Background
Ushirokawa, Akio was born on March 13, 1927 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Shichiro and Hideko (Nagasawa) Ushirokawa.
Ushirokawa, Akio was born on March 13, 1927 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Shichiro and Hideko (Nagasawa) Ushirokawa.
Bachelor Engineering, University Tokyo, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tokyo, 1962.
Lecturer Institute Industrial Science, University Tokyo, Chiba and Tokyo, Japan, 1956-1964. Associate professor Institute Space and Aeronautical Science University Tokyo, 1964-1972, professor, 1972-1981, professor (non-regular), 1981-1987, professor emeritus, since 1987. Professor, director space applications research division Institute Space and Astronautical Science, Tokyo, 1981-1990, professor emeritus, since 1990.
Professor department electronics, faculty engineering Tokyo University of Technology, 1991-1998, professor Graduate School, 1993-1998, head department, 1994-1996, guest professor, 1998—2001, professor emeritus, since 1998. Lecturer department physics College Humanities and Sciences, The Nihon University, Tokyo, 1961-1992. Chairman, member technical committees National Space Development Agency, Tokyo, 1971-1990.
Permanent delegate Certified Management Committee of International Electrotech. Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, since 1978. Researcher Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokyo, 1986-1998.
Consultant High-Reliability Components Corporation, Tokyo, 1991-1998. Chairman technical committee Components and Power subsystem for Space Free Flyer Unit, Tokyo, 1986-1996. Member working group Japanese Solar Power Satellite, 1988-1997, chief, 1988-1990, member Japanese research group, since 1997.
Chairman 3d International Workshop Solar Cell Calibration Techniques, Tsukuba, Japan, 1996. Chairman technical committee components and materials Unmanned Space Experiment Recovery Systems, Tokyo, since 1996. Advisor technical committee Space Environment Reliability Verification Integrated Systems Project, since 1999.
Chairman RCJ Reliability symp. for devices and EOS/ESD/ Electric Membership Corporation, Reliability Center for Electronic Components of Japan, since 1991, conformity assessment board Reliability Center for Electronic Components of Japan for Quality Assessment in International Organization Standardization/International Electrotech. Commission, Tokyo, 1994-1997. Chairman technical committee new application of photovoltaic system Post Office, Tokyo, 1993-1995.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Academy Astronautics, Institute Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers.
Married Hisa Kohashi, May 19, 1959. Children: Akihisa, Noriko Nakazato, Chieko Kanamori.