Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Doctoral School, Skopje, North Macedonia.

Vladimir Dukovski, Ph.D., is a professor at the Doctoral School at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia. He completed his graduate studies at Lvovian Polytechnic Institute, Lvov, Ukraine in the field of manufacturing technologies, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of Zagreb, Croatia in the fields of automation and machine tool design. As the Fulbright Scholar, he spent a year at Cornell University, USA, researching in the field of robotics. He also spent a semester at the Business School, Arizona State University, USA, where he was in researching managing new product development and quality management. He has lectured at the University of Bradford, UK, University of Pristina, Kosovo, as well as at MBA postgraduate studies organized by Ss. Cyril and Methodius University and Maastricht School of Management, Nederland. For many years, he has been a consultant to a number of companies related to new product development, automation, and quality management. He is the author and co-author of more than 300 scientific and professional articles, projects, monographs, and textbooks. He has been awarded numerous recognitions for his scientific achievements.