The Japan Society of Applied Physics

8th JSAP Fellow (2014) 2014 JSAP Fellow Award Recipients

JSAP Fellow International

Fellow RecipientsTitle of the Accomplishment
Gerhard Abstreiter(Director, TUM Institute for Advanced Study)Contributions to Promoting Academic Exchange and to Initiating Joint Research and Development Projects in Applied Physics between Japan and Germany
Paolo Gargini(Researcher and Lecturer, Stanford University)Contributions to Promoting Semiconductor Device Developments and Japan-US Relationships in This Field
Simon Min Sze( Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University)Contributions to Promoting Academic Exchange between Japan and Taiwan and to Development of Floating Gate Type Nonvolatile Semiconductor Memory
Christopher R. Wronski(Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University)Contribution to Promoting Exchange between Japan and the USA and to Developments of Si Thin-Film Solar Cells

JSAP Fellow

Fellow RecipientsTitle of the Accomplishment
Yuji Awano(Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Keio University)Advanced Research on Carbon Nanotubes and Compound Semiconductors and Their Electron Device Applications
Jun Ohta(Professor, Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology)A Study on Smart CMOS Image Sensors and Their Applications
Tsunenobu Kimoto(Professor, Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University)Material Science and Power Devices of SiC Semiconductor
Michio Kondo(Deputy Director General, Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)Basic and Applied Research upon Solar Cells and Its Promotion for Industrialization in Japan
Hitoshi Tabata(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)Research on Oxides and Nano-Bio Fusion Electronics
Kazuo Terashima(Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)Pioneering Research on Micro/Nanospace Plasma Materials Science
Yasuo Tomita(Professor, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications)For Seminal Contributions to Holographic Nanocomposite Materials
Masaaki Nagatsu(Professor, Dean of Graduate School of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University)Pioneering Research on Medical and Biological Applications of Plasma Science and Technology
Tomoji Nakamura(Senior Expert, Devices & Materials Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.)Material and Process Developments for Highly Reliable LSI Interconnects
Masaaki Niwa(Professor, Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems, Tohoku University)Materials Science Research of the Advanced CMOS Gate Stack and Its Practical Deployment
Kazuhiko Hirakawa(Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo)Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures and Their Device Applications
Toshiki Makimoto(Professor, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University)Elucidation of Electrical and Optical Properties of Group-III Nitride Semiconductors and Their Device Applications
Takashi Matsuoka(Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University)Development of Semiconductor Optical Devices Based on the Long-Wavelength Region DFB-LD and Nitride Semiconductors Research
Kaoru Minoshima(Professor, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications)Advanced Research on Fundamental Science and Applied Technology in Metrology Using Ultrashort Optical Pulses
Akiharu Morimoto(Director of Information Media Center, Professor, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University)Study on Properties of Amorphous Semiconductors and Development of PLD Technique for Oxide Thin Films
Shinji Yuasa(Director, Spintronics Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)Study on Giant Tunnel Magnetoresistance Effect in MgO-Based Magnetic Tunnel Junctions and Its Applications to Magnetic Recording and Non-Volatile Memory