Shun-ichi Iwasaki
Shun-ichi Iwasaki | |
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| 岩崎 俊一 | |
Iwasaki in 2013 | |
| Born | 3 August 1926 Koriyama, Japan |
| Died | 25 July 2025 (aged 98) Sendai, Japan |
| Education | Tohoku University |
| Known for | Perpendicular Magnetic Recording |
| Awards | IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award (1989) Japan Prize (2010) Benjamin Franklin Medal (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Tohoku University Tohoku Institute of Technology |
| Notable students | Yoshihisa Nakamura, Kazuhiro Ouchi, Hiroaki Muraoka |
Shun-ichi Iwasaki (岩崎 俊一, Iwasaki Shun’ichi; 3 August 1926 – 25 July 2025) was a Japanese engineer. He was professor at Tohoku University and then became president and of Tohoku Institute of Technology. He was also a professor at Lanzhou University (China). Iwasaki's pioneering work on perpendicular magnetic recording has been integral to the development of modern hard disk drives.