Noriko Kawakami ( ja, 川上紀子) is a Japanese electrical engineer whose work involves

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storage, transmission, and

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, including power conversion for

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s. She works in the Power Electronics Systems Division of

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, a joint venture of

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and

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, as a senior fellow.

Education and career

Kawakami studied physics at Sophia University, graduating in 1982, and in the same year joined Toshiba. She moved to TMEIC in 2003, and earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2008 through the

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. She became president of the Industry Applications Society of the

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(IEEJ) from 2018 to 2020.

Recognition

The IEEJ gave Kawakami their Technical Development Award in 2000 and their Transactions Prize in 2010. She was elected as an IEEE Fellow, in the 2018 class of fellows, "for contributions to large-capacity power converters and applications". She was the 2022 honoree of the IEEE McMurray Award for Industry Achievements in Power Electronics, "for contributions to large-capacity power converters and their applications to industry and utility".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kawakami, Noriko Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Japanese electrical engineers Japanese women engineers Women electrical engineers Sophia University alumni Tokyo Institute of Technology alumni Fellows of the IEEE