Professor Ph.D. Eng. Costica BEJINARIU I am full professor and researcher at the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania, with over 35 years of academic experience. I am Vice Dean of Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering and doctoral supervisor since 2009, with five completed doctoral thesis and 10 ongoing doctoral students. My main field of expertise is Materials Engineering: I have published a total of 25 Books/Chapters and Monographs, over 250 research papers with more than 1000 citations and a H index of 19-WoS/21-Scopus. I worked at over 50 contracts of scientific research and development, in five of which I was project director and two of which project responsible. Furthermore, I own 12 invention patents in the field of Materials Engineering, which were presented at numerous Invention Salons, winning medals. I am an active member of professional associations in the field, reviewer for scientific journals and in scientific committees at different congresses. I am a member in the Committee of Materials Engineering, domain Engineering and Materials Science of the National Council for Attestation of University Titles, Diplomas and Certificates (CNATDCU), which is an independent consulting entity at a national level in Romania. Contacts: costica.bejinariu@academic.tuiasi.ro; costica.bejinariu@tuiasi.ro; costica.bejinariu@yahoo.com; costica.bejinariu@gmail.com