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

Wed Apr 18 18:34:56 EDT 2007

Good call, Al. Leave it at that.
  Gary

  albert bouchard <albert at CELLSUM.COM> wrote:
  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.

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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.
>
>
> http://www.esm.vt.edu/php/person.php?id=10023
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