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Lives Lost

Liviu Librescu (August 18, 1930 – April 16, 2007) was a Romanian-born Israeli professor,

the aeronautics engineering professor who died while trying to save students during the shooting spree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Romanian President Traian Basescu signed a decree, awarding Librescu the highest national decoration, the Order of the Star of Romania. He was awarded the medal for his "heroism" during the massacre.

He worked very hard from morning to midnight ... to make new discoveries

Publications

This is a partial list of books that Librescu authored:[12]

* Librescu, Liviu; Ohseop Song (2006). Thin-walled composite beams: Theory and Application. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. ISBN 9781402034572. OCLC 62363828.
* Cederbaum, G.; Elishakoff, I., Aboudi, J. and Librescu, L. (1992). Random Vibrations and Reliability of Composite Structures. Lancaster-Basel: Technomic Publishing Co.
* Librescu, Liviu (1976). Elastostatics and Kinetics of Anisotropic and Heterogeneous Shell-Type Structures. Leyden: Noordhoff International. ISBN 9789028600355. OCLC 2092328.
* Librescu, Liviu (1969). Statica s,i dinamica structurilor elastice anizotrope s,i eterogene (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România. OCLC 17866878.