Noriko Kawakami (Japanese: 川上 紀子) is a Japanese electrical engineer whose work involves high-voltage direct current storage, transmission, and conversion, including power conversion for wind turbines. She works in the Power Electronics Systems Division of TMEIC, a joint venture of Toshiba and Mitsubishi Electric,[1] as a senior fellow.[2]

Education and career

Kawakami studied physics at Sophia University, graduating in 1982, and in the same year joined Toshiba. She moved to TMEIC in 2003, and earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2008 through the Tokyo Institute of Technology.[1] She became president of the Industry Applications Society of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) from 2018 to 2020.[2][3]

Recognition

The IEEJ gave Kawakami their Technical Development Award in 2000 and their Transactions Prize in 2010.[2]

She was elected as an IEEE Fellow, in the 2018 class of fellows, "for contributions to large-capacity power converters and applications".[4] She was the 2022 honoree of the IEEE McMurray Award for Industry Achievements in Power Electronics, "for contributions to large-capacity power converters and their applications to industry and utility".[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Noriko Kawakami", IEEE Xplore, IEEE, retrieved 2023-06-07
  2. 1 2 3 Short CV (PDF), International Conference on Smart Grid, 2018, retrieved 2023-06-07
  3. 1 2 "McMurray Award for Industry Achievements in Power Electronics", PELS Awards, IEEE Power Electronics Society, retrieved 2023-06-07
  4. ↑ IEEE Fellows directory, IEEE, retrieved 2023-06-07
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