Background
Levenspiel, Octave was born on July 6, 1926 in Shanghai, China. Came to the United States, 1946. Son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Greenhouse) Levenspiel.
Levenspiel, Octave was born on July 6, 1926 in Shanghai, China. Came to the United States, 1946. Son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Greenhouse) Levenspiel.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University California, Berkeley, 1947. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Oregon State College, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, Oregon State College, 1952.
Doctor of Science (honorary), National Polytechnic Institute, Lorraine, France, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Colorado School Mines, Golden, 2000. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, 2005.
His principal interest has been chemical reaction engineering, a branch of chemical engineering studying the application of chemical reaction kinetics and physics to the design of chemical reactors. He also wrote the omnibook in Spanish. He is the originator of the Octave Levenspiel"s fountain, which is a special kind of a diffusion machine.
The Levenspiel plot is named for him.
Professor Octave Levenspiel was well known among his students for his ability to do quick back-of-the-envelope calculations. GNU Octave, a high-level language primarily intended for numerical computations and developed by John West. Eaton, a former student of Octave Levenspiel, is named after him.
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Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, National Academy of Engineering, American Chemical Society.
Married Mary Josephine Smiley. Children: Bekki, Barney, Morris.