caption death_date death_place work_institution birth_place societies children image_size article_title field birth_date alt residence prizes image spouse name alma_mater
richard oriani 11 august 2015 edina , minnesota , united states university of minnesota san salvador , el salvador electrochemical society american society for metals 4 200px richard oriani
 metallurgy , cold fusion 19 july 1920 portrait of richard oriani united states alexander award of the national association of chemical engineers von humboldt award -lrb- 1984 -rrb- w.r. whitney richard oriani portrait.jpg constance oriani richard oriani college -rrb- princeton university -lrb- ph.d -rrb- of the city of new york -lrb- b.s
richard oriani

richard oriani -lrb- july 19 , 1920 -- august 11 , 2015 -rrb- was an el salvador-born american chemical engineer and metallurgist who was instrumental in the study of the effects of hydrogen in metal .
he also made significant contributions to the field of cold fusion .
