Tiberiu BUTNARU

CAD/CAE AND VIRTUAL REALITY
RESEARCH GROUP

Tiberiu Daniel BUTNARU

Product Design and Robotics Department
University Transilvania of Brasov
Eroilor 29, 500036
butnarut@unitbv.ro
Tel/Fax: +40 268 418967 / +40 724 789745

STUDIES:

Oct., 2003 - present, Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Technological Engineering, Product Design and Robotics Depart., phd.thesis: Interface to simulate articulated mechanical systems with force feedback in virtual reality.
Oct., 2002 - June, 2003, Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Fine Mechanics and Mechatronics Depart, Master in Fine mechanics structures for technical systems management.
Oct., 1997 - June, 2002, Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Fine Mechanics and Mechatronics Depart, Diplomat Engineer in Mechatronics.

EXPERIENCE:

March. 2007 - April 2007 Research stage in the "MERVI" Project at Berna University of Applied Science, Swiss.
May 2005 - May 2008 Researcher in the european project FP6 IST-16565 "VEGA" - Virtual Reality in Product Design and Robotics
Nov. 2004 - March 2005 Research stage in the "Digital Factory" Project at Fraunhofer IPA Stuttgart, Germany.
Jan. 2004 - Nov. 2005 Researcher in the national project CNCSIS cod 170 - "Interfaţa de realitate virtuală pentru simularea mecanismelor articulate utilizând teoria sistemelor multicorp"
Oct. 2003 - Nov. 2005 Researcher in the european project FP5 G1MA-CT-2002-04038 "ADEPT" -Advanced computer aided Design of Ecological Products and Technologies integrating green energy sources
Jul. 2002 - Sept. 2003 electronist at GCS Electronic SRL, Brasov.

KNOWLEDGE:

Programming language: Visual C++, VRML, Delphi, Visual Basic, OpenGL, Assembler MSC51.
CAD Software: CATIA V5, ProEng Wildfire, Solidworks, Inventor, AutoCAD.
Engineering software: MATLAB, LabView, MathCAD, Maple.
Electronic design (OrCAD Software).
Mechanics and Mechanical Systems.
Pneumatics and Hydraulics.
Software: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Premiere, Audition, Corel Draw, Ulead VideoStudio.
Operating systems: Windows, Linux.

LANGUAGES

Romanian - mother tongue
English

PAPERS:

Butnaru, T., Antonya C., Talaba D., A wired haptic system for multimodal VR interaction, ASI on Product Engineering -Tools and Methods based on Virtual Reality, 30 May -6 June 2007, Chania, Crete, pp169-180.
Butnaru, T., Haptic Interaction with Simulated Slider-Crank Mechanisms Using Augmented Reality Technology, ADEMS'07 International Conference, Cluj-Napoca, 7-8 June 2007.
Butnaru, T., Girbacia, F., Antonya, Cs., Talaba, D. New 11 DOF haptic device based on wires for large scale immersive environments, Virtual Concept 2006, 26 nov -1 dec 2006, Cancun, Mexico. ISBN 2-287-48363-2.
Butnaru, T., Tirziu, F., Wireless mobile robot navigation using video camera and force feedback. TMCE-2005, Chisinău. Pp 408-411. ISBN 9975-9875-6-7.
Butnaru, T., Gîrbacia, F., Tîziu, F., Talabă, D., Mobile robot system controlled through mobile communication system, Product Engineering, Springer Publisher, pp 433- 442, 2004. ISBN 1-4020-2932-2.
Antonya, Cs., Butnaru, T., Talaba, D. Haptic interaction with virtual mechanical systems, 12th IFToMM World Congress, Besançon, France, June18-21, 2007.
Antonya, Cs., Butnaru, T., Talabă, D., Design and development of a wired haptic system for the interaction with virtual mechanical systems, Euromech Colloquium 476, Ferrol, Spania, p. 61-62, 2006.
Girbacia, F., Runde,C., Butaru, T., Sisca, S., Talaba, D. An interactive multi wall projected virtual environment for virtual reality based design and manufacturing simulation, 12th International Conference on Machine Design and Production 05 - 08 September 2006, Kuşadasi, Turkey, pp.633-646, ISBN 975-429-251-5.
Girbacia, F., Butnaru, T.,Talaba, D. Mobile robot navigation using augmented reality technologies, Comefim 2006 Conference, pp. 82-87, Cluj, 2006. ISSN 1221-5872.
Talaba, D.,Mogan, Gh., Antonya, Cs., Girbacia, F., Butnaru T.,Sisca, S., Aron, C. Virtual Reality in Product Design and Robotics, Workshop on Virtual Reality in Product Engineering and Robotics: Technology and Applications, Special issue of: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov,Brasov,2006. ISSN 1221-5872.
Talabă, D., Mogan, Gh., Antonya, Cs., Gîrbacia, F., Butnaru, T., Şişcă, S., Aron, C. Virtual Reality Technology and Applications in Product Design and Robotics, PRASIC '06, Brasov,2006. ISBN 973-635-825-9.
Dumitriu, A., Butnaru, T., Solution for human-machine interfaces in systems with microcontrollers. COMEFIM-6, Brasov 2002, pp67-72. ISSN 1220-6830.
Dumitriu, A., Butnaru, T., Solution for human-machine interfaces in systems with microcontrollers. CNR-2002, Editura Universitatea Craiova, pp.173-176. ISBN 973-8043-165-5.