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with Chiba Institute of Technology,

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, lifetime IEEE Fellow. The is the recipient of the 2019

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/ref> Among other achievements, his innovations in motor controllers were crucial for MAGLEV and Japanese bullet trains.IEEE Richard H. Kaufmann Award Recipients: Sususmu Tadakuma
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