Prof. Dr. Georgi Todorov is a professor at the Technical University of Sofia. He is the head of the Center for Virtual Engineering at the University. He is the founder and head of the laboratory "CAD/CAM/CAE in industry" at the Faculty of Industrial Technology. He is also the Head of the 3DCLab laboratory—"Fast prototyping and 3D creativity" in "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION"—which is part of "Sofia Tech Park". Prof. Dr. G. Todorov completed additional training in the field of robotics and numerical methods (1986-1987). He specialized in engineering analysis at the University of Stafford, England (1993-94) and in complex rapid prototyping/rapid tooling at AOTS/Japan (2003). His professional interests are in the field of 3D technologies, FEM analysis and virtual prototyping, additive (3D print), virtual reality, virtual prototyping, virtual engineering, 3D scanning and metrology, rapid prototyping and tooling, new product development, as well as products and process optimization, innovation, and complex research projects management.
Prof. Dr. Konstantin Kamberov is an Associate Professor at the Department of Production Technology and Systems, Faculty of
Industrial Technology, Technical University of Sofia. He is also the Head of Department Technology of Machine Tools and Manufacturing, Technical University of Sofia. He received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2007. His areas of research interest are simulation, finite element modeling, modeling and
simulation, risk analysis, modeling, optimization, failure analysis, finite element analysis, simulation modeling, and process simulation.
Prof. Dr. Todor Todorov currently works at the Department of Theory of Mechanisms and Machines at the Technical University of Sofia. He is the Head of Laboratory for Microelectromechanical Systems at the Faculty of Industrial Technology, Technical University of Sofia. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of
Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1983, his second M.S. degree in decision support systems from the University of Sunderland, Sunderland, U.K., in 1995, and his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2001. His areas of research interest are MEMS energy harvesting technology, smart materials, kinematic synthesis of linkages,
and compliant mechanisms.