In memoriam Academician Dr. Eng. Emilian Bratu (1904–1991) – The founder of the chemical engineering education in Roumania. 120 years since his birth

The present work is dedicated to the memory of our professor Emilian Bratu (1904–1991), the founder of chemical engineering education in Roumania. The „road” of Chemical Engineering from empiricism to Process Engineering – a multi-disciplinary science in the postmodern era, was traced in Roumania by Professor Emilian Bratu who with art, clairvoyance and love built the School of Chemical Engineering in Roumania, in the middle of 20th century, being the first trainer of specialists in the field of chemical engineering – engineers, and phd. engineers. This year we celebrate 120 years since the birth of the academician Prof. Dr. Eng. Emilian Bratu, the founder of the Roumanian school of chemical engineering. On this anniversary we experiment a double feeling. On the one hand, there is a strong feeling of gratitude for the immense wealth of knowledge passed on to his PhD students and the generations of students who trained in the profession of chemical engineer with his courses as a basis of study. On the other hand, I am also filled with a feeling of satisfaction because I have the opportunity to remind and review, even if briefly, the strong mark left in the science of chemical engineering in Romania by the distinguished academician university professor Emilian Bratu from Politehnica University of Bucharest (UPBuc.), chair of chemical engineering, outstanding personality of the Roumanian academic community and world-renowned scientist. Professor Emilian Bratu left us a huge legacy, with a potential for use in all branches of the economy - the science of chemical engineering. An inheritance also means a great responsibility, and implies large obligations in its maintenance and development.