1998　New Fellows

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

No.	Name	Professional Affiliation	Citation
1	Masami Akaike	Science University of Tokyo	For contributions to nonlinear analysis and design of millimeter-wave and microwave solid-state devices.
2	Yoshiharu Abe	Toshiba/td>	For contributions to the research and development of automatic control system for metal rolling mills.
3	Tadayoshi Enomoto	Chuo Univ.	For contributions to the development of integrated circuits for multimedia.
4	Hideo Fukutomi	Sumitomo Electric Industries	For leadership in optical fiber and cable technologies.
5	Yoji Furuhama	Communication Research Laboratory	For contributions to and leadership in optical and millimeter-wave propagataion research, especially for its application to satellite communications.
6	Masahiro Hashuimoto	Osaka Electro-Communication Univ.	For contributions to electromagnetic theory, especialy for guided-wave optics.
7	Taketoshi Hibiya	NEC	For contributions to liquid-phase epitaxial growth of magnetic garnet films for telecommunication applications.
8	Kotaro Hirano	Kobe Univ.	For contributions to analog and digital signal processing, and to engineering education.
9	Yasuo Hirata	KDD	For contributions to and leadership in the development of digital mobile satellite communication systems and research of their key technologies.
10	Hisakazu Iizuka	ITIM	For contributions to the development of the stacked-gate structure for an electrically alterable PROM.
11	Katsushi Ikeuchi	Tokyo Univ./td>	For contributions to the advancement of robot vision technology.
12	Masamitsu Kosaki	Toyohashi University of Technology	For contributions to the understanding of electrical insulation characteristics of polymers in the cryogenic temperature region and the development of extruded polymer insulated supeerconducting cable.
13	Madihian Mohammad	NEC	For contribution to the design and development of microwave as well as millimeter-wave solid state monolithic integrated circuits for personal computing and wireless networking systems.
14	Yasuo Matsuyama	Waseda Univ.	For contributions to learning algorithms with competition.
15	Yoshihisa Nakmura	Tohoku Univ.	For contributions and leadership in the field of high-density magnetic recording and the basic development of perpendicular magnetic recording.
16	Shogo Nishida	Osaka Univ.	For contributions to emergency control schemes for the stabilization of power systems and to power engineering education.
17	Takao Nishitani	NEC	For contributions to the development of LSI chip architectures on degital signal processors.
18	Kanji Ohtsuka	Meisei University	For contribution to Ceramic Multilayer Substrate, IC and LSI Packaging Technology and Multichip Module Technology.
19	Takao Sakai	Musashi Institute of Techonology	For the analysis of deterioration of insulating materials caused by partial discharge and corona discharge in gases.
20	Hiroyuki Sakaki	Tokyo Univ.	For seminal contributions to quantum effects in semiconductor nanostructures and devices.
21	Norio　Shiratori	Tohoku Univ.	For contributions to the theory and practice of advanced computer netoworks.
22	Hideo Sumani	Hitachi Ltd.	For contributions to the development of trench-capacitor DRAM cells and ultra-high density DRAMs.
23	Hirobumi Takanashi	Fujitsu Labratory	For leadership and contributions in the development of optical semiconductor devices and transmission systems.
24	Kenji Taniguchi	Osaka Univ.	For contributions to the development of MOS device fabrication processes, particularly dielectric breakdown and oxxygen-enhanced diffusion.
25	Yohichi Thokura	NTT	For leadership in collaborative research on human-machine processing.
26	Yutaka Yamamoto	Kyoto Univ.	For contributions to the development of trench-capacitor DRAM cells and ultra-high density DRAMs.
27	Hiroshi Yasuda	Tokyo Univ.	For contributions to international standardization activities on video coding technologies and the research and development of visual communications and multimedia communications systems.
28	Katsuichi Yotsumoto	NTT	For contributions to highly efficient and reliable telecommunications energy systems.