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.