IEEE MTT-S Japan Chapter Report (Dec. 2003 - Dec. 2004)



Jui-Pang Hsu (Zui-Hou Kyo), Chair
Takashi Ohira, Vice Chair
Yoshio Nikawa and Kazukiyo Joshin, Secretaries
Moriyasu Miyazaki, Treasurer




I. Establishment of 4 New Committees

(1)Education Committee

Chair;            Shizuo Mizushina (NICT)

Secretaries;      Kazukiyo Joshin (Fujitsu Labs.)

                  Hitoshi Shimasaki (Kyoto Institute of Technology)

Major Mission;    English Presentation Guidance

Activity;         Conduct polish-up sessions on conference presentation in English



(2)Distinguished Lecture Committee

Chair;            Eikichi Yamashita (Professor of Emeritus, The Univ. of Electro-Communications)

Vice-Chair;       Yukio Takimoto (Shonan Institute of Technology)

Secretary;        Tetsuo Anada (Kanagawa Univ.)

Major Mission;    Lectures on Microwave Related Topics



(3)Membership Committee

Chair;            Tsukasa Yoneyama (Tohoku Institute of Technology)

Vice-Chairs;      Osami Ishida (ICU, Korea), 

                  Mitsuo Makimoto (Japan Science and Technology Corporation)

Secretary;        Masatoshi Nakayama (Mitsubishi Electric.)

Major Mission;    Encouragement and Endorsement for Regular Members and Student Members to Higher Grades

Activity;         Support commemorative addresses of IEEE MTT-S new fellows



(4)Women in Engineering Committee

Chair;            Michiko Kuroda (Tokyo University of Technology)

Secretary;        Mayumi Matsunaga (Ehime Univ.)

Advisory members; Jui-Pang Hsu, Yukio Takimoto and Takashi Ohira

Major Mission;    Recognizes women's outstanding achievements in microwave theory and techniques. 

                  Organizes receptions at major technical conferences to enhance networking and to promote membership in WIE.



II. The third Korea-Japan Microwave Workshop (KJMW 2005) will be held in Pusan, Korea

Conference Chair; Dong Il Kim (Korea Maritime Univ.) 

Japan Officer ; Toru Maniwa (Fujitsu)



III. 2006 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference will be held in Yokohama, Japan

Date; 12-15, December, 2006

Place; Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan

Conference Chair; Makoto Nagao (NICT)

Organizing Committee Chair; Yoshio Kobayashi (Saitama Univ.)

International Steering Committee Chair; Takashi Ohira (ATR)

Steering Committee Chair; Masayoshi Aikawa (Saga Univ.)

General Officer Chair; Yoshio Nikawa (Kokushikan Univ.)



IV. Technical Meetings

A.	Sponsor

(1) December 19, 2003: 33 attendants (1 IEEE Fellow, 3 IEEE Members)

Mitsuo Makimoto (Japan Science and Technology Corporation)

"Structures and Basic Properties of Microwave SIR"

Commemorative Address of IEEE MTT-S New Fellow

(2) January 19, 2004: 21 attendants (14 IEEE Members)

Futoshi Kuroki (Kure National College of Technology), and 7 other members

"Report on the 33rd European Microwave Conference"

(3) January 19, 2004: 21 attendants (14 IEEE Members)

Tamotsu Nishino (Mitsubishi Electric.), and 7 other members

"Report on the 2003 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference"

(4) March 4, 2004: 65 attendants (1 IEEE Fellow, 2 IEEE Senior Members, 34 IEEE Members,

and 7 IEEE Student Members)

Dedicated Signal Processing Approach to Super-Resolution Espar Antennas

Takashi Ohira (ATR)

"Commemorative Address of IEEE MTT-S New Fellow"

(5) April 16, 2004: 35 attendants (3 IEEE Fellows, 19 IEEE Members, and 7 IEEE Student Members)

Yozo Utsumi (National Defense Academy)

"Commemorative Address of IEEE MTT-S New Fellow"

(6) September 14, 2004: 32 attendants

Tadao Nakagawa (NTT) and 8 other members

"Report on 2003 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium"

(7) November 8,9 and 12, 2004: 11/8: 74 attendants (IEEE MTT-S Member: 17, IEEE Member: 1), 11/9: 50 attendants (IEEE Member; 8), 11/12: 86 attendants (IEEE MTT-S Member: 46, IEEE Member: 6)

    Prof. Tatsuo Itoh (UCLA), Distinguished Microwave Lecturer

    Lecture on "Microwave Applications of Metamaterial Structures"



B. Cooperatively Sponsor

(1) December 16, 2003: 40 attendants (18 IEEE Members)

"Advances in Imaging Technology"

(2)	January 30, 2004: 79 attendants

"The 1st Scientific Workshop Presented by the 19th URSI-C in Japan"

(3) May 28, 2004: 79 attendants (33 IEEE Members)

"The 2nd Scientific Workshop Presented by the 19th URSI-C in Japan"

(4) July 20, 2004: 35 attendants

"The 3rd Scientific Workshop Presented by the 19th URSI-C in Japan" 

	(5) July 27-30, 2004: 400 attendants

	"International Symposium on Microwave Science and Its Application to Related Fields"

(6) October 20, 21, 2004: 43 attendants (40 IEEE Members)

	"Microwave Photonics (MWP) Meeting", "THz Meeting"

	(7) October 22, 2004: 25 attendants

	"The 4th Scientific Workshop Presented by the 19th URSI-C in Japan"

(8) November 10-12, 2004: 6176 attendants

" 2004 Microwave Workshops and Exhibition"

(9) Dec. 19, 2003, Jan. 19-21, Mar. 3-5, Apr. 1 and May 14, June 18, July 21-23, Sept. 13, 14, Oct. 28, 29, and Nov. 25, 26, 2004

"Technical Group on Microwaves in Electronics Society, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers"



V. Educational

(1) May 18, 2004: 22 attendants (7 IEEE Members and 2 IEEE Student Members)

"English Clinic for 2004 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium"(Tokyo)

Hiroshi Kondo (Hitachi Co. Ltd.), Shizuo Mizushina (NICT)

(2) May 26, 2004: 9 attendants (1 IEEE Fellow and 8 IEEE Members)

"English Clinic for 2004 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium"(Kyoto)

Hiroshi Kondo (Hitachi Co. Ltd.), Shizuo Mizushina (NICT)

(3) October 1, 2004: 8 attendants (1 IEEE Fellow and 7 IEEE Members)

"English Clinic for EUMW 2004" (Kyoto)

Hiroshi Kondo (Hitachi Co. Ltd.), Shizuo Mizushina (NICT)



VI. Administrative

(1) December 28, 2003: 5 attendants.

"Executive committee"

(2) March 6, 2004: 8 attendants.

"Executive committee"

(3) May 29, 2004: 8 attendants.

"Executive committee"

(4) July 10, 2004: 9 attendants.

"Executive committee"

(5) September 14, 2004: 12 attendants.

"Executive committee"

(6) November 12, 2004: 16 attendants.

"Executive committee"

(7) December 25, 2004: 13 attendants.

"Executive committee"