Ioan Marinescu Biography
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS
- 2016 April-July, Visiting Professor Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- 2015 July-February 2016, Visiting Professor/Senior Adviser to the President, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
- 2013 June-July, Visiting Professor, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
- 2012 May, Visiting Professor, J.E. Purkyne University, Usti nad Labe, Czech Republic
- 2011 November-December, Visiting Professor, PSG University, Coimbatore, India
- 2011 June-July, Visiting Professor, UNESP, Bauru, Brazil
- 2010 May-August, Visiting Professor, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
- 2009 November, Invited Professor, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil
- 2009 May-August, Visiting Scientist, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technologies
- 2008 February - March, Visiting Professor, Vietnam International University
- 2007 May – June, Visiting Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand
- 2007 July - August, Visiting Professor, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
- 2005 May - July Fellow of Japan Micro-Fabrication Program; Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- 2004 January - August, Fulbright Fellow and Visiting Professor; Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2003 July - September, Visiting Fellow, SIMTEC Singapore
- 2001 June - August, Eminent Scientist- RIKEN Institute Tokyo, Japan
- 2000 June - August, Eminent Scientist- RIKEN Institute Tokyo, Japan
- 1999 June - August, Eminent Scientist - RIKEN Institute Tokyo, Japan
- 1998 June - August, Visiting Scientist- RIKEN Institute, Tokyo, Japan
- 1997 May - August, STA Fellow, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan Science and Technology Agency of Japan
- 2000 – present, The University of Toledo, Professor and Director Precision Micro-Machining Center Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- 1998-2000 Associate Professor & Director of the Abrasive Micro-Machining Laboratory Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- 1995- 1997 Kansas State University, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Director, Abrasive Micro-Machining Center, Advanced Manufacturing Institute
- 1992-1995 University of Connecticut, Associate Professor in Residence; Director, Abrasive Micro-Machining Program (1993-1996); Visiting Professor, Department of Metallurgy; Research Associate, CGRD (1992-1993)
- 1981-1992 Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania. Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical &Aerospace (1990-1992); Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace (1986-1989); Lecturer in Manufacturing Engineering, Department of Aerospace (1981-1985)
- 1978 -1991Institute for Precision Mechanics, Bucharest, Romania. Manager of Diamond Research Laboratory (1990-1991; responsible for 9 employees); Senior Researcher in Diamond Research Laboratory (1980-1990); Researcher, Machine-Tool Laboratory (1978-1980)
- 1976 -1978 Energo Company, Bucharest, Romania. Application Engineering in Manufacturing Engineering.
Reviewer
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (USA)
- American Mathematical Review (USA)
- Materials and Processing Technology (Sweden)
- International Journal of Production Research (England)
- International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE)
- Elsevier Science Publisher
- Journal for Machining Technology
- Marcel Dekker Publishing House
- International Journal for Engineering Production and Computers
- NSF/DMII-Panel Review – 1997, 1998
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Chairman, International Foundation for Production Research (IFPR)
- Member, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, (STLE), 1993-present.
- Associate Member, International Institution for Production Engineering Research (CIRP), 1992-1993.
- Correspondent Member, International Institution for Production Engineering Research (CIRP), 1995-present.
- President, Romanian Society of Mechanical Engineers (RSME), 1990-1994
- Member, American Mathematical Society (AMS), 1988-present
- Member, Research Committee of ASME, Tribology of Manufacturing, 1995
- Member Romanian Association of Scientists (RAS), 1986-present
- Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), 1984-present
- Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983-present
- Board Member, International Foundation for Production Research (IFPR), 1981-present
- Member, National Tribology Committee (Romania) (NTC), 1980-1994
- Member, Japan Society of Precision Engineering (JSPE), 1994-present
- Member, Industrial Diamond Association of America (IDA), 1995-present
AWARDS
- Excellence in Science, Technical University of Bucharest, Romania, 1976
- The Best Technical Book of the Year, Romania Academy, Bucharest, Romania, 1987
- Fellow of Science and Technology Agency of Japan, 1997
- Fellow of Industrial Diamond Association of America, 1998
- Eminent Scientist – RIKEN Institute Japan, 1999
- Fulbright Fellow - US State Department 2004
- Gold Medal - Nihon University 2007
- Gold Medal for Research Activity, University of Usti Nad Lablem, Czech Republic, 2013