Raycho Petrov Raychev earned an MS in Mechanical Engineering (2002) and a Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics (2015), focused on the optimization of hydraulic vibration isolators, from the Technical University of Sofia, Plovdiv Branch. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanics and Vice Dean of Scientific and Applied Activity at the Faculty of Mechanical and Instrument Engineering, Technical University of Sofia – Plovdiv Branch. Associate Professor Raychev has over two decades of academic and research experience in the field of Applied Mechanics. He has authored and co-authored numerous scientific publications and has delivered a wide range of lectures and courses on mechanics. His teaching portfolio includes both undergraduate and graduate programs. His research focuses on computational modeling and the simulation of mechanical systems, with a particular interest in the fatigue and fracture behavior of structural components, the mechanics of deformable solids, and the dynamic analysis of mechanical drives. He also actively applies tools such as ANSYS, SolidWorks, and MATLAB in his academic and research work. Associate Professor Raychev is involved in scientific mentoring and regularly participates in academic committees and university research initiatives that aim to bridge theoretical mechanics with practical engineering applications.