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Mihai Pruna is an experienced independent Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) software developer. Mihai Pruna is developing new Engineering software to push the cutting edge in the fields of simulation, computational parametric design, and automatic optimization. As a consultant, Mihai Pruna can help you get the most out of your CAE software!
Developing software for clients in Computer Aided Engineering fields:
- Developed manufacturing, CAD design and FEA analysis software.
- Developed CAD/BIM interoperability software.
- Developed training materials for software development and introductory CAD.
- Developed project management software.
- Developed CFD visualization apps.
Taught graduate courses in Computer Simulation and Modeling
- Developed parametric and iterative CAD automation software based on the CAPRI middleware.
- Developed software that simplifies OpenFOAM® CFD case generation, launching and post processing.
- Developed cloud based distributed simulation solutions using CAPRI for unified CAD access, Amazon Cloud for hosting, PHP and MySQL for scalability management and usage tracking.
- Created pre-sales marketing materials such as web pages, presentations and videos.
- Wrote and reviewed papers on the Engineering design-simulation-optimization cycle.
- Developed add-on applications for CAD software packages such as AutoCAD and Revit in C# and Visual Basic under Microsoft .NET.
- Automated Engineering spreadsheets, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and Word Documents through Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros.
- Automated the generation of structural and CAD models in CATIA using VBA and computational geometry techniques.
- Integrated between various CAD, fabrication and structural modeling software packages by developing custom translator programs.
- Programmatically data-mined static and dynamic structural analysis results from text and binary files.
- Developed .NET applications to transfer data between databases using Microsoft SQL Server.
- Evaluated CFD software packages for potential use in the AEC industry.
- Reviewed and presented papers in Multi-Phase Flow.
- Wrote numerical methods codes.
- Developed boiling simulation software based on Microsoft Excel and OpenFOAM.
Areas of Concentration: Aerodynamics and Propulsion
- Tested airfoils and aircraft models in wind tunnels in the Experimental Aerodynamics Lab course.
- Tested various specimens for yield, failure, cracks and hardness in the Materials and Structures & Instrumentation labs.
- Participated in the preliminary design of a light aircraft and lead a team designing the fuselage of a business jet, using Catia for design and FEA.
Computer Science focused program with four hours of programming theory and four hours of computer lab work every week.
Practical Stress Analysis, Issuing authority: Lake City Publishing
LFS171x: Blockchain for Business - An Introduction to Hyperledger Technologies
CS184.1x: Foundations of Computer Graphics
ENGR2000X: A Hands-on Introduction to Engineering Simulations