Prof. Toshio Ogawa

Toshio Ogawa is professor and professional engineer (“Gijyutsushi” since 1986) of electronic materials science and engineering in the department of electrical and electronic engineering, and head in the graduate school, Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.

He joined Murata Mfg. Co., Ltd. during 19 years in the fields of piezoelectric ceramics and thin films. Since 1992 he works at Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology. Ogawa’s research focuses on functional materials such as ferroelectric ceramics, thin films and single crystals, and their applications.

He has authored over 100 journal articles and 170 patents. He received awards from the Japan Society of Powder & Powder Metallurgy (Award of Engineering Progress in 1985), from the American Ceramic Society (Fulrath Pacific Award in 1990), from Hamamatsu Electronic Engineering Organization (Takayanagi Memorial Award in 1993: Dr. Kenjiro Takayanagi is called "The Father of Modern Television"), from the Organizing Committee of the International Korea-Japan Seminar on Ceramics, 25^th Anniversary (Distinguished Service Award in 2008), and from the Fulrath Okazaki Memorial Association (7^th Okazaki Distinguished Service Award in 2012: Dr. Okazaki is called “The Father of Electronic Ceramics in Japan”). He becomes the Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) since 2011. His current interests are a fundamental understanding of dielectric and piezoelectric properties in ceramics and single crystals from the viewpoints of ferroelectric domain structures by measuring acoustic wave velocities.

He is an organizing committee member of International Japan-Korea Seminar on Ceramics and an editorial board member of Ceramics International. He belongs to Electronics Division of ACerS.