Said Djauharsjah Jenie

Said Djauharsjah Jenie (22 August 1950, Surakarta – July 11, 2008, Bandung) was an Indonesian scientist and teacher. He was the head of The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (AAAT) from 2006 until his death in 2008. He was a member of the Board of Commissioners PT. Indonesian Aerospace.[1]

Said Djauharsjah Jenie
Born( 1950 -08-22)August 22, 1950
Surakarta, Central Java
DiedJuly 11, 2008(2008-07-11) (aged 57)
Bandung, West Java
NationalityIndonesia
Alma mater- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
- Technical University of Delft, Netherlands
OccupationScientist, Education
Known forHead BPPT
Spouse(s)Sadarijah
ChildrenAsih Nurul Sadarijah Jenie and Gita Ismailia Isbandiyah Jenie
Parent(s)Nahar Jenie (father)
Isbandiyah (mother)

Said Jenie was one of the key figures behind the success of the maiden flight of aircraft N-250, the first commercial aircraft entirely designed and made in Indonesia.[2] He worked as an educator in the Department of Aerospace Engineering ITB (ITB) as Professor Prodi Engineering Flight. Said was a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and NASA in United States.

Said Jenie died in Bandung Hospital on July 11, 2008 due to heart disease. He was buried in Family Cemetery Sewu, Bantul, Yogyakarta.[3]

Family

Jenie married Sadarijah with whom he had two daughters, Asih Nurul Sadarijah and Gita Ismailia Isbandiyah. Said Jenie was the son of Jenie Nahar Minangkabau and Isbandiyah.

Education

He studied mechanical engineering at Bandung Institute of Technology, graduating in 1969. He holds a master's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Technical University of Delft, Netherlands (1978). He holds a doctorate in astrodynamics in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States (1982)

Career
  • Chief of Flight Test Center N-250 (1995)
  • Deputy Head of BPPT Design Build Industry Technology and Engineering (1998)
  • Member of the Board of Commissioners of PT. Indonesian Aerospace (2002)
  • Head of the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (2006)
  • Head of Sumo Community

Awards
  • ASEAN Engineering Awards (1994)
  • Bintang Jasa Utama (2007)

References
  1. "BPPT head Said Jenie passes away", The Jakarta Post, July 11, 2008, archived from the original on March 11, 2016
  2. "Said D Jenie, Tokoh Uji Terbang N-250, Tutup Usia" [Said D Jenie, Figure of N-250 Flight Test, Dies], Kompas (in Indonesian), July 12, 2008, archived from the original on July 15, 2008
  3. Obituary: Prof Said Jenie Djauharsjah, ScD, Ir (in Indonesian), Bandung Institute of Technology, July 11, 2008, archived from the original on July 15, 2008
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