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

Wed Apr 18 13:28:35 EDT 2007

I almost wish they'd arm everyone, just so the people who think everybody SHOULD be armed could see what a dumb idea that would be.

"No, we'd only arm law-abiding citizens".  Yeah, like the Virginia Tech gunman was. . . before he killed 32 people.

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>From:	       albert bouchard <albert at CELLSUM.COM>
>To:	       BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>Sent: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:02:34
>
>Can we just cut the gun lobby crap? This whole
>thing makes me sick.  
>As a pedagogue I can think of plenty of teachers it
>would be a very  
>bad idea to arm. The whole thing is just sad and
>there a million  
>better ways to be a hero than blasting it out with
>the bad guys.
>
>On Apr 17, 2007, at 2:33 PM, Joseph Elric Smith
>wrote:
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>> From: AdmrlLocke at aol.com
>> To: undisclosed-recipients:
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:21 PM
>> 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/12
>2137
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> http://www.esm.vt.edu/php/person.php?id=10023
>>
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