Costin Nicolae Ilinca is currently a Vice Dean and Lecturer. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti. He graduated from the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti in 1994 and received a Master’s degree at the same University in 1996. He holds a 1997–2002 Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University Petroleum-Gas of Ploiesti. He worked for OMV Petrom, Jacobs Nederland, Litwin-Ro Romania, Poerner Group, TUV Austria, and Urs Corporation, an Aecom Company. His research interests include piping, petrochemicals, refinery, pipe stress analysis, ASME, Caesar II, pressure vessels, finite element analysis, inspection, and power plants.