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BIOGRAPHY
Takahiro Hamada was born in Fukuoka, Japan,
in 1971. He received the B.E. degree in applied
chemistry from Kyushu Institute of Technology ,
Fukuoka, Japan in 1994, and the M.E. degrees in
electrical engineering from Shizuoka University,
Shizuoka, Japan in 1996.He has been with Fujikura
Ltd. Chiba, Japan, since 1996 and has been working
on the development of optical fibers process
technology.
Shoichiro Matsuo was born in Fukuoka, Japan,
in 1964He received the B.E. and M.E. degrees in
electrical engineering from Kyusyu University,
Fukuoka, Japan in 1988 and 1990. He jointed
Fujikura Ltd. in 1990, where he has been working on
design and development of optical fibers.
Kuniharu Himeno was born in Fukuoka, Japan,
in 1962. He received the B.E. degree in electrical
engineering from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
in 1984.He has been with Fujikura Ltd. Chiba,
Japan, since 1984 and has been working on the
design and development of specialty fibers such as
apolarization-maintaining optical fiber.
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