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Ioan Vlădea
Ioan Vlădea (24 October 1907, Râșnov, 24 November 1976, Timișoara) was a Romanians, Romanian engineer from Industria Aeronautică Română, IAR Brașov, who developed the Gas compressor, compressor of airplane, plane engine IAR 80. After World War II he served as professor at Polytechnic University of Timișoara. He is considered the founder of Timișoara school of thermal engineering. Early years and education He was born in Râșnov, as the only son among the five children of Ioan and Elena Vlădea, a poor peasant family.De Sabata, p. 238 He attended the Facultatea de Electromecanică of Universitatea Politehnica of Timișoara, and graduated in 1931. He had as professors Victor Vâlcovici, Valeriu Alaci, Plautius Andronescu, Pompiliu Nicolau, Victor Vlad and Marin Bănărescu.De Sabata, p. 239 On 23 February 1931 received his engineering diploma titled ''Alimentarea cu energie electrică a orașului Brașov'' (Power supply of Brașov city), under the guidance of Dimitri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Râșnov
Râșnov (; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Ruusenåå''; Latin: ''Rosnovia'') is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 15,920 as of 2021. It is located at about southwest of the city of Brașov and about the same distance from Bran, on DN73, a road that links Wallachia and Transylvania. History The Roman fort of Cumidava was discovered in 1856 near the town. The Râșnov Fortress was first built as a castle by the Teutonic Knights in the years 1211–1225. Râșnov was mentioned for the first time in 1331 as ''Rosnou'' and again in 1388 as ''villa Rosarum''. While the village was razed many times in its history by Tatars, Turks, and Wallachians, the fortress was conquered only once, in 1612, by Gabriel Báthory. Legend of the fortress well There is a legend attached to Râșnov Fortress. During a particularly long siege of the fortress, the citizens of Râșnov were concerned about the lack of available fresh drinking water. Two Turki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |