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Riki Kobayashi was born on 24 May, 1924 in Harris County, Texas, is an American chemical engineer. Discover Riki Kobayashi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?
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chemical engineer, professor |
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89 years old |
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Gemini |
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24 May, 1924 |
| Birthday |
24 May |
| Birthplace |
Harris County, Texas |
| Date of death |
19 July, 2013 |
| Died Place |
Houston, Texas |
| Nationality |
United States
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Riki Kobayashi Height, Weight & Measurements
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Riki Kobayashi Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Riki Kobayashi worth at the age of 89 years old? Riki Kobayashi’s income source is mostly from being a successful engineer. He is from United States. We have estimated Riki Kobayashi's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Riki Kobayashi (1924–2013) was a chemical engineer and a long-time professor of chemical engineering at Rice University.
A native of Harris County, Texas, he attended Rice University (then known as Rice Institute) and earned the Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering at the age of 19.
Kobayashi was born in Webster, Texas on May 13, 1924.
His parents were Mitsutaro and Moto Shigeta Kobayashi.
Both parents were born in Japan.
Mitsutaro Kobayashi's occupation was listed as a farmer.
He was survived by his wife, two sons, two stepdaughters, a brother and three sisters.
After serving in the U.S. Army, he went to the University of Michigan, where he earned the Master of Science degree in 1946 and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1951, both in chemical engineering.
In 1949, he was a co-author of the Handbook of Natural Gas Engineering, which is still used by engineers in the industry.
Later, while teaching at Rice University, he became well known for his pioneering work in phase equilibrium, physical properties and transport properties which were highly important to the development of the natural gas processing industries.
He belonged to several professional associations, including:
He also belonged to Sigma Chi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Phi Kappa Phi.
Personally warm and approachable, Dr. Kobayashi was addressed simply as Riki by nearly all of his graduate students throughout his career.
Graduate students who had come directly from Japan were the exception; they used the Japanese honorific "sensei" (teacher), a sign of great respect.
He became a member of the Rice faculty in 1951 and remained there until he retired in 1994.
The AIChE honored Kobayashi by presenting a symposium in his honor in 1987, where the society called him, "..“one of the century's most prolific researchers in thermodynamic and transport properties.” He received many other professional honors during his lifetime. Among these were:
The Riki Kobayashi Fellowship in Chemical Engineering was created in his honor.
The first award was made in 2005.
He died July 19, 2013, in Houston, Texas.
Kobayashi was a diligent researcher who was widely known for his investigations of thermodynamic and transport properties, particularly of natural gas liquids and hydrates.
He has been credited with writing at least 200 articles for professional journals.
