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Assoc.Prof. Loredana STANCIU, PhD


Personal data
First nameLoredana-Mihaela
Last nameSTANCIU
Birth date21st of March 1977
Birth placeLipova, Romania
Emailloredana.stanciu@aut.upt.ro

Studies
2023Refresher course "ASPEN Public Service Leadership Program. Module 1: Leadership, Public Service and the Common Good " held September 12-15, 2023 in Timisoara by AIMS Timisoara
2023Refresher course "Career guidance counselor" held February-April 2023 by Avangarde Business Group Bucharest
2021-2022Refresher course "Leadership, organizational culture, conflict management" held Module 1: 14-19.10.2021 and Module 2: 11-13.01.2022 by Avangarde Business Group Bucharest
2017 - 2020Student, West University Timisoara, Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, Psychology Department
2011 - 2015Trainning in Sistemic Family Therapy, Areopagus - Family Therapy and Sistemic Practice Institut, Timisoara
2008Refresher course "Project manager" held September 15th - 26th by Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture Timisoara
2008Refresher course "Training for potential beneficiaries - Support for developing quality project proposals for the European Social Fund " held August 4th - 5th by European Consortium Profiles SA, Archidata, Ecosfera through the project "Support to the Ministry of Labour, Family and Equal Opportunities to prepare as Managing Authority for Sectorial Operational Programme Human Resources Development - Romania at Buzias, Timisoara
2007PhD Degree (academic title of Doctor), "Politehnica" University of Timisoara (supervisors: Prof. Doina DRAGULESCU, PhD, Prof. Nicolae ROBU, PhD and Prof. Nicolae FAUR, PhD; title of the thesis: "Reconstruction Models of the Human Hand and its Functions")
2007Refresher course "How to Write a Competitive Proposal for Framework 7 (Fp 7)" held July 12th at Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture Timisoara by Romanian Association of Research Managers and Administrations (RARMA) and Hyperion Ltd.
2006Erasmus Scholarship "Laser machining technologies and design optimization", September 18th - December 17th at Universite d'Artois in I.U.T. Bethune, France
2005Intensive course "Biomedical engineering in a European Perspective 2005", August 29th - September 16th at University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven in Wilhelmshaven, Germany
2004Refresher course "Microelectronic Sensors and Actuators with Biomedical Applications" held December 6th - 9th at Technical University of Warsaw, Poland by EuroTraining
2001 - 2007PhD student (without frequency), "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Mechanical Engineering Faculty
2001 - 2002Student, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Automation and Computers Faculty, Computer Science Department, Master of Science
1996 - 2001Student, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Automation and Computers Faculty, Computer Science Department
1992 - 1996Baccalaureate, Electrotimi? Industrial School Group, Timisoara

Professional experience
Dec. 2022 - presentDirector, Counseling and Career Guiding Center, Politehnica University Timisoara
Sept. 2020 - Dec. 2022ViceDean, Automation and Computer Science Faculty, Politehnica University Timisoara
Oct. 2016 - presentAssociate Professor (conferentiar), Politehnica University Timisoara, Automation and Computers Faculty, Automation and Applied Infornatics Department
Oct. 2008 - Sept. 2016Lecturer (sef de lucrari), "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Automation and Computers Faculty, Automation and Applied Infornatics Department
Oct. 2003 - Sept. 2008Research Assistant (asistent), "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Automation and Computers Faculty, Automation and Applied Infornatics Department
Oct. 2001 - Sept. 2003Teaching Assistant (preparator), "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, Automation and Computers Faculty, Automation and Applied Infornatics Department

Research&Teaching interests
Game development
Affective Computing
Artificial Neural Networks
Computer Vision
Medical informatics
Real time systems
Computer programming (C, Java, Matlab, Pascal)
Computer architecture
Visual Programming
Industrial and comercial logistics

Affiliations
SRAIT - Romanian Society of Control Engineering and Technical Informatics - since 2002
ProOPERA - Pro Opera non-profit society - since 2010