romanian pronunciation hebrew august april romanian born israeli american scientist engineer professor major research fields prominent academic addition survivor holocaust widely known actions held giving students time escape windows shot killed attack posthumously awarded order star romania romania highest civilian honor time death professor engineering science mechanics virginia tech life career born jewish family city romania romania allied nazi_germany world war family deported labor camp later thousands jews deported romanian city wife holocaust survivor told israeli channel day death romania second world war jews germans anti semitic cousin living romania said interview romanian newspaper gifted person little curious knew thought happen rare surviving holocaust repatriated communist romania studied engineering graduating continuing master degree university awarded fluid mechanics din worked researcher later career stalled 1970s refused swear allegiance forced sympathies israel requested permission israel fired smuggled research manuscript published netherlands drew international attention growing field material dynamics years government refusal israeli prime minister personally intervened family emigration permit directly asking romanian president let moved israel professor mechanical engineering taught left united_states served professor virginia tech remained death served member editorial board seven scientific journals invited guest editor special issues journals recently chair 7th international congress thermal stress taiwan june scheduled lecture according wife professor published articles fields research major fields study included foundation applications modern theory shells incorporating non classical effects composed advanced composite materials foundation theory applications sandwich type structures stability flight vehicle structures structures flow fields structural dynamic response instability elastic composite structures subjected random loading systems mechanical thermal flat curved shear elastic panels static dynamic feedback control structures flows applications problems structural systems theory composite thin walled beams application mechanical constructions structural composite materials shear stress response behavior structures underwater air explosions graded material structures death legacy age people murdered april student entered opened fire classrooms taught solid mechanics class room hall april held door classroom shut attempted enter shot door managed prevent entering classroom students escaped windows struck bullets shot head proving fatal registered students class died number students called hero actions senior said students windows shouted hurry said don think wasn son joe said received students said saved lives regarded hero following murder request family assistance body released april received funeral service orthodox jewish funeral home brooklyn new_york_city new_york april interred israel native romania picture placed table lit people laid flowers nearby massacre took place holocaust remembrance day april president united_states honored memorial service held united_states attended crowd included holocaust survivors day saw horror saw quiet acts courage saw courage teacher named set enter class brave professor blocked door body students fled safety day remembrance holocaust survivor gave life live morning honor memory strength example honors awards received academic honors work virginia tech serving chair invited speaker receiving honorary degrees elected member foreign fellow armenia recipient doctor dean award excellence research college engineering virginia tech member awarded diploma expressing deep appreciation valuable services advancing engineering profession posthumously professor commended president romania rank sign high appreciation gratitude entire scientific academic activity heroism shown course tragic events took place april 16th saved lives students sacrificing life named virginia tech street named honor professor awarded award higher education law policy gift alumnus honored professor heroism shooting established professor law awarded discretion dean seeks appoint member faculty expertise national security social justice currently holds expert national security law international law including issues executive power international human rights constitutional rights military force armed conflict terrorism maritime disputes publications books authored include thin walled composite beams theory application netherlands isbn reliability composite structures publishing isbn romanian
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