Călin ICLODEAN is currently an associate professor at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Department of Automotive Engineering and Transports. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, since 2013, after studying for doctoral studies in Graz, - Austria, at AVL List GmbH. He graduated from the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, Department of Applied Electronics of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in 1994, and has more than 25 years of working and business experience in IT&C. The principal areas of research of Călin ICLODEAN are covering the following fields: electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, powertrain concept, electronic control unit, in-vehicle communication network, energy efficiency, computer modeling, and simulation in the automotive field. His research received financing from European Investment Bank, national and regional authorities, and economical private entities. He is also active in the field of peer-reviewed publications where he is a member of a reviewer board for several journals indexed in the Web of Science. At the same time, he is a member of the topic editorial board for several journals indexed in the Web of Science and an academic editor for several special issues published in journals indexed in the Web of Science.