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My research is focused on 3D scanning, computer aided design, virtual reality and augmented reality.
By combining 3D scanning, computer-aided design and VR/AR/MR technologies, I strive to create accurate digital representations of cultural heritage, ensuring their preservation for future generations.
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February 2018 - September 2021
October 2021 - present
October 2015 - February 2018
Education
October 2012 - July 2015
October 2010 - July 2012
October 2006 - July 2010
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Publications (33)
Cultural institutions are increasingly prioritizing the utilization of diverse mixed reality technologies to enrich the visitor experience during their physical exhibitions. These institutions are actively integrating virtual assets to enhance interactivity and facilitate immersive storytelling experiences. The use of extended reality technologies...
In the year 2021, a virtual reality training application has been developed, specifically for the Oculus Quest 2 headset, in order to allow the users to view and analyse 3D models for a wide variety of geometrical tolerances, tolerance zones and even the conformity condition and the datum features. This application allows the students to better und...
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality technologies have been at the center of the digital transformation. These technologies have been widely adopted within various domains, such as education, medicine, engineering, architecture, entertainment, art, and culture. With their widespread implementation and availabilit...
The most peculiar characteristic of a cultural heritage is represented by its uniqueness. To ensure that an object is preserved against environmental deterioration, vandal attacks, and accidents, modern Cultural Heritage documentation involves 3D scanning technologies. In the case of fragmented artefacts, the digitization process represents an esse...
This paper is situated at the intersection of using Virtual Reality as a tool for cultural heritage preservation and using gesture interaction-based technology in order to achieve touchless, distant interaction of users with reconstructed artifacts. Various studies emphasize the positive effect on the cultural experience brought on by the use of Vi...
Recent advancement in digital technologies enabled the development of innovative and interactive museum exhibitions. These emerging technologies can be used to define unprecedented interactive experiences within museum exhibitions allowing users to interact with accurate digital replicas of the cultural heritage assets displayed within the real mus...
Wooden Churches from Romania represent the tangible part of the Christian tradition identity and wood crafting mastery from rural villages. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the Romanians created and manifested themselves mainly in a civilization of wood, of a richness, a variety, and a remarkable refinement, in which the wooden churches rea...
This paper presents a virtual reality training system intended to be used by operators in injection moulding manufacturing. This case study has been focused on the assembly process of a head brush injection mould. The Assembly process of injection moulding represents a complex task due to the complexity and number of components involved in the fina...
Following cardiac surgery, patients experience difficulties with the rehabilitation process, often finding it difficult, and therefore lack the motivation for rehabilitation activities. As the number of people aged 65 and over will rise by 207 percent globally by 2050, the need for cardiac rehabilitation will significantly increase, as this is the...
This paper presents a virtual reality application developed for engineering students aiming to help them develop their skills to correctly interpret the geometrical tolerances for orientation, like parallelism, perpendicularity and angularity, according to the latest Geometrical Product Specification (GPS) Standards. The previous studies focused on...
The research aims to develop a mobile learning engineering application, presenting the form deviations according to ISO 1101. This application aims to improve the quality of tolerances and dimensional control and 3D Modelling courses for engineering students, covering the following lines of studies: design, robotics, industrial and mechanical engin...
The wooden churches from Transylvania, Romania, are a unique and representative cultural heritage asset for rural communities, both in terms of architecture and the style of painting that defines them as monuments of national heritage. These churches are in danger of degradation because rural communities are beginning to abandon them for various mo...
Cultural heritage domain has started to adopt various modern technologies to improve their visitor’s user experience within various museum exhibitions. There are a wide variety of academic papers that present various workflow that enable the digitization of various cultural heritage assets, starting from small objects up to entire buildings and for...
The process of documenting cultural heritage digitally has emerged with the recent technological developments. One of the direct consequences of using digital devices to promote cultural heritage is to educate the end-users and to exceed their initial expectations regarding their interaction and engagement with cultural heritage assets. Creativity...
This paper is focused on highlighting the advantages of using modern augmented reality applications to support the widespread dissemination of Cultural Heritage assets. This kind of applications have the potential to improve the user experience when they are visualizing a hard cover printed book or catalogue. The main advantage of this solution is...
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When knowledge is developed fast, as it is the case so often nowadays, one of the main difficulties in initiating new research in any field is to identify the domain’s specific state-of-the-art and trends. In this context, to evaluate the potential of a research niche by assisting the literature review process and to add a new and modern large-scal...
The painting materials and wooden support of the Imperial Gates belonging to Apahida wooden church were investigated by XRF, Raman and FTIR spectroscopy. Lead minium and cinnabar are employed for red; traces of Prussian blue and smaltite for blue and green; lead carbonates, barium sulfate and zinc white for white; As2S3 for yellow. FTIR and XRD mea...
In the last decade fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) had a very impressive development. Due to its physical and mechanical properties, this material is used in many high-end domains such as: aerospace, aviation, automotive, medical, engineering or building constructions. In the last period FRP are being intensely used in the automotive industry especi...
The paper presents a methodology to create 3D digital and virtual artefacts in the field of archaeology using CAD software solution. The methodology includes the following steps: the digitalization process, the digital restoration and the dissemination process within a virtual environment. The resulted 3D digital artefacts have to be created in fil...
Museums all around the globe are starting to adopt advanced technologies that enable the visitors to interact with digital replicas of their collections and artworks. Immersive and interactive virtual reality applications represent one of the most appealing and most used technologies within modern museum exhibitions areas. Using these types of appl...
The paper presents the redesign process of the plastic anchor used for polystyrene walls. This process is based on the information obtained within a focus group and an extended analysis of the products available on the Romanian market. After the redesign process was completed the design process of the mould required to produce the plastic anchor ha...
The paper presents a new approach for the virtual reconstruction of historical artifacts such as ceramic pots. The technique is based on the photogrammetry method through which the profile line of the pot is achieved and which is composed by a fixed number of inflection points. The parameterization of the profile is then followed by the creation of...
This paper presents a digital close range photogrammetry method as an inexpensive digitization technique used for abstract shaped real objects, having as ultimate goal unique or mass production of the object using CNC machining. The growing need to digitize real objects for manufacturing in the shortest time and at a price as low as possible, such...
This paper presents the design process of HMD equipment made from plastic. This equipment has been specially designed to be manufactured using 3D printing processes. The equipment case represents an eye wear device that has been designed to be compatible with different types of mobiles phones and various accessories such as the Leap Motion sensor o...
This article presents an innovative method for digital content creation and for digital restoration of destroyed ancient monuments using a database of parameterised construction elements. The case study was conducted on a Dacian watch tower, which was destroyed during the wars with the Romans. The archaeologists during the excavations found only a...
Cultural heritage documentation importance is recognized and supported at international level, the continuous development of new technology is increasing the pressure to document and preserve digitally.In this paper we briefly review the methods that are commonly used to create digital cultural heritage. The storage solutions have also been reviewe...
Precise digital documentation of cultural heritage assets is essential for its preservation and protection. This documentation increases the efficiency of scientific studies that are being carried out during the restoration and renovation process. Precise digital documentation makes use of different laser scanners technologies. 3D scanning devices...
This paper presents an original approach in the virtual reconstruction of destroyed ancient monument types which have no similarities to other standing monuments, or documentation about the design of these constructions. In this case the virtual reconstruction is a challenging act, which can be done using a large variety of designs. These designs m...
