Vlad Andrei Ciubotariu has an engineering PhD in the industrial field of study and works at the Department of Engineering and Management of Industrial Systems in the Faculty of Engineering of the "Vasile Alecsandri" University in Bacau, Romania. His research career has been characterized by several areas of interest, such as finite element structural analysis, mechanical structures for mechatronics, additive manufacturing, polymer and composite materials, machine learning, and augmented and virtual reality.