Romualdas Kasuba

Romualdas Kasuba (born March 23, 1931 in Kaunas, Lithuania) (Lithuanian: Romualdas Kašuba) is a Lithuanian American academician, mechanics engineer.[1]

Romualdas Kasuba
Born	March 23, 1931 Kaunas, Lithuania
Alma mater	University of Illinois
Scientific career
Fields	engineering, aerospace engineering
Institutions	Vytautas Magnus University, Northern Illinois University

Biography

Kasuba moved to Germany in 1944, and emigrated to the United States in 1948.

Kasuba graduated from University of Illinois in 1954. He earned a doctoral degree in 1962. Kasuba taught at Cleveland State University in 1964-1986 where he also chaired the Department of Mechanical Engineering. In 1986 Kasuba had co-founded the College of Engineering at Northern Illinois University and became its dean.[2] In 1989-1996 Kasuba was a member of Senate at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Awards and recognition

• 1999 The National Academy of Sciences of Lithuania elected him as an international member to the academy[2]
• 1999 The Diamond Award from the UNESCO International Engineering Education Center for the best paper[2]
• In February 2011, an auditorium at Northern Illinois University was named in Kasuba's honor.[3]

References

1. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, IX t. Vilnius: Science and encyclopedias publishing institute, 2006. T.9: Juocevičius-Khiva.
2. "Romualdas Kasuba, Ph.D., P.E., Dr. (Hon)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
3. "CEET auditorium named in Kasuba's honor | NIU Today". Niutoday.info. 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2012-11-26.