Ionuț Gabriel Ghionea is an Associate Professor, member of the Manufacturing Engineering Department, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Robotics, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest since 2000. In 2003 he completed an internship to prepare his doctoral thesis at École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers in Aix-en-Provence, France and has a PhD in industrial engineering since 2010.Ionuț Gabriel Ghionea published, as first author or co-author, 12 books in the field of Computer Aided Design for mechanical engineering and over 125 papers in scientific technical journals and conference proceedings. He is a member of the editorial board and review panel of several international and national journals and conferences.In addition, he participated in research projects with applicability in industry and education. He is one of the most known and appreciated CAD trainers in Romania, carrying out this activity since 2002.Ionuț Gabriel Ghionea is considered to be one of the main and first didactic promoters of the CATIA v5 program in the Romanian academic environment, he created and recorded hundreds of video tutorials, wrote books and practical works for students and taught CAD courses for companies in Romania and abroad.In December 2020 he became a CATIA Champion, recognition issued by the Dassault Systèmes for his long-term commitment in promoting and using CATIA v5.