Susumu Tadakuma
Susumu Tadakuma (多田隈 進, Tadakuma Susumu)[1] is a Japanese electrical engineer and professor emeritus with Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan, lifetime IEEE Fellow.[2]
He is the recipient of the 2019 IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award "for pioneering contributions to high-power converters and drives for highspeed-train and industrial applications"[3]
Among other achievements, his innovations in motor controllers were crucial for MAGLEV and Japanese bullet trains.[2]