Vasile CalofirAssociate Professor
areas of expertise
- Systems Theory
- Electric, Pneumatic, and Hydraulic Actuations
- Modeling and Simulation
- Automatic Control
- Machine Learning
education
PhD in Systems Engineering
Vasile Calofir has over 12 years of interdisciplinary expertise in systems theory, electric, pneumatic, and hydraulic actuations, as well as the modeling and simulation of nonlinear processes. His research visibility is supported by the publication of 3 books, 2 book chapters, and 43 specialized articles indexed in international databases.
„Se știe că un profesor bun e cel care te face ca lucrurile mai grele să ți se pară ușoare.”
— Grigore Moisil
Vasile Calofir is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, within the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest. Throughout his academic career, he has been involved in teaching courses on Systems Theory, Electric Machines and Actuations, and Intelligent Actuation Systems. In February 2024, he earned his PhD in Systems Engineering with a thesis titled “Monitoring and Control Systems for Nonlinear Processes.”
His research activity includes participation in 6 institutional development projects and 9 research projects, notably including “Digital Platform for Estimating Seismic Building Degradation Using Machine Learning Techniques (DIGITERRA)” and “e-Learning Solutions in Energy (SeLE),” where he served as project director.
Top publications
1. Vasile Calofir, Bogdan George Nica, Florin Pavel; A Nonlinear Model to Analyze the Structures Pounding Forces During Earthquakes; Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE); Iunie 2020, Q2
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13369-020-04633-0)
2. Bogdan George Nica, Ruben Iacob Munteanu, Vasile Calofir, Mihail Iancovici; Modelling nonlinear behavior of 3D frames using the Force Analogy Method; Structures; Ianuarie 2022, Q2
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352012421008092)
3. Ruben Iacob Munteanu, Florin Mota, Vasile Calofir, Catalin Baciu; New approach to nonlinear dynamic analysis of reinforced concrete 3D frames; An accurate and computational efficient mathematical model; Applied Sciences; Februarie 2022, Q2
(https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1692)
4. Mircea Stefan Simoiu, Ioana Fagarasan, Stephane Ploix, Vasile Calofir; Optimising the self-consumption and self-sufficiency: A novel approach for adequately sizing a photovoltaic plant with application to a metropolitan station; Journal of Cleaner Production; decembrie 2021, Q1
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652621035824)
5. Mircea Stefan Simoiu, Ioana Fagarasan, Stephane Ploix, Vasile Calofir; Modeling the energy community members’ willingness to change their behaviour with multi-agent systems: A stochastic approach; Renewable Energy; Iulie 2022, Q1
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148122008357)
6. Mircea Stefan Simoiu, Ioana Fagarasan, Stéphane Ploix, Vasile Calofir, Managing human involvement in an energy community: Application to a subway station, Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 95, 2023,Q1
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2210670723002081)
7. Ruben Iacob Munteanu, Ruxandra Enache, Cătălin Baciu, Vasile Calofir, A new perspective into torsional inelastic response of actively controlled irregular multistorey buildings “Alexandria Engineering Journal, Volume 71, 2023, Q1
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016823002648)
8. Vasile Calofir, Ruben-Iacob Munteanu, Mircea-Stefan Simoiu, Karol-Cristian Lemnaru, Innovative approach to estimate structural damage using linear regression and K-nearest neighbors machine learning algorithms, Results in Engineering,Volume 22, Iunie 2024, ISSN 2590-1230, Q1
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259012302400505X)
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