Shun-ichi Iwasaki | |
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![]() Iwasaki in 2013 | |
Born | August 3, 1926 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Education | Tohoku University[2] |
Known for | Perpendicular Magnetic Recording[4] |
Awards | IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award (1989)[1] Japan Prize (2010)[2] Benjamin Franklin Medal (2014)[3] |
Scientific career | |
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Institutions | Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Tohoku University Tohoku Institute of Technology |
Notable students | Yoshihisa Nakamura, Kazuhiro Ouchi, Hiroaki Muraoka |
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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