Silviu-Danuti Macuta

CURRICULUM VITAE Personal data Last name: MĂCUŢĂ First names: Silviu Dănuţi Date and place of birth: March 16, 1955; Tg Frumos, district of Iasi, Romania Address: Str.Armata Poporului nr.6 Bl.CL3 Ap.10, Galati 6200 Romania. Position: .Prof., Ph.D .,at the department of Machine design, faculty of Mechanical engineering, “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galaţz. Education 1970-1974 “ C Negruzzi” High School of Iasi, mathematics –oriented class 1975-1980 Graduate from the faculty of mechanical Engineering, “Gh Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 1980. Specialty: machine –tools 1982 Training course in machine building, Brasov, September 1982 15june-24june1999 visit professor at Politecnico di Torino Italy,The TEMPUS JEP 12018/97 Programme.(C.E.) 10 oct.1999-6 dec.1999 -Specialty course at the University of Birmingham,U.K.under the TEMPUS JEP 13469/98 programme.(C.E.) 22 jan.1999- Doctor of Science, specialty: Machine Design Work experience: 1980-1984 Engineer at the marine equipment Enterprise, Galati,Romania Academic Experience 1981-1984 part-time professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati,Romania 1984-1991 assistant lecturer at Dunarea de Jos University of Galati,Romania 1991-1999 lecturer,at the department of Machine Design,Faculty Machancal Engineering,”Dunarea de jos”University of Galati. 1oct 1999- Assoc.Prof.,Ph.D.,”Dunarea de jos “University of Galati, Romania. 1.oct 2003.-Professor, Dunarea de jos “University of Galati, Romania. Courses taught: machine design, mechanisms and machine dynamics, descriptive geometry and drawing, elements of mechanical engineering, mechanisms and machine design, outfit and equipment for processing animal food products,hydraulic system. Author or co-author of five books, courses or, design guides and a design handbook published at the university printing house and six published in publishing house. Scientific experience The research activity has mainly been focused on the following directions: • industrial manipulators and robots,mechanisms.machine elements, • Testing materials- the science of the materials (dimensional and structural modifications in the surface layer subject to low cycle fatigue; fatigue destruction of the surface layer). The scientific activity developed up to present has been finalized with interdisciplinary character paper-work corresponding to Machine Components, The Science of the Materials, Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering