ALEŠ
STROJNIK
1921-1995
BEYOND THE VISIBLE
A lecture in Karlsruhe , Germany . Private Archives of Primož Strojnik , D . Sc .
Scientist , professor in physics , expert in aerodynamics and electron optics , light aircraft designer , author of multiple textbooks and a brilliant teacher .
Aleš Strojnik was born on 21 May 1921 in Ljubljana , where he graduated from the Technical Faculty , University of Ljubljana . He worked as an aircraft designer , then secured a position at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering . He specialized in electron microscopy at the renowned Cavendish Laboratories at Cambridge University , UK . In 1969 , he accepted a position as professor at Arizona State University in Tempe . Strojnik was keenly aware of the importance of international cooperation and his career took him from Sweden and Egypt to Germany , Australia , and the U . S . He died in Tempe , Arizona , on 6 November 1995 . He is buried in Ljubljana .
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