Dr. Istvan Barabas is a Fellow of the Romanian Society of Automotive Engineers, a member of the public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Automotive Engineering and Transport Department at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (TUCN). He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from TUCN in 2003. His main research interests include biofuels and bioenergy, the properties of fuel blends, and the application of nano-additives in fuels and lubricating oils. He has published over 150 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings and is the author of several books on automotive fuels. Dr. Barabas serves on the editorial boards of Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering and Technical Review, and participates in the advisory and organizing committees of several international conferences.

Călin ICLODEAN is currently an Associate Professor Habil in the Department of Automotive Engineering and Transport at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at AVL List GmbH in Graz, Austria, which he obtained in 2013. He graduated from the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, Department of Applied Electronics, at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in 1994, and he has over 25 years of IT&C experience. Călin ICLODEAN's primary research areas include electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, fuel cell vehicles, powertrain concepts, electronic control units, in-vehicle communication networks, energy efficiency, computer modeling, and automotive simulation.

Professor at the University of Oradea, Romania, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Automotive. Bachelor's degree in Road Vehicles, Faculty of Mechanics, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, 1995. PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the Transilvania University of Brasov, 2008. Habilitation in Automotive Engineering at the Transilvania University of Brasov, 2024. From 2003, asociate lecturer at the University of Oradea. From 2008, lecturer at the University of Oradea. From 2020, associate professor at the University of Oradea. From 2025, professor at the University of Oradea. The research interests are propulsion systems for road vehicles, internal combustion engines, active and passive vehicle safety, road accident reconstruction, road safety, and autonomous vehicles. Member of the Society of the Automotive Engineers from Romania (SIAR).

Csaba Antonya (email address: antonya@unitbv.ro) received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2002 from Transilvania University of Brasov. Since 2007, he has been a Professor at the Department of Automotive and Transport Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, where he teaches courses in mechanisms, multi-body dynamics, simulations in automotive engineering, and autonomous Vehicles. His research area is centered on autonomous vehicles, dynamic simulations, virtual reality, haptics, and human–computer interaction. He is the author of more than 120 papers and four books. Since 2008, he has served as a PhD supervisor in the field of Mechanical Engineering, supervising seven PhD students. Starting in 2012, he served as a scientific advisor and researcher at Computer Sharing Bucharest (4 years) and Siemens Industry Software Romania (3 years), focusing on 3D simulations, including haptic devices and multi-body mechanical simulations, as well as 1D simulations based on bond-graph theory and multi-domain simulations. He has led several national and international research projects.

The main research activities of Associate Professor PhD. Eng. Andreia Molea since 2009-2016 have been focused on the synthesis of nano-oxidic materials with applications in environmental field. Between 2012 and 2016, she managed scientific projects as a key member, with the following activities: synthesis of new materials for cosmetic dentistry, synthesis of gelatin foils crosslinked with metals, and optical characterization of thin films. Her capacity to manage scientific projects is also highlighted by accumulated knowledge during the postdoctoral program. Since 2016, her activities have been complemented with improvement of engine oil lubrication performance using nanomaterials as additives. Also, through the discipline of systems theory and an automation and embedded systems course, her activity was focused on the hardware and software development of systems. Her activities were disseminated in 22 ISI/ISI Proceeding Scientific papers (13 ISI indexed, 5 were praised by awards of excellence in research by UEFISCDI) and the visibility of these articles is 233.

Assistent professor at the University of Oradea, Romania, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Automotive from 2020. Bachelor's degree in Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Mechanics, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, 2018. Master's degree in Automotive and Future Technologies, Faculty of Mechanics, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, 2020. Research interests are autonomous vehicles, internal combustion engines, and electric and hybrid vehicles. Member of the Romanian Society of Automotive Engineers (SIAR).