FACULTY

Research and Industry-Academia Collaboration

研究?産学連携

TSUKAHARA Tsuneo

Chairperson of the Board of Executives (President), Director of Office for Planning and Promotion

Title: Chairperson of the Board of Executives (President), Director of Office for Planning and Promotion

Courses - Undergraduate: Until AY2021: CSE Exercise I, Semiconductor Devices, Electronics

Courses - Graduate: D04 Career Design for the Doctor Program, Until AY2021: SYC01 MOS Device Modeling for VLSI Design

Specialization: Communication and network engineering
Electron device and electronic equipment
Design of Analog and Radio Frequency (RF) Integrated Circuits for Wireless Communication Systems

Educational Background, Biography: March 1975: Graduated from Aizu High School, Fukushima, Japan
March 1979: B.S. in Applied Physics, Tohoku University, Japan
March 1981: M.S. in Applied Physics, Tohoku University, Japan
April 1981: Entered Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (Now NTT)
July 1987: Research Engineer, NTT LSI Laboratories
Feb. 1993: Senior Research Engineer, NTT Radio Communication System Laboratories
Feb. 1995: Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor, NTT LSI Laboratories
April 1998: Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor, Research Group Leader, NTT System Electronics Laboratories
Sep. 2001: Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
March 2006: Left NTT
April 2006: Full Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu
From April 2012 to March 2016: Served as Director General of the Department for Student Affairs
Nov. 2017: Received The 31st Radio Engineering and Electronics Association Award
From April 2018 to March 2020: Served as Director General of the Department for Student Affairs
From April 2020 to March 2022: Dean of School of Computer Science and Engineering
From December 2023: Presidenti & Chairperson of the Board of Executives

Current Research Theme: Design of Multi-Band and Multi-Mode RF Transceivers suitable for Software-Defined Radios

Key Topic: CMOS Analog Integrated Circuits, CMOS RF Integrated Circuits (RFIC), RF Transceiver, Wireless Communication, Software-Defined Radios, Multi-Band, Multi-Mode

Hobbies: 1. Listening to live music performances
2. Voice training
3. Muscle training
4. Amateur radio operation (from 12 years old): Amateuer First-Class Radio Operator (2018), JA7IIX

School days' Dream: 1. Electronics engineer
?When I was 8 years old, I made a germanium (Ge)-diode radio-receiver and could hear real AM radio programs. This simple experience made a great impact on my career. Then, this dream became the reality.
2. Airline pilot

Current Dream: 1. To foster venture companies conducting "LSI design" in my hometown Aizu-Wakamatsu City or peripheral areas
2. To learn the "Bel Canto" singing method in Italy

Favorite Books: 1. Harmonics (Akikazu Nakamura, Shunjusha)
?A bamboo-flute (Shakuhachi) player, who graduated from School of Engineering, Yokohama National Univ., shows spectrum-analysis results of various music sounds: Familiar applications of Fourier analysis.
2. Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills (Paul J. Nahin, Nippon Hyoron Sha) [Japanese translation]
?This book describes various stories related to Euler's formula in complex number theory. Dealing with issues of electrical and communication engineering, it also gives interesting viewpoints to engineers.

Messages for Students: As mentioned in "Favorite books", basic mathematical theories are indispensable in analyzing familiar phenomena and building practical devices.