DR. KEIJI TANIGUCHI, B.FEL.
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Honorary Professor, Fukui University,
Fukui, Japan
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Honorary Professor, Xi’an University
of Technology, Xi’an,
China
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Dr. Keiji Taniguchi was born on November 20, 1934 in Tuyama, Okayama, Japan.
After he graduated from the mechanical course of Tuyama Industrial High-school
in 1952, he worked at Osaka Gear Works as the Mechanical Designer from1952
to1955. He took a license of the 1st class professional wireless
communication engineer authorized by the ministry of Japanese Government. As a
result, he enlisted in the Japanese Air Force (JAF) in 1955, graduated from the
officer candidate school
of JAF in 1957, and then
was an instructor of electronics and communications engineering from 1957 to
1964. His advanced grade was a First Lieutenant, a rank to which he was
promoted in 1962. Concurrent with his military service he studied Electrical
Engineering at the Night School of Japan’s Kinki University,
and received his B.E degree in 1964.
After resigning from military service,
from 1964 until 1973 Dr. Taniguchi worked at Osaka
University in Japan as a research associate; during this time
he continued his studies and received his D.E. degree from Osaka University
in 1972. In 1973 he joined to the Faculty of Engineering at Japan’s Fukui University
as an Associate Professor, and was promoted to Full Professor of Electronics
Engineering in 1976. He has been an Honorary Professor at Xi’an University of
Technology in China since
1996, and has also been an Honorary Professor at Fukui University
since 2000. Additionally, Dr. Taniguchi was a consultant for Noda Electric Co.
in Japan from 2000 until
March, 2004, and has also served as a consultant for ING Co. in Japan.
Dr. Taniguchi has been
the Technical Advisor of Fukui Prefecture Government since 1981. He has also
served as a part-time Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dentist
University, and was a part-time
Professor at Fukui
Medical University.
Dr. Taniguchi is the editor, author and/or co-author of 12 books concerning
Image Processing, Signal Processing, Medical Electronics, and Applications to
Microprocessors and Electronics Circuits. His recent book is titled Microwave
Circuit Design Fundamentals and was published by Kyoritu Publishing Co. in Japan
in 2004. He is also the author or the co-author of more than 145 technical
papers which have been published in refereed journal articles and proceedings.
His most recent paper is titled A New Technique for Measuring the
Distribution of Charge-to-Mass Ratio for Toner Particles with On-Line Use,
and was published in the Journal of Imaging Science and Technology in
2003. Moreover, he is an inventor with 25 patents.
Dr. Taniguchi is
licensed as an Instructor of Skiing as authorized by the Ski Association of
Japan (SAJ), and is licensed as a Coach of Swimming, fully authorized by the
Swimming Association of Japan (NSR). He has been a member of SAJ since 1985.
Dr. Taniguchi has been profiled in Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in
Science and Engineering, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business, and
he has also been a member of 500 Great Asians of the Early 21st Century, 500
Great Minds of the Early 21st Century, and Profiles in Excellence: 500
Biographies of Inspiration, Dedication and Accomplishment.