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About Miroslava Petrova : Miroslava Petrova has a Masters and PhD degree in Interior and Furniture Design. She has worked as interior and furniture designer in Bulgaria (2000-2005) and as an editor in chief of MD magazine – a professional magazine about design and architecture (2005-2007). She has 20 years of experience as university lecturer. Currently she is a full professor at the University of Monterrey where she teaches in the Interior Design program. She has more than 40 scientific publications and more than 80 publications in professional journals.
STATEMENT OF ART:
Design matters

ORGANIZATION:
University of Monterrey

EDUCATION:
University of Forestry, Sofia, 1995-2000

EXPERIENCE:
2018-present/ professor/ University of Monterrey/ Mexico
2002-2018/ assistant professor/ University of Forestry/ Bulgaria

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS:
Petrova, M. Zheleva-Martins, D. (2022) Shells as a Universal Structural Type in Nature and Design, In: Prefabricated Construction for Sustainability and Mass Customization, Ed. Masa Noguchi IntechOpen
Petrova, M., Elizondo, B., Gamboa, D. (2023) Creative Strategies for the Learning Spaces of the Future, In: Connectivity and Creativity in Time of Conflict, Cumulus Conference
Proceedings Antwerp, Belgium
Petrova, M., Castro de Steffen, M., Piumatti, R., Lingan, C. (2022) Collaborative Learning in International Interdisciplinary Teams, In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference E&PDE, London South Bank University, London, UK
Petrova, M. The Design Studio as a Network – Application of Connectivism in the
Planning of an Online Learning Space (2021) In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Producs Design Education, VIA Design, VIA University in Herning, Denmark, ISBN: 978-1-912254-14-9; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2021.84
Petrova, M. The Connectivist Design Studio (2021) In: Design And Technology Education: An International Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3, p. 341-352, Nov. 2021, Available at: https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/DATE/article/view/3073
Petrova, M. The semantics of Felix Candela’s Thin Shell Structures: A Case of Two Churches (2020) In: Journal of Architecture, 25:5, p. 628-646, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2020.1784980
Petrova, M. Form-Formation Principles in Paper-Based Architectural Design (2020) In: DESIGN. ART. INDUSTRY. 7, p. 28-40, ISSN 2312-6116, Published at: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=44176985
Petrova, M. Crisis of the Memory – Two Monuments from the Socialist Era Today (2017) In: SYNNYT/Origins: Finnish Studies in Art Education, Rethinking Arts-Based & Artistic Research – And Global/Local Communities #2, p.10-20, ISSN: 1795-4843. Published at: https://wiki.aalto.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId
=128670903
Zheleva-Martins D., M. Petrova, S. Tasheva. From Interdisciplinarity to Creativity (2013) In: International Scientific Publications: Educational Alternatives Vol.11, Part 2, p.160-168, ISSN 1313-2571, https://www.scientific-publications.net/download/e
ducational-alternatives2013-2.pdf
Petrova, M. Elizondo, B. Mendez, D. (2023) Creative Strategies for the Learning Spaces of the Future, Cumulus Antwerp 2023, Antwerp, Belgium
Petrova, M., Castro de Steffen, M., Piumatti, R., Lingan, C. (2022) Collaborative Learning in International Interdisciplinary Teams, In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference E&PDE, London South Bank University, London, UK
Petrova, M. The Design Studio as a Network – Application of Connectivism in the Planning of an Online Learning Space (2021) In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Producs Design Education, VIA Design, VIA University in Herning, Denmark, ISBN: 978-1-912254-14-9; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2021.84
Petrova, M. Form-Formation Principles in Paper-Based Architectural Design (2020) In: DESIGN. ART. INDUSTRY. 7, p. 28-40, ISSN 2312-6116, Published at: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=44176985
Petrova, M. Exploring the Gap between Student-Centered Learning and Student Learning Outcomes: A Case Study of Materials for Interior Design Class (2020) In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, VIA Design, VIA University in Herning, Denmark, ISBN: 978-1-912254-10-1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2020.7
Petrova, M. Design for Ephemerality – Idiosyncrasy and Challenges (2017) In: New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences. [Online]. 4(11), 259- 272.ISSN: 2547-8818, https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i11.2882
Petrova, M. Educating Designers from Generation Y – Challenges and Alternatives (2014) In: Design Education & Human Technology Relations, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference On Engineering And Product Design Education, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands, p. 524-529, ISBN 978-1-904670-56-8, https://www.designsociety.org/publication/35935/Ed
ucating+Designers+from+Generation+Y+ %E2%80%93+Challenges+and+Alternatives
Petrova М. Emergent Trends in the Design Economy and their Impact on Consumption, Production and Design (2014) In: Proceedings of the 13th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2014, 2014, p.701-710, ISSN: 1847-9073 https://www.designsociety.org/publication/35216/EM
ERGENT+TRENDS+IN+THE+DESIGN+ECONOMY+AND+THEIR+IMPA
CT+ON+CONSUMPTION%2C+PRODUCTION+AND+DESIGN
Petrova, M., D. Zheleva-Martins. Interactive Methods In Engineering Design Education Our Experience (2012) In: Design Education for Future Wellbeing, Proceedings of the 14th, Artesis University College, Antwerp, Belgium, p. 15-21 ISBN: 978-1-904670-36-0 https://www.designsociety.org/publication/33160/In
teractive+Methods+in+Engineering+Desig n+Education%3A+Our+Experience

BOOKS:
Petrova, M. Compositional and Form-formation Factors in Office Interior and Furniture Design (2012), Sofia, 224 pp. ISBN 978-954-332-097-4 (in Bulgarian) The book was published after winning a grant from the Ministry of Education and Science and was subsequently nominated in a competition for outstanding academic achievements in 2013 by the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Bulgarian/Native speaker
English/Advanced
Spanish/Advanced
German/Beginner
Russian/Pre-Intermediate

COMPUTER LITERACY:
Adobe InDesign/Advanced
Adobe Photoshop/Advanced
AutoCad/Advanced

SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
2012, 2014, 2021, 2022 International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
2023 Cumulus Antwerp

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
Union of Scientists in Bulgaria (2012-present)
National System of Researches in Mexico (2020 – 2022)
Design Society (2015)

JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
Reviewer for the Cumulus conference, Antwerp, Belgium, 2023
Reviewer of the book “Estrategias para el desarrollo de procesos creativos en el diseño
arquitectónico”, Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, 2022
Reviewer for the Design And Technology Education: An International Journal
Reviewer for the 18th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design
Education, Aalborg, Denmark, 2016
Reviewer for the 17th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design
Education, Loughborough, UK, 2015
Review of the book “Theory of Composition” (2015) Zheleva-Martins, D., S. Tasheva,
Colour Group – Bulgaria, Sofia

HOBBIES:
Gardening

REGISTRATION DATE:
2022-03-14 18:03:35

COUNTRY/REGION:
Mexico

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Academic



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