Background
Shibata, Akikazu was born on February 25, 1935 in Sendai, Japan. Son of Kitaro and Toshi (Tsushima) Shibata.
engineer semiconductor scientist
Shibata, Akikazu was born on February 25, 1935 in Sendai, Japan. Son of Kitaro and Toshi (Tsushima) Shibata.
Bachelor, International Christian University, Mitaka, Japan, 1957. Master of Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1959. Doctor in Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan, 1967.
Research assistant Cornell University, Ithaca, 1957-1959. Research science Sony Corporation, Tokyo, 1959-1961, Sony Research Center, Yokohama, 1976-1984. General manager engineering Sony Trading Corporation, Tokyo, 1980-1983.
Staff science Sony Research Center, 1984-1986. Manager, international standardization Sony Corporation, 1987-2000. Technical advisor Japan Elecgtronics Packaging and Circuits Association, since 2000.
Convenor International Electrotech. Commission.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), Japan Institute Electronics Packaging, Asian Federation Electronic Circuits.
Married Saeko Margaret Kurakake (deceased 1994). Children: Yasushi, Izumi.