Ann.
Acad.
Rom.
Sci.
Ser.
Math.
Appl.
ISSN
2066-6594
Vol.
18,
No.
4/2026
DEDICATION
TO
PROFESSOR
CONSTANTIN
FETECAU
ON
HIS
80th
ANNIVERSARY
Gheorghe
Moros
,
anu
⇤
My
warm
congratulations
to
Professor
Constantin
Fetecau,
a
remarkable
researcher
in
the
field
of
Fluid
Mechanics
1
Biographical
Sketch
Constantin
Fetecau
was
born
on
January
4,
1946,
in
Scort
,
oasa,
Buz˘
au
County,
Romania.
Skipping
over
his
childhood
and
adolescence,
let
us
notice
that
in
1968
he
graduated
in
Math-
ematics
from
the
Alexandru
Ioan
Cuza
University
of
Ia¸
si,
Romania,
being
immediately
appointed
as
a
researcher
at
the
Mathematics
Institute
of
the
Romanian
Academy
–
Ia¸
si
branch
(1968–1975).
He
continued
for
a
long
time
at
the
Gheorghe
Asachi
Technical
University
of
Ias
,
i,
first
as
an
as-
sistant
professor
(1975-1979),
then
as
a
lecturer
(1979-1990),
associate
pro-
fessor
(1990-1994),
and
full
professor
(1994-2011).
During
the
time
interval
2011-2016
he
worked
with
an
employment
contract
(as
a
retired
professor)
at
the
same
Gheorghe
Asachi
Technical
University.
Professor
Constantin
Fetecau
was
a
talented
educator
and
many
genera-
tions
of
students
from
some
departments
of
the
Gheorghe
Asachi
Technical
University
of
Ias
,
i
benefited
from
his
lessons,
textbooks
and
monographs.
⇤
gheorghe.morosanu@ubbcluj.ro
,
Babes
,
-Bolyai
University,
Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
&
Academy
of
Romanian
Scientists,
Bucharest,
Romania
5
6
On
November
6,
2014,
he
was
awarded
the
title
of
professor
emeritus
of
the
Gheorghe
Asachi
Technical
University
of
Ias
,
i.
Let
us
mention
that
Professor
Fetecau
was
also
a
liated
with
the
Gov-
ernment
College
(GC)
University
in
Lahore,
Pakistan
(2007-2017),
where
he
was
a
very
active
PhD
supervisor.
Last
but
not
least,
let
us
mention
that
he
is
a
full
member
of
the
Academy
of
Romanian
Scientists:
https://www.aosr.ro/membrii-sectiei-stiinte-matematice/
2
Scientific
Activity
In
1979
he
obtained
a
PhD
in
Mathematics
from
the
Alexandru
Ioan
Cuza
University
of
Ias
,
i,
with
a
dissertation
entitled
”The
study
of
constitutive
equations
and
motions
of
particular
continuous
media”,
under
the
supervi-
sion
of
Acad.
Prof.
Mendel
Haimovici
and
Prof.
Gheorghe
Gheorghiev.
Professor
Constantin
Fetecau
has
always
been
and
continues
to
be
a
passionate
researcher
and
a
very
active
PhD
supervisor
at
the
GC
University
in
Lahore,
Pakistan.
His
main
research
areas
are:
-
Constitutive
equations
of
Newtonian
and
non-Newtonian
fluids;
-
Exact
and
numerical
solutions
for
motions
of
ordinary
or
fractional
Newtonian
and
non-Newtonian
fluids;
-
Heat
and
mass
transfer
in
chemical
engineering;
-
Energetic
balance
for
di
↵
erent
motions
of
Newtonian
and
non-Newtonian
fluids;
-
General
solutions
for
MHD
free
convection
flows
of
viscous
fluids
through
porous
media;
-
Newtonian
and
non-Newtonian
fluids
with
pressure-dependent
viscos-
ity;
-
MHD
free
convection
flows
of
ordinary
or
fractional
Newtonian
and
Non-Newtonian
fluids
through
porous
media;
-
Exact
solutions
for
motions
of
Newtonian
and
Maxwell
fluids
with
pressure
dependent
viscosity.
He
has
obtained
(alone
or
jointly
with
other
researchers)
many
significant
results
in
the
above-mentioned
fields
(check,
for
example,
at
MathSciNet
or
Google
Scholar
).
8
16.
Shahraz
Akhtar
(2017),
Natural
convection
flows
of
viscous
fluids
and
di
↵
erent
motions
of
couple
stress
fluids
17.
Nehad
Ali
Shah
(2019),
Heat
and
mass
transfer
in
hydromagnetic
flows
of
viscous
fluids
over
a
flat
plate.
I
have
intentionally
presented
the
above
list
of
dissertations
to
highlight
some
of
the
most
important
research
interests
of
Professor
Constantin
Fete-
cau.
4
Awards
and
Recognition
for
Professor
Constantin
Fetecau
•
Spiru
Haret
Prize
of
the
Romanian
Academy
(2002)
•
Best
Ph.D.
Supervisor
of
the
GC
University,
Lahore,
Pakistan
(2010)
•
Research
Excellence
Award
and
Gheorghe
Asachi
Medal
of
the
Gheorghe
Asachi
Technical
University
of
Ias
,
i,
Romania
(2012)
•
Fulbright
grant,
October
2003
-
May
2004
at
A&M
University
of
Texas
(partner
of
collaboration:
Prof.
K.R.
Rajagopal)
•
DAAD
Scholarship
(Hamburg
and
Bayreuth
Universities,
Germany,
De-
cember
1,
2004
-
February
1,
2005
(partners
of
collaboration:
Prof.
G.
B¨
ohme
and
Prof
N.
Aksel)
-
Ad
Astra
Registry
of
Romanian
Scientists
(2002-2011)
•
1st
place
by
Impact
Factor
in
the
Multidisciplinary
Engineering
category
•
2nd
place
by
Impact
Factor
in
the
Mechanics
category
•
2nd
place
by
number
of
articles
in
the
Applied
Mathematics
category.
-
World’s
Top
2%
Scientists
,
2021-25
(Stanford
University,
USA)
-
2nd
place
Best
Mechanical
and
Aerospace
Engineering
Scientists
in
Roma-
nia
(2025),
https://research.com/scientists-rankings/mechanical-and/aeros
pace-engineering/ro
-
3rd
place
Best
Mathematics
Scientists
in
Romania
(2025),
https://research.com/scientistsrankings/mathematics/ro