Titu-Marius Băjenescu
Titu-Marius Băjenescu (April 2, 1933, Câmpina, Prahova, Romania) is a Romanian engineer in electronics naturalized Swiss, Doctor Honoris Causa of the Military Technical Academy of Bucharest and of the Technical University of Moldova. He specialized in the reliability of complex electronic systems and micro- and nanoelectronic components. He was awarded the "Tudor Tănăsescu" prize by the Romanian Academy. Biography. The father, Ioan T. Băjenescu (September 17, 1899, Redea, Romanați, Romania – November 17, 1987, Craiova, Dolj, county, Romania), was transmission information Colonel of the Romanian Royal Army, Commander of the Cluj-Napoca Transmission Regiment. It first emitted  amateur radio signals using the call sign CV5BI, then YR5BI. In March 1926, with Dr. Alexandru Savopol, he laid the foundations for the first radio club in Romania, in Craiova. Together they built Romania's first short-wave Radio station and (in 1926) the first short-wave radio broadcast 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 and many echoes appeared in the press in all the cities of Oltenia, and even of  the Timok Valley (Bulgaria). 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 German, 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, from the University of Iași, founder of higher education in physical chemistry in Romania, is an electronics engineer. She built the first phonetics laboratory at the University of Bucharest. After emigrating to Switzerland, she worked for four years as an engineer at Brown Boveri in the automation department. Studies. In 1951 he graduated from the college "Nicolae Bălcescu" in Craiova. At the same time as he went to secondary school, he attended the "Cornetti" Conservatory of Craiova, for violin, composition, counterpoint 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 South-Eastern Europe". Although he wanted  to become a sound engineer at the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company, 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 Cybernetics 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 Federal Republic of Germany, he received job offers on the spot from renowned western companies (Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Brown Boveri, Tele Denmark, etc.). The Government of Romania chose the offer of the  Swiss company Brown Boveri 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: Awards and decorations. He was declared “The man of the year 2008” by the American Biographical Institute. For all his activity during a lifetime, the Military Technical Academy of Romania awarded him the title of Doctor Honoris Causa during a moving ceremony, where were also mentioned the feats of arms and the particular merits of his father, the Colonel of transmissions Ioan T. Băjenescu (May 14, 2008). On  this occasion, he presented the communication entitled "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 and telematics, 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. 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. In December 2013, the Romanian Academy awarded him the "Tudor Tănăsescu" prize for the book "Failure Analysis" published by John Wiley & Sons in 2011 . 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, 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, 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, director of the Vienna State Opera, was published in 2006 by "Henschel Verlag", thanks to a grant from the Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus in Zug (Switzerland). In the same year 2006, was  published in Paris 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 and Amsterdam. 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 publishing house "Bridge", sponsored by the Austrian company S&T. He has published musical reviews in various Swiss and Romanian magazines and newspapers. Titu-Marius