Background

Takajo, Shigeaki was born on August 13, 1948 in Tokyo. Son of Shigemi and Yoshiko (Hashimoto) Takajo.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Tokyo, Japan, 1971; Master of Science, U. Tokyo, Japan, 1973; Doctor rerum naturalium, Stuttgart (Germany) U., 1981; D in Engineering, Tohoku U., Sendai, Japan, 1990.

Career

Researcher powder metallurgy, Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Chiba, Japan, 1973-1979; senior research powder metallurgy, Kawasaki Steep Corporation, Chiba, 1982-1988; team leader powder metallurgy, Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Chiba, 1988-1991; staff business planning head office, Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Tokyo, 1991-1993; team leader magnetic materials, Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Chiba and Kurashiki, Japan, since 1993. Guest scientist Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, 1979-1981. Member international liaison committee International Journal Powder Metallurgy, Princeton, New Jersey, since 1989.

Achievements

• Shigeaki Takajo has been listed as a noteworthy Metallurgical researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Institute for the Science of Sintering, Japan Society Powder andPowder Metallurgy (award for distinguished work 1990).

Connections

Married Sawae Watanabe, June 19, 1977. Children: Shigehiro, Naomi.

Father:

Shigemi Takajo

Mother:

Yoshiko (Hashimoto) Takajo

Spouse:

Sawae Watanabe

child:

Shigehiro Takajo

child:

Naomi Takajo