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W.W. Akers

Rice University. George R. Brown School of Engineering. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering lists W. W. Akers as professor emeritus.

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William L. Bolles

William L. Bolles was an American chemical engineer.

In 1947, Bolles left his position in the research and development laboratories of Socony-Vacuum Oil Company and went to work for the development department of Monsanto Chemical Co. in St. Louis.

Riki Kobayashi

Riki Kobayashi
Born	1924 Harris County, Texas
Died	2013 Houston, Texas
Occupation(s)	chemical engineer, professor

Riki Kobayashi (1924-2013) was a chemical engineer and a long-time professor of chemical engineering at Rice University. A native of Harris County, Texas, he attended Rice University (then known as Rice Institute) and earned the Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. After serving in the U.S. Army, he went to the University of Michigan, where he earned the Master of Science degree in 1946 and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1951, both in chemical engineering. He became a member of the Rice faculty in 1951 and remained there until he retired in 1994. He died July 19, 2013, in Houston, Texas.

Professional career

Kobayashi was a diligent researcher who was widely known for his investigations of thermodynamic and transport properties, particularly of natural gas liquids and hydrates. He has been credited with writing at least 200 articles for professional journals. In 1949, he was a co-author of the Handbook of Natural Gas Engineering, which is still used by engineers in the industry. He belonged to several professional associations, including:

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• American Institute of Chemists
• American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
• Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas
• Japan Institute of Chemical Engineering
• National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

He also belonged to Sigma Chi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Phi Kappa Phi.

Dr. Kobayashi was addressed simply as Riki by nearly all of his graduate students throughout his career. Graduate students who had come directly from Japan were the exception; they used the Japanese honorific "sensei" (teacher), a sign of great respect.

The AIChE honored Kobayashi by presenting a symposium in his honor in 1987, where the society called him, "..“one of the century's most prolific researchers in thermodynamic and transport properties.” He received many other professional honors during his lifetime. Among these were:

• Appointed to Louis Calder Chair in Chemical Engineering at Rice in 1965.
• Outstanding Engineering Award by Rice University in 1985.
• First annual Donald Katz Award by the Gas Processors Association in 1985.
• Election to National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 1995.
• Albert Einstein Medal awarded by the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in 2010.

Personal life

Kobayashi was born in Webster, Texas on May 13, 1924. His parents were Mitsutaro and Moto Shigeta Kobayashi. He was survived by his wife, two sons, two stepdaughters, a brother and three sisters.

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