Stoyan Dimitrov Slavov was born in Varna, Bulgaria in 1973. He graduated his secondary education in 1991, majoring in "Robotic and flexible automated production systems" at the "A. Ivanov" secondary technical school in Varna, and after that higher education in 1998 at the Technical University (TU) of Varna, majoring in "Mechanical engineering and metalcutting machines" at the department of Manufacturing Technologies and Machine Tools (MTMT). In 2004, he defended a PhD dissertation, entitled "Technological possibilities of flat vibratory burnishing for control some quality parameters and operational characteristics of flat surfaces" before the specialized scientific council of the higher attestation commission in Sofia.
He began his academic career at the MTMT department of TU - Varna in the position of "Chief assistant" in November 2006. Since July 2012 he held the academic position of "Associate Professor" in the scientific specialty "Technology of mechanical engineering", and since February 2024 he held academic position "Full Professor" of subject "Programing CNC equipment with CAM" at the same department. He participated in numerous research projects, both internal to TU of Varna and with national funding. He has been scientific leader in six of them. He is a member of the Scientific and Technical Society for Machine Building Equipment and Technologies at the Varna Scientific and Technical Unions, and the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria. He has carried out several specializations abroad at various universities and institutes in Romania, Turkey and Portugal. He is an author and co-author of 14 study programs in disciplines in the field of mechanical engineering technologies, as well as three textbooks and six teaching guidance for students. Under his leadership, more than 50 graduates have successfully defended their bachelor and/or master diploma theses, as well as one doctoral student, who successfully defended a PhD degree.
In addition to his teaching and research activities, the candidate has also performed numerous administrative functions at TU of Varna, such as university rating analysis expert, head of quality management and accreditation centers. He occupying the Head of the MTMT Department position since December, 2023.
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