Associate Professor Mihaela-Elena ULMEANU, Ph.D. is the Responsible of the Joint Office FhG-IAO@UPB-IMST (Romanian - German Innovation Network). Her main fields of competences are: Additive Manufacturing/ 3D Printing, Product Design and Development, Design for Manufacture, CAD, Technical Functional Analysis. Amongst the most significant achievements, the following are listed: - Project manager of five national and international projects. -Team member in five international projects and five other national projects. -Author of 2 Awarded Patents, RO 132372 B1/ 30.05.2019 and RO 132417 / 30.10.2019. -Author of 7 Patent Applications, all in the field of product development using additive technologies. -International Reviewer for 10 journals (6 ISI). -Obtained European Scholarships for Doctoral (3 years) and Post-Doctoral (1.5 years) studies in Industrial Engineering in the field of Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing. -Author of over 50 scientific papers. -Founding Member of the Romanian Additive Manufacturing Society (AFAROM).