Prof. Dr. Sorin Vlase is a Full Professor of Mechanics at Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania. He obtained his Dipl.-Ing degree in Automotive Engineering at the Transylvania University of Brașov in 1976 and a license in Mathematics at the University of Bucharest in 1982. He was a researcher at the Truck Factory ROMAN SA (1976-1978) and at the Research Center in Automotive Engineering INAR SA (1978-1980). He became a Doctor in Engineering Sciences (Mechanics) in 1989 and obtained his habilitation in Automotive Engineering at the University of Pitesti (Dr.-hab.) in 2014. In 2012, he became a member of the Romanian Academy of Technical Science. In 2004 he became the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Transylvania University, where he still works.
