Background
Kikuchi, Ryoichi was born on December 25, 1919 in Osaka, Japan. Came to the United States, 1950.
Kikuchi, Ryoichi was born on December 25, 1919 in Osaka, Japan. Came to the United States, 1950.
Bachelor of Science, Tokyo University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Tokyo University, 1951.
Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1951-1953. Assistant professor University Chicago, 1953-1955. Research physicist Armour Research Foundation, Chicago, 1955-1956.
Associate professor Wayne State University, Detroit, 1956-1958. Senior scientist Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, California, 1958-1985. Research professor University Washington, Seattle, 1985-1989.
Adjunct professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1975-1986, 89-96. Visiting scholar University California, Berkeley, 1996—2004. Visiting professor Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1977-1993, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1982, Technische Hugeschool, Delft, The Netherlands, 1980, 81, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1998, University Sao Paolo, 2000.
Fellow Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (honorary, Hume-Rothery award 1998). Member American Physical Society, Physical Society Japan, Japan Institute Metals (honorary).
Married Toshiko Sono. Children: John M., Ann K. Snyder.