Career




Name : Jun-ichi Nishizawa
Date and Place of Birth : September 12, 1926, Sendai JAPAN


Education
1948Graduated, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University
1960Doctor of Engineering, Tohoku University


Professional
1953-1954Research Assistant, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
1954-1962Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
1962-1990Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
1968-2004Director, Semiconductor Research Institute, Semiconductor Research Foundation
1983-1986Director, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
1989-1990Director, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
1990(Mar.)Retirement from Tohoku University
1990(Apr.)-Emeritus Professor, Tohoku University
1990-1996President, Tohoku University
1996-2002(Mar.)Project Leader, Sendai Research Center, Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan
1997-presentDirector, Tohoku Independent Comprehensive Training Center
1997-presentHonorary President, Miyagi University
1998-2005President, Iwate Prefectural University
2000-presentChairman, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.
2002-presentPresident, The Engineering Academy of Japan, Inc.
2004-presentHonorary Director, Semiconductor Research Institute, Semiconductor Research Foundation
2005-presentPresident, Tokyo Metropolitan University


Award and Conferment
1974Japan Academy Prize
1983Person of Cultural Merits (Bunka-Korosha) conferred from Japanese Government
1983Jack A. Morton Award from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, U.S.A.)
1986Honda Prize from Honda Foundation (International Prize)
1989The International Organization of Crystal Growth (IOCG) Laudise Prize
1989The Order of Cultural Merits (Bunka-Kunsho) conferred from Japanese Emperor
2000IEEE Edison Medal (IEEE, U.S.A.)
2002The First Order of Merit conferred from Japanese Emperor
*2002IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal was decided (IEEE, U.S.A.)]


Academic Activity and Honorary Membership
1988Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1989Honorary Doctor's degree of Natural Science from Humboldt University, Berlin
1994Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
1995Member of the Japan Academy
1996Honorary Foreign Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology
2002Foreign Member of the Yugoslav Academy of Engineering



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