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Experience

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer Schaeffler · Full-time May 2015 – Present 10 yrs 11 mos Brașov, BV, Romania CFD Engineer at Schaeffler Romania

Education

  • Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov Master's degree, Automotive Engineering Technology, Master's degree 1994 – 2000

Other experience

  • Curriculum Vitae PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
    To work on CFD and/or FEA projects, python scripting for simulation automatization applications
    EDUCATION
    • Sep. 2004 – Aug. 2005 - Marie Curie Ph.D. Fellowship, CMT Motores Termicos, Universidad
    Politecnica de Valencia
    ◦ Conducted early pilot injection modeling in a heavy-duty direct injection Diesel engine with
    the KIVA-3V ERC CFD code - validated with experimental data
    ◦ Performed combustion bomb parametric studies with Fluent – validated with experimental
    data
    • 2001 – 2011 - Ph.D. course work, Mechanical Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov
    ◦ In-cylinder air flow steady state calculations with Fluent
    ◦ dieselFoam parametric studies - added liquid length, vapor penetration calculation - obtained
    good agreement with Sandia combustion bomb experimental data
    ◦ rhoSimpleFoam - performed in-cylinder Diesel engine calculations with OpenFOAM -
    obtained very good agreement for swirl number and discharge coefficient with experimental
    data, Tippelmann method
    • 1999 – 2000 - M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov
    ◦ FEA static analysis of a Diesel engine piston with Ansys
    • 1994 – 1999 - B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, Mechanical
    Faculty
    EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
    • May. 2015 – present - CFD simulation engineer, Schaeffler Romania, Cristian, Brasov
    ◦ Thermal Management Module (TMM) steady state CFD analyses with OpenFOAM, pressure
    loss calculations, postprocessing and plotting the results with Matlab scripts, ParaView
    ◦ Variable Camshaft Phaser (VCP) new locking pin oil path CFD calculations, steady state and
    transient
    ◦ Oil Control Valve (OCV) metering edges and leakage CFD workflow, automatization with
    cfMesh, Salome and OpenFOAM by means of python and bash programming
    ▪ fully automatic workflow, using only open source tools => 0 software costs
    ▪ for the same topology (number of OCV channels) the geometry of the metering edges
    can have any shape, no adjustment needed in the workflow, because the new shapes are
    adjusted programatically in Salome, via python
    ▪ user intervention is limited to providing the geometry for Salome, in STEP file format and
    redefine some surface groups in Salome
    ▪ all calculations in the workflow can be started with a master script which runs everything
    ▪ usage of cfMesh in the workflow permits more control over mesh quality
    ▪ number of elements in the refinement regions are automatically adjusted by the scripts,
    as a function of gap opening (measured automatically in Salome)
    ◦ Steady-state thermal simulations of electrolyzers (Ansys Fluent)
    ◦ PyFluent used to automate tasks for multi-cell CFD modeling
    ◦ CHT simulation in OpenFOAM – cooling circuit of an electric motor
    ◦ Porous Transport Layer simulation for electrolyzers with GeoDict (automate simulations with
    python scripts, no need to open the GUI of Geodict, python automate postprocessing) and
    OpenPNM (defined and used totally open source workflow from importing CT scans of PTL to
    simulation in OpenPNM – permeability, viscous and inertial resistances, to provide porous
    media parameters for CFD simulations
    ◦ Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation of bearings – Dive CAE, python scripting
    ◦ CFD of a bipolar plate for a fuel cell – steady-state calculation of pressure drop with
    OpenFOAM
    ▪ shortened the geometry by including porous resistance Darcy – Forchheimer coefficients
    - reason, to reduce mesh size, calculation time. Even so, the mesh size was about 60
    million elements
    • Feb. 2006 – april 2015 - Design Engineer/FEA Analyst, SC Geometric SRL, Brasov
    ◦ Designed and modeled castings and sheetmetal parts/assemblies with Pro/ENGINEER for
    Caterpillar
    ◦ Pro/MECHANICA design validations
    ◦ Deployed Pro/Mechanica FEA work procedure and training
    ◦ Established procedures on using Salome and Code-Aster for static, linear and nonlinear,
    contact, plasticity and modal analyses
    • Apr. 2002 – Aug. 2004 - Design Engineer, Design Construct s.a., Brasov
    ◦ Designed and calculated high capacity boiler with Fluent
    • Nov. 1999 – Mar. 2002 - Development Engineer, SC INAR SA, Brasov (Automobile Research
    Institute) - Diesel Engine Research and Development Division
    SKILLS
    Spoken Languages
    • English, Hungarian, Romanian, Spanish - fluent
    • German - beginner
    Computer Literacy
    • Pro/ENGINEER (Creo Parametric), Catia, SolidWorks - 15+ years experience
    ◦ 3D modeling and drafting of complex parts and assemblies
    • Ansys SpaceClaim/Discovery – 5+ years experience
    • Pro/Mechanica (Creo Simulate) - 10+ years experience
    ◦ static and thermal analyses
    • Ansys FLUENT, Gambit - 10+ years experience
    • Ansys CFX – 1 year experience
    ◦ steady state and transient CFD analyses
    • KIVA-3V - 1 years experience
    ◦ Diesel engine combustion analyses - tuned parameters to match experimental data
    • Star-CCM+ - 1 year experience
    • GeoDict – 1 year experience
    ◦ Porous Transport Layers simulations
    • Siemens TeamCenter PLM - 5 years experience
    ◦ managed Pro/ENGINEER models and drawings in customer database
    • MS Windows, Word, Excel, PPT
    • Matlab – 3 years experience
    • C++ - beginner
    ▪ Open Source Software Experience
    • OpenFOAM, GMSH, cfMesh, ParaView - 10+ years experience
    ◦ conducted parametric studies with steady-state and transient solvers
    • Salome – 10 years experience
    ◦ used it for preprocessing and meshing for FEA and CFD
    ◦ used it with python scripts for automatic workflows for CFD
    • Blender, MeshLab – used to correct problems in surface mesh and prepare it for volume meshing
    • Eficas, ASTK, Code-Aster - 3 years experience
    ◦ performed FEA pre- and post-processing
    ◦ FEA calculations - steady state, static and dynamic, linear and nonlinear, contact, plasticity
    analyses
    • OpenPNM, PoreSpy, ImageJ – analysis of porous materials
    • Python, Spyder IDE – 7 years experience
    ◦ used for technical calculations and automation of CFD preprocessing, solver runs and results
    postprocessing
    • Linux operating system - 7 years experience
    ◦ bash scripting, DNS, file, web, mail, FTP server setup, LFS (Linux From Scratch)
    ◦ built custom Slackware packages, including OpenFOAM
    • OpenOffice, LibreOffice Writer, Calc, Impress, LyX
    • Git – code version control
    Personal abilities
    • adaptability, flexibility, teamwork abilities as well as ability to work independently, goal-oriented,
    innovative thinking, good communication skills, analytical thinker, meticulous, proactive and
    passionate about solving complex problems, committed to continuous learning
    HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
    • IT, reading, photography, old cars, vintage stereo audio equipment
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Joined: April 18, 2026

Last seen: April 23, 2026

Area of Expertise
Mechanical Engineering FEA Finite Element Analysis Computational Fluid Dynamics

Languages

Romanian Native or bilingual proficiency

Hungarian Native or bilingual proficiency

Spanish Professional working proficiency

German Elementary proficiency

Location

Timisoara, Romania