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Shun'ichi Iwasaki

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Japanese electrical engineer (1926-2025)

JapanAcademicsLived 1926 to 2025 · aged 98
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Shun-ichi Iwasaki was a Japanese engineer. He was professor at Tohoku University and then became president and of Tohoku Institute of Technology. He was also a professor at Lanzhou University (China).

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Award of Order of Culture (文化勲章, Bunka-kunshō) 3rd Nov. 2013. left to right: Tasuku Honjo, Susumu Nakanishi, Ikuta Takagi, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, Shun-ichi Iwasaki, and Ken TakakuraAward of Order of Culture (文化勲章, Bunka-kunshō) 3rd Nov. 2013. left to right: Tasuku Honjo, Susumu Nakanishi, Ikuta Takagi, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, Shun-ichi Iwasaki, and Ken Takakura

Awards 5

2013Order of Culture
2010Japan Prize
1989IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award
1987Person of Cultural Merit
IEEE Fellow

Connected to Shun'ichi 6

Geoffrey DummerAlso won IEEE Cledo Brunetti AwardMakoto NagaoAlso won Japan PrizeMasao ItōAlso won Japan PrizeAlec Broers, Baron BroersAlso won IEEE Cledo Brunetti AwardCharles David AllisAlso won Japan PrizeErkki RuoslahtiAlso won Japan Prize

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Shun-ichi Iwasaki was a Japanese engineer. He was professor at Tohoku University and then became president and of Tohoku Institute of Technology. He was also a professor at Lanzhou University (China). Iwasaki's pioneering work on perpendicular magnetic recording has been integral to the development of modern hard disk drives.

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Japan
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Academics
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Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2025 · aged 98
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