He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in automation at the University of Craiova, Romania, in 1995, 1997, and 2004, respectively. He joined the National Institute of Research and Development ICEMENERG, Craiova, Romania, in 1997. Since 2009, he has been working for the National Institute of Research and Development ICMET, Craiova, Romania, where he is currently a Researcher. Between 2011 and 2016, he has been collaborating with the Automation Department of the University of Craiova as an Associate Professor. The main areas of his research achievements include data acquisition, monitoring and control applications, control theory, systems with delay, the achievement of modeling, and simulation and analysis applications for control systems. Dr. Nicola is a member of the General Association of Engineers in Romania and the Romanian Society of Automation and Technical Informatics.