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Jun-ichi Nishizawa(西澤潤一, born September 12,1926 in Sendai, Japan) is a Japanese Engineer known for his invention of Optical communication systems (including Optical fiber,Laser diode etc.), PIN diode and SIT/SITh (Static Induction Transistor/Thyristor). He is currently the president of Tokyo Metropolitan University.
Biography
Nishizawa was born in Sendai, Japan, on 12 September 1926. He earned a B.S. in 1948, and a Doctor of Engineering degree in 1960, from
Tohoku University. In 1953, he joined the Research Institute of Electrical Communication at Tohoku University. He became a professor there and was appointed director to two research institutes. From 1990 to 1996, Nishizawa served as the President of Tohoku University. He became the president of lwate Prefectural University,lwate, Japan in 1998.
Awards and honors
Nishizawa is a Life Fellow of the
IEEE. He is a Fellow of several other institutions, including the
Physical Society, the
Russian Academy of Sciences, and the
Polish Academy of Sciences. Nishizawa was decorated with Order of Cultural Merits by the emperor of Japan. He also received the
Japan Academy Prize,
IEEE Jack A. Morton Award, the Honda Prize and the Laudise Prize of the
International organization of crystal growth.
IEEE conferred the
Edison Medal on him in 2000 and introduced the
Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal in 2002.
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