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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. 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. He became a member of the Rice faculty in 1951 and remained there until he retired in 1994. He died July 19, 2013, in Houston, Texas.〔("Rice mourns the death of Riki Kobayashi." ) Rice University: George R. Brown School of Engineering." July 22, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2014.〕 == Professional career == 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. 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: * American Chemical Society (ACS) * American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) * American Institute of Chemists * American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers * Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas * Japan Institute of Chemical Engineering * National Academy of Engineering (NAE) He also belonged to Sigma Chi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Phi Kappa Phi.〔("Riki Kobayashi Fellowship in Chemical Engineering." ) Rice University. George R. Brown School of Engineering. Retrieved November 28, 2014.〕 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Riki Kobayashi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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