Professors and Engineers

April 1, 2024

Gicu Călin Deac – Technical Expert Advisor

Born 14th January 1970

Current position (2003 – present): Co-founder and IT Director at Impro-Media srl a multimedia production and software development company providing solutions in the following domains: customized online applications, streaming solutions, development of multimedia applications, video production and 3D graphics. Cofounder & CTO at 8agora Inc. (2022-present)

PhD thesis at University Politehnica of Bucharest (2021) – Material and information flow coordination platform in industry. 4.0

Managerial Communication graduate master (2014-2016) – Training techniques in virtual environment, University Politehnica of Bucharest.

Master thesis (2016): Theoretical and experimental research on new devices used in virtual and augmented reality applications.

Degree in technological equipment (1990-1995), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Baia Mare

Competences: graphic design, programming languages in the virtual environment and web platforms: JavaScript, NodeJs, AngularJS, CSS, jQuery, HTML5, WebRTC, Open CV, advanced user of After Effects, Cinema 4D, 3D Max, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop. Skills: video/ photo shooting and editing, color correction, designing for physical space, 3D design, motion graphic design and animation.…

April 1, 2024

Crina Narcisa Deac – Technical Expert Advisor

Current position (2003 – present): Co-founder and General Manager at Impro-Media srl. Her position duties are company administration, project implementation in advertising and activities of advertising agencies, software and multimedia production. Development of web applications and online platforms, object-oriented software programming, multimedia application development, AI.

PhD thesis at University Politehnica of Bucharest (2021) –  Maintenance platform in Industry 4.0

Master thesis at University Politehnica of Bucharest (2016) –  Theoretical and experimental researches regarding software development strategies for AR & VR platforms

IBM course (2018) – Fundamentals of scalable data science  – Corusera

Stanford University course (2018) – Machine Learning – Coursera

IBM course (2019)  – Advanced machine learning and signal processing – Coursera

Digital competencies: Web Design (HTML CSS PHP JavaScript Bootstrap Laravel), software CRM (Customer Relationship Management), web technologies (html, css, javascript, node.js, json), Database (SQL, MySql, Oracle), Machine Learning and Deep Learning: Tensorflow and Keras Java, JavaScript, JSF, JPA, JSP, WebServices (SOAP, REST), JavaScript, JQuery Algorithms and Data strctures for AI, Python programming,  Websites programming (Macromedia Dreamweaver), Adobe (Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator).…

May 9, 2019

Mihai Agud – Specialist Engineer

He was born on the 26th of March, 1978, in Iasi, Iasi county, Romania. Between 2012-2018, I attended the bachelor’s (Faculty of Mechatronics-Robotics) and master’s (Advanced Mechatronics Systems specialization) of the University of Oradea. Since 2018, I have been a Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering at the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, with the title of thesis: “Researches regarding the performances of the pneumatic systems”.

Since 2000, he has been an employee of SC PLASTOR SA Oradea, in the following positions:
– Production Technician in charge of the production flow, leading more than 30 persons,
– Process Engineer aiming with CAD and CAE projects,
– Department Manager aiming for the projects for Automotive industries.

Since 2016 he collaborates with team UPBAIR and participated as team leader in 2017, 2019 and 2021.…

May 7, 2017

Mihalache Ghinea – Director of Smart Pneumatics Lab

1MAIN TECHNICAL FOCUS
1MAIN INTERNATIONAL COLABORATIONS
  • European Unviersities EC program – EELISA alliance
  • ATHENS Network
  • Double-Degree program: ENSAM PT France – Eastern Europe
  • AVRENG – Collaboration with Institute Image Chalon sur Saone, France
1PhD DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
1PERSONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITY

He was born on the 22nd of July, 1964, in Urziceni, Romania. Graduated of Polytechnic Institute in Bucharest in 1990, Machine-Tools specialization, when he also started working in the same department that trained him.

His professional activity is composed of three main periods:
– technical studies and his debut in professional academic activity (1985-1995); 
– after his specialization in IT&C, I focused myself on CAD, CAM and CAE utilization in engineering (1996-2013);

He further develops in two main pillars of the Industry 4.0, respectively Pneumatics and AR & VR for engineering. Currently, is Associate Professor at the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest and director of a Smart Pneumatics Lab. Since 2018 is the local coordinator in UPB within the European academic network ATHENS, and since 2022 is the project manager for UPB within European alliance EELISA, participating in the European Commission’s project: European Universities.

April 9, 2017

Tiberiu Dobrescu – Director of Department of Robots and Manufacturing Systems

He is a graduate of the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, currently being a university professor at the Faculty of Industrial and Robotics Engineering, director of the Department of Robots and Production Systems. He has been an engineer doctor since 1998, when he defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Research on optimizing the characteristics of superfinishing machines for fragile materials”.

He has a vast training in areas related to higher education, following different courses and training stages such as: “Technology Entrepreneurship Education: Global Faculty Colloquium” / University Management, University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A. “foresight for public policies”, within the “quality and Leadership for Romanian higher Education” program, “Quality Management in higher Education”, within the project “University Community for quality Management in higher Education”, “internationalization, Equity and University Management for quality higher Education” within the project POSDRU 52867 – SMIS, “Interactive and interpersonal Communication – Instrument for Management of the institution’s activity” supported by TAK Education, “European and national legislation and policies in the field of higher education” supported within the pilot training / improvement center of USAMV Bucharest, “ISCAR’s Romanian academic Seminar” ISCAR Headquarters, Israel.…