Tetsuo Endoh graduated University of Tokyo in 1987 and received Ph. D degree from Tohoku University Graduate School of Engineering in 1995. He joined ULSI Research Center Toshiba Co. in 1987 and was engaged in both the R&D and the mass production of NAND Memory. He is a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, the Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University and director of the Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES). His current interests are 3D structured device, novel memory, beyond-CMOS technology including spintronics, power-device and power electronics with GaN or SiC. He was a Fellow of the IEEE from 2023.

Kazuaki Sawada was born in Kumamoto, Japan in 1963. He received a Ph.D. degree in system and information engineering in 1991, from Toyohashi University of Technology, Aichi, Japan. Doctor of Engineering.

From 1991 to 1998, he was an Assistant Professor in the Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan. Since 1998, He was a lecturer at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology from 1991 to 1998, an associate professor in 2000 and a professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology since 2007. In 2005, he was a visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich.

Prof. Sawada was Director of the Venture Business Laboratory and Director of the Incubation Facility from 2008 to 2014, Assistant to the university president as a Director of the KOSEN Collaboration Office in 2016, Director of the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS) from 2014 to 2016. He is currently Director of the Institute for Research in Next-Generation Semiconductors and Sensing Science (IRES²) from 2023.

In 2009, he received the 65th Electrical Society of Japan Award for the Promotion of Electric Science (Progress Award). In 2013, he received the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Research Category). His current research focuses on smart sensors that integrate integrated circuit technology and sensor technology. In particular, he is developing non-label bio-imaging sensing devices and multimodal sensors by integrating bio-related technologies and integrated circuit technologies.

1963年熊本県生まれ。1991年豊橋技術科学大学大学院工学研究科博士後期課程システム情報工学専攻修了、工学博士。1991年から1998年静岡大学電子工学研究所助手。同年豊橋技術科学大学電気・電子工学系講師。2000年同准教授。2005年ミュンヘン工科大学客員教授。2007年より豊橋技術科学大学工学部教授。

2008年から2014年　ベンチャー・ビジネス・ラボラトリーセンター長、インキュベーション施設長、2014年から2016年　同大学長補佐　高専連携室長、2016年同大学　エレクトロニクス先端融合研究所（EIIRIS）所長、2023年から現在　同大学　次世代半導体・センサ科学研究所（IRES²）所長。

2009年　電気学会　第65回電気学術振興賞（進歩賞）受賞。

2013年　文部科学大臣表彰科学技術賞（研究部門）受賞。 現在の研究テーマは、集積回路技術とセンサ技術を融合したスマートセンサに関する研究。特に、バイオ関連技術と集積回路技術を融合したノンラベル生体画像センシングデバイスおよびマルチモーダルセンサの開発。

Dr. Koukou Suu graduated and received Ph.D degree in Engineering from Tohoku University, Japan in 1988 and 1993 respectively. He joined ULVAC, Inc. in 1993 and since then has been leading and engaging with developments of numerous semiconductor and electronics technologies including emerging non-volatile memories, high-K capacitors, LED, power devices, thin-film Li-battery as well as 3D packaging manufacturing technologies. He was General Manager of Institute of Semiconductor and Electronics Technologies of the company from 2008 to 2014. Formerly he was Executive Officer and Senior Fellow of ULVAC, Inc. as well as President and CEO of ULVAC Technologies, Inc, a company representing ULVAC in North America. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology of Chinese Academy of Science as well as an Adjunct Industrial Professor of University of South Australia.