Mr. SHEPHERDSON: Basically I was told I didn't have enough experience or enough schooling to get into electrical engineering technology or anything based in that.

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D. in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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He has a BS in electrical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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The two refined the idea, then consulted with an electrical-engineering professor at the California Institute of Technology, who confirmed that the concept would work.

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They both earned degrees in electrical engineering, with Alain graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986 at age 19.

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Mr. Bakrie and Mr. Panigoro share a history that goes back the prestigious Bandung Institute of Technology, where they graduated with degrees in electrical engineering in 1973.

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Electrical engineering firms have suffered particularly badly in recent months as demand from technology firms has slumped.

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Jiang studied electrical engineering at Jiaotong University in Shanghai, which left him with an interest in technology.

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