Members of the UPT Senate
Our Senate brings together academic staff, researchers and students as elected representatives of the university community. View the current list of members for the 2024–2029 term.
Senate structure
The UPT Senate consists of academic staff elected by the university’s departments and students elected at faculty level. This ensures that every important decision is made with the participation and input of the entire academic community.
Academic staff senators
Department of Architecture
Cătălina-Maria BOCAN Ana-Maria BRANEA – Secretary-General of the Senate Diana GIUREA
Department of Automation and Applied Informatics
Adriana-Nicoleta ALBU – Chair of the Committee for Human Resources and Professional Career Development
Flavius-Ovidiu BANIAȘ – Chair of the Committee for Relations with the Socio-economic and Cultural Environment
Octavian ȘTEFAN – Chair of the Committee for Digitalisation and Entrepreneurial Activities
Department of Fundamentals of Physics for Engineers
Marian GRECONICI – Chair of the Committee for International Relations
Department of Computers and Information Technology
Ciprian-Bogdan CHIRILĂ
Răzvan Dorel CIOARGĂ
Marius-George MARCU
Mihai-Victor MICEA – Chair of the Committee for Institutional Strategy
Department of Land Transportation Infrastructure, Foundations and Cadastre
Adrian Liviu CIUTINA – Chair of the Committee for Quality Management, Academic Evaluation and Accreditation of Study Programmes
Ioan Sorin HERBAN – Chair of the Committee for Scientific Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer
Department of Applied Chemistry and Inorganic Compounds and Environmental Engineering
Mircea-Laurențiu DAN Petru NEGREA – Chair of the Committee for Assets, Investments, Material Resources and Sustainability
Department of Applied Chemistry and Engineering of Organic and Natural Compounds
Gabriela-Alina DUMITREL
Department of Communication and Foreign Languages
Adina Ramona PALEA – Vice-Chair of the Senate Simona-Cristina ȘIMON
Department of Communications
Florin ALEXA
Vlad-Mircea MIHĂESCU – Vice-Chair of the Senate
Andy-Răzvan VESA
Department of Civil Engineering and Building Services Engineering
Simon-Alexandru PESCARI
Adriana TOKAR
Department of Steel Structures and Structural Mechanics
Florea DINU
Daniel-Viorel UNGUREANU – Vice-Chair of the Senate
Department of Physical Education and Sports
Dan Zenobiu IONESCU
Department of Electric Power Systems
SIMÓ Attila
Department of Applied Electronics
Mircea-Ilie BĂBĂIȚĂ
Cătălin-Daniel CĂLEANU
Department of Hydrotechnical Engineering
Albert Titus CONSTANTIN
Șerban Vlad NICOARĂ
Department of Electrical Engineering
Sorin MUȘUROI
Department of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
Adrian-Ilie DUME
Carmen OPRIȘ
Department of Electrical Engineering and Industrial Informatics in Hunedoara
Manuela PĂNOIU
Gelu-Ovidiu TIRIAN
Department of Engineering and Management in Hunedoara
Erika Diana ARDELEAN – Chair of the Committee for Budget and Financial Resources
Sorin-Aurel RAȚIU
Department of Management
Claudiu-Tiberiu ALBULESCU – Vice-Chair of the Senate
Alin Emanuel ARTENE
Matei TĂMĂȘILĂ
Department of Mechanical Machines, Equipment and Transport
Luiza-Izabel DUNGAN
Dorin LELEA
Daniel OSTOIA
Department of Mathematics
Liviu-Ioan CĂDARIU-BRĂILOIU – Chair of the Senate
Lucian-Flavius PATER
Department of Measurements and Optical Electronics
Ciprian-Ovidiu-Miron
DUGHIR – Chair of the Committee for Communication and Public Image, Cultural and Sports Activities, and Alumni Relations
Department of Mechanics and Strength of Materials
Nicolae-Horațius HERIȘANU
Department of Mechatronics
Valentin CIUPE
Erwin-Christian LOVASZ
Department of Teacher Training
Gabriel-Mugurel DRAGOMIR – Chair of the Committee for Education and University Marketing
Student senators
Faculty of Architecture and City Planning
Teodora RAȚIU
Faculty of Automation and Computing
Alice CANIA
Alberto Codrin
CIRIMPEI Bogdan
Alexandru FONA
Alexandru ZVÂNCĂ
Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnologies and Environmental Protection
Roxana ALEXANDRU – Chair of the Committee for Student Affairs
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Caius OLARIU
Andreea VONICA
Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies
Cristina-Ionela VLADU
Lucian ȚURĂI
Faculty of Electrical and Energy Engineering
Denis PODEANU
Faculty of Engineering of Hunedoara
Dragoș Raul VĂSIAN
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Anamaria Elisabeta GAVRA
Karla LOVASZ
Alexandru ONACI
Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation
Dragoș PĂTRAȘCU
Faculty of Communication Sciences
Nicoleta-Camelia SULINCEAN