Ion Paraschivoiu,P.Eng, PhD.

Professor at Polytechnique Montréal

Founder and President of IOPARA Inc.

 B.Sc. A., M.Eng., Ph.D. (Bucharest) in Aeronautics

Full Professor at Polytechnique Montréal https://polymtl.ca
Founder and President of IOPARA Inc. https://www.iopara.ca 

   Ion Paraschivoiu was listed in the world's top 2% scientists in various disciplines by Stanford University (November 2020). The database can be found here:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bUJrvurVVBbxSl9eFZRSHFif7tt30-5U/view . The study is here: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918.

Dr. Ion Paraschivoiu, has over 40 years of experience in conducting research, teaching and in providing services for major companies and research centers worldwide on problems related to wind turbine aerodynamics, performance prediction and optimal design, aircraft icing and anti-icing. Professor at Polytechnique Montréal, Dr. Paraschivoiu has won many industry and academic awards for his research and publications:

Bombardier Aeronautical Chair Holder (1990 - 2005)

Chairman of « The first Bombardier International Workshop » Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 20-21, 1993

AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Associate Fellow

Honorific Member of Academy of Scientists of Romania

American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences (ARA) President from 1998 until 2013

Emeritus President of ARA (American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences)

Chairman of « The first International Symposium on Wind and Tidal Power (ISWTP 2017) » Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 28- 30, 2017

Doctor Honoris Causa of 6 Universities

Contributions to the study of a new form of aircraft wing with variable geometry (Butterfly Wing), patented in collaboration with Professor Elie Carafoli

Principal researcher at the Hydro-Québec Research Institute, where he developed the ‘Paraschivoiu Method’ for the aerodynamic performance calculation of Darrieus type wind turbines (1979-1984)

Academic Editor at the International Journal for Rotating Machinery

Supervisor of Ph.D. Thesis (11)

Supervisor of Masters (MASc) Thesis (18)

Principal research investigator and leader of more than 35 projects for 20 countries in the context of IOPARA Inc. Consulting Company

Liliana Surugiu, Ph. D.

Social and Environmental Impact Assessment Expert

From 1997 to 1999 she worked as post-doctoral fellowship at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal in the field of renewable energy. In 1999, she has been hired as Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and has been involved in several project regarding the social and environmental aspects of wind energy. From 2009 Dr. Surugiu got a permanent position in the context of IOPARA Inc. Consulting Co.

Marius Paraschivoiu, Ph.D, ing.

Professor at Concordia University
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Expert

Dr. Marius Paraschivoiu, earned his Ph.D. from MIT in the U.S.A. and is a leader in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). He holds a research chair in Production and Storage of Clean Energy and was the Director of Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design and Innovation (CIADI) from 2008 to 2011. He also was the President of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering from 2008 to 2010.

Gloria Paraschivoiu, IE University Student

Digital Innovation Specialist

Gloria Paraschivoiu is a Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence undergraduate at IE University, actively engaged in AI-driven projects and competitions. She contributed to the development of MODA, an AI-powered fashion application designed to streamline wardrobes and generate outfits based on user inputs, as part of the Tech Venture Bootcamp at IE School of Science and Technology.  Additionally, she was part of the team that won the OpenAI competition at IE University with their project FiscoChat.  Her academic background includes graduating from Lower Canada College’s Pre-University Program.