Nedjeljko Perić (born May 14, 1950) is a

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n engineering professor.

Early life and education

Perić was born in Dubravica,

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. He graduated at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Zagreb in 1973, where he also received his PhD in 1989.

Career

After graduation he worked at the

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Electrical Engineering Institute in Zagreb. From 1993 he worked at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, where he is a tenured professor (since 1997), head of the Department of Control and Computer Engineering (1996–1998, and 2000–2004) and dean (since 2010). His work deals with the

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of plants and processes.

Academy membership

Since 1998 he is a full member of the Croatian Academy of Engineering. In 2007 he was awarded the National Award for Science. He was a member (1995–2005) and the president (2000–2005) of the National Committee for Electrical Engineering and Computing, member of the Regional Council for Technical Sciences (1994–2000, 2005-), and member of the Science Council (1994–2000) at the

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of the

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References

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