IEEE Japan Council

1997 New Fellows

                                                                 
No. Name Professional Affiliation Citation
1 CHIN Tung-Hai Sophia Univ.
For contributions to the development of adjustable speed drive of inductionmachines and pioneering research work on power electronics.
2 Eiji Fujiwara Tokyo Institute of Techonology
For contributions to the theory and design of error-control codes for computer systems.
3 Shigeichi Hirasawa Waseda Univ. For contributions to the development of channel coding schemes and error-correcting codes.
4 Kazuhiko Honjo NEC
For contributions to the development of gallium-arsenide integrated circuits.
5 Hajime Imai Fujitsu Labs.
For contribution to the development of laser diodes for optical transmission systems.
6 Rokuya Ishii Yokohama National Univ. For contributions to the theory of and applications to digital signal processing.
7 Hiroshi Iwai Toshiba Corp. For contributions to ultra-small geometry CMOS BiCMOS devices.
8 Michitaka Kameyama Tohoku Univ. For contributions to the development of multiple-valued intelligent integrated systems.
9 Misao kobayashi Mitsubishi Electric Corp. For contributions to development and production of Metal Oxide Gapless Surge Arrester.
10 Mitsumasa Koyanagi Tohoku Univ. For the invention of the stacked capacitor DRAM cell.
11 Kazuo Kyuma Mitsubishi Electric Corp. For contributions to optical information processing including optical neuro-chip and artificial retina chips.
12 Naoki Maki Tokai Univ. For contributions to the development of superconducting generators and magnetically levitated systems.
13 Tsugio Makimoto Hitachi Ltd. For leadership in the development and production of MOS integrated circuits and memory.
14 Ryosuke Matsuoka/td> NGK Insulators For contributions to the research and development of high voltage insulators
15 Yoshihiko Mikuni Toshiba Techno Center Inc. For contributions to TV broadcasting and receiving antennas.
16 Hideo Miyahara Osaka Univ. For contributions to modeling and performance evaluation of computer communication networks.
17 Koichiro Nakanishi Mitsubishi Electric Corp. For contributions to the study of dc gas insulation and its application to high voltage swichgears.
18 Toshio Nishikawa Murata MFG. Co., Ltd. For contributions to the development of microwave devices for mobile communication systems based on low-loss dielectric ceramics.
19 Tsutomu Ohmae Hitachi Ltd. For contributions to microprocessor controlled motor drives and their industrial applications.
20 Akira Ohte Yokogawa Electric Corp. For contribution to and leadership in the development of a fully automatic nuclear quadrupole resonance thermometer and its application to precise temperature measurement.
21 Masao Saito Tokyo Denki Univ. For contributions to the application of bioelectromagnetics and signal theory in medicine.
22 Kimio Shibayama Tamagawa Univ. For contributions to the development of surface acoustic wave transducers,materials, and devices.
23 Takao Suzuki Toyota Technological Institute For contribution to the understanding of micromagnetics and to the development of magneto-optical recording technology.
24 Seiichi Takeuchi Tokyo Denki Univ. For pioneering work in fiber optic network systems.
25 Saburo Tazaki Ehime Univ. For contributions to the advancement of digital storage systems for signal processing, coding and video compression sing vector quantization.
26 Osamu Wada Fujitsu Labs. For his contribution to III-V semiconductor Optoelectonic Integrated Circuit (OEIC).
27 Yasuo Watanabe CRIEPI/td> For contributions to the development of insulation of UHV ac and dc transmission lines and analysis of lightning performance of overhead power transmission lines.
28 Masamichi Yamanishi Tokai Univ. For his contribution to the theory of electro-optic properties in semiconductor quantum well structures.
29 Shoji Yoshida Tokai Univ. For leadership in digital and analog communication network system development.