Professor Claudiu Vasile Kifor

Claudiu Vasile Kifor is currently professor at “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania and also director of the research centre in sustainable products and processes. He has a PhD (2000) in industrial engineering and M.Sc. (1994) in mechanical engineering from “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu. His research interest is in integrated management systems (quality & environment & health and safety), quality engineering and process management. Professor Kifor has published over 70 scientific research papers and 11 books. Professor Kifor was invited by such universities as Aalborg University, Ling Tung University, Taiwan, Rennes University, France, Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy, Riga, Latvia for lectures on quality engineering and scientific methods in engineering. He served as editor of Knowledge science engineering and management conference proceedings (2014 edition), associate editor of International Journal of Quality Assurance in Engineering and Technology Education, Australia and over 30 international conferences. During the period 2015 - 2016 he was member of National Council for Scientific Research in Romania. Professor Kifor has coordinated more than 20 international and national research projects in various fields: quality improvement, process management and sustainable development of products and processes.