{"id":5944,"date":"2025-02-14T12:08:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T03:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.first.iir.isct.ac.jp\/?p=5944"},"modified":"2025-05-08T17:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T08:51:27","slug":"detail_1928","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.first.iir.isct.ac.jp\/en\/detail_1928\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Emeritus Yasufumi Akagi and Prof. Emeritus Fumio Koyama elected as Foreign Members of the National Academy of Engineering\uff08NAE\uff09\uff08February 11, 2025\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"tableLayout02\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #043c78;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Selector<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/search.star.titech.ac.jp\/titech-ss\/lang.act?forward=pursuer.act?from=outside&amp;lang=en&amp;&amp;ssToken=36e9baf1478ccb2df315e80cb6913d2d_yVniJHdDnh&amp;key_rid=B000239158\">Prof. Emeritus Hirofumi Akagi<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.first.iir.isct.ac.jp\/en\/member\/core3\/#koyama\">Prof. Emeritus Fumio Koyama<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #043c78;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">February 11, 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 12px;\">Summary<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">The NAE is a non-profit research institution established by the United States government in 1964. It is one of the four academies that constitute the National Academies, alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nae.edu\/331605\/NAENewClass2025\">National Academy of Sciences (NAS)<\/a>, which was founded by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Election to NAE membership is regarded as the highest distinction in the field of engineering.<br \/>\nTo date, 20 individuals from Japan have been elected as foreign members. From Science Tokyo, Honorary Professors <a href=\"https:\/\/researchmap.jp\/read0124726?lang=en\">Yasuharu Suematsu<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/researchmap.jp\/read0124726?lang=en\">Kenichi Iga<\/a> have already been inducted, making this the fourth selection\u2014the highest number in Japan.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"tableLayout01\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.first.iir.isct.ac.jp\/akagi_202502\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.first.iir.isct.ac.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/akagi_202502.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.first.iir.isct.ac.jp\/koyama_202502\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.first.iir.isct.ac.jp\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/koyama_202502.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prof. Emeritus Hirofumi Akagi<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prof. Emeritus Fumio Koyama<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Prof. Hirofumi Akagi Research Results<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/news\/2018\/041846\">IEEE Medal in Power Engineering Recipients\uff5cIEEE<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/educ.titech.ac.jp\/ee\/news\/2017_12\/054920.html\">Specially Appointed Professor Akagi Receives IEEE Medal\uff5cElectrical and Electronic Engineering News<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/public-relations\/research\/stories\/faces20-akagi\">Hirofumi Akagi &#8211; Power electronics research with enterprises\uff5cResearch Stories\uff5cResearch<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/news\/2018\/041846\">Professor Akagi attends IEEE Honors Ceremony\uff5cTokyo Tech News<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/news\/2020\/048141\">Prof. Emeritus Hirofumi Akagi receives Gaston Maggetto Medal from EPE\uff5cTokyo Tech News<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/news\/2018\/041846\">Professor Akagi attends IEEE Honors Ceremony\uff5cTokyo Tech News<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Prof. Fumio Koyama Research Results<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/news\/2019\/043657\">Fumio Koyama received 2019 Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/news\/2018\/042376\">Fumio Koyama received 27th Okawa Prize<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titech.ac.jp\/english\/news\/2024\/068522\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Fumio Koyama received IEEE Nick Holonyak Jr. Medal for Semiconductor Optoelectronic Technologies<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.first.iir.isct.ac.jp\/en\/detail_1706\/\">Fumio Koyama received the 4th Hirose Prize<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Contact<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Prof. Fumio Koyama<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vcsel-www.pi.titech.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/vcsel-www.pi.titech.ac.jp\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f3f3f2; padding: 10px; border: none; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Related Site<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u25b6<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isct.ac.jp\/en\/news\/2dg0w091gwki\">Science Tokyo News<\/a><br \/>\n\u25b6Institute of Innovative Research\uff08IIR\uff09<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selector Prof. Emeritus Hirofumi Akagi Prof. Emeritus Fumio Koyama Date February 11, 2025 Summary The NAE is a non-profit research institution established by the United States government in 1964. 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