Samaun Samadikun

[3] 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.

[4] After completing his master program, on 16 August 1957 Samaun became expert assistant at Engineering Faculty, ITB.

[5] Samaun also broadened his knowledge in nuclear engineering studying postgraduate diploma for one year at Queen Mary College in London graduating in September 1960.

[7] This year, Samaun also became Head of Payload Instrumentation Section at Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional (LAPAN).

[4] From 1965 to 1969, Samaun served as Vice Director of Lembaga Elektronika Nasional, one of LIPI subdivision.

[4] During 1968-9 Samaun also was appointed as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department, ITB.

[7] Samaun then graduated on 13 September 1971 after presenting his dissertation titled An Integrated Circuit Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor for Biomedical Instrumentation.

[7] Samaun was one of founders of Islamic World Academy of Sciences along with Arismunandar and Baiquni on 29 October 1986.

[6] Samadikun started his career as a lecturer at the ITB in 1957 teaching Electromagnetic Field Theory.

[11] After finishing his term at LIPI, Samadikun decided to return to teach in the Department of Electrical Engineering at ITB and to do research at PAU Mikroelektronika.

After his return from Perth, he went back to continue to work at Bandung Institute of Technology as chief scientist and researcher.

[citation needed] In the 1970s, he proposed to Indonesian government and industries at the time to do research and development of microelectronic devices domestically.

During his life, he was never tired to dream that someday there would be chip fabrication industries built in Indonesia.

[10] In 2007, Samaun's name was dedicated for multipurpose room at Directorate General of Electricity and Power, Department of Energy and Mineral Resources.