from Concordia University in Montreal in 2013. With a diverse background encompassing academia and industry, he brings a wealth of experience and a profound understanding of the cutting-edge developments in these fields. Throughout his career, he has successfully overseen a wide array of projects, demonstrating expertise in both scientific and industrial realms. His interests and expertise extends across various domains, including mechanical design, rapid prototyping (utilizing 3D printing and microfluidics), automation and instrumentation, Internet of Things (IoT), and FEA multiphysics analysis. This technical prowess is reinforced by a solid grounding in theoretical principles.
Professor Patrick HENDRICK – Universite Libre de Brussels, Belgium, Associate Editor
Dr. Patrick Hendrick is a Professor in Belgium at ULB in Brussels and KULeuven at the Faculty of Engineering. He is a specialist in aircraft and rotorcraft propulsion, energy storage and hydrogen and a leader of a large research team (20+) on these topics. He is also a National Representative of Belgium in organizations such as ISABE, EUCASS or EERA.
Professor Chi Hieu LE – University of Greenwich, UK, Associate Editor
Dr Chi Hieu Le is currently the Associate Professor at University of Greenwich, United Kingdom (UK). He graduated from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST, Vietnam), Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) and University of Greenwich (UK) respectively in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Higher Education. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), a member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE), and a fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. Before working for University of Greenwich, he had been working for HUST and Cardiff University (UK) as a lecturer and a senior research fellow.
Dr Chi Hieu Le has been actively working in Higher Education (Learning, Teaching and Assessment), Research & Technology Development (R&D), Technology Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, especially in Innovative Product Development, Emerging Design and Manufacturing Technologies (3D Modelling, CAD/CAM/CNC, Additive Manufacturing – 3D Printing, Micro-Nano Manufacturing, Reverse Engineering, Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0), Robotics & Automations (Industrial and Collaborative Robots, AGVs, IoT, Smart Technologies), Engineering Management (Process Improvement, Decision Making, Optimisation, Supply Chain 4.0), and Biomedical Engineering (Medial Additive Manufacturing – 3D Printing, 3D Bioprinting, 2D/3D Medical Image Processing, Personalised Implants, Telehealth, In-Home Healthcare, Biomedical Hi-Tech Products & Services). He has been successfully implemented at least 150 R&D and commercial projects for companies in the UK, Europe, Vietnam and Japan, with more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.
Dr Chi Hieu Le is a member of advisory boards and scientific committees for high-tech start-ups and companies, industrial hi-tech development zones and corporations, with active engagements in University-Industry links in the UK, EU, USA and ASEAN. He was/has been a project evaluator for funding organisations such as for Vingroup Innovation Foundation – VINIF (Vietnam), Hongkong Research Grant Council (Hongkong, China), Wellcome Trust (UK), The Royal Society (UK: Global Challenges Research Fund, University Research Fellowships), Welsh Assembly Government (Wales, UK), Sêr Cymru – Welsh Government Office for Science (Wales, UK), NIHR – Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme (Department of Health, National Institute for Health Research – NIHR, UK), and British Council (UK). He annually serves as a visiting professor and an invited speaker at Higher Education Institutions in Vietnam, Thailand, China and Europe.
Dr Chi Hieu Le is a co-founder of the Vietnam-UK Network of Higher Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (www.vuheie.org), which has been successfully secured at least 5 million USD of the external funding for R&D and Higher Education activities, with the active engagements and networking among scientists, researchers and experts from Vietnam, ASEAN and the UK, as well as the sustainable and fruitful University-Business collaborations of big impacts in terms of science, technologies and sustainability, especially for developing countries.
Professor Adam EKIELSKI – Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland, Associate Editor
Professor Adam Ekielski (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1721-158X), is an Associate Professor at Department of Production Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). He graduated in Mechatronic Faculty at Warsawa University of Technology and PhD and habilitation has been obtained in Mechanical Engineering from Warsaw University of Life Sciences. He has more than 25 years of international experience in research and development. For many years, he cooperated with the R&D departments of many Polish factories in the food industry, improving and developing new production systems. The effects of the work were awarded with 2 main prizes and distinctions at national and international innovation competitions. His work in recent years has been related to research on the design properties of biodegradable smart materials and biodegradable sensors. He is the co-creator of one of the methods for obtaining lignin nanoparticles used to build biosensors. His work in recent years has been related to research on the design properties of biodegradable smart materials and biodegradable sensors used for industry processes.
Professor Tomasz ŻELAZINSKI – Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland, Associate Editor
Dr. Eng. Tomasz Żelaziński (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2912-2303) is an assistant professor at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. His interests include the following areas: agricultural engineering, mechanical engineering and materials engineering. He is a specialist in the field of extrusion of plant products for the food and feed industry. He also conducts research on the possibilities of using by-products from agri-food processing for the production of utility biodegradable plastics. During his career, he has participated in many international scientific conferences and is the author of over 100 scientific publications. He also participated in several research projects. Keywords resulting from scientific interests: extrusion process, extruders, biocomposites, polymers, physico-chemical parameters, mechanical strength, image analysis, surface morphology, internal structure, operation of agricultural and food machines.
Professor Lukas PRASOL – Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Associate Editor
Prof. Lukas Prasol from Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, graduate in Physical Engineering at Hochschule Coburg, Germany and in Engineering Science at Berlin Institute of Technology (Technische Universität (TU) Berlin), Germany. He obtained a PhD degree in Manufacturing at Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), Germany.
After several years as a research associate and Chief Engineer at the Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management (IWF) at TU Berlin, he was Chief Engineer and Project Manager at Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK) in Berlin, Germany. He spent several years in industry in different positions in production (project manager, program manager, plant manager) for different manufacturing companies.
Currently, he is a Professor for Manufacturing Technologies at the Faculty of Engineering at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences.
His areas of interest and teaching are cutting and forming technologies, digital production & manufacturing and data science.
Professor Milan EDL – University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic, Associate Editor
Professor Milan Edl studied industrial engineering and management at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of ZČU, where he habilitated in 2009 in the field of Mechanical Engineering. Since 2014, he has been the Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of ZČU, and he finished his second term on October 2022. Currently, he is the Vice Dean for External Relations and Cooperation with Practice of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. He also holds the position of Regional RIS3 Manager in the Pilsen Region. In his professional activity, he focuses on sustainable production systems, implementation of modern technologies of the 4.0 phenomenon in industry and education, and he also deals with the issue of circular economy. He has worked at three foreign universities as a visiting professor. He is an evaluator of the National Accreditation Office of the Czech Republic and an evaluator and rapporteur of projects of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, and he is also the founder of the Industrial Council and the Czech-Bavarian International Industrial Council. In cooperation with the Industrial Council, he established the Children’s Technical University in the Pilsen and Karlovy Vary regions. He is the President of the Czech Smart City Cluster and the Czech Technology Platform for Engineering and the Vice President of the Smart Pilsen Region Cluster.
Professor Vijaya Kumar MANUPATI – Indian Institute of Management Mumbai, India, Associate Editor
Dr. Vijaya Kumar Manupati is currently an Assistant Professor in the Operations and Supply Chain division at Indian Institute of Management Mumbai, Mumbai. His research interests include Intelligent manufacturing systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, Prognostics and Diagnostics of Manufacturing Systems, Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains, and Health care systems. He has published peer-reviewed articles which include prestigious Journals like Transportation research part- E, CIRP-Annals Manufacturing Technology, International Journal of Production Research, Computers and Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, etc. and more than 40 International Conference papers, 21 Book chapters and edited 5 books. His h-index is 19 with an i-10 index of 28. He is acting as an international reviewer for more than 30+ peer-reviewed Journals. Currently, he is acting as an Editorial Review Board member of International Journal for Quality Research, Proceedings of Engineering Sciences, International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility, and International Journal of Web Portals, and special issue editor of International Journal of Advanced Operations Management. He received Grants from Department of Science and Technology (DST), and a recipient of Young Engineers Award from Institute of Engineers India. He is a member of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE), Institute of Engineers (IEI) India, Life member of International Association of Engineers, US and also acting as a technical and scientific committee member of various International conferences.
Professor Dr.-Ing. Stefan VÖTH –Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola, Germany, Associate Editor
His vita comprises long lasting industrial experience in the field of lifting of loads. He was head of development and engineering design of tower cranes / head of technology of bridge cranes with leading industrial companies on international business level.
Today Stefan Vöth contributes as head of PROLAB Produkt+Produktion at Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola, Bochum, Germany. His projects focus on the development of intrinsic equipment for the lifting of loads with regard to design for availability and design for safety. Several projects deal with the derivation of a suitable product design from modeling and simulation of the system behaviour.
His experience he puts to the evaluation of standards.
His work condensates in publication of two books and numerous articles.
Stefan Vöth is an authorized crane expert.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0705-973X
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefan-Voeth
Professor Cătălin ALEXANDRU, PhD, Eng. -Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania, Associate Editor
Cătălin Alexandru is a full Professor of Transilvania University of Brașov from 2004 until now. He was hired as an Assistant Professor of Transilvania University in 1992. Since 2016, he has been the Director of Council for Doctoral Studies (equivalent to vice-rector for doctoral activity) in Transilvania University of Brașov.
His main research interests are linked to the:
– renewable energy systems, with special emphasis on solar energy;
– mechanical and mechatronic systems’ design and testing;
– virtual prototyping: modeling, simulation and optimization.
He published 11 books, 10 chapters in various books, and more than 250 scientific papers, part of them in prestigious WOS indexed journals (such as Mechanism and Machine Theory, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, The Scientific World Journal, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers – Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers – Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, Energies). He was the editor for 2 monographs published by international publishing houses. He owns 5 patents. He was and he is a member of the Scientific Committee of different conferences, congresses and journals. He is a member of the International University Association for Science and Technology of Romania (UASTRO), as well as the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM). He is an editor of the Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brașov: Series I, topic editor of Energies and Mathematics, and reviewer for prestigious WOS journals (such as Mechatronics, Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Applied Mathematics and Computation, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Mechanical Sciences, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy). He is a PhD Supervisor in Mechanical Engineering (since 2009), and he coordinated three completed doctoral theses and two postdoctoral programs.
Primary Email: calex@unitbv.ro
ORCiD: 0000-0003-1823-4537
Professor Adriano A. SANTOS, PhD, Eng. – Polytechnic of Porto, PORTUGAL, Associate Editor
Adriano A. Santos is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering-Production Management at the School of Engineering (ISEP), from the Polytechnic of Porto (P.Porto); he has a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering-Industrial Maintenance at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), Portugal, and at the same university he got his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in the field of Automation.
He is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal, and the Head of the Postgraduate Program in Industrial Automation and Robotics. He is co-author of 3 books in the field of Industrial Automation, and an author or a co-author of more than 40 articles, book chapters in journals and conference proceedings papers.
He is also a reviewer for some of the most prestigious international journals and a member of the research group of Intelligent Systems & Control at LAETA-INEGI and CIDEM at ISEP, in Porto, Portugal.
His main interests are related to Industry 4.0, more specifically in the design of the mechatronic (pneumatic and oil-hydraulics) system, Maintenance, Robotics, AI and Mechanical engineering.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8991-6768.
The professor also has a strong expertise in the area of Artificial Intelligence applied to Industry and he reviews papers under this topic.
Dr. Dănuț-Iulian STANCIU, National Institute of Research and Development in Mechatronics and Measurement Technique – INCDMTM Bucharest, Romania, Associate Editor
Dănuț-Iulian Stanciu is a senior researcher, who has worked for INCDMTM since his graduation from the Faculty of Machines Manufacturing Technologies, in 1991. He is the author of several papers, book chapters and patents in the fields of mechatronics and precision mechanics and he has a wide experience in both nationally and European-funded projects. He is also the current head of the Scientific Council of the National Institute of Research and Development in Mechatronics and Measurement Technique.
His main areas of expertise include: integrated mechatronic dimensional control systems, complex mechatronic systems for measuring and controlling DACIA internal combustion engine elements (crankcase tightness, camshaft clearance measurement, automatic measurements of connecting rod motor parameters, monitoring and control systems to improve maintenance and functional safety in the automotive and rolling stock industries), on-line and off-line measuring equipment, advanced gear and gear control technologies, evaluation of noise and vibration in the industrial environment, real-time predictive monitoring systems for industrial process control, non-contact measurement methods, advanced technologies for contact and non-contact measurement, 2D / 3D of profiles and surfaces, development of methods, procedures and techniques for measuring and processing experimental data; advanced mechatronic systems for measuring forces and moments and fatigue testing, development of hardware and software interfaces for measurement and control equipment under Linux, Embedded Linux and Windows platforms, development of computerized mini and micro-modules for remote control and monitoring of measurement processes, development of software platforms for remote control and monitoring of the realized modules.
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2160-6955
Dr. Vladimir KOTEV, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia, Bulgaria, Associate Editor
Vladimir Kotev is an Associate Professor in mechatronics at the Institute of Mechanics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS). He graduated from the Technical University of Sofia in 2002. He has a master degree in Mechanical engineering. He worked as a designer in a machine building company from 2002 to 2005. Vladimir Kotev was a Ph.D. student on biomechanics from 2005 to 2008 at the Institute of Mechanics. He obtained his doctoral degree in biomechanics in 2008, and since then he has been working in the Institute of Mechanics. He was a postdoctoral researcher (JSPS fellow) in Robotics in Japan, Gifu University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of mechanical engineering, Japan from November 2011 to November 2013.;
His research is related to design, mathematical modelling and simulations of mechanisms for mechatronic systems and robots. Design and prototyping of mechatronic systems and tools for applications in agriculture, micro robotics and biomedicine. Most recently he does research on the application of Machine learning to agriculture and robotics. Also, Vladimir Kotev carries out a research in biomechanics.
He took part in more than 50 scientific papers, published in the Proceedings of National and International Conferences and International Journals as well as in 3 Bulgarian patents.
Dr. Natalia Smetankina, Ph.D, Eng. – Anatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Associate Editor
Professor Natalia Smetankina is the head of Department of Vibration and Thermostability Studies at the Anatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kharkiv.
She received her Doctor of Science degree in the field of Mechanics of Deformable Solid in 2013 from the Institute of Anatolii Pidgornyi Institute of Mechanical Engineering Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. She is a member of the National Committee of Ukraine on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
Expert in computational mechanics, composite structures, thermoelasticity, vibration analysis, failure analysis, aircraft accident, and structural optimal design. These research findings are integrated across various industries, including aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, and general engineering sectors.
Prof. Natalia Smetankina is the Head of Scientific Projects of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and an author or a co-author of more than 140 scientific papers published in the Proceedings of International Conferences and Journals. She is the leading guest editor of a special issue of the journal Sustainability and a reviewer of scientific manuscripts for MDPI journals.
Scientific profiles links:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9528-3741
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7801574244
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1206404
https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?user=BUakBqUAAAAJ&hl=uk
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Natalia-Smetankina
4. Electronics and Cyber-Physical Systems
Filipe Alexandre de SOUSA PEREIRAPh.D, Eng, – Guest Assistant Professor at the University of Minho and at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, Associate Editor
Filipe Alexandre de Sousa Pereira obtained his PhD in Industrial Electronics and Computer Engineering specializing in Control, Automation and Robotics at the University of Minho and his master’s degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering, in the area of Automation, Robotics and Industrial Control at Universidade Lusíada de Vila Nova de Famalicão – Portugal. He is also a Graduate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, in the field of Industrial Automation, from the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto in Portugal.
He is the author or co-author of more than 40 articles in refereed journals and conference articles and the author of 6 books in the areas of Automation and Robotics. He has participated as a collaborator in several Research Projects at the University of Minho through the Metrics research center.
Filipe Alexandre de Sousa Pereira holds the title of Specialist in Electronics and Automation, and also holds the title of Specialist Technical Engineer, in the area of Automation, Robotics and Industrial Control – Industry 4.0 approved by the Order of Technical Engineers in Portugal.
He holds teaching positions as a Guest Assistant Professor at the University of Minho and at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP-DEM) and as a Guest Adjunct Professor at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP).
Filipe Alexandre de Sousa Pereira is a Trainer certified nationally and internationally by the companies OMRON, SIEMENS, HMS, ALLEN-BRADLEY/ROCKWELL, BECKHOFF, TURCK, FESTO and WEIDMULLER.
The professor also has a strong expertise in the area of Artificial Intelligence applied to Industry and he reviews papers under this topic.
Professor Géza HUSI – University of Debrecen, Hungary, Associate Editor
Géza Husi, habil., PhD, is the vice-dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen, the head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Mechatronics, an associate professor, a mechanical engineer (MSc, Technical University of Heavy Industry), mechatronics engineer (MSc, University of Oradea), a computer design engineer (MSc, University of Miskolc). He holds a PhD degree (Military Engineering Science, Zrínyi Miklós National Defence University). He has several years of industrial engineering experience: GE Hungary Kft. His main research areas are building mechatronics, robottechnics, reconfiguration mechatronics controllers (FPGA) and industrial manufacturing systems.
Dr. Nicolae TĂNASE – ICPE CA, Romania, Associate Editor
Nicolae TĂNASE was born in Giurgiu County, Romania, on 28 June 28 1988.
Between 2006 and 2010, he pursued studies in Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Faculty of Technological Equipment. From 2010 to 2012, he completed a Master’s program specializing in Advanced Mechanical Systems at the same university and faculty.
From 2015 to 2017, he attended and graduated from a Master’s program in Maintenance Engineering for ELI-NP (IMentELI), conducted at the Politehnica University of Bucharest.
In 2019, he published his Ph.D. thesis in Electrical Engineering at the Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Electrical Engineering. In 2023, he completed postdoctoral studies at the same university and faculty.
His contributions to scientific activity are notable, with over 50 scientific articles published and more than 20 patents granted. He has coordinated 7 research projects as the project leader.
His main areas of focus include computer-aided design (CAD), electro-mechanical simulations for various electromechanical products, fluidic simulations, and the development of new products and prototypes. He is part of the Department of Electromechanical and Electromagnetic Systems and Technologies, holding the position of Scientific Researcher Grade III whitin the Laboratory for Normal and Superconducting Electromagnets, which he coordinates, at the National Institute for Research and Development in Electrical Engineering ICPE-CA.
Correspondence Address: INCDIE ICPE-CA, Splaiul Unirii, no. 313, district 3, Bucharest (Romania), e-mail: nicolae.tanase@icpe-ca.ro
II. APPLIED MECHANICS
This field is coordinated by Professor ALEXANDRU SOVER – Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Co-Editor-in-chief
Prof. Alexandru Sover, from Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, graduated in Mechanical Engineering at North University of Baia Mare, Romania. He obtained a PhD degree in Mechanical and Plastic Engineering at Clausthal University of Technology, Germany.
After several years as a research associate at the Institute for Polymer Materials and Plastics Engineering of TU Clausthal and University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, Institute for Manufacturing Technology, he was the Head of Steinbeis Innovation Centre for Applied Material, Production and Process Technology in Zwickau, Germany. After his PhD, he spent several years in industry working as a head of R & D department for different plastic manufacturing companies. Currently, he is a Professor for Plastic Processing and Hybrid Materials at the Faculty of Engineering at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, and has also been appointed to a Research Professorship (project “HTA” funded by the State of Bavaria).
His area of interest and teaching is plastic processing and testing technologies, recycling of plastics and smart materials, laser processing and additive manufacturing technologies.
He attended numerous international conferences and has several national and international publications. He coordinated and completed different research projects funded by the German Government and the European Union.
At present, he works in different projects for industry and advises different companies in the field of plastic processing, testing technologies, and additive manufacturing.
1. Materials Science
Professor Adinel GAVRUS – France – National Institute of Applied Sciences of Rennes (INSA Rennes) – University Brittany Loire (UBL), Associate Editor
Assoc. Prof. Adinel Gavrus has received in 1996 the PhD degree in Materials Sciences from Mines Paris’Tech graduate and post-graduate engineering school (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris) of France.
Since 1997 it is Associate Professor (Maître de Conferences des Universités) at Mechanics and Control Systems Engineering Department of INSA Rennes obtaining in 2008 the Research Hab. Degree from University of Rennes1 (France) in the field of experimental and numerical material’s behaviour analysis corresponding to forming processes undergoing severe and rapid loadings using inverse analysis principle, finite element modelling and numerical optimization algorithms improvements.
He has been obtained from the French National Universities Council the qualification for a full professor degree since 2009 in the field of Mechanics/Materials Engineering.
He is an author and a co-author of more than 100 refereed journals and conference proceedings papers concerning rheological and tribological analysis of metallic materials and solid polymers undergoing important local thermo-mechanical gradients based on mesoscopic and multi-scale numerical approaches.
He is an active member of editorial board for three international journals concerning materials science, applied mechanics and numerical modelling. He has been associated of a tens scientific boards and/or scientific sessions co-chairman of international conferences and is a frequent paper reviewer for a lot of international journals edited by Elsevier, Springer and Taylor & Francis.
He is a current member of Dymat, Esaform, Euromech international scientific associations and of the French Mechanics Association (AFM) board council.
Professor Vasile BRATU – «Valahia» University of Targoviste, Associate professor, Associate Editor
Prof. Vasile Bratu holds a PhD and is a full professor with «Valahia» University of Targoviste. His main focuses include the fields of mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, and materials engineering. Also, he has authored several publications in his areas of interest including: aluminium alloys, materials, heat treatment, mechanical properties, microstructure, mechanical behaviour of materials, metallurgical engineering, material characterization, mechanical testing, metals, materials processing, casting, advanced materials, solidification, light metals, tensile, testing, metal casting, foundry, continuous casting, materials testing, surface engineering, wear testing, materials technology, and polishing.
Professor Georgeta IONAȘCU – ¨Politehnica¨ University of Bucharest, Romania, Associate Editor
Georgeta Ionașcu is a professor at the POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest – UPB, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, Department of Mechatronics and Precision Mechanics. She deals with conventional and unconventional technologies of high- and ultraprecision, micro- and nanotechnologies, technological processes for specific parts of fine mechanics, processing of hard and extra-hard materials, microtextured surfaces, thin layer structures, advanced methods and techniques for micro-systems with applications in the field of micro-sensors / actuators, (micro) robotics, modern methods of investigation using optical, electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction. She has published over 200 scientific papers and over 20 volumes, including “Technologies of Microtechniques for Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)”, Cartea Universitară Publishing House, Bucharest, 2004 and “Utilization of Thin Film Structures Technologies in Precision Engineering and Mechatronics”, Printech Publishing House, Bucharest, 2004. She is a scientific referent and a member of the Editorial Board of the Scientific Bulletin of UPB, series D (Mechanical Engineering). She is a founding member of AMFOR (Romanian Association of Fine Mechanics and Optics), a member of SROMECA (Romanian Society for Mechatronics) and CCDM (Center for Research and Development in Mechatronics) – UPB.
Dr. Liliana-Laura BĂDIŢĂ-VOICU, Engineer & Physicist – INCDMTM Bucharest, Romania, Associate Editor
Liliana-Laura Bădiță-Voicu, Dr., Eng., Phys., has graduated from the University of Bucharest, the Faculty of Physics, the specialization of Biophysics, in 2004 and has received her Master’s degree in Biodynamics at the Faculty of Biology, in 2007. She has obtained her PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering, from the Romanian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Solid Mechanics, in 2012.
She has joined the Micro/Nano-mechatronic Technologies Department of the National Institute of Research and Development in Mechatronics and Measurement Technique in Bucharest in 2007. Currently, she is the coordinator of the Laboratory for Process Micro- and Nano-Technologies, and the Vice-president of the Scientific Council. Her research areas cover tribology, micro/nanostructures, thin films, atomic force microscopy, mechanical engineering, biophysics, and medical physics.
Mrs. BĂDIŢĂ-VOICU has coordinated 5 research projects funded by National programs and has also participated in several National and European funded research and development projects.
She is an author and a co-author of 4 published books, 3 book chapters, more than 50 papers published in scientific journals, and 40 papers presented and published in the proceedings of international and national scientific events.
She is a reviewer of scientific manuscripts for 7 WoS and SCOPUS journals and a member of the Scientific and Organization Committees of several international conferences.
Emeritus Professor Mărioara ABRUDEANU, PhD., Eng. – National Polytechnic University of Science and Technology, Bucharest, Romania, Associate Editor
Emeritus Professor Mărioara Abrudeanu, PhD., Eng., works for the Doctoral School of Materials Science and Engineering at the National Polytechnic University of Science and Technology in Bucharest.
She graduated from the Faculty of Metallurgy, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, with a doctorate awarded by the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest and completed her post-doctoral internship at the Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine, the School of Mines in Nancy, the Laboratory of Science and Engineering of Metallic Materials.
The professor initiated at the University of Pitesti, in collaboration with 8 French universities and the ´Politehnica´ University of Bucharest, the master’s degree in Materials Science and Technology in French, whose graduates are awarded a research master’s degree by the University of Toulouse.
She has been an invited professor, a member of doctoral committees in French universities, an invited researcher of the CNRS, and has participated in 12 international research projects.
Professor Mărioara ABRUDEANU has been a PhD supervisor since 2000 and has coordinated both a number of national theses and 8 theses under the international co-supervision resulting in a double diploma awarded by the Paris Central School, the Toulouse Polytechnic Institute, the Lyon National Institute of Applied Sciences, the University of Clermont Ferrand, and the University of Metz. The ongoing PhD collaborations are carried out with ENEA Italia and the University of Ansbach.
She is a full member of the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (ASTR) of the Romanian Coalition for Engineering Education (CREDING) and an associate member of the Romanian Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (CRIFST) of the Romanian Academy.
Professor Mărioara ABRUDEANU was awarded: the CNCSIS medal for research, the “Rayonnement-Honeur-Prestige” diploma for her active contribution to the positive image of Romania, and the “Palmes académiques” decoration for her services to the French culture.
Professor Valeriia Subbotina, PhD., Eng. – National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine, Associate Editor
Professor Valeriia Subbotina (ORCID 0000-0002-3882-0368), Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the Department of Materials Science, Educational and Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Transport, National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kharkiv, Ukraine. D. in Materials Science from the Petro Vasylenko National Technical University of Agriculture, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 2021.
Professor Paweł Zawadzki, PhD., Eng. – Poznan University of Technology, Poland, Associate Editor
Dr. Eng. Paweł Zawadzki is an assistant professor at the Poznan University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Technology. His general research interests lie in mechanical engineering, with a particular focus on tribology and surface engineering. His expertise includes nanotribology, biotribology, and contact mechanics, with research activities covering thin coatings, functional surface layers, and micromachining techniques. He also works on laser and hybrid surface treatment technologies as well as advanced wear and friction analysis. Dr. Zawadzki employs a wide range of high-precision surface metrology methods—including profilometry, functional microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), nanoindentation, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM)—to comprehensively characterize surface morphology, topography, and roughness, as well as to investigate mechanical and tribological properties at the micro- and nanoscale. His work also includes detailed characterization of microstructural and compositional features of surface layers and microelements.
He has authored or co-authored numerous scientific publications in leading international journals and contributed to research projects in both academic and industrial settings. He is also a co-inventor of several patented solutions, including a novel design of a hip joint endoprosthesis and surgical tools for the precision machining of bone tissue. Dr. Zawadzki’s work is distinguished by a multidisciplinary approach, integrating mechanical and biomedical engineering to develop innovative methods and devices for surface processing and functional assessment.
2. Structural Mechanics
Professor Laurențiu Adrian CARTAL – University «Politehnica» of Bucharest, Romania, Associate Editor
Dr. Laurențiu Adrian CARTAL is the Head of the Department of Mechatronics and Precision Mechanics from the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest. His professional, scientific and technical activity concerns mainly the fields of: designing, modelling, simulation and experimental testing of mobile robots and robotic/mechatronic systems performances. His main teaching and scientific achievements are: principal author or co-author of 42 papers in national and foreign journals or conference proceedings (from them 18 ISI-indexed), mostly in the above mentioned fields or in related fields, author and co-author of 4 specialty books, manager of a UPB GEX Grant, partner coordinator in a POCU project, research assistant as team member in 11 CNCSIS, PNII and CEEX research grants. Is co-author of two patents and of one patent application. One of the research projects, RSU- Save and rescue robots, a prototype of a robot able to move on rough terrain was developed.
He is PhD in the field of Industrial Robots since 2012, following the public presentation of the PhD Thesis named “Studies and research regarding precision pneumatic actuation of the robots”.
Professor Salwan Obaid Waheed Khafaji – University of Babylon, IRAQ, Associate Editor
Professor Salwan Obaid Waheed Khafaji is an accomplished Mechanical Engineering professional with an extensive academic and research background. He holds a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Babylon (2005), a M.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Missouri at Columbia (USA) (2016), and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the same institution (2018). With over 19 years of international experience in research and development, Professor Khafaji’s expertise covers a wide range of mechanical applications. Currently serving as a Teaching Staff member, he has been actively involved in delivering high-quality instruction and mentoring students since April 2005. He is an IEEE member and has served as the Editor in Chief for the Iraqi Journal of Mechanical and Material Engineering affiliated with the College of Engineering at Babylon University (Iraq) and AL-Mustaqbal University (Iraq). Professor Khafaji has also reviewed manuscripts for prestigious journals, including but not limited to: Nonlinear Vibration and Control, Archive of Civil and Mechanical Engineer, Applied Physics, Smart Materials and Structures, Applied Sciences, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Polymers, Materials, Micromechanics, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, International Journal of Mechanical Science, Part G: Journal of Automotive Engineering, Transactions on Industrial Engineering (IEEE), Technologies, and Robotics. With a strong publication record of over 45 scientific journal and conference papers, Professor Khafaji has collaborated with several researchers and has served as an advisor to M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. His expertise in mechanical engineering, combined with his strong analytical skills and effective communication abilities, make him a valuable asset in academia and industry.
Associate professor Ioan Mihail SAVANIU – Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania, Associate Editor
Associate professor Ioan Mihail SAVANIU, PhD, Eng., is the manager of the Research Centre “Technological equipment engineering in construction IETC” of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics in Constructions – Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest.
Acting since 2000 in the Research Centre of the Faculty, he obtained vast experience in innovative projects focusing on material science, industrial machine parts using descriptive geometry or finite element method. Consequently, he has recognized expertise in: Computer Aided Design, modelling in virtual reality using various 3D software applications, Constructive and technological design in the field of mechanical complex systems.
Some of the professor’s relevant research projects include: “Innovative and ecological method of production using extrusion, with low power consumption, for profiled or hollow bodies” (Structural funds POS-CCE, O2.3.3, 2013-2015 as project manager); “Reliability and maintenance of centrifugal pumps refinery installations Petrotel – Lukoil” (Contract 129/2011. Centre of Excellence in Mechanical Engineering and Tribology -CESIT); „Innovative energy efficient sales systems for use in urban areas – SVIEE” (Structural funds POC/222/1/3/ SVIEE, 2020-2022 as a project manager).
3. Fluid Mechanics
Professor Antonio Riveiro RODRIGUEZ – University of Vigo, Spain, Associate Editor
Antonio Riveiro Rodriguez received his Ph.D. degree in applied physics from the University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain, in 2009. He was Assistant Professor of mechanics, electromagnetism, and fluid mechanics at the Defense University Center (Marín), University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain, from 2011 to 2014. He currently holds a position of full-time researcher. His research interests include optics, laser processing, modelling laser processes, biomaterials, nanofibers, and nanoparticles. He currently collaborates with several international scientific journals with different duties.
Dr. Gabriela MATACHE – Research Institute for Hydraulics and Pneumatics- IHP, Romania, Associate Editor
Gabriela Matache, PhD, Eng., SR rank 1 is the head of the Head of the Special Equipment0 Research and Development Department at the Research Institute for Hydraulics and Pneumatics- IHP, a branch of the National Research and Development Institute for Optoelectronics INOE 2000. She received her PhD degree in mechanical engineering from ‘Politehnica’ University of Bucharest, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, in 2004.
Her research activities are focused on: pneumatic drives, renewable energies and biomass capitalization, research, design and testing of digital systems. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Hidraulica’ Journal.
She is an author, or a co-author more than 150 scientific papers, published in the Proceedings of National and International Conferences and International Journals and is the co-author of 21 patent applications.
Mrs. Matache has implemented and coordinated over 30 research projects funded by National and European funds. She has also participated in several privately-funded research and development projects, for companies in hydraulic, pneumatics and renewable energies and biomass capitalization sectors.
4. Technology of Measurement and Instrumentation
Professor Jan HOŠEK – Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic, Associate Editor
Professor Jan Hošek is an Associate Professor of Design and Processing Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague since 2010 and got his PhD in Fine mechanics and optics in 2003 at the same university.
His experience includes a position of Leader of the Czech Technical University group in the National Center for Electron and Photon Optics (since 2018) and that of a Scientific board member of the Regional Centre for Special Optics and Optoelectronic Systems TOPTEC under the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (since 2013).
Between 2011 and 2019 has was a Vice-chairman of European Normalization Technical Committee CEN/TC 352 – Nanotechnology, and in 2010 he was appointed as a doctoral study program board member for Design and Processing Engineering at the Czech Technical University.Starting with 2006 to date, he has been involved in the scientific and research activity on the “OSQAR – CERN” project.In 2005, he has been appointed as a head of the Division of Precision Mechanics and Optics of the Institute of Instrumentation and Control Engineering under the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University.His main research experience and interests over the last five years include: Design of opto-mechanical instruments (Development of measurement instruments for Bidirectional Texture Function measurement – BTF – patent: 2018, EU and US patents: 2020; Design of the instrument for long-term measurement of concrete samples inside environmental chamber – patent: 2017; New instruments development based on laser triangulation principle – 3 patents: 2020) and Special production techniques (Micro EDM machining of micro mechanical and optical systems and Nano-related techniques).
Professor Aurel – Mihail ȚÎȚU – “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu (ULBS), the Faculty of Engineering, the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Sibiu, Romania, Associate Editor
Mihail Țîţu is a professor at the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu (ULBS), the Faculty of Engineering, the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, and a PhD supervisor at the “Politehnica” University of Bucharest in the Fundamental Field of Engineering Sciences, and in the PhD Supervision Field of ENGINEERING and MANAGEMENT, and he is a co-founder of this field at the “Politehnica” University of Bucharest along with two other fellow professors. He has gone through all the stages in his didactic training, from the very position of a Tutor (1995), to the top position of a Professor (2007).
Since 2010, he has been an Expert and an European Consultant in Intellectual Property and an Ambassador of Innovation appointed for Europe and Asia, a director of the Regional Center for the Promotion of Industrial Property Protection of OSIM and EPO (“PATLIB” Center in Sibiu).Since 2007, he has been a President of the Romanian Association for Alternative Technologies in Sibiu (ARTA Sibiu) − a professional association whose research activity is accredited by the Ministry of Research and Innovation − and he is the Vice President of the Romanian Association of Unconventional Technologies in Romania headquartered in Timisoara, and the President of the Romanian Association for Unconventional Technologies − Sibiu Branch.He is an Active Member of the Romanian Academy of Scientists (AOSR) − Brașov Branch, a co-founder and an Editor-in-Chief of the “Nonconventional Technologies Review”, an Editor of the “Management of Sustainable Development Review”, an Editor and Co-founder of the “Journal of Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Control and Computer Science”, an Associate Editor of the “International Journal of Mechatronics and Applied Mechanics”, and a Member of the Editorial and Scientific Committee of numerous prestigious International Journals and Conferences in Romania, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, several countries in the European Union, Russia, Switzerland, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, etc. He is the Scientific Secretary of the “Academic Management Society of Romania” Association − Sibiu Branch − and a Secretary General of the “China Center” Association in Romania.
In 2016, he established the first Scientific Circle in the Field of Intellectual Property Protection in Romania at “Lucian Blaga” University in Sibiu. Additionally, he is a Member of the International Association of Engineers of ASIA − IAENG (member card ID: 11873). In 2004, he established and started managing − as a director − the Department of Intellectual Property Protection of the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu. He has been an Active Member of the German Association of Engineers (“Verein Deutscher Ingenieure”) − VDI Germany − since 2006, and he is one of the global promoters of invention and innovation. Aurel-Mihail ȚÎȚU holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering (1999) and a specialization in Management Economics (2007), and he was nominated Honorary Doctor by the “George Bacovia” University of Bacău in 2019.
For further details, please visit www.artasibiu.ro and http://inginerie.ulbsibiu.ro/dep.iim?page_id=105 Contact: mihail.titu@yahoo.com and mihail.titu@ulbsibiu.ro
Professor Mihai DRAGOMIR – Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Associate Editor
Mihai DRAGOMIR is a full professor at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in the field of smart and sustainable production. Mihai’s scientific career, which spans over 2 decades, has had two main directions of interest: quality engineering and management and sustainability, with over 120 publications in well indexed journals and conferences, 17 books and book chapters, 2 granted patents and over 30 million euros in attracted funding as member of various project management teams. Beside his PhD from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, he holds an MBA from Cotrugli Business School in Croatia and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in education. Mihai is a member of the IFPR Board – International Foundation for Production Research, a Fulbright-RAF program alumni and an active participant in the working group for Innovation and Technology Transfer of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region.
III. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
This field is coordinated by Professor VLAD MUREȘAN – Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Co-Editor-in-chief
Vlad MUREȘAN was born in Zalǎu, Sǎlaj, Romania, in 1983. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Automation and Applied Informatics from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania (in 2007 and in 2009) and the Ph.D. degree in Systems Engineering from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania, in 2010. Since 2008 he is a member of staff in the Automation Department, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (Since 2020 he is a Professor and since 2017 he is a Ph.D. coordinator).
The main research interests are: applied artificial intelligence, mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of distributed parameter processes, industrial plant control, isotope separation processes (modeling and control), advanced control of the metallurgical processes, intelligent control, neural networks, biomedical processes, fractional-order systems etc.
He published more than 170 papers in journals or communicated at international conferences, he is the main author or coauthor of 12 technical books and he participated in 15 research contracts as manager or as member in the research team. Also, he is IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) member, UASTRO (The International University Association for Science and Technology of Romania) member and he received the Best Paper Award in 5 international conferences.
Professor Vladyslav PLIUHIN – O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Associate Editor
Vladyslav Pliuhin is a head of the department Electrical Energy Power Supply and Consumption Systems at the School of Energy, Information and Transport Infrastructure of the O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv. He received his Doctor of Engineering Sciences Degree in Electrical Machines and Apparatus from National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” (Ukraine) in 2016. He has more than 18 years of international experience in research and development. He had an international traineeship as Post Doctorate at the Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic) in 2012/2013. His research interests cover automated design of electric machines, automated electric drive systems, electromagnetic field analysis, optimization, forecasting, smart grids and energy-saving energy systems, machine learning, AI, IoT, AR and Digital Twins.
Scientific profiles links:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4056-9771
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57204286328
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vladyslav-Pliuhin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladyslav-pliuhin-a154a5143/
E-mail: vladyslav.pliuhin@kname.edu.ua
Dr. Eng. Vasile PĂIȘ – Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence “Mihai Drăgănescu” of the Romanian Academy, Romania, Associate Editor
Vasile Păiș received his B.Eng. and M.Sc. from “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science, and his Ph.D. from the School of Advanced Studies of the Romanian Academy. Currently he is a full-time researcher at the Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence “Mihai Drăgănescu” of the Romanian Academy. In 2023 he received the “Gheorghe Cartianu” award of the Romanian Academy for a series of publications and the creation of the RELATE platform, dedicated to language resources and tools for the Romanian language. He is a member of IEEE, ELRA, ACL. His research interests include artificial intelligence, large language models, deep learning, semantic web, generative models, natural language processing, neural networks optimization.
Professor Andrei PĂUN – Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence “Mihai Draganescu” of the Romanian Academy and Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Bucharest, Romania, Associate Editor
Paul-Andrei received his BSc in Mathematics with a major in Computer Science from University of Bucharest (Romania) and later he received a Master’s followed by a PhD in Computer Science from University of Western Ontario (Canada) in 2003. His PhD supervisor was Dr. Sheng Yu, from whom he “inherited” the interest in Finite Automata and OOP modeling as well as the Biocomputing research field that was the main thrust of his PhD dissertation. Following the PhD Andrei was a postdoc at Technical University of Wien (Austria) and later at University of Rovira i Virgili (Spain). He then moved to the US as an assistant and later associate professor of Computer Science (tenured) at Louisiana Tech University (USA). He later returned to Europe having positions at University of Bucharest (Romania), National Institute of R&D for Biological Sciences (Romania) and recently he accepted a position of director of the Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence “Mihai Draganescu” of the Romanian Academy.
His main interests are Artificial Intelligence, Biocomputing and Bioinformatics, Mathematical modeling and simulation of cascade reactions: apoptosis, Computability models inspired by biological processes, Molecular computing, Formal languages and Automata theory.
Email: apaun [at] {racai.ro, fmi.unibuc.ro}
Professor Sergiu NISIOI – Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Bucharest, Romania, Associate Editor
Sergiu Nisioi is an Associate Professor within the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest.
His research is related to various areas of computational linguistics, covering topics such as computational psycholinguistics, computational learning theory, bias, machine translation, and text simplification. In addition to academic research, for the past ten years he has been deploying machine learning pipelines in production.