Tokyo Institute of Technology Professor Awarded 2022 Wiley-IEEE Press Professional Book Award

Kenichi Iga, Honorary Professor/Former President of Tokyo Institute of Technology received the 2022 Wiley-IEEE Press Professional Book Award. This award is granted in recognition of excellent technical books published by Wiley-IEEE Press. The subject of the award is “VCSEL Industry: Communications and Sensing,” a specialized book on surface-emitting lasers published in 2021 with Honorary Professor Iga as one of the authors (Babu Dayal Padullaparthi, Jim Taum, and Kenichi Iga).

The award ceremony was held at the International Conference on Semiconductor Lasers (ISLC2022), held in Matsue City in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, on October 18th, 2022. Dr. Akihiko Kasukawa, General Chair of ISLC2022 that is technically sponsored by IEEE, presented a commemorative plaque on behalf of IEEE. After the ceremony, Honorary Professor Iga gave an IEEE Edison Medal commemorative lecture and during his talk he expressed appreciation for receiving the Book Award.