PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- I. Costea and S. Egli, Why and How Distance Learning in Manufacturing Systems?” Proceedings, 3rd International e_CEL3 online Symposium, June 2008.
- I. Costea, “On-line Teaching versus traditional teaching: advantages, disadvantages – the inevitable,” Proceedings, 3rd International e_CEL3 online Symposium, June 2008.
- I. Costea, “Recognizing Women’s Contributions to Engineering and Technology," SME WESTEC'06 Proceedings, Los Angeles, March 2006.
- I. Costea, “MSEM at CSUN makes WESTEC its main annual professional event,” SME Informer, June 2005.
- Making Hard Decisions IC Review, Amazon Books online, 2000.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
PARTICIPATION AT PROFESSIONL CONFERENCES
- Presenter of poster/kiosk "Manufacturing is Beautiful" at CSUN Faculty Retreat,
January 12-13, 2009.
- Organizer and Chair of Round Table "Distance Learning," CIFA’08, International Conference
of Automatic, Bucharest, Romania, September 3-5, 2008.
- Moderator of three technical sessions 3rd International e_CEL3 Symposium - Effects of life-long learning on the work market and the competitiveness of organizations, June 2008 – On line Symposium.
- Organizer and Chair of Round Table "New Challenges in Education: Continuing learning, Distance learning, e-Learning and Others," International ARA Conference, University "Spiru Haret," Brasov, Romania, 31 July - 5 August, 2007.
- Organizer and Chair of the Diversity Track, SME WESTEC'06 Conference, Los Angeles, 2006.
- Organizer and Chair of technical Sessions at the SME WESTEC Conference, Los Angeles, 2006.
- Presenter of lecture “Manufacturing Engineering Graduate Program at CSUN,” High Education Conference '05, Bodensee, Germany, 2005.
- Presenter of two invited lectures “Web-enabled Manufacturing/E-Manufacturing,” and “Graduate Manufacturing Programs in the US," ARA (American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences) Congress, 2005? Chisinau?
- Member of the Round Table discussion panel " Development and mobility of qualified workers in the global exchange context," ARA (American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences) XXVI-th annual Congress, École Polytechnique de Montréal, (Montreal Engineering School), Montreal, Quebec, July 25-29, 2001.
- Invited speaker presentation "Collaboration at a Distance," COFES 2001 - The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 26-28, 2001.
- Organizer and General Chairman, ARA '92 Conference, California State University, Northridge, CA, June 3 - 7, 1992.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Editorial Board Consultant, Science Bulletin, Technical Construction University, Bucuresti, Romania, 2007-present.
- Judge for the Southern California VEX Elevation Challenge Robotics Competition,
LA Valley College, Van Nuys, CA, January 17, 2008.
- Invited guest, Polytechnic Institute, Bucharest, Romania, September 2008.
- Invited guest by several Universities in France, August – September 2008.
- Member of the International Program Committee, CIFA’08, International Conference of Automatic, Bucharest, Romania, Sept 3-5, 2008.
- Reviewer of technical papers, CIFA’08, International Conference of Automatic, Bucharest, Romania, Sept 3-5, 2008.
- Judge for the "Manufacturing Challenge" Competition, SME WESTEC, 2005-2007.
- Coordinator of MSEM faculty and student participation at SME WESTEC annual conferences: 2005-2007.
