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Prof. Dr. Ir. Wiratman Wangsadinata was born in Jakarta in 1935 and graduated as Civil Engineer from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1960. His academic career started right after his graduation by continuously maintaining active teaching positions with the Department of Civil Engineering of ITB. Here he received his Doctorate Degree in Structural Engineering in 1992 and became Professor in Structural Engineering in 1995 up till his retirement in 2000. Now he is Professor Emeritus at the Tarumanagara University, Jakarta.

Along with his academic career, Wiratman Wangsadinata developed his professional engineering engagements in the construction industry. He started as Design Engineer with the Bridge and Highway Division of the Department of Public Works (1960 - 1965), became Director of the State Owned Consulting Firm INDAH KARYA (1965 - 1970), appointed as Government Supervisor for the design and construction of the first high-rise building in Indonesia, the 30 story (100 m tall) Wisma Nusantara (1970 - 1973) and assigned to provide consultancy services to the UNESCO sponsored Borobudur Restoration Project (1973 - 1983). He established his own consulting firm WIRATMAN & ASSOCIATES in 1976 and is acting as its President Director up till now. So far this firm has completed more than 4100 multi-disciplinary consultancy works, including for large scale projects.

Throughout the years Wiratman Wangsadinata has been the author of more than 200 technical papers, presented in national as well as international conferences. For his outstanding achievements  Wiratman Wangsadinata has received several awards, a.o. the 1994 Adhicipta Rekayasa Award for Civil Engineering from the Indonesian Institute of Engineers and the 1994 ASEAN Achievement Award for Engineering from the ASEAN Business Forum.

Wiratman Wangsadinata holds several positions in the professional associations a.o. Honorary Member, Advisory Council Member and past President of the Indonesian Society of Structural and Civil Engineers (HAKI); Chairman of the Honorary Council of Ethics and past President of the National Association of Indonesian Consultants (INKINDO) and Advisory Board Member of National Construction Services Development Board (LPJK). .