EDUCATION

2008 – 2011    PhD Degree (academic title of Doctor), Politehnica University of Timişoara,Romania, Faculty of Automation and Computers, Supervisor: Prof.dr.ing. Stefan PREITL; Thesis entitled: Modern model-based control solutions applied to mechatronics systems.

2007 – 2009    Master Degree, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, Faculty of Automation and Computers.

2002 – 2007    Dipl.-Engineer Degree, “Politehnica” University of Timişoara, Romania, Faculty of Automation and Computers.

1998 – 2002    Baccalaureate in Mathematics-Physics, Theoretical High School “Traian Vuia”, Faget, Romania.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

2022–:            Associate Professor with the Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, Faculty of Automation and Computers, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania.

2015 –2022:   Lecturer with the Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, Faculty of Automation and Computers, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania.

2012 - 2015    AssistantProfessor with the Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, Faculty of Automation and Computers, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania.

FIELDS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

·         Systems modelling, identification and optimization (including nature-inspired algorithms).

·         Development and analysis of new control structures and algorithms including conventional control, fuzzy control, predictive control, two degree of freedom control, sliding mode control, etc.

·         Applications to mechatronics systems (including automotive systems and mobile robots), embedded systems, control of power plants, servo systems, electrical driving systems, etc.

MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES

·         Member of Romanian Society for Automation and Technical Informatics (SRAIT) (since 2008).

·         IEEE Member (since 2015).

·         Member of the International Program Committee of ICINCO (since 2023).

·         Member of Organizing Committee of International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (since 2019).

·         Member of Organizing Committee of International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (since 2018).