Shun-ichi Iwasaki
Japanese engineer (born 1926) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shun-ichi Iwasaki (岩崎 俊一, Iwasaki Shun’ichi; born August 3, 1926) is 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).[5] Iwasaki's pioneering work on perpendicular magnetic recording has been integral to the development of modern hard disk drives.[6]
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Born | (1926-08-03) August 3, 1926 (age 97) |
Nationality | Japanese |
Education | Tohoku University[1] |
Known for | Perpendicular Magnetic Recording[2] |
Awards | IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award (1989)[3] Japan Prize (2010)[1] Benjamin Franklin Medal (2014)[4] |
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Institutions | Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Tohoku University Tohoku Institute of Technology |
Notable students | Yoshihisa Nakamura, Kazuhiro Ouchi, Hiroaki Muraoka |
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