Dan G. Dimitriu’s Short Bio Dan Dimitriu has been practicing as a licensed professional engineer in various industries for almost 35 years and has taught engineering courses concurrently for more than 30 years at various institutions. In 2001, he joined San Antonio College full-time as the Coordinator of its Engineering program. In parallel, he was also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Our Lady of the Lake University. He has been involved with several engineering societies and became a member of the Two-Year College Division of ASEE in 2002. He is an expert in 3-D visualization training; he published two books and created several educational games related to that subject. His research interests are in finding new methods to improve training in spatial skills, design, new plastic materials, and advancing STEM education. He created a new “Mind Fitness” program and is presently implementing it in various organizations. AWARDS He was elected San Antonio College Piper Professor in 2006 and 2016 and received the 2006 NISOD Excellence in Teaching Award. He was named “San Antonio’s Top Professor” by Scene in SA Monthly in 2006. In the fall of 2013, he participated as a faculty advisor for a team of students selected for the Minority University Research and Education NASA Undergraduate Research program with Microgravity University. He received the 2015 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. He is also the recipient of the 2019 ASEE Meritorious Award for Connecting Engineering and Technological Literacy. After his retirement, he was awarded the Professor Emeritus title by Alamo Colleges. EDUCATION: • North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.A., Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering • Academy of Economic Sciences, Bucharest, Romania, Master’s Degree in Business Administration - Major in International Economic Relations • Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering • Popular School of Art – Associate Degree in Graphic Arts, Bucharest, Romania. LICENSURE INFORMATION • ASTRA Certified Play Advisor for STEM careers • Registered Professional Engineer (Retired) - License #3177/State of North Dakota. • Certified Open Water Diver - License #84053081 by PADI International. • Teaching Certification #3102/Ministry of Education, Bucharest, Romania CITIZENSHIP: U.S. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (Past and Present) • American Society for Engineering Education (A.S.E.E.), elected Vice Chair of Two Year College Division in 2005 and re-elected in 2007 • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (A.S.M.E.) • Society of Automotive Engineers (S.A.E.) • American Management Association (A.M.A.) • International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) • Society of Plastics Engineers (S.P.E.), elected Vice President of Central Texas Section in 2000. PUBLICATIONS Books A, B, See...in 3D, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2015; ISBN-10: 1627058184; ISBN-13: 978-1627058186 Second Edition: Springer Nature Publisher, 2022; ISBN: 978-3-031-79369-1 Counting Bricks from Ancient Ruins, Amazon, 2017; ISBN-10: 1521520003: ISBN-13: 978-1521520000 Over 40 Technical Papers published and presented at various conferences. Author and co-author of 15 US Patents Past editor of the Technical Page for the Romanian language magazine “Lumea Libera”.