Daniel Petcu is a footwear engineer with a Ph.D. awarded based on a thesis focused on foot orthoses for diabetic feet. He has developed the new concept of Pedorthic Information Modeling defined as the environment for the digital representation of the aesthetic, physical, and functional characteristics of the information model of medical footwear. The concept was translated into practice through a Grasshopper visual programming code and 3D-printing of foot orthoses and orthopedic footwear. The Pedorthic Information Modeling concept and the Grasshopper code are being continuously developed and tested to be further validated by practice. They have been presented at significant events such as OTWorld in Leipzig, Germany (2022, 2024), IVO-OST in Koln, Germany (2022), FootPRINT3D in Barcelona, Spain (2023), International Rhino User Meeting in Wroclaw, Poland (2024).
