Keynote
Keynote
Florin Miculescu
Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Faculty from National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania
Title of the keynote presentation: 3D printed bone reconstruction products with improved antibacterial and mechanical properties
Since 2015, Florin Miculescu is Full Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Faculty from National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania. He leads a research group working on advanced methods for materials, biomaterials and nanomaterials obtaining, processing and characterization and he coordinates two research laboratories. He has participated in five postdoctoral stages in Europe and USA and applied his expertise in various research projects related to materials science, engineering and technology. His research activities are presented in >160 papers indexed in Web of Science Clarivate Analytics (h Index >30), books and book chapters, edited books and patents. He is an Editorial Board Member and Guest Editor of some WOS indexed journals. He is the Director of the Doctoral School in his Faculty and a former President of the Materials Engineering and Science Committee from CNATDCU – Ministry of Education Romania. He received more than 100 awards for his contribution in science (for published papers, presentations and patents).
Title of the keynote presentation:
3D printed bone reconstruction products with improved antibacterial and mechanical properties
Dr. Cosmin M. Cotrut
Associate Professor at the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest
Dr. Cosmin M. Cotrut is Associate Professor at the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering. He published 7 books and book chapters (Springer Nature, Elsevier), over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers with Hirsch index 24, total number of citations 1500+.
Daniel Munteanu
Vice-Rector for Students and Liaison with the Economic and Socio-Cultural Community at Transilvania University of Braso
Prof. Daniel Munteanu is the Vice-Rector for Students and Liaison with the Economic and Socio-Cultural Community at Transilvania University of Brașov (UNITBV) since 2012, and Full Professor at the Materials Science Department since 2008. As Vice-Rector, he oversees the Entrepreneurial Society of Students (SAS-UNITBV), the Alumni structure, the Career Counseling and Guidance Center, and the Economic Relations Office.
Rodica Elena Ionescu
(PhD) in Biotechnological Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Dr. Rodica Elena Ionescu received a PhD in Biotechnological Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (2004), and a second PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bucharest, Romania (2007). She completed three post-doctoral fellowships in France in electrochemical biosensors. In 2008, she was a researcher at the National Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Lecce (Italy), working on impedimetric cell chips.
Mohamed Belmeguenai
PhD thesis at Orsay (Université Paris XI) and postdoctoral positions at Universität Regensburg (Germany)
Prof. Mohamed Belmeguenai joined the Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM) at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord in September 2007 as an assistant professor, after completing a PhD at Université Paris XI (Orsay) and postdoctoral work at Universität Regensburg (Germany), where he focused on high-frequency magnetization dynamics in interlayer exchange-coupled NiFe/Ru/NiFe thin films.
Leandru-Gheorghe BUJOREANU
Professor at the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering from “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania
Fe-Mn-Si-based shape memory alloys: an alternative to NITINOL
Professor Bujoreanu is an international expert in the field of research and development of shape memory materials, being ranked among the top 100 authors in this topic, according to Web of Science database, as a function of the number of publications (>100). He defended, at the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania, his PhD thesis entitled “Technology and equipment for obtaining some shape memory alloys” which was focused on Cu-based shape memory alloys.
Vasile Dănuț COJOCARU
Professor & Head of Department, expert in metallic materials processing and advanced characterization of alloys (UNST POLITEHNICA Bucharest)
Title of keynote presentation:
“Specific phenomena occurring during TM processing of UNS S32750 / EN 1.4410 / F53 Super Duplex Stainless Steel (SDSS)”
Prof. Dr. Habil. Vasile Dănuț COJOCARU is currently Head of the Metallic Materials Processing and Environmental Engineering Department at the Materials Science and Engineering Faculty / National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest (Romania). He obtained his BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from the “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati (Romania) in 1997, and his MSc and PhD degrees in Material Science and Engineering from the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest (Romania) in 1998 and 2001, respectively.
Andrei P. Mihai, PhD
Andrei is a Materials Physicist and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Lomare Technologies, a spin-off from Imperial College London, specializing in magnetic nanomaterials, spintronics, and advanced photodetection technologies.
Andrei is a Materials Physicist and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Lomare Technologies, a spin-off from Imperial College London, specializing in magnetic nanomaterials, spintronics, and advanced photodetection technologies.
Andrei graduated from West University of Timisoara, followed by a Master’s degree at Université Joseph Fourier (now Grenoble Alpes). He obtained his PhD in Materials Physics from CEA/Université Grenoble Alpes in 2009, specializing in magnetic materials and nanostructures.
He has extensive experience in developing magnetic nano-devices for spintronics, including Domain Wall Spintronics, MRAM, Plasmonic materials, Materials for energy, LEDs, and Photodetectors.
In 2019, Andrei co-founded Lomare Technologies, where he now serves as CTO, leading efforts to revolutionize memory and storage technologies and advance Near-Infrared CMOS-compatible photodetection.
Alexandru Pascu
Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Faculty from Transilvania University of Brașov, Brașov, Romania
Alexandru Pascu is the coordinator of the research centre Advanced Welding Eco-technologies which is a part of the R&D Infrastructure of the Transilvania University of Brasov. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2011 through a collaboration with Research Department Centro Laser from Technical University of Madrid and has a master’s degree in Laser Technology obtained at the Applied Physics Department, ETS Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Since 2021, he has been full professor and Ph.D. supervisor in the Industrial Engineering field.