COTOROS LAURA DIANA

Date of birth : 1962, November, 01
Place of birth : Brasov, Romania

Official title : Associate Professor
Office Address : 16, Vlad Tepes Street ,
                 2200 BRASOV, ROMANIA
Telephone: 00-40-0268-418992
E-mail:  dcotoros@unitbv.ro

 
EDUCATION

1977 - 1981 :  Dr. I.MESOTA Highschool, Brasov
1981 - 1986 :  MACHINE CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY Faculty, Transilvania University of Brasov
B.Sc. TRANSILVANIA University, Mechanical Engineering, 1986
Thesis: Study and Design of Manufacturing and Control Technology for Autovehicles Heat Exchangers,
 Aiming at the Efficiency and Reliability Development by Using Top Technologies
Advisor: Ioan Popescu


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

1986 - 1991 : Engineer, I.A.R.-S.A. Ghimbav, Brasov
1991 - 1997 : Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanics, Transilvania University of Brasov
1997 - 2001 : Lecturer, Department of Mechanics, Transilvania University of Brasov
2001 - present : Associate Professor, Department of Mechanics, Transilvania University of Brasov
Ph. D. TRANSILVANIA University, Mechanics and Vibrations, 1998 
Thesis: Contributions to the Theory, Calculus and Construction of Directional Gyros form their Motion
Stability Point of View
Advisor: Gheorghe Deliu

 
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
  

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Gyrodynamics
Dynamics of Systems of Rigid Bodies
Computational Methods in Particular Mechanics Problems


DIDACTIC ACTIVITY

Courses:
                 Mechanics I (Statics) - in English and Romanian
                 Mechanics II (Kinematics & Dynamics) - in English and Romanian 
                 Dynamics of Multibody Systems - in Romanian


SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

 Books: 11

Papers: 25

Research Contracts: 2

Patents: 3



FOREIGN LANGUAGES: English, German