Background
Costea, Ileana was born on May 20, 1947 in Bucuresti, Romania. Daughter of Paul and Ana (Ciumetti) Paunescu. came to the United States, 1973.
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Costea, Ileana was born on May 20, 1947 in Bucuresti, Romania. Daughter of Paul and Ana (Ciumetti) Paunescu. came to the United States, 1973.
Master of Architecture, Ion Mincu Institute, Bucuresti, 1972; Master of Arts in Industrial Design, University of California at Los Angeles, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1982.
Chief teaching assistant, University of California at Los Angeles, 1981;
scientist ground systems analysis section, Hughes Aircraft Company, Fullerton, California, 1982;
lecturer department management science School Business Administration, California State University, Northridge, 1982-1983;
consultant CAE Office vehicle engineering division, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California, 1984;
senior scientist, consultant, Perceptronics, Inc., Woodland Hills, California, 1985;
assistant professor department civil and industrial engineering, California State University, Northridge, 1983-1986;
consultant Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1986-1987;
associate professor department civil and industrial engineering and mechanics, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1986-1989;
professor department civil and industrial engineering and applied mechanic, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1989. Visiting professor University of California, Davis, 1980, U. Metz, France, 1989-1993, U. Claude Bernard, Lyon, France, U. Metz, U. Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers. France, Institute Français du Petrole, France, Rueil Malmaison, France,1989-1993, Ecole Centrale de Lille, France, U. Milan, Italy, 1990-1991.
Visiting researcher Social Science Research Institute, University of Southern California, 1982.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (secretary Systems, Man and Cybernetics), American Association of University Professors, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (chair interactive computer graphics technical committee, since 1996), Computer Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, National Computer Graphics Association, Association for Computing Machinery, Institute Management Science, Operations Research Society American, California Faculty Association, American Institute for Decision Sciences, Women in Science and Engineering, American Association Artificial Intelligence, European Association for Computer Graphics, American Institute Industrial Engineers, Computer and Automated Systems Association, Society Women Engineers, MICAD (international organic committee, since 1985).
Married Nicolas Vincent Costea, April 20, 1973.