Prominent Texas A&M Engineer Dies Vacationing In Greece
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COLLEGE STATION (AP) — A professor of chemical engineering and director of the Texas A&M University Energy Institute has died while on vacation with his family in Greece.
A Texas A&M statement says Christodoulos "Chris" Floudas died Sunday of an apparent heart attack. He was 56.
Information provided Monday by A&M spokesman Lane Stephenson indicated Floudas was a Greek native who was visiting family and friends in Paliouri Chalkidiki.
The A&M statement says a funeral was planned Wednesday in Greece. A memorial service for Floudas was to be scheduled later on campus in College Station.
Floudas was a chemical engineering expert who joined A&M in 2015 after 29 years of teaching at Princeton. His research addressed fundamental problems on multi-scale systems engineering for energy, environment and health.
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