Bogdan ISTRATE
”Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Assoc. Prof. PhD. Istrate Bogdan, ”Gh. Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 35 years, has expertise in characterizing biodegradable Mg-based alloys, Ti-based biocompatible alloys, thermal coatings, modern methods of micro and nano structural characterization. He is a Judicial Technical Expert in the field of “Metallurgy” and has published as an author or co-author over 150 scientific papers, 34 being the main author (first author or corresponding author); of the 150 scientific articles, 106 are ISI Web of Science-indexed and 70 have an ISI impact factor. He is cited in over 760 references with a Hirsch index of 14/15/17 (ISI WoS/Scopus/Google Scholar). He is the co-author of an OSIM patent and 6 OSIM patent applications, of which 4 patent applications are in the field of Mg-based alloys. He has published the following books as first author “Magnesium-based biodegradable metallic materials”, ”Metallographic expertise” and a laboratory guide – “Materials Science and Engineering – Laboratory guide” (co-author).
Within the research – development projects he led as research partner/manager 5 research contracts: project director – UEFISCDI national competition (PN III TE 27/2022 – PN-III-P1-1_1-TE-2021-0702), entitled „Materiale metalice biodegradabile inovative din sistemul Mg-Ca-Zn utilizate în aplicații ortopedice”, 2022-2024; TUIASI partner manager – Pr. Comp. 3 – Pr. Complex „OBTAINING AND EXPERTISE OF NEW BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS” (2018-2021); director Grant Intern TUIASI Nr. 0430/2018 (2018-2019), “Novel biodegradable materials from the Mg-Ca-Mn-Zr system used as implants in the reconstruction of biological bone”, director of the Mobility Project PNCDI III RU-MC 313MC / 2019 – X-ray diffraction, in Almelo, Netherlands and director Contract with economic agent no. 14921 / 03.08.2020-Microstructural, compositional analysis (SEM-EDX) and X-ray diffraction for various materials”. He has also been a member of 20 other research project teams.
The doctoral thesis entitled “Cercetări asupra influenței unor depuneri superficiale pe aliaje metalice biodegradabile utilizate în domeniul medical ” fits best in the field of the project proposal, being awarded with the “SUM CUM LAUDE” grade.
Also, in 2019 he won the “Gheorghe Vasilcă” award in the field of advanced materials tribology, offered by the National Institute of Aerospace Research – INCAS Bucharest, in 2020 he won the EXCELLENCE AWARD, in the category “Young researcher with the
best performance in scientific research ”, offered by the“ Gheorghe Asachi ”Technical University of Iași and in 2022 the Diploma of Excellence of Modtech Awards for Most Performing Young Researcher.