I am very happy to introduce you to Ionut Gabriel Ghionea (@Ionut G ​​​​​​​), who joined the CATIA Champions Program​​​​​​​ at the end of last year. Since then, you can’t have missed his activity here in the community, where he already demonstrated his passion & expertise for CATIA, through the numerous xDesign related tutorials he created​​​​​​​.

Ionut has been doing CAD teaching activity since 2000, currently being an Associate Professor, member of the Manufacturing Engineering Department, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Robotics, University Politehnica of Bucharest. His areas of competence include: Mechanical Engineering, Computer Aided Design, Dimensional Control Technologies, Computer Aided Manufacturing.

Ionut has published, as author and/or co-author, 10 books in the field of computer aided design with applications in mechanical engineering and over 140 articles in technical journals and conference proceedings. Ionut Gabriel Ghionea is one of the main and first didactic promoters of the CATIA program in the Romanian university environment, with an uninterrupted activity in CAD since 2002, author of numerous applications, video tutorials, books and laboratory works for students. Mr. Ghionea participated as director or team member in 15 contracts for industrial scientific research and professional training with national or European funding.