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Brilio.net/en - Born on this day, April 15th, in 1931 in Magetan of East Java, was one of Indonesias most famous engineers, educators and scientists but is more commonly known for his contibuitions to electrical engineering, and is known as the father of Microelectronics in Indonesia.
He grew up with a famous family, as his mother was a direct descendant of Sultan Hamengkubuwono while his father became the governor of East Java. He studied Tweede Europesche School (primary school) in Ponorogo and Kediri, and then went on to attend high school in Surabaya where he graduated in 1951.
Samaun studied at Engineering Faculty of Universitas Indonesia branch Bandung (later became Institut Teknologi Bandung) funded by the Education, Pedagogy, and Culture Ministry. He broadened his education by attending Queen Mary College in London and studying nuclear engineering, before getting his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in California. He is known from adcancing science abroad, but mainly in his native Indonesia. In the 1970s he proposed that the government research and develop microchips domestically, and he always dream of chip fabrication becoming a reality in his home country.
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A celebrated Professor and Doctor, Prof. Dr. Samadikun was recognized both in Indonesia and around the globe with his numerous awards, including the 1998 Award of the Association of South Eastern Asian Nastions (ASEAN)
His contributions to microelectronics research, space programs and university engineering are still profound to this day in Indonesia and globally.
He passed away on November 15th, 2006 in Jakarta due to a brain cancer and was buried the next day with a military funeral. He is survived by his two children, and now also has a grandchild.
Today would have been is 85th birthday, and doodle artist Sophie Diao commemorated him with a sweet picture.
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