Nicolae Lobontiu

School of Engineering

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania 1996

BS, Mechanical Engineering. Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania 1985

afnl@uaa.alaska.edu

Lobontiu was a faculty member with the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania for seven years before coming to the U.S. in 1998 as a post-doctoral associate in the mechanical engineering department of Vanderbilt University. After two years at Vanderbilt he took a research engineer position with Dynamic Structures and Materials Corporation in Franklin, TN. In 2002 he took a research scientist position at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and then in 2006 he made the bold move to Alaska and his current position at UAA.

System Dynamics for Engineering Students, 2010

Written by an established author with extensive teaching and research experience in the field of MEMS/NEMS, this book also provides unique coverage of couple-field problems and offers more ancillary instructor support than any other system dynamics text.

Dynamics of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2010

This work presents a systematic view of the dynamics of MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), microstructures, and their responses. The focus is on the mecahnical/structural micro domain and the compliant nature of mechanical transmission. 

Mechanical Design of Microresonators, 2005

Based on his research at Cornell University, the author employs current modeling and fabrication technologies to bring a solution to this seemingly insurmountable problem one step closer.

Mechanics of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2004

This book offers a comprehensive coverage to the mechanics of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which are analyzed from a mechanical engineer's viewpoint as devices that transform an input form of energy into output mechanical motion (in the case of actuation) or that can operate with the reversed functionality (as in sensors) and convert an external stimulus, such as mechanical motion, into (generally) electric energy.

Compliant Mechanisms, 2002

Compliant Mechanisms: Design of Flexure Hinges provides practical answers to the present and future needs of efficient design, analysis, and optimization of devices that incorporate flexure hinges.