Susumu Tadakuma Explained

[1] is a Japanese electrical engineer and professor emeritus with Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan, lifetime IEEE Fellow.

He is the recipient of the 2019 IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award "for pioneering contributions to high-power converters and drives for highspeed-train and industrial applications"[2]

Among other achievements, his innovations in motor controllers were crucial for MAGLEV and Japanese bullet trains.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://ieee-jp.org/hyosho/list/2019-2.html 2019年受賞者, IEEE Technical Field Awards
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20190415191812/https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/awards/recipients/kaufmann_rl.pdf List of recipients of the IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20180502140127/https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/kaufmann-recipients.html#2019%20-%20Susumu%20Tadakuma IEEE Richard H. Kaufmann Award Recipients: Sususmu Tadakuma