Prof. Dr. Monica Răileanu-Szeles
Director of the Research and Development Institute
The main achievements of the R&D Institute consist of research findings deriving from the scientific activity carried out by the Institute staff, namely professors, researchers, master’s students (in particular from research-oriented master’s degree programmes) and doctoral students, all of whom engage in projects and activities, such as:
Director of the Research and Development Institute
R&D Institute’s Design Center (CCP)
Music Science - Excellence in Musical Performance (EM4)
Legal Studies Center ‘Emil Poenaru’ (DR)
Personal, Professional, Institutional Development and Education for a Sustainable Community (PP)
Communication and Social Innovation (SOC)
Design of Mechanical Elements and Systems (C20)
Life Quality and Human Performance (C19)
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (C18B)
Cultural Innovation and Creativity (C18A)
Applied Medicine and Intervention Strategies in Medical Practice (C17B)
Fundamental Research and Prevention Strategies in Medicine (C17A)
Economic Research (C16)
Mathematical Modeling and Software Products (C15)
Innovative Technologies and Advanced Wood Products (C14)
Smart electronic systems (C13)
Advanced Welding Eco-technologies (C12)
Furniture Eco-design, Restoration and Certification in the Wood Industry (C11)
Virtual Industrial Informatics and Robotics (C10)
Systems for Process Control (C09)
Advanced Metal, Ceramic and MMC Composite Materials and Technologies (C08)
Advanced Electrical Systems (C07)
Eco-Biotechnologies and Equipment in Food and Agriculture (C06)
Economic Engineering and Production Systems (C05B)
Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Systems (C05A)
Advanced Mechatronic Systems (C04)
Forest Engineering, Forest Management and Terrestrial Measurements (C03B)
Sustainable Forestry and Wildlife Management (C03A)
Numerical Simulation, Testing and Mechanics of Composite Materials (C02B)
High Tech Products for Automotives (C02A)
Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling (C01)
"Our main strengths lie in the state-of-the-art infrastructure, the exceptional potential of human resources and the wide spectrum of research areas. By intelligent use of these vectors, we aim to foster interdisciplinary research areas and strengthen our proactive position within the dynamics of the economic and industrial environment. We believe that due to our actions and endeavours for progress, Transilvania University of Brașov acts as a strategic partner for companies and as a pole of excellence in national and international academic collaboration."
"This complex construction, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, enables the development of large-scale national and international research contracts, as well as the cooperation with the economic, industrial and institutional environment in Brașov. From this perspective, the Institute creates the premises for increasing the competitiveness of Transilvania University of Brașov in the field of research and development at international level. Through the multi- and interdisciplinary activity of the 30 research centres working within the Institute, by capitalizing on the multidisciplinary synergies thus created, as well as by facilitating the integration of doctoral and postdoctoral activities into the practice of top scientific research, the Institute aims to become a major pole of research, development and innovation in the field of sustainable development at international level."
"Transilvania University of Brașov integrates research fields that reflect its comprehensive structure, balanced between the well-established technical fields and the social and humanistic sciences. We envisage for the university to occupy a key position as a resource for regional and national development and we encourage the development of strategic partnerships with representatives of the economic and civil society. The state-of-the-art infrastructure within the Research and Development Institute and the dedicated human resource offer the grounds for cooperation with our partners: companies, public institutions, non-governmental and associative organizations, universities, national and international research centres. We support the incremental exploration of the collaborative directions, thereby being at your disposal for discussions, presentations and analyses."