Background
Minagawa, Shigekazu was born on August 9, 1937 in Takada, Japan. Son of Heihachiro and Chiyo (Kiminami) Minagawa.
Minagawa, Shigekazu was born on August 9, 1937 in Takada, Japan. Son of Heihachiro and Chiyo (Kiminami) Minagawa.
Bachelor in Chemistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1960. Doctor of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1972.
Researcher Central Research Laboratory Hitachi Ltd., Kokubunji, Japan, 1960-1970. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1970. Senior researcher Center Research Lab Hitachi Ltd., Kokubunji, Japan, 1970-1982.
Visiting scientist Stanford University, 1980-1981. Technical representative Central Research Laboratory Hitachi Ltd., Mountain View, California, 1980-1982, chief researcher Kokubunji, Japan, 1982-1997. Technical advisor Samsung Electro-Mechanics Limited company, Suwon, Republic of Korea, 1997—2000, LG Innotek, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, 2000—2001.
Research manager Japan Science and Technology Agency, 2001—2004. Lecturer Waseda University, Tokyo, 1992-1994, Tokyo Agricultural and Engineering University, Tokyo, 1992-1993, University Tokyo, 1994, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan, 1996-2000.
Member Japan Society Applied Physics.
Married Etsuko Sakuma Minagawa, September 27, 1964. Children: Rieko, Tomoko.