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Liviu Librescu
Liviu Librescu was a Romanian–Israeli-American scientist and engineer. A prominent academic in addition to being a survivor of the Holocaust, his major research fields were aeroelasticity and aerodynamics.
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science · Romanian-Israeli-American scientist, Holocaust survivor · military flight engineer · engineer · pedagogue · professor · mathematician · university teacher · also Liviu Librescu, Librescu
Born 18 August 1930 · Died 16 April 2007 · Q313407
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2008· 1 entry
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Remembering Liviu Librescu
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2007· 5 entries
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Liviu Librescu
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BBC Americas: A friend remembers Liviu Librescu
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The Roanoke Times: Liviu Librescu: Holocaust survivor blocked shooter, letting students flee
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Died 2007-04-16.
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Seung-Hui Cho entered the Norris Hall Engineering Building and opened fire on classrooms
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1985· 1 entry
Left on sabbatical for the United States, where he served as Professor at Virginia Tech in its Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, where he remained until his death
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1976· 1 entry
A smuggled research manuscript that he had published in the Netherlands drew him international attention in the growing field of material dynamics
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1969· 1 entry
Studied at Romanian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (1969).
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1952· 2 entries
And continuing with a Master's degree at the same university
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Studied at Politehnica University of Bucharest (1952).
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1930· 2 entries
Born 1930-08-18.
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To a Jewish family in the city of Ploiești, Romania
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