APPENDIX 1 – The funding application (to be filled out in English) : Maritime engineering from [625789]

APPENDIX 1 – The funding application (to be filled out in English) : Maritime engineering from
classical to digital
B. The project leader
B1. Curriculum Vitae of the project leader1 (maximum 2 pages)
PERSONAL INFORMATION Elena -Grațiela Robe -Voinea

Constanta (Romania)
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Sex Female | Date of birth 19/11/1989 | Nationality Romanian

1 2 Sections B 1 and B3 of t he application will be published on UEFISCDI website . These will be uploaded in the online
platform for submission, both as two separate pdf. files as well as part of the funding application .

WORK EXPERIENCE
Mar 2019 –Present Project Planner
Michael M. Tsontos SA – US Army Corps of Engineers Projects (Romania)
Construction projects
Oct 2018 –Present PhD Eng Assistant Professor
Ovidius University of Constanta, Faculty of Mechanical, Industrial and
Maritime Engineering
Oct 2017 –Mar 2019 Planning & Reporting Expert
OMV Petrom SA, Bucharest
-monitoring , reporting and interpreting the asset projects related data, in accordance with the
company's guidelines, procedures and business processes
Type of projects: small capital facilities projects and key projects such as: River crossing pipeline,
Surface Project Facilities Optimization of MP SKid, Revamping heating systems,Well chekers, T ank
Farms, Compressors stations, LTS, relining pipeline and manifolds.
Business or sector Upstream/Proj ects BU/Projects Services/Planning
May 2014 –Feb 2017 Project Planner
SNC Ship Design – Constanta Shipyard
– Supervising of the planning function during detail design stages of the projects in Primavera EPPM;
– Generating management reports based on schedule updates; – Managing the current and baseline
schedule,controlling budgets, analyzing the effect of proposed changes;
– Preparing regular status reports and forecasts
for project management and client review;
– Providing schedule reports a s required including weekly and monthly updates, actual progress vs.
baseline, look -a-heads for the next period, resource histograms, areas of concern andsuggestions of
possible measures;
– Maintaining critical path diagrams and computer analysis of progra m to ensure project target dates
are met;

-Develop, monitor and produce project schedules and S -curves for internal and external reporting;
-Elaborate operational procedures for planning and control of projects;

Type of projects:
-9,000 DWT Oil & Chemical tanker – Mayoury,
-Offshore Shallow -Water Service Barge
-MSC bulbous bow reconversion
-41,000 DWT Product & Chemical tanker
http://www.shipdesign.snc.ro/references
Oct 2016 –Jun 2017 PhD Eng Assistant Professor
Ovidius University of Constanta, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Nov 2016 –Jun 2017 PhD Eng Assistant Professor
Naval Academy "Mircea cel Batran", Faculty of Marine Engineer, Constanta
Mar 2017 –Jun 2017 PhD Eng Assistant Professor
Ovidius University of Constanta, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Oct 2013 –Sep 2016 Ph. D Studies
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest (Romania)
Mathematics – Actuarial Science

Oct 2012 –Feb 2014 Master of professional studies – Maritime Transport
Constanta Maritime University, Faculty of Navigation and Naval Engineering, Constanta
(Romania)
Oct 2011–Jun 2013 Master of science – IT Models and Technology
"Ovidius " University of Constanta, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Constanta (Romania)
Oct 2008 –Jun 2012 Bachelor of Engineering
Constanta Maritime University, Faculty of Navigation and Naval Engineering, Constanta
(Romania)
Oct 2008 –Jun 2011 Bachelor of science
"Ovidius " University of Constanta, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Constanta (Romania)
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s) Romanian

Foreign language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production

B2. Significant and representative scientific achievements (maximum 2 pages)
The project is thought to start from two personal and original research directions [1] and [2].
The first ,[1] , I develop a software in an academic scope with a friendly -use interface which can easy
substitute the classical method calculation of lay -days, demmurage and despach for a ship which can
load or unload cargo, helpful for both teachers and students. The second one, [2], it is about a study
case using the Monte Carlo method in order to demonstrate the utility and the app lication of this method
in the fi eld of engineering, more precisely in the shipbuilding area. For both directions I used software
such as: Matlab, Primavera P6, Primavera Risk Analysis. [1] represent my graduate bachelor
engineering paper while the [2] it is part of my PhD thesys.

Starting of these 2 options I decide that my project should be entitled: Maritime engineering from
classical to digital.

From my perspective I consider that both [1] and [2] offer a big range of new research directions
also from the subject th ey treat but also due tot the tools that were used to obtain the results. Also I
consider that the both direction are topical, these should be seen from the existing research trends but
also from the f act that in industry these programs that I used are fou nd very often.

On the other hand my personal 5 years experience from the field of production inspire me a lot
to develop further something similar to the actual necessities of the business.

Regardless of the business sector large corporations use nowad ays software that integrates the entire
process, in order to optimize for example the technological flux and also to acquire a total control.

From my experience I can say that for a young engineer graduate contact with these tools can be at the
outset why not a bit frustrating regardless of his technical knowledge in the field acquired in college .
English C2 C2 C2 C1 C1
French B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user – B1 and B2: Independent user – C1 and C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Communication skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Empathic listener and persuasive speak er
Speaking in public, to groups, or via electronic media
Job-related skills Primavera Enterprise Portofolio Management ;
Primavera Risk Analyzer
Charisma Enterprise, Matlab, SQL,
Microsoft Office T ools, 3ds Max, Opnet, Macromedia Dreamweaver.
Basicknowledge of Java, C, Oracle
Autocad 2D &3D
Some notions of Aveva Marine
Driving licence B

It takes time to accommodate, learn and familiarize the individual with the existing infrastructure. It is
only then that his technical knowledge can be applied and used. This can take a young man between 2 -4
months.
In consequence t he idea is to manage to get the main programs that are currently on the market and so
that I can simulate small workflows of course in the field of engineering sciences .

The i dea offers a wide range of choices, all with the ultimate goal of achieving a finished product .
In Figure 1 is a project idea of naval design, starting from the stage of concept to the part of detail.

No matter what type of pro ject we want to develop we must always keep in mind the motto: Planning –
Control -Execution -Completion .
This cannot be possible without an integrated system of ERP programs such as: Matlab, Primavera P6,
Primavera Risk Analysis, Aveva Marine, Navisworks, etc.

Macro
planningBasic
DesignPlanning and
ControlDetail DesignEnd Phase
of Design

B3. Defining elements of the outstanding scientific achievements of the project leader2 (maximum
3 pages)
1. Articles
1. Elena -Gratiela Robe -Voinea , Raluca Vernic, On a multivariate aggregate claims model with
multivariate Poisson counting distribution, Proceedings of the Romanian Academy, Series A,
ISSN: 1454 -9069, (cotat CNCSIS A, ID=789, and ISI indexed), 2015 -IF=1.658;
http://www. acad.ro/sectii2002/proceedings/doc2017 -1/01Robe -Voinea.pdf

2. Elena -Gratiela Robe -Voinea , Raluca Vernic, Another appproach to the evaluation of a certain
multivariate compound distribution, Analele Universitatii "Ovidius" Constanta, seria
Matematica, ISSN 1224 -1784, E -ISSN 1844 -0835. (cotat CNCSIS A, ID =31, ISI indexed),
2015 -IF= 0.383, https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/auom/24/3/article -p339.xml

3. Elena -Gratiela Ro be-Voinea , Raluca Vernic, Fast Fourier Transform for multivariate
aggregate claims, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Springer International Publishing,
2016, DOI 10.1007/s40314 -016-0336 -6, Print ISSN 0101 -8205, Online ISSN 1807 -0302. (ISI
indexed), 2 016- IF=0.802, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40314 -016-0336 -6

4. Elena -Gratiela Robe -Voinea , Raluca Vernic, On the recursive evaluation of a certain
multivariate com pound distribution, Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, English Series,
Springer International Publishing, 2016,. (ISI indexed), 2016 –
IF=0.250, https://link.springer.com/article/1 0.1007/s10255 -016-0612 -7

5. Elena -Gratiela Robe -Voinea , The development of a software for calculation of laydays,
demmurage and despatch, “Mircea cel Batran” Naval Academy Scientific Bulletin, Volume XX
– 2017 – Issue 1 , 2017, The journal is indexed in: PROQUEST / DOAJ / Crossref / EBSCOhost
/ INDEX COPERNICUS / DRJI / OAJI / JOURNAL INDEX / I2OR / SCIENCE LIBRARY
INDEX / Google Scholar / Academic Keys/ ROAD Open Access / Academic Resources /
Scientific Indexing Services / SCIPI O / JIFACTOR ,
https://www.anmb.ro/ro/files/despre/management/posturi/12dec2018/Fisa%20CCIIM%20CS3_
3.pdf
2. Books/ chapters (including monographs): .
3. Resea rch projects:
During 2014 -2017 a s a Project Planner at SNC Ship Design – Constanta Shipyard I was member in
the team of the following new building projects won in national competitions (bids):
Project name BUMI ARMADA
Vessel Name Armad a Contractor
Project Description Shallow water barge
Contract sign date 28.02.2014
Bussiness case AVEVA Marine

Budget 73,000 hrs
Key Milestones Start DD – 15.05.2014
Final documentation delivery – 15.05.2015
Project name MARITIMA
Vessel Name MAYOURY
Project Description 9000 dwt Oil/Chemical Tanker, IMO 2
Contract sign date 07.11.2014
Bussiness case AVEVA Marine
Budget 95,000 hrs
Key Milestones Start DD – 02.03.2015
Documentation delivery – 06.07.2016
Project name MAXMR1
Vessel Name Histria Atlas
Project Description 41,000 dwt Oil/Chemical Tanker, IMO 2
Contract sign date 13.12.2015
Bussiness case AVEVA Marine
Budget 80,000 hrs
Key Milestones Start DD – 25.02.2016
Hull DD – 30.04.2017

During 2017 -2019 as a Project Planning Engineer – OMV Petrom SA I was member in the team of
29 new facilities oil and gas projects won in national competitions (bids) .

4. Scientific presentation in international conferences:
Elena -Gratiela Robe -Voinea , Alexandru Pin tilie, Calculating the efficiency of an international
shipping voya ge using Primavera P6 software, The 22nd Conference of the Romanian Society of
Probability and Statistics , May 10 -11, 2019, Simion Stoilow Institute of Mathematics of The
Romanian Academy , Bucharest , Romania.
Elena -Gratiela Robe -Voinea , Alexandru Pimtilie, Raluca Vernic, A short ship design risk analysis
using the Monte Carlo method, 6th Internationa l Maritime Conference on Design for Safe ty-DNV
GL, November 28 -30, 2016, DNV GL Maritime Headquarters, Hamburg,Germany.

Note3:
To have the chance for funding recommendation, the project leader must demonstrate an
internationally visibility average or above average activity at p aragraphs 1 or 2, in Section B3.
Average or above average activity in the international community:
– For Sc ience and Social Sciences, the activity with an average or above average visibility is highly
defined by the existence of at least two publication as main author (document type: „article” or
„review”) published in journals situated in the "top 50% of all j ournals published in the
research field of the project proposal". The reference list with journals belonging to top 50%,
red and yellow areas, is achieved according to the scores of influence (AIS) calculated by
Thomson Reuters in Journal Citation Reports 2015 published by Thomson Reuters in June
2016:
http://uefiscdi.gov.ro/userfiles/file/PNCDI%20III/P1_Resurse%20Umane/PRECISI_2016/P
RECISI_lista%20AIS%202016.pdf
– For Arts and Hu manities, the activity with an average or above average visibility is highly
defined by the existence of at least two publication as main author (document type: „article” or
„review”) published in journals indexed in Arts and Humanities Citation Index:
http://ip -science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi -bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=H
– Complementary routes for Social Sciences and Humanities:
✓ ERIH Plus (Int categori es 1 and 2 of the evaluation from 2011):
http://uefiscdi.gov.ro/userfiles/file/CENAPOSS/clasificare_reviste_ERIH.pdf
✓ Specific publications for the application field, published in prestigious international
publishing houses, for social sciences, arts and humanities fields, according to the
following lists:
http://uefiscdi.gov.ro/userfiles/file/CENAPOSS/Edituri%20prestigiu%20internationa
l%20stiinte%20sociale.pdf

http://uefiscdi.gov.ro/userfiles/file/CENAPOSS/Edituri%20prestigiu%20internationa
l_Arte%20&%20Stiinte%20Umaniste.pdf

3 Please, keep the note! It is not quantified by a number of pages and it is useful for evaluators.

The main authorship is expressed depending on the field, the project leader having the
responsi bility to present it correctly, in relation to the standards from the field, the authorship
following to be also analyzed by the panel and by the evaluators from the field; where the academic
norm is to list the authors alphabetically, there will be presen ted the publications as co -author
(with the argumentation of those academic practices).
The lack of average or above average activities to the paragraphs 1 or 2 reduces the chance for the
project proposal to be financed.

C. Research project description (maximum 10 pages and maximum 1 page bibliography )
In what respect my future project I would like to start from these two research directions [1] and [2]
that I mentioned before in section B2 as a start point cumulated also with my personal corporate
experience from the engineering field such as: maritime, oil and gas, civil engineering.

From my point of view even though both of them imply an engineeri ng issues my strategy is to imply
two yo ung resercher teams. In consequence it is likely to split it into two independent mini projects ,
part of the same project.
One team will be software orientated, in accordance with the [2] research directions, while the other
will be focused on the product ivity. The methodology and the main steps of the development of the
project as an entire will be described in the next sections.
C1. Issues
(1) the importance of the issue from scientific, technological, socio -economic or cultural point of view;

In what respect the issues of the project I would like to emphasize the most relevant of them in the context
of the state of the art in the engineering field such as: scientific, tehnological, socio -economic or cultural
point of view.

From the scientific perspective the two reserch direction wich I choose should be extended as much as
possible to obtain pertinent results in order to develop the available research and also to help to the
grow of the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Marine Engineerin g. This issue will be done if the
new result will be accepted and published in scientific research journals with a high impact factor.

The technological part il will be the core of the project, due to the fact that we deal with engineering
topics, and eng ineerng implies through definition technology. For this aspect the topics are quite
generous to allow me to use a wide variety of means of new existing technologies .

From a socio -economic perspective the impact should be that our results will help to optimize something
existent that should be considered to expensive : money or resource consumer.
(2) the elements of difficulty of the issue;

In what respect the element of difficulty of the issues this aspect can not be outlined from the begginig,
because it is possible to start with a summary list and menawhile the project is ongoing to minimize or
maximize the number of it. These aspect depend of how the results appear and how quickly are
implemented in the process.

(3) the limitations of c urrent approaches by analyzing the state of the art of the knowledge related to
the project topic.

. It is possible that meanwhile the project is ongoing to realize thet we are limitated by facts such as:
lack of resources, lack of ideas, delays of other aspects that may affect our projects, etc . Personally I
believe that the subject is enough generous in order not to have any impediments regardless of any
nature .

C2. Objectives

The main objectives of the project are the following:
• If we start from the [ 1] research directions the idea is to extend the existing GUI program with
other needs, or to create something similar in order to emphasize the utility of Matlab software
in the engineering field. Here I will also use my personal experience from the tw o sectors in
wich I worked: shipbuilding and oil and gas industry.
The strategy is to use as many as possible toolbox which Matlab have and demonstrate the utility of this
software in engineering. I that way we will
• The second research directions, [2], should help a lot the first, or function independent. For
example we can make our own planning of the projects involving both schedu le and cost, and

also make from time to time during the life of the project risk analyses in order to have a more
precisely overview of the job.
C3. Impact
If we talk about the aspects related to the potential impact of the project in the broader fra me of the
scientific field, we should emphasis the following aspects:
• the first directions, [1], should be extende d to naval design area aspects in Aveva Marine, with
finite element test using Matlab software and a good project controlling with Primavera P6
tool; the second directions [2]
• discussing the potential impact of the project in the scientific, social, economic or cultural
environment and/or the applicative directions to be explored within the project (where
applicable for the proposed research d irection) – naval engineering
C4. Methodology
Due to the fact that from the beggining we s tart with 2 research directions we will take this option into
account and start from the beggining with two research teams.
Fist team as mentioned before will start from the ideea [1], namely will use the Matlab softare in order
to develop other GUI as the one from the [1] and also to assure suport to the second team any structure
calculus.
The second team, in acordance with the directions develop in [2] will try to develop using Aveva Marine
software a naval design project. During and after the development they will use Navisworks software in
order to have an overview of the entire work.
For both research ideeas in order to control and monitoring the activities sof taware like : Primavera
P6, Primavera Risk Analisys, SAP MM & PM will be used.
The ideea is to simulate a real life project cycle in order to familiarize the students with what they will
encounter encounter in the production sectors.
Personally I aquire knowledge about all of this program software and their applicability in the field of
engineering .

C5. Ethical aspects (if appropriate)
The e thical aspects are very important when it comes to talk about researching. It is mandatory tha t in
order to have original results to work with original tools. For that reason It will be my duty to assure
that the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Marine Engineering has also licence for researching for
the programs that I will use, and if not, t o mention the aquisitions in the resource plan.

C6. Resources and budget

Bugdet Breakdown (i n euro ): 95.000 EURO (24 months)
Budget chapter (expenses) 2019
(euro) 2020
(euro) 2021
(euro) Total budget
2019 -2021
(euro)
Project Director 10000 10000 20000 40000
Logistics
Primavera P6 licence x 2 3500 3500
Primavera Risk Analysis x 1 9500 9500
Matlab Classroom Use –
Concurrent License x 5 7000 7000
SAP MM &PPM x 5 5000 5000
Aveva Marine x 5 8000 8000
Navisworks x 2 5000 5000
others 2000 2000
Travel 2000 2000 3000 7000
Indirect 2500 3000 2500 8000
Total 24500 25000 45500 95000

Budget Breakdown (in lei) :450.000 RON

Budget chapter (expenses) 2019
(lei) 2020
(lei) 2021
(lei) Total budget
2019 -2021
(lei)
Project Director 47000 47000 94000 188000
Logistics
Primavera P6 licence x 2 16450 16450
Primavera Risk Analysis x 1 44650 44650
Matlab Classroom Use –
Concurrent License x 5 32900 32900
SAP MM &PPM x 5 23500 23500
Aveva Marine x 5 37600 37600
Navisworks x 2 23500 23500
others 9400 9400
Travel 9400 11750 14100 35250
Indirect 12900 14100 11750 38750
Total 116300 119850 213850 450000

C7. Bibliography (maximum 1 page )

1. Elena -Gratiela Robe -Voinea, The development of a software for calculation of laydays,
demmurage and despatch, “Mircea cel Batran” Naval Academy Scientific Bulletin, Volume XX
– 2017 – Issue 1 , 2017, The journal is indexed in: PROQUEST / DOAJ / Crossref / EBSCOho st /
INDEX COPERNICUS / DRJI / OAJI / JOURNAL INDEX / I2OR / SCIENCE LIBRARY
INDEX / Google Scholar / Academic Keys/ ROAD Open Access / Academic Resources /
Scientific Indexing Services / SCIPIO / JIFACTO 2R,
https://www.anmb.ro/ro/files/despre/management/posturi/12dec2018/Fisa%20CCIIM%20CS3_3
.pdf

2. Elena -Gratiela Robe -Voinea , Alexandru Pimtilie, Raluca Vernic , A short ship design risk
analysis using the Monte Carlo method, 6th Internationa Maritime Conference on Design for
Safety -DNV GL , November 28 -30, 2016, DNV GL Maritime Headquarters, Hamburg,Germany.

3. D. P. Kroese, T.,Taimre, & Z. I. Botev, Handbook of Monte Carlo methods (Vol. 706). John Wiley
& Sons, 2013

4. D.Vose , Risk Analysis: A Quantitative Guide , 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2008

5. Stopford,M.(2009) , Maritime Economics, Third Edition, London and New York, Routledge
Taylor & Francis Group

6. ”Capesize market milestone in sight”, Lyod`s List (daily), 11 May 2007

7. https://www.sap.com/corporate/en/company/innovat ion/next -gen-innovation –
platform/university -alliances.html#overview

8. https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html

9. https://www.oracle.com/industries/construction -engineering/primavera -products/

10. https://www.autodesk.com/products/navisworks/overview

11. https://www.aveva.com/