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Subject: [GGCoolPeopleTalk] Slain Israeli Professor Saved Others in Va. Tech Massacre

If only this Israeli had had a gun on him, he and all the students the murderer killed after killing the Israeli might still be alive today. Virginia state college policy, however, forbids the carrying of arms on college campuses.

"Slain Israeli Professor Saved Others in Va. Tech Massacre

by Gil Ronen
(April 17th, 2007 c.e.)

(IsraelNN.com) As Israel observed Holocaust Day, thousands of miles
away, A Rumanian-born Holocaust survivor gave his life in another
senseless murder - and apparently in an act of heroism.

Among the 32 people killed by a lone gunman at Virginia Tech Monday
(April 16th, 2007 c.e.)
is 77-year-old engineering professor, Liviu Librescu, a citizen of
Israel. According to eyewitness accounts, Librescu ran to the door
of his classroom and blocked it with his body – preventing the
gunman from entering but getting shot to death himself as a result.

Alec Calhoun, a 20-year-old student who had been in Librescu's class
in room 204, told a reporter that at 9:05 a.m. the heard screams and
a loud banging sound from the next-door classroom. When the students
realized it was gunfire, he said, some hid behind tables, and others
leapt from the classroom's windows. Calhoun himself was among the
last to jump. "Before I jumped from the window, I turned around and
looked at the professor, who stayed behind, maybe to block the door.
He had been killed."

Librescu is survived by his wife of 42 years, Marlena, who was with
him in Virginia, and sons Aryeh and Joe who are in Israel. They
intend to bury him in Israel.

Asael Arad, an Israeli student who visited the widow after the
tragedy, told Army Radio Tuesday that Marlena had been receiving e-
mails from students who credited Prof. Librescu with saving their
lives. "I lost my best friend," the widow told a reporter for NRG at
her home near the Blacksburg campus. "He was a great person, who
loved teaching more than anything." Marlena said someone had
initially informed her that her husband was injured in the
shooting. "I looked for him in the hospitals all day but I didn't
find him," she said.

The Librescus are Rumanian Jews who came on aliyah (immigrated to
Israel) in 1978 – after then-Prime Minister Begin interceded on
their behalf with the Rumanian government, according to Marlena. The
couple went on a sabbatical to the United States since 1986 and has
been living there ever since.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/122137

Liviu Librescu
Professor
Office
318 Norris Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540/231-5916
llibresc at vt.edu

http://www.esm.vt.edu/~llibresc

Interests:
Foundation and applications of the modern theory of shells
incorporating non-classical effects and composed of advanced
composite materials; Foundation of the theory and applications of
sandwich type structures; Aeroelastic stability of flight vehicle
structures;. Nonlinear aeroelasticity of structures in supersonic
and hypersonic flow fields; Aeroelastic and structural tailoring;
Dynamic response and instability of elastic and viscoelastic
laminated composite structures subjected to deterministic and random
loading systems; Mechanical and thermal postbuckling of flat and
curved shear-deformable elastic panels; Static, dynamic and
aeroelastic feedback control of adaptive structures; Unsteady
aerodynamics and magnetoaerodynamics of supersonic flows with
applications; Optimization problems of aeroelastic structural
systems; Theory of composite thin-walled beams and its application
in aeronautical and mechanical constructions; Response and behavior
of structures to underwater and in-air explosions; Multifunctional
and Functionally Graded material structures.
Education:
Ph.D., Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Academy of Science of Romania,
1969
M. A. Sc., Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Aeronautical
Engineering, Bucharest, 1953
B.S., Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, Aeronautical
Engineer, 1952

Honors and Awards:
2007  Invited Key Note Lecture at the 17th International Congress on
Thermal Stresses, June 4-7, 2007, Taipei, Taiwan, Joule Heating
and its Implications on Crack Detection/Arrest in Electrically
Conductive Circular Cylindrical Shells.( Z. Qin, L. Librescu and
D. Hasanyan) 
2006  Awarded a diploma by the 17th International Conference on
Adaptive Structures and Technology for the paper Robust
Aeroelastic Control of Composite Aircraft Wings in Incompressible
Flow by Yoon, G. C., Na, S. S., Librescu, L., and Baek, S. C.,
Taiwan, ICAST 2006, October 13-17. 
2005  Appointed Chair of the International Organizing Committee of
the 6th International Congress on Thermal Stresses '05 May 26-29,
2005, Vienna, Austria 
2005  Invited Plenary Lecture at the 6th International Congress of
Thermal Stresses '05 May 26-29, 2005, Vienna, Austria "Thin-Walled
Beams Used in Turbomachinery and Space Applications Made-Up of
Functionally Graded Materials and Operating in a High Temperature
Environment: Vibration and Instability" by L. Librescu, S-Y Oh and
O. Song 
2005  Selected as a member of the Board of Experts of the Italian
Ministry of Education, University and Scientific Research 
2005  Awarded a diploma by the International Congress on Thermal
Stresses, Vienna, Austria, May-June, 2005, ``In recognition for the
achievements in the field of Thermal Stresses, for organizing the
Fifth International Congress of Thermal Stresses, and for the
contributions to the Journal of Thermal Stresses, as an author and
as a member of the Editorial Board.'' 
2005  Awarded a diploma by the ASME, 20th Biennal Conference on
Mechanical Vibration and Noise, Long Beach, CA, September 24-28,
2005 expressing the deep appreciation for the valuable services in
advancing the engineering profession.'' 
2005  Frank J. Maher Award for Excellence in Engineering Education 
2004  Plenary Key Note Lecture to the Third European Conference on
Structural Control July 12-15. 2004, Vienna, Austria Advances in
the Linear/nonlinear Control of Aeroelastic Structural Systems by
L. Librescu and P. Marzocca 
2003  Member of the Executive Committee of the International
Congress of Thermal Stresses, (1999-2003) and re-appointed for (2003-
2007) 
2003  General Chair of the 5th International Congress of Thermal
Stresses and Related Topics, June 8-11, 2003, Blacksburg, VA 
2000  Recipient of the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the
Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania 
2000  Elected member of the Academy of Sciences of the Shipbuilding
of Ukraine 
1999  Recipient of The 1999 Dean's Award for Excellence in
Research, College of Engineering VPI&SU 
1999  Elected Foreign Fellow of the Academy of Engineering of
Armenia 
1998  Invited Plenary Lecture at the Session dedicated to the great
Italian Scientist Professor Placido Cicala, Torino, June 25, 1998,
Italia Aeroelastic Tailoring of Advanced Aircraft Wings Carrying
External Stores, with Dr. F. H. Gern 
1988  Plenary Key Note Lecture to the Second International
Conference on Composite Science and Technology, June 9-11, 1998
Durban, South Africa Recent Developments in the Modelling and
Behavior of Advanced Sandwich Constructions 
1972  Laureate of the prize Traian Vuia of the Romanian
Academy of Science 

Professional Service:

Listing in Who's Who
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in Engineering
Who's Who in the World
Who's Who in Science and Engineering
Member of the Editorial Board of
2007 - Journal of Sound and Vibration
2004 - International Journal of Advanced Materials and Structures
2003 - Journal Mathematical Methods and Physic-Mechanical Fields
1999 - Journal Thin-Walled Structures
1998 - Journal of Thermal Stresses
1997 - International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
1975 - Solid Mechanics Archives
Guest Editor for the Special Issues of the Journals
2006 - Journal of Mathematical Engineering (issues devoted to
Thermomechanical Problems)
2004 - International of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and
Structures, Vol. 11, Nos. 4-5, Part I & II
2001 - Composite Structures, Vol. 52, 1, 2001
2001 - Thin-Walled Structures, Special Issue - New Advances in the
Modelling and Application of Smart Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 39,
1, 2001
2000 - Composites Engineering, Part B, Vol. 32, 3, 2000
Chair of the International Organizing Committee of
2005 - 6th International Congress on Thermal Stresses '05, May 26-
29, Vienna, Austria
Co-Chair of the International Organizing Committee of
2007 - 7th International Congress on Thermal Stresses June 4-7,
Taipei, Taiwan
2005 - Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, October 26-28, Nanjing,
China
Member of the International Advisory Board of
2007 - Second International Symposium on Design Modelling and
Experiments of Adaptive Structures and Smart Systems, DEMEASS II,
October 14-17, Bad Herrenalb, Germany
2007 - Organizing Committee of the 70th Birthday of Jozef Ignaczak
Symposium at the 7th International Congress on Thermal Stresses,
Juen 4-7, Taipei, Taiwan
2006 - 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and
simulation (ICCM-06), December 8-10, Indian Institute of Technology,
Guwahati,-781039, India
2006 - 1st International Symposium on Design Modelling and
Experiments of Adaptive Structures and Smart Systems, DeMEASS I,
June 10-12, Bardonecchia (Turin), Italy
2004 - 1st International Congress on Computational Mechanics and
Simulation, IIT Kanpur, December 9-12, India
2004 - 2nd International Conference on Structural Engineering,
Mechanics and Computation, July 5-7, Cape Town, South Africa
2003 - 2nd International Conference on Applied Mechanics and
Materials (ICAMM 2003), January 21-23, Durban, South Africa
1998 - 2nd Interntional Conference on Composite Science and
Technology, June 9-11, Durban, South Africa
1996 - 1st International Conference, Composite Science Technology,
June 18-20, Durham, South Africa
Member of the International Organizing Committee of
2005 - 6th International Congress of Thermal Stresses, May 26-29,
Wien, Austria
2001 - 4th International Congress on Thermal Stresses, June 8-11,
Osaka, Japan
1999 - 3rd International Congress on Thermal Stresses, June 13-17,
Cracow, Poland
1982 thru 1985 - Israel National Conference on Aviation and
Astronautics
Recent Publications:

G. Polli, L. Librescu and F. Mastroddi, Aeroelastic Response of
Composite Aircraft Swept Wings Impacted by a Laser Beam, AIAA, Vol.
33, No, 2, pp. 382-391, 2006
Na, S. S., Librescu, L., Rim, S. N. and Yoon, G. C., Vibration and
Dynamic Response Control of Non-Unifom Composite Rotating Blades,
International Journal of Rotating Machinery, 2006, ID 13807, pp. 1-
9, 2006
Librescu, L., Oh, S-Y. and Hohe, J., Dynamic Response of Anisotropic
Sandwich Flat Panels to Underwater and In-Air Explosions,
International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 43, No. 13, pp.
3794-3816, June, 2006
Hause, T. and Librescu, L., Flexural Free Vibration of Sandwich Flat
Panels with Laminated Anisotropic Face Sheets, Journal of Sound and
Vibration, Vol. 297, Nos. 3-5, pp. 823-841, 2006
Librescu, L. and Song, O., Composite Thin-Walled Beams: Theory and
Application, Springer, 615, 2005
Full listing
Courses taught:
ESM 3154, Solid Mechanics, Spring 2007.
ESM 5074, Mech Lam Comp Str, Spring 2007.
ESM 5994, Research and Thesis, Spring 2007.
ESM 7994, Research and Dissertation, Spring 2007.
ESM 6044, Theory of Plates and Shells, Fall 2006.
ESM 6044, Theory of Plates and Shells, Fall 2005.
ESM 2304, Dynamics, Spring 2005.
ESM 5074, Mech Lam Comp Str, Spring 2005.
ESM 6044, Theory of Plates and Shells, Fall 2004.
ESM 2304, Dynamics, Spring 2004.
ESM 6044, Theory of Plates and Shells, Fall 2003.

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