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Ferdo Ivanek
Born(1923-06-01)June 1, 1923
DiedOctober 2, 2021(2021-10-02)(aged 98)
Alma mater
SpouseVojka Ivanek
ChildrenŽeljkoand Ivan Ivanek
Parent(s)Ivan and Lily Ivanek
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
Microwave engineering
Institutions

Ferdo Ivanek(June 1, 1923 – October 2, 2021) was an Americanelectrical engineerofYugoslavorigin. He is best known for his contributions tomicrowaveoscillatorsandamplifiers.He is the father of the American actorŽeljko Ivanek.

Biography

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Ferdinand Ivanek was born inLjubljana,and grew up in the village ofZajezdainHrvatsko zagorje,and then moved toVaraždinwhere he completed middle school.[1]During World War II, Ivanek's parents were hung by the fascistUstaše,while he also lost some 20 Jewish relatives on his mother's side, in Ustaše and Nazi concentration camps, as recounted in a book by his cousin Paul Schreiner.[2][3][4][5]

Ivanek received his engineer's degree at the Technical High School inZagreb(today'sUniversity of Zagreb) in 1948.[6]Afterwards he moved toViennato study electrical engineering,[1]and he received his bachelor's degree and Ph.D. in electrical engineering fromTU Wien.[7] Between 1949 and 1955 Ivanek worked for his scholarship at the Central Radio Institute inBelgrade,then moved to Ljubljana where his family spent another decade.[1]Between 1956 and 1957, he was employed at theUniversity of Ljubljana's Institute for Telecommunications.[8]

At the time inYugoslavia,he worked in Zagreb, Belgrade, Ljubljana,Splitbefore he moved abroad.[6]In 1959, he emigrated to the United States to work as a research assistant atStanford University's Microwave Integrated Circuits Laboratory, where he remained until 1962.[9]

He received his doctorate in Vienna in 1964.[8]He later also obtained a doctorate in Zagreb in 1965.[6]Between 1964 and 1967, when the Ljubljana research institute that specialized in radio equipment design and manufacturing was named the Institute for Automation (later part of theIskraconglomerate), he was an advisor and a manager of research projects.[8]

In 1967, he returned to the United States to work atFairchild Semiconductor's Research and Development Division, where he focused on the applications of solid-state microwave devices. In 1986, he left Fairchild to establish Communications Research, a consulting firm. In 1995, he became an adjunct lecturer at Stanford University's Department of Engineering Economics Systems.[9]

Having served as the chairman ofIEEEMicrowave Theory and Techniques Society's local chapters, Ivanek became the society's 1991 president.[9]He became a fellow member of IEEE in 1993, for "his contributions to the development of fundamental-frequency/microwaveoscillatorsandamplifiersand their application in analog and digital radio relay systems. "[10]Ivanek also co-authored and edited the book,Terrestrial Digital Microwave Communications(1989). He was the recipient of IEEE Third Millennium Medal.[9]

Ivanek was married to Vojka Ivanek until her death in 2010; his wife worked at Stanford University as a project manager.[11]Ivanek died on October 2, 2021, and was survived by his sons, Ivan andŽeljko Ivanek.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^abcSuhić, Nevenka (September 6, 2011)."Za Varaždin me vežu sjećanja na mladost"[My childhood memories from Varaždin].Regionalni Tjednik(in Croatian). No. 381. Varaždin, Croatia: Regionalni Tjednik d.o.o. p. 20.RetrievedFebruary 24,2022.
  2. ^Schreiner, Paul (2014).Spašeni iz Zagreba.Zagreb: Fraktura.ISBN978-953266582-6.Rodoslovlja obitelji Paula Schreinera, Ive Reicha i Medee Eppinger Brukner
  3. ^Godeč, Željka (March 29, 2015)."Kronika stradanja Paula Schreinera - Čak 20 članova njegove obitelji smaknuo je režim NDH"[The chronicle of Paul Schreiner's suffering - As many as 20 members of his family were executed by the NDH regime].Jutarnji list(in Croatian).RetrievedMarch 1,2022.
  4. ^Šimunković, Mario (2019).Naslijeđe revolucije - Vodič kroz spomen obilježja posvećena Narodnooslobodilačkoj borbi u zaprešićkom kraju.Zagreb / Zaprešić: Proksima - udruga za edukaciju i razvoj / Udruga antifašističkih boraca i antifašista Grada Zaprešića i okolnih općina Brdovec, Bistra, Dubravica, Jakovlje, Luka, Marija Gorica i Pušća. p. 150.ISBN9789535958437.Na ovom mjestu 26. kolovoza 1944. zbog akcije od 18. VIII 1944. fašističkom rukom izvršena je odmazda vješanjem 36 boraca i članova NOP-a,taoca iz zagrebačkih zatvora: [...] Ivanek ing. Ivan 1894. Premba, Ivanek Lili 1902. Sant Gothart
  5. ^Dobrovšak, Ljiljana; Sironić, Domagoj, eds. (2014).Povijest bistranskog kraja do 1990[History of Bistra until 1990] (in Croatian).Bistra, Croatia:Municipality of Bistra. p. 109.ISBN978-953-6666-83-6.Nakon akcije kod Ivanca (18. kolovoza 1944.), kada je 35 ustaša ubijeno, 5 ranjeno i jedan zarobljen,u općini Jablanovec 26. kolovoza 1944. obješeno je 36 mještana..Kao žrtve fašističkog terora od 1941. do 1945. navode se: [...] – Ivanek (Ivan) Ivan, rođ. 1898. u Češkoj, rudarski inženjer, obješen 1944. u Jablanovcu kao talac za odmazdu; – Ivanek Lili, rođ. 1900., živjela u Budinšćini, obješena 1944. u Jablanovcu;{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help)
  6. ^abcCity Library "Metel Ožegović" Varaždin."Ferdo Ivanek".Metelwin library author catalog(in Croatian). Varaždin, Croatia: Point d.o.o. / Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin, University of Zagreb.RetrievedFebruary 23,2022.
  7. ^abGoodrich, Joanna (November 12, 2021)."Founder of MIT's Microsystems Technology Labs Dies at 88 IEEE also mourns the loss of a former society president".IEEE Spectrum.RetrievedFebruary 21,2022.
  8. ^abcPol stoletja usmerjenih zvez v Sloveniji[50th Anniversary of Radio-Relay Communications in Slovenia](PDF)(in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Iskra Transmission, d. d. 2004.RetrievedFebruary 23,2022.
  9. ^abcdeHausner, Jerry (January 10, 2022)."In Memoriam: Dr. Ferdo Ivanek".IEEE Microwave Magazine.23(2): 101.doi:10.1109/MMM.2021.3126823.S2CID245871920.
  10. ^ab"IEEE Fellows 1993".IEEE Communications Society.RetrievedFebruary 21,2022.
  11. ^abc"Ferdo Ivanek".mtt.org.IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society.RetrievedFebruary 21,2022.
  12. ^Suhić, Nevenka (October 18, 2011)."Ponosan na svoje korijene!"[Proud of his roots!].Regionalni Tjednik(in Croatian). No. 387. Varaždin, Croatia: Regionalni Tjednik d.o.o. p. 11.RetrievedFebruary 24,2022.
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