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CEDOMIR M. SLIEPCEVICH
Pages 275-280

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From page 276...
... SLIEPCEVICH, a pioneer in liquefied natural gas technologies and George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, died on October 22, 2009, at the age of 89. Cheddy was born in Anaconda, Montana, on October 4, 1920, the son of Herzegovinian immigrant parents.
From page 277...
... He published more than 165 papers that reveal an extraordinary breadth of scientific and technical interests -- energy scattering, high pressure design, reaction kinetics, catalysis, cryogenics, thermodynamics, process dynamics, flame dynamics, heat and mass transfer, viscoelasticity, extractive and powder metallurgy, desalination, energy conversion, and biomedical engineering. His career was marked by strong academic and industrial collaboration.
From page 278...
... Projects included V-2 rocket testing at White Sands, classified work on proximity fuses at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, heat transfer through finned tubes in nuclear weapons production at Oak Ridge, and particle size characterization by light scattering using the US Army ENIAC computer at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. He also performed electron microscope studies of the crystalline structure of hydrated Portland cement, and collaborated on development of a flat-plate kidney dialysis unit.
From page 279...
... Friends enjoyed his dry and self-deprecating sense of humor, and speak especially fondly of his caring way of mentoring graduate students and junior faculty. He and his wife Cleo often entertained his protégés in their home near the OU campus; there and at the laboratories, he engaged them in stimulating discussions on scientific and technical topics.


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