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Anton Mavretič in 2008

Anton Mavretič (11 December 1934 in Metlika, Slovenia – 21 November 2019) was a Slovene electrical engineer who worked in the United States.[1]

Mavretič was professor and research associate at the Center for Space Physics at Boston University.[2] He has been a corresponding member of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts since June 2007.[3] In 1985 he founded his consulting firm SIAT of Boston LLC.

Mavretič worked for the MIT Center for Space Research under contract for NASA from 1972 to 1979 and contributed to the development of plasma spectrometers for Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 projects.[4]

Education

References

  1. ^ "Slovenian Voyager engineer dies". Slovenian Press Agency. 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  2. ^ http://www.bu.edu/dbin/csp/people.php?id=536
  3. ^ http://www.sazu.si/o-sazu/clani/anton-mavretic.html
  4. ^ Sandi Sitar. Sto slovenskih znanstvenikov (100 Slovene scientists). 1987, Prešernova družba. COBISS 22186753