Viorel Bostan, date of birth 27/08/1972. University professor, doctor habilitate. Education: 1991-1995, University of Bucharest, Romania, bachelor's and master's degree, “Mathematics – Mechanics”; 1998-2004, University of Iowa, IA, USA, doctorate, “Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences”; 2011-2013, Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau, postdoctorate, specialties: 242.01 “Theory of machines, mechatronics”; 122.03 “Modelling, mathematical methods, program products”. Professional experience: 2015–present, university professor, “Software and Automation Engineering” dep., TUM; 01/2016 – present, rector, Technical University of Moldova. Supervisor of doctoral studies: 122.03. Modeling, mathematical methods, program products; 242.01. Theory of machines, mechatronics; 221.02. Energy conversion technologies and renewable resources. Trained three doctors in technical sciences. Scientific activity: mechanics of continuous media; numerical analysis; the method of finite elements and volumes; mathematical modeling; contact problems; computational fluid dynamics; renewable energy conversion systems; mathematical modeling of floods; attitude control of micro-satellites. Scientific and inventive activity: total number of scientific papers— over 350, including: monographs—7; manuals—1; scientific articles—328; patents—53; abstracts at international scientific exhibitions—72.

Ion Bostan, date of birth 31/07/1949, academic of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, university professor, doctor habilitate. In 1971, obtained degree in engineering—machine builder; in 1977, defended PhD thesis; in 1989, defended habilitation thesis in technical sciences at State Technical University N.E. Bauman of Moscow, Russia. Area of scientific interest is the research of mechanical transmissions; developed of the fundamental theory of precessional gears; elaborated gears with convex–concave multiple pairs. Administrative activity: rector of the Technical University of Moldova (1992 - 2015); chairman of the Association of Engineers of the Republic of Moldova (1994 - present). State honorary awards: state awards (1977, 1999); Academic of the ASM (1994); Award of the Republic (1994); European Award for Scientific Merit, Brussels (1999); The Star of Romania Award, Bucharest (2000); Courtoisie European Award (2003); interstate CIS award for science community stars 2018, Astana. Doctor Honoris Causa of 11 universities, including University Politehnica of Bucharest, TU Gh. Asachi of Iasi, TUB Brasov, TU of Cluj-Napoca, Petrol-Gaze Ploesti, Suceava, Bacau, and others; member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in Salzburg (2019). Author and co-author of 20 monographs, of which 9 were with a single author, over 1000 scientific papers, and around 230 invention and international patents (USA, Germany, and other).

Maxim Vaculenco, date of birth 28/06/1974. Associate professor, PhD. In 1996, obtained degree in engineering—machine builder; in 2008, defended PhD thesis; in 2011, became associate professor. Area of scientific interest is the research of mechanical transmissions; developed the fundamental theory of the precessional gear, elaborated gears with convex-concave multiple pairs. Total number of scientific papers is 87; 15 invention and international patents (USA, Germany, and other).