Mihai Valentin PREDOI

Professor, 

Department of Mechanics "Radu P. Voinea"

Faculty of Biotechnical Engineering Systems 

National Science and Technology University POLITEHNICA Bucharest. (U.P.B. and from 2023: N.S.T.U.P.B. ) 

BN 002,  Splaiul Independentei 313, Sect.6, Bucharest

mihai.predoi@upb.ro , tel. +4021- 4029250;   +4021- 4029448

Education background

• Diploma of Aeronautics engineer, specialized in Aircraft Engines, 1984, U.P.B.

• Specialization in vibrations and mechanical waves in plates, Laboratoire de Modelisation en Mecanique (LMM), Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, 1991-1992.

• Ph.D. in Mechanics, Mechanical Vibrations, 1998, U.P.B.

• Docteur en Mecanique, 1998, Laboratoire de Modelisation en Mecanique, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

Professional experience

• 1984 - 1986 - Engineer - National Institute for Combustion Engines (INMT) and  Turbomecanica Aircraft Engines - Bucharest

• 1986 - 1989 - Research engineer - Turbine - Engines Center - I.N.C.R.E.S.T. Bucuresti

• 1989 - 2004 - Assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor -  Department of Mechanics, U.P.B.

• 2004 - ...      - Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor -  Department of Mechanics, U.P.B. / N.S.T.U.P.B.

Courses

• Mechanics (Faculties: Automation & Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering)

• Mechanical Vibrations (Aerospace Engineering Faculty)

• Technical Mechanics (Faculty of Engineering in foreign languages, English stream)

• Mécanique (Faculté d’Ingénierie en Langues étrangères, Filière française)

• Vibration diagnosis (Master Studies)

Domains of interest

• Plate and shells vibrations

• Ultrasounds propagation in layered structures

• Modeling & numerical simulation of mechanical systems dynamics

8 Textbooks 

5 Textbooks of problems

55  Papers in international scientific journals (Thomson ISI referenced): Hirsch index (Clarivate) : 18  as of June 2023 

49 Papers in national scientific journals.

17 Papers in proceedings of indexed  international conferences.

68 Papers in proceedings of international conferences.

38 Papers in proceedings of national conferences.

Research grants:

   - 7 (Manager for national research projects), 

   - 7 (Manager for research projects financed by national research institutions)

   - 6 (Member of the research team, international projects)

   - 32 (Member of the research team, national projects)

Awards

Médaille étrangère de la Société Française d’Acoustique, 2008.