Mariana PRUTEANU

5066 Jamieson Drive, Apt.G-08, Toledo, OH 43613

Day: (419) 530-8155 e-mail: mprutean@eng.utoledo.edu Eve: (419) 480-1815

 

Objective: A challenging position in product manufacturing and/or design.

 

Education

· M.S., Manuf. Engineering, Technical University of Iasi-Romania, July 1981 (graduation mark: 9.16, out of maximum 10 = A).

Professional Experience

09/98 – present

Research/Teaching Assistant, Ph.D. Student - Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Department, The University of Toledo, Ohio; Research Associate – Abrasive Micro-Machining Laboratory

  • Investigation of Diamond Type and Grain Size used in Lapping of Ceramics
  • Acoustic Emission Investigation of Lapping Process
  • Tribological Investigation of Lapping using Diamond Powders
  • Advanced Machining of Brittle Materials, Tribology of Manufacturing Processes

01/91 –

09/98

Assistant Professor - Department of Material Science & Engineering, Technical University of Iasi-Romania

· teaching, laboratory, and project duties in:

- heat and termomechanical treatments (course, project, laboratory, ‘91-’98)

- material science (course and laboratory, ‘93-’95)

- testing of material and metallurgical products (laboratory, ‘96-’98)

· research in obtaining the molding powder from Al2O3, stearyne, paraffin and oleine, determination of mechanical

properties of ceramic inserted tips, evaluation and investigation of cutting parameters values during the cutting process

using ceramic inserted tips, research on ceramic sintering process

· scientific papers presented in international conferences organized by Danube Adria Association for Automation and

Metrology (DAAAM Vienna), Maribor (Slovenia)

· published papers: 11 (6 in international conference proceedings and journals, 4 in Romanian refereed technical

journals, 1 in Romanian conference proceedings)

09/83 –

10/90

Design Engineer in the Office of Special Machine Tools - Institute for Scientific Research and Technological Engineering for Machine Tools and Fine Mechanics, R&D Division, Iasi – Romania.

· projects for modernization and new constructive design for equipment specific to fine mechanics

· co-operation with producers and customers of special machine tools

· design of special machine tools components for special purposes

  • design of advanced engineering machinery

09/82 –

09/83

Design Engineer in the Home Appliances Design Office – Electronic Equipment Tehnoton Plant, Iasi, Romania

· design of mechanical installations for radio sets, cassette players, and other home appliances

· designer of new mechanical parts for home appliances

09/81 –

09/82

Design Engineer in the Technological Preparation Office – Transducers and Direct Regulators Plant, Pascani,

Romania

  • design of the technological documentation for mechanical installation for product fabrication

Ph.D.Program(in-process)

Title: "Theoretical and experimental Researches Concerning the Fabrication of Ceramic Inserted Tips"

Exams passed: Metals Properties- A, Cutting Tools- A, Cold Forming Theory- A

Research Reports presented:

  • State of the Art in Domain Fabrication of ceramic Inserted Tips (April, 1993)
  • Tools, Devices, and Techniques for Fabrication of Ceramic Inserted Tips (June, 1993)
  • Experimental Researches for Mechanical properties determination for Ceramic Inserted Tips (October, 1994)
  • Experimental Researches for Establishing the Values of Cutting Parameters Using Ceramic Tips (October, 1994)

Member of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), 1998 - present

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