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Dates	15/04/1997 to 01/08/2001, 01/09/2003 to 02/03/2005, 01/12/2006 – present
Position held	Professor (2013 -present); Associate Professor (2007-2013); Lecturer (2004-2007); Assistant (1999-2004); Junior Assistant (1997-1999)
Main activities and responsibilities	Teaching activities: courses and seminars in Strength of Materials, Finite Element Method, Experimental Methods for Evaluation of Structural Integrity, Measurement Systems and Data Acquisition   Research:  Analysis of strain/stress state in machine parts, application of experimental  techniques, optical methods of engineering analysis, FEM studies
Name and address of employer	TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ-NAPOCA, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering; B-dul Muncii 103-105, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Type of business or sector	Higher education

Dates	6/08/2001 to 05/08/2003
Position held	EU Research Assistant  / Marie-Curie Fellow (FP5)
Main activities and responsibilities	Improving strain/stress calculation module for a speckle interferometry (ESPI) measuring system, connection with the Finite Element Method, applications of the speckle interferometry technique
Name and address of employer	ETTEMEYER AG, Germany (actually DANTEC DYNAMICS GmbH), Nersinger Str. 12-16, D-89275 Elchingen, Germany
Type of business or sector	Optical Measurement Systems, Strain/stress analysis services

Dates	03/03/2005 to 30/09/2005 and 01/10/2005 – 30/11/2006
Position held	Experienced researcher (German Research Foundation project) & Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Main activities and responsibilities	Development of a measurement system based on Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry, Investigation into Non-linear Springback for High Strength Steel Sheets by ESPI, Teaching activities – lab works in laser interferometry.
Name and address of employer	CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Straße der Nationen 62, D-09107, Germany
Type of business or sector	Higher education

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Dates	01/10/2007 – 15/10/2010 – part time
Position held	Team leader computational engineering
Main activities and responsibilities	Office coordination, recruiting, FE simulation projects for automotive industry
Name and address of employer	ARRK RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT SRL, Cluj-Napoca, brunch office of P+Z Engineering GmbH, München, Germany
Type of business or sector	Engineering services for the product development process. CAE simulations

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Dates	01/10/1996 - 30/03/1997
Position held	Designer Engineer
Main activities and responsibilities	Implementation of the Computer Aided Design (AutoCAD), design of different machine parts and assemblies for the paper machine
Name and address of employer	SOMES SA, Dej, Romania
Type of business or sector	Pulp and Paper Mill Company

Dates	1996 - 2001
Title of qualification awarded	PhD (Dr.Eng.)
Name and type of organisation	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Specialization	Mechanical Engineering: Strength of Materials, Elasticity and Plasticity Thesis title: Study of the flexible shells of revolution with application at metallic bellows. Adviser: Prof.dr.ing. Ioan Păstrav

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Dates	1995 - 1996
Title of qualification awarded	Master Degree
Specialization	Advanced Methods in Engineering and Management of Quality Assurance
Name and type of organisation	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Dates	1990 - 1995
Title of qualification awarded	Mechanical Engineer
Specialization	Fine Mechanics  (first of my class)
Name and type of organisation	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Mother tongue	Romanian
Language skills	English      B2 - independent user German     B2 - independent user    Zertifikat Deutsch, Goethe Institut Dresden
Technical skills and competences	Strength of materials, elasticity and plasticity // Experimental mechanics //  Optical methods of engineering analysis // Finite Element Method (Ansys, Algor, Nastran, Abaqus, Ansa) // Material testing // Programming in MATLAB for technical calculations
Computer skills & competences	Matlab, AutoCAD, Common Vision Blox - image processing software, Visual C++,             Microsoft Office
Organisational / managerial skills	Competencies developed through teaching & research activities: - Member in the Council of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty  of TUCN (2008 - till present) - Member in the Senate of the TU Cluj-Napoca (2020-present) - Member CNATDCU (The National Council for Attestation of University Titles, Diplomas and Certificates) - Commission "Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics (2011-2012), (2016-2020 - Appeal Commission) & 2020-2024 - Dean of Faculty of Automotive, Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering from TUCN (2016-2020) - Vice dean of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering from TUCN  (2012-2016) - Coordinator and member in international and national research projects -Member in organizing committee of national and international symposiums & workshops Competencies acquired in industry: - Leadership - coordinator of the brunch office of German company P+Z Engineering GmbH (2007-2010) - Recruiting and employees evaluations - Coordination of industrial projects
Professional Groups	Member of Romanian Association for Stress Analysis (ARTENS) since 1998 // Vice-president of the ARTENS Branch Cluj since 2011.
Organizations	Member of General Association of Romanian Engineers (AGIR), since 1997. Member of the Humboldt Club Transilvania since 2006.

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Dates	2015
Title of qualification awarded	Habilitation
Name and type of organisation	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Specialization	Mechanical Engineering. Thesis title: Optical methods in experimental mechanics of solids.

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First name / Surname	DUDESCU Mircea Cristian
Address(es)	B-dul Muncii 103-105, Cluj-Napoca, 400287 Romania
Telephone	w. +40 264 401663 / 401661
E-mail	mircea.dudescu@rezi.utcluj.ro
Date and place of birth	09.11.1971, Dej, Cluj county
Marital status	Married, 1 child

Dates	05/2016 to 09/2020
Position held	Dean of the Faculty of Automotive, Mechatronics and Mechanical Enginering
Main activities and responsibilities	Representation and management of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering / Automotive, Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering
Name and address of employer	TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ-NAPOCA, Faculty of AMME, B-dul Muncii 103-105, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Type of business or sector	Higher education

Dates	05/2012 to 05/2016
Position held	Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Enginering
Main activities and responsibilities	Responsable with research activities, cooperation with companies and international relations for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Name and address of employer	TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ-NAPOCA, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, B-dul Muncii 103-105, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Type of business or sector	Higher education

Dates	10/2020 - present
Position held	Coordinator of the doctoral (PhD) study programme in Mechanical Engineering
Main activities and responsibilities	Coordination of the doctoral study program in Mechanical Engineering within the Graduate School of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Name and address of employer	TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ-NAPOCA, Str. Constantin Daicoviciu nr. 15, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Type of business or sector	Higher education

Publications	Books & monographs (in Romanian): 5 Book chapters - international publishers: 3 (2 published by Elsevier and 1 by IntechOpen)
	Publications indexed in Web of Science: 88  /  Articles in ISI journals: 54 Publications indexed in SCOPUS database: 92 Publications indexed in GOOGLE Scholar database: 138
h-index	ISI  - 11 SCOPUS - 12 Google Scholar - 14
WoS ResearcherID OrciID Google Scholar profile ResearchGate Brainmap	C-2090-2011 0000-0001-7743-4542 Mircea Cristian DUDESCU https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cristian_Dudescu2 Mircea Cristian Dudescu  U-1700-029T-8209

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