August 08, 2002

LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION

To Whom It May Concern:
Mr. Watson Lisal, S.T. has asked that I prepare this official Letter of Recommendation to support his intention to continue his study to pursue a Masters Degree in Information Technology, Computer Engineering or Computer Science in a university overseas. 
Mr. Watson Lisal completed his first degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, INDONESIA, where I myself have been with since 1983. He graduated with a first class honor, which he deserved. Mr. Watson Lisal was one of my very best students, he was a straight A student in all my 7 (seven) courses. I have personally seen in this young man a quality of a pioneer in Computer Science and Technology, a very rare one among hundreds of my former students. I have considered at least 2 (two) examples to prove this fact:
•	Under my supervision he did a very excellent job to build an interface for a servomotor using a micro-controller, which is a new kind of undergraduate projects in my laboratory at that time. This work then led to the creation of many other similar undergraduate projects afterward.
•	After completing his first degree in Electrical Engineering with very excellent grades, Mr. Watson Lisal accepted an offer to develop a new kind of computer education system and training center that was adopted from Singapore, the first system of its kind in our hometown. He took this opportunity as a challenge, and has managed the system successfully for more than a year now.

I am very proud of him, and I am very happy to hear that he would like to continue his education. This indicates how he values education highly and how he appreciates it as a career.
I have been so thoroughly impressed by Mr. Watson Lisal’s technical competence in his field, and that he showed a great interest in learning about the new technology in the Information Technology, Computer Engineering and Science, I wholeheartedly recommend him for any opportunity to pursue a higher degree program in this field. I strongly believe that he will complete his continuing study program without any difficulty what so ever.
Should you wish to get any further information, please feel free to contact me, and I will gladly respond to your inquiries.

With kindest regards,

Ir. Rhiza S. Sadjad, M.S.E.E., Ph.D.  
E-mail address: rhiza@unhas.ac.id    URL: http://www.unhas.ac.id/~rhiza/
Home Address: Perumahan UNHAS Blok H-15 Tamalanrea 
                          MAKASSAR Sulsel 90245 INDONESIA
	              Phone: 62-411-585-680
Office: Dept. of Electrical Engineering HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY
            MAKASSAR Sulsel 90245 INDONESIA
            Phone: 62-411-584-600 or 588-111  Fax: 62-411-585-188