Air Navigation Laboratory
Air Navigation Laboratory was inaugurated in 2010 in partnership with ROMATSA and the Romanian Civil Aeronautics Authority
Jet Engines Laboratory
Jet Engine Laboratory - Sectioned Viper 632-41R jet engine built by Turbomecanica under license from Rolls Royce - used for the Romanian-Yugoslav fighter aircraft IAR-93 Orao and the Romanian IAR-99 Soim advanced training jet and light attack aircraft. ...
Experimental Aerodynamics Laboratory
The Experimental Aerodynamics Laboratory of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering is one of the oldest in the world (1931), serving over the years in the design of many types of aircraft - now upgraded with state-of-the-art data acquisition systems....
Flight Test and Experimental Models Laboratory
The Flight Test and Experimental Models Laboratory has been involved for 10 years in the major international UAV competitions. In 2015 in the United States, the Phoenix team of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, led by Prof. Eng. Petrisor Pârvu, ranked 4th...
Avionics Laboratory
The Avionics Laboratory enables students to engage in aeronautical, radio navigation, radio communication, automated systems, electronic, electric and power experiments - aerospace engineering is multidisciplinary in excellence covering all these areas of...
TeCHALLENGE
Honeywell Romania, POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest, together with the School Inspectorate of Bucharest, organize the competition of innovative projects in the field of energy from 17 May to 20 October 2017. The competition is open to both students enrolled...
Aero Expo and AFASES Brașov 2017
Aero Expo 2017 and the International Conference AFASES 2017 organized by the Henri Coandă Airforce Academy in Brașov between 25-28 May 2017 enjoyed a significant participation from the Romanian aviation community, and also from the presence of personalities...
Schedule of Summer Exams 2017
Schedule of Summer Exams 2016-2017 Resits for Terminal Year Students Schedule of Research Reports Presentations Master Summer 2017
Aerospace Europe CEAS 2017
Aerospace Europe CEAS 2017 is organized for the first time in Romania, at the Palace of Parliament, 16-20 October 2017. University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering is honoured to be an active partner of the organizers. The choice of...
Awards at Students’ Scientific Conferences
The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering organized three Sections of Students Scientific Conferences on 12 May 2017. In each Section, the Conference Board selected 4 papers which got awards: 1st Prize (400 lei), 2nd Prize (300 lei), 3rd Prize (200 lei) and Mention (100...
Safety First!
The 3rd Year Students are asked to contact their internship supervisors to do the training in work safety. The general instructions may be downloaded from the Studențs/Internship Page. Annex 6 filled and duly signed must be presented together with the Tripartite...
Traian Lalescu National Competition Results
Results of the Traian Lalescu National Competition in Mathematics (national phase) Awards of the students of the University Politehnica of Bucharest Section B 1st Prize - Alexandru Bratei, 1st Year, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science 2nd Prize -...
Marius-Ioan and Prunariu Asteroids
Two asteroids got Romanian names. The Marius-Ioan asteroid was named after the President of the Romanian Space Agency, Dr. Marius Ioan Piso. The Prunariu asteroid is dedicated to our famous cosmonaut, Dr. ing. Dumitru Dorin Prunariu, distinguished alumnus of...
FAE-Aerostar Event May 2017
S.C. AEROSTAR S.A. BACĂU, AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRY GROUP involved in designing, construction, maintenance and modernization of civil and military aircraft, intend to hire at least 20 UPB-FAE aviation engineers in the course of the year 2017. For this purpose, the...
Aviation Electronics Laboratory
The aviation electronics lab provides student with support for the design, simulation and testing of practical work in digital and analog electronics. These includes interfacing transducers / sensors for different communication buses used by on-board computers...
Politechniad 2017
The teams of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering ranked 1st in the Women Vollyball competition and 3rd in the Men Basketball competition in 2017 Politechniad! The FAE Basketball team consisted of: ROȘCA RAREȘ 912 AN RĂSCOL ANDREI 912 URSULEAN ANDREI 912 AN...
Ion Stroescu
Ion Stroescu was born in Ploiești on 13 August 1888. He studied primary and high school in Ploiești, then he became a sports teacher at the Central School of Gymnastics in Bucharest. Very early in his youth he became addicted to aviation, especially for...
Alumni AirNav 2013-2016
How Many Graduates Work in Aerospace? Banks and Faculties have something in common: each has a vault, well guarded, where the values are stored. The treasure of the faculties consists of its graduates. We opened here the heavy metal door and we looked inside....
PhD Students Scientific Reports
The presentation of the scientific reports of the PhD students will take place between 21-23 June 2017 at the headquarters of the Doctoral School, Room G02. The Program of the presentations will be announced in due time. If you are one of our PhD students,...
Aerobatic Yakers – Romanian Wings
Saturday 6 May 2017 we meet at Bănești Aerodrome to the launch of the Maria Cristina Țilică's book on Aerobatic Yakers - a formation of high class pilots, who honour the Romanian colours and fly Romanian made airplanes! Maria Cristina Țilică is TV producer with...
Awards Received by the Students
National Competition Where? When? Who? Place Mechanics Brașov, 2016 Cojocaru Petru Bogdan 1st Prize across the nation Strength of Materials București, 2016 Gall Mihnea 3rd Prize across the nation Mechanics București, 2015 Aruștei Adrian 2nd Prize across the...
Nicolae Tipei Award 2017
For the 2017 Edition, the rules of the prestigious “Nicolae Tipei” Award have been improved. The financial reward grew from $500 to $750 (USD), following the decision of Professor Sever Tipei, who is generously sponsoring this award. The main retribution though...
George Firican
Eng. George Firican Eng. George Firican is a founder members of AirNav Board, a Think Tank constisting of graduates of the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, personalities of the field, professionally validated in...
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu
”Since I was a kid I have dreamed to fly. I was closing my eyes and felt like floating over mountains, valleys, discovering new worlds. The deep abyss and the infinite height have always fascinated me. Finally, I got to fly in space. Accomplished dreams are like a...
Răzvan Mărgăuan
Eng. Răzvan Mărgăuan Eng. Răzvan Mărgăuan works for more than 17 years in Eurocontrol, at the Maastricht Upper Area Control Center, and also at the central headquarters in Bruxelles. În Eurocontrol there is a strong Romanian team of engineers, graduates of the...
AeroConsult 2017
AeroConsult is an annual convention of the aerospace employers with the academic community of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. The purpose is to provide professional counselling to students, who benefit form direct meeting opportunities with the companies...
Update on the Diploma Projects
Additional information on the preparation of the Diploma Project (in Romanian)
Laura Gârdu
Post by: Mirabela Tiron Posted on 19 May 2014 Every day at work, Laura Gârdu visits an European city. She does not go shopping, she barely has the chance to see the airport, the city stays out of reach. But she works travelling, a dream which occupies...
Air Navigation Convention 2017
The 8th Edition of the Air Navigation Convention 2017 International Conference was hosted by the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of the University Politehnica of Bucharest on 23-24 March 2017. The event was organized with the UPB-FAE students in the Radu...
Best Aerospace Engineering Employer Award 2016
On 23 March 2017, the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering offered to the Blue Air company the Trophy Best Aerospace Engineering Employer Award 2016. This trophy is presented every year to that company who employed most UPB-FAE graduates, bachelor, master, and...
Dutch-Romanian Tech Cooperation
Building a Successful Dutch-Romanian Tech Cooperation is an event of the Netherlands Romanian Chamber of Commerce (NRCC) organized on 3 March 2017 in the Senate Room of the University Politehnica of Bucharest. Mr. Sebastiaan van Hese, President of NRCC and...
Second semester start soon.
Second semester start next week. Please verify your schedule...
Making SES Work for Romania
The British company Think Research together with the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering organized on 25 January 2017 the ”Making SES Work for Romania” seminar. Think Research were represented by Conor Mullan, Executive...
Călin Rovinescu
On 11 November 2016 in the Senate Room of the University Politehnica of Bucharest, the legendary President of Air Canada, Călin Rovinescu was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Rector of UPB, Mihnea Costoiu, in presence of His Excellency, Kevin...
Partnership with Romanian Aviation Academy
On 24 Octomber 2016, the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and the Romanian Aviation Academy (RAA) have signed a cooperation protocol for 8 years, to work together in civil aviation training and education at a state of the...
Aerostar Bacău
Aerostar Bacău and the University Politehnica of Bucharest have signed a Partenrship Agreement on 29 March 2016 for 5 years. The Agreement regards the Faculties of Aerospace Engineering, of Electronics, Communication and Information Technology, and of...
Reconstructing the Malaysian 370 Flight Trajectory by Optimal Search
Octavian Thor Pleter and Cristian Emil Constantinescu, and Barna Istvan Jakab, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania Abstract: In the aftermath of the disappearance of the Malaysian 370 (MH370) flight in March 2014, new positioning...
Objective Function for 4D Trajectory Optimization in Trajectory Based Operations
Octavian Thor Pleter and Cristian Emil Constantinescu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania and Irina Beatrice Stefanescu, Romanian Space Agency, 010362 Bucharest, Romania Abstract: In the future ATM implementations based on 4D...
Romanian Civil Aviation Authority
The Romanian Civil Aviation Authority (RCAA) and the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (UPB-FAE) signed a protocol on 13 December 2008, with the duration of one year, which extends automatically if the agreement is not broken...
ROMATSA
The Romanian Administration of Air Traffic Services ROMATSA and the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering have signed on 13 August 2008 a cooperation protocol for 12 years, a strategic partnership to harmonize the programs of...