Samaun Samadikun  Samaun Samadikun (April 15, 1931 – November 15, 2006) was an Indonesian electrical engineer. Samaun was born on 15 April 1931 in Magetan. He was the fourth child of Dutch East Indies civil service Samadikun, later became East Java governor, and Mubandi. Samaun was maternally a descendant of Sultan Hamengkubuwono I. As a teenager, Samaun knew radio transceiver in details and helped Tentara Genie Pelajar (Engineering Teenage Army) applying radio. Samaun attended Tweede Europesche School (primary school) in Ponorogo and Kediri. He then continued his study to secondary school in Kediri and Madiun. His highschool was in Surabaya and 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 then graduated in October 1955 obtaining "insinyur" (bachelor degree). After graduating, he became the student assistant at engineering physics ITB for two months starting on 1 October. Samaun was awarded a scholarship by International Cooperation Administration to continue his study at Stanford University. In December, he went to United States leaving his position in ITB. He began his study on 3 January 1956. He graduated on 16 June 1957 obtaining Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. After completing his master program, on 16 August 1957 Samaun became expert assistant at Engineering Faculty, ITB. On 1 June 1960, his position was Junior Lecturer at Engineering Sciences Department. Samaun also broadened his knowledge in nuclear engineering studying postgraduate diploma for one year at Queen Mary College in London graduating in September 1960. He immediately went to Karlsruhe, Germany to take a course at Siemens & Halske Aktiengesellschaft from 17 October 1960 to 31 October 1961. In 1962, Samaun served as member of Panitia Penasihat Pembangunan Pusat Research Nasional, Majelis Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (MIPI; which later merged with Lembaga Research National as LIPI). Since 1 January 1963, Samaun became Senior Lecturer at Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department. In this year he also became Head of Electronics and Component Laboratorium until 1968. In 1964, he was appointed as First Assistant Dean at the department.