Muhamed Riđanović

Professor, researcher, expert violinist and pioneer of experimental fluid mechanics in Yugoslavia. Born in Čapljina, he was educated in Sarajevo before simultaneously studying at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and the Music Academy in Belgrade. He later studied at the University of Iowa, United States and obtained a master's degree in hydraulics (1960) and a doctorate in technical sciences (1963). He built his career at the University of Sarajevo but also taught for three years at the University of Khartoum (Sudan). He introduced practical experimental based learning and was the first in the territory of Yugoslavia to introduce the subject of Fluid Mechanics, a necessary basis for the study of hydrotechnical problems, as well as problems in mechanical engineering. His reputation far exceeded the borders of Yugoslavia.