is an

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. He is a global authority of

Microelectromechanical systems MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) is the technology of microscopic devices incorporating both electronic and moving parts. MEMS are made up of components between 1 and 100 micrometres in size (i.e., 0.001 to 0.1 mm), and MEMS devices ...

and serves as the

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of the

Tohoku University is a public research university in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. It is colloquially referred to as or . Established in 1907 as the third of the Imperial Universities, after the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, it initially focused on sc ...

graduate school engineering graduate course.

Background and education

Born in Sendai, Japan, in 1949, Masayoshi Esashi received his B.E. degree in electronic engineering in 1971 and a Doctor of Engineering degree in 1976 at Tohoku University.

Career

Esashi served as a research associate from 1976 and an associate professor from 1981 at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University. Since 1990 he has been a professor. Currently, he is the director of micro/nanomachining research and education center in Tohoku University. He is an associate director of the Semiconductor Research Institute. He was a director of the Venture Business Laboratory in Tohoku University (1995–1998), and was a President of Sensor-Micromachine Society in Institute of Electrical Engineers in Japan (2002–2003). He has been a collaboration coordinator for Sendai city since 2004. He served as a general co-chairman of the 4th IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Workshop in 1991 held in Nara, Japan, as a general chairman of the 10th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers 99) in 1999 held in Sendai, Japan and Technical Program Chairman of IEEE Sensors 2006 being held in Daegu, Korea. He has also been studying microsensors and micromachined integrated systems (MEMS).

Awards and honors

He was awarded the 2016

IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal In 2002, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) added a new award to its already existing program of awards. Each year, one or more nominees are honored with a medal in the name of Jun-ichi Nishizawa, considered to be the ' ...

. In 2016 and 2017, he became a laureate of the

Asian Scientist 100 The Asian Scientist 100 is an annually published list of 100 prize-winning Asian researchers, academicians, innovators and business leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region and a range of scientific disciplines. Recipients "must have received ...

by the ''

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''.

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References

Japanese electronics engineers 1949 births Living people People from Sendai Tohoku University alumni Academic staff of Tohoku University {{japan-engineer-stub