Titu-Marius Băjenescu (April 2, 1933,
Câmpina
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,
Prahova,
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) is a Romanian engineer in electronics
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''Să facem cunoștință cu dl. Prof. ing. Titu-Marius Băjenescu'' (Let's get to know Mr. Prof. ing. Titu-Marius Băjenescu)
visited on February 11, 2017 naturalized
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of the
Military Technical Academy of Bucharest and of the
Technical University of Moldova
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. He specialized in the
reliability
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of complex electronic systems and
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and
nanoelectronic components. He was awarded the "Tudor Tănăsescu" prize by the
Romanian Academy
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.
Biography
The father, Ioan T. Băjenescu (September 17, 1899,
Redea
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,
Romanați,
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– November 17, 1987,
Craiova
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,
Dolj
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, county,
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), was transmission information
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of the
Romanian Royal Army
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,
Commander
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of the
Cluj-Napoca
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Transmission Regiment. It first emitted
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radio signals using the
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CV5BI, then YR5BI. In March 1926, with Dr. Alexandru Savopol, he laid the foundations for the first radio club in Romania, in
Craiova
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. Together they built Romania's first
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and (in 1926) the first short-wave
radio broadcast
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in Romania. Together with Dr. Alexandru Savopol, October 26, 1926, Second Lieutenant Ioan T. Băjenescu produced the first radio program in Romania for the general public; the program was heard throughout the territory of
Oltenia
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and many echoes appeared in the press in all the cities of Oltenia, and even of the
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(
Bulgaria
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).
The mother,
Lelia Constanța (born May 21, 1908,
Corlate, Romania; deceased December 15, 1980, Craiova, Romania), born Petrescu, was the first radio amateur woman in Romania, using her husband's call-sign YL CV5BI. Fluent in
French and
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, she established tens of thousands of radio links on all
meridians. Unfortunately, of these QSL (which have been collected over the years as evidence of these radio links) there remains almost nothing, since, immediately after the establishment of the communist regime, they were all burned, as they were evidence of "links with enemies" outside the country.
His wife, Andrea, born Bogdan (born July 3, 1937), granddaughter of the
academic professor Dr.
Petru Bogdan
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He was born in Cozmești, Iași County, the son of Vasile Bogdan (the mayor of ...
, from the
University of Iași
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, founder of higher education in
physical chemistry
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in Romania, is an
electronics engineer
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. She built the first
phonetics
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laboratory at the
University of Bucharest
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. After emigrating to
Switzerland
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, she worked for four years as an engineer at
Brown Boveri
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in the
automation
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department.
Studies
In 1951 he graduated from the
college "Nicolae Bălcescu" in
Craiova
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. At the same time as he went to secondary school, he attended the "Cornetti" Conservatory of Craiova, for
violin
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, composition,
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and orchestral conducting, with very good teachers, among others, Traian Elian, Constantin Becarian and Ion Alexandrescu.
He joined the
Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, and attended the courses of the newly created Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, the Radiocommunication Section; he was also part of the first class of electronic engineers (1951–1956). Shortly before graduation, he designed and realized the acoustics project for the new concert hall of the
Craiova "Oltenia" Philharmonic Orchestra; after the inauguration of the hall, local and central newspapers wrote that the acoustics of the concert hall were ''one of the most successful in
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''. Although he wanted to become a sound engineer at the
Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company
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, the political barriers specific to this period did not allow him to realize his dream.
Professional activity
Thanks to very good results at the diploma examination, he was appointed researcher at the Research Institute for Signals of the Romanian Army (1956–1960) then he won a competition and became researcher – later principal researcher – at the Institute of Energy of the Romanian Academy (1960–1968) where, under the direction of the eminent scientist
Vasile-Mihai Popov, correspondent member of the Romanian Academy, he built the largest analogue machines in Romania: MECAN I and MECAN II. Later, by competition, he became Head of the Department of
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at the Institute for International Economic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Trade (now the Institute of World Economy) (1968–1969); the following job was Head of the Electronics Laboratory of the Institute for Labour Protection Research (1969).
In 1968, following the presentation of a paper at a specialized congress in the
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, he received job offers on the spot from renowned western companies (
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,
IBM,
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,
Brown Boveri
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,
Tele Denmark, etc.). The
Government of Romania
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chose the offer of the Swiss company
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because Romania had just bought the licence for the manufacture of diesel electric locomotives.
Then there was a period when he held various positions in large western companies:
* 1969–1974 – Senior Engineer in the Telecommunications Research and Development Department of
Brown Boveri & Co,
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,
Switzerland
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;
* 1974–1980 – Chief engineer for reliability problems at
HASLER AG, the largest
Swiss
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telecom company at the time;
* 1980–1985 – Head of telecommunications department of a large
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based in
Lausanne
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;
* Chief engineer of a Swiss subsidiary (MTC Optoelektronik und Messtechnik) of the German giant
MBB (Messerschmitt – Bolkow, Munich Blohm)
* 1985–1987 – Electronics consultant to
Dr. Bölkow at the company's headquarters in
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;
* 1987–1990 – Head of the research department of the Swiss company
Telecolumbus;
* 1990–1994 – Adviser on telecommunications, regulatory and financial matters to President
Jacques Attali
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, founder of the
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in
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; here he designed the digital
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for Romania's telecommunications project and signed, in 1991, as project manager – on behalf of the EBRD – to grant a first loan to Romania, worth USD 250 million, out of a total of USD 750 million;
* Since 1981, he has been an international expert and consultant in management,
telematics
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, telecommunications,
reliability
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* High availability
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and
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in electronics,
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and
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.
* Since 1974, he has been a lecturer, then professor at the universities of
Bern
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,
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,
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Vienna
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,
Lausanne
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,
Essen
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,
Cluj-Napoca
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,
Bucharest
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,
Braşov,
Iaşi.
Member in societies and associations
* Senior member of the well-known
IEEE
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* Member of the
New York Academy of Sciences
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;
* Member of the
Swiss Association of Engineers;
* Member of the Swiss Association of Specialized Journalists.
Awards and decorations
He was declared “The man of the year 2008” by the
American Biographical Institute
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.
For all his activity during a lifetime, the
Military Technical Academy of Romania awarded him the title of
Doctor Honoris Causa
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during a moving ceremony, where were also mentioned the feats of arms and the particular merits of his father, the
Colonel
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of transmissions Ioan T. Băjenescu (May 14, 2008).
[Ion Vaciu]
''Titu Băjenescu – Doctor Honoris Causa – Academia Tehnică Militară''
Youtube, May 14, 2008 On this occasion, he presented the communication entitled
[Ion Vaciu]
''Titu Băjenescu: Ce este FIDES?'' (What is FIDES?)
Youtube, 4th of July, 2008 "FIDES – a new method for assessing the reliability of electronic components which take account of new technologies". FIDES was initiated by the
French DGA (Délégation générale pour l'Armement) and carried out by a European consortium of eight defence and aeronautics manufacturers.
For his work in the field of
reliability
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and
telematics
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, as well as for the donation
of his personal library containing thousands of books, technical and scientific journals in five languages, in 2010, the Technical University of the Republic of Moldova (Chişinău) awarded him the title of Doctor Honoris Causa.
[''Noi Doctori Honoris Causa ai UTM''](_blank)
în Revista Universității Tehnice din Chișinău ''Mesager Universal'', Anul XIII, Nr. 8(126), octombrie 2010, p.3''Doctori Honoris Causa ai UTM''
în Revista Universității Tehnice din Chișinău ''Mesager Universal'', Anul XVII, No.8-9 (166–167), Octombrie-noiembrie 2014, p.14 During this solemnity, Titu-Marius Băjenescu made a presentation on "Problems and progress in the reliability of electronic micro- and nanosystems".
Published works
Articles
He has published more than 500 works, as author or co-author, in prestigious specialized journals in Europa, USA, and in Romania. Some of these works are frequently cited in the bibliography of many master and / or doctoral theses. He has held numerous postgraduate conferences in the main European academic centres and has presented the results of his own research at conferences. He has been invited to numerous international conferences, symposia, workshops, etc. to present papers on well-defined topics or to chair sections of these scientific events.
In 1994–1995, he was editor-in-chief of the international journal Telematik Spektrum, with contributions in English, German and French.
Books
He is the author of 37 specialized books, published in four languages.
* The construction of the tape recorder, Tehnica Editions, Bucharest, 1959
* Initiation à la fiabilité en électronique moderne, Masson-Paris and Arm editions, Switzerland, 1978
* Elektronik und Zuverlässigkeit, Hallwag Verlag, Bern and Stuttgart, 1979
* Problems of reliability of current active electronic components, (Masson-Paris and Arm editions, Switzerland, 1980) preface by Prof. Guy Peyrache, chairman of the TC56 technical committee "Reliability and maintainability" of the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), in which Titu-Marius represented Switzerland
* Zuverlässigkeit elektronischer Komponenten, VDE-Verlag, 1985
* Mikroelektronik 89. Berichte der Informationstagung ME 89, joint author H. Arnold, J. Baier, Springer Verlag, 1989,
* Datenkommunikationsnetzwerke, heute und morgen, Expert Verlag, 1994,
* Reliability of electronic components, Foreword Prof. Dr. Ioan C. Bacivarov, Tehnica Editions, Bucharest, 1996,
* Handbuch der Telematik Akronyme und Abkürzungen, Fachpresse Goldach Verlag, 1996
* Management of modern telecommunication networks: network architecture, standardization, security aspects, network management, network installation, operation / maintenance, Preface Prof. Dr. Eng. Adelaida Mateescu, Teora Editions, 1998,
* Reliability of Electronic Components. A Practical Guide to Electronic Systems Manufacturing, co-author Marius Bâzu, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1999,
* Personal Communication Systems, Teora Editions, 2000,
* Distributed "intelligence" and services in telecommunication networks. Réseaux intelligents, éditions Tehnica, Bucharest, 2001,
* XDSL technologies and "fast" multimedia internet, Tehnica Editions, Bucharest, 2001,
* Computer Security and Telecommunications, co-author Monica Borda, Dacia Editions, Cluj-Napoca, 2001,
* Performances of Artificial Intelligence – From Theory to Applications, Albastră Editions, Cluj-Napoca, 2002, -1
* Contributions à l'histoire de l'informatique suisse, Matrix Rom Publishing, Bucharest, 2003,
* Satellite Communications, Matrix Rom Editions, Bucharest, 2003,
* Reliability of Technical Systems, Matrix Rom Editions, Bucharest, 2003,
* Broadband communications. Technical, economic, political and social issues, Matrix Rom Editions, Bucarest, 2003,
* Advances in Computer Science, Cryptography and Telecommunications in the twentieth century, Matrix Rom Publishing House, Bucharest, 2003,
* Power of Multimedia Communication, Albastră Editions, 2004, Cluj-Napoca
* Aspects of reliability of electronic components and systems, Matrix Rom Editions, 2006, Bucharest,
* The Internet, the information society and the knowledge society, preface by Professor Dr. Vasile Baltac, Matrix Rom Editions, 2006, Bucharest,
* Component Reliability for Electronic Systems, co-author Marius Bâzu, Artech House, 2009, Boston and London,
* Failure Analysis: A Practical Guide for Manufacturers of Electronic Components and Systems, co-author Marius Bâzu, John Wiley & Sons, 2011,
* Failure mechanisms of electronic components, co-author Marius Bâzu, Matrix Rom Editions, 2012, Bucharest,
* Zuverlässige Bauelemente für elektronische Systeme, Springer Publishing House, 2019,
In December 2013, the Romanian Academy awarded him the "Tudor Tănăsescu" prize for the book "Failure Analysis" published by John Wiley & Sons
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in 2011 5 It is an original volume with an innovative character, published with Marius Bâzu; foreword signed by Prof. Dr. André Kleyner (Global Reliability Leader at Delphi Corporation
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History
The comp ...
, USA) and a preface by Craig Hillman, CEO of DfR Solutions (USA).
Passion for music
Being a lover of classical music and great admirer of Georges Enesco
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Biog ...
, genius of Romanian music, he assumed the great responsibility to fill a void in German specialized literature; he wrote the first monograph of Enesco in German. The monograph "Liebe ist eine ernste und endgültige Sache – das Leben des Tonkünstlers George Enescu", with a foreword by Ioan Holender
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, director of the Vienna State Opera
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, was published in 2006 by "Henschel Verlag", thanks to a grant from the Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus in Zug
, neighboring_municipalities = Cham, Baar, Walchwil, Steinhausen, Unterägeri
, twintowns = Fürstenfeld (Austria), Kalesija (Bosnia-Herzegowina)
Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo r ...
(Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
).
In the same year 2006, was published in Paris
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at "Les 3 Orangers" the work "Georges Enesco – le cœur de la musique roumaine", with a preface written by the composer and pianist Alexandre Hrisanide, professor at the music department of the universities of Tilburg
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and Amsterdam
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. The book was published with the financial support of two French fans of Enesco music: Claire and Majdi Benchoukroun-Lombard.
The book "A life dedicated to music: George Enescu" was published in 2004 at the Budapest
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publishing house "Bridge", sponsored by the Austrian company S&T.
He has published musical reviews in various Swiss and Romanian magazines and newspapers.
Notes
References
''Băjenescu I. Titu-Marius, CV extins''
* ''Dicționarul specialiștilor'' vol. I, Ed. Tehnică, 1996;
* Fănuș Băileșteanu, in ''Români celebri din străinătate'', Ed. România Press, București, 2005, pp. 38–39;
* ''Ingineri români. Dicționar enciclopedic'', vol.II, Ed. Mega, Cluj-Napoca, 2018, pp. 79–80,
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1933 births
Romanian engineers
Living people