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).