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Leon O. Chua

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Leon Ong Chua (; Chinese: 蔡少棠; pinyin: Cài Shǎotáng; Wade–Giles: Ts'ai Shao-t'ang; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Siáu-tông; born June 28, 1936) is a Filipino-American electrical engineer and computer scientist. He is a professor in the electrical engineering and computer sciences department at the University of California, Berkeley, which he joined in 1971. He has contributed to nonlinear circuit theory and cellular neural network theory and is recognized as the "Father of Nonlinear Circuit Theory" or electronic devices from nonlinear components. He is the inventor and namesake of Chua's circuit one of the first and most widely known circuits to exhibit chaotic behavior, and was the first to conceive the theories behind, and postulate the existence of, the memristor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leon O. Chua is the 326th most popular engineer (up from 334th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 61st in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Engineer. Learn more about Leon O. Chua's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Leon O. Chua ranks 326 out of 389. Before him are Yuri Artsutanov, Gordon Bell, Arthur E. Kennelly, Pavel Solovyov, Mario Theissen, and Louis Armand. After him are Franciszek Rychnowski, Othmar Ammann, Beatrice Hicks, Aldo Costa, Ove Arup, and Jesse Ramsden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Leon O. Chua ranks 468. Before him are Giuliana Calandra, Margot Eskens, Antonio Mercero, David Jenkins, Yury Osipov, and Juan Seminario. After him are Enric Gensana, Kjell Grede, Vladimir Resin, Dick Barnett, Ihor Turchyn, and Claudio Barrientos.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Leon O. Chua ranks 70 out of 155. Before him are Brenda Marshall (1915), Aileen Baviera (1959), James Cooke Brown (1921), Dolly de Leon (1969), Gaudencio Rosales (1932), and Josefa Francisco (1954). After him are Orlando Quevedo (1939), Apl.de.ap (1974), Jose Maria Sison (1939), Reggie Lee (1975), Wenceslao Padilla (1949), and Macario Sakay (1878).

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Among ENGINEERS In Philippines

Among engineers born in Philippines, Leon O. Chua ranks 1. 

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