Cristea Niculescu-Otin, The First Rector of the ”Gheorghe Asachi” Polytechnic School of Iași

Abstract

University Professor Cristea Niculescu-Otin, with a solid training in chemical engineering, had a major contribution to the foundation and development of the chemical engineering education at “Gheorghe Asachi” University and Polytechnic School of Iași. His name remains in the history of the local and national education for his important work related to the establishment of the superior technical school in the capital of Moldavia, whose first rector he was between 1938 and 1944. Alongwith the didactic activity and his preoccupation for the organization of the laboratories necessary for a proper development of the educational process, Professor Otin also performed a remarkable research activity, especially in the field of Technological Chemistry.

Keywords

• life
• chemistry
• education
• engineering
• scientific research