Takashi OhiraTakashi Ohira received B.E. and D.E. degrees in communication engineering from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, in 1978 and 1983. In 1983, he joined NTT Electrical Communication Laboratories, Yokosuka, Japan, where he was engaged in research on monolihic integration of microwave semiconductor devices and circuits. He developed GaAs MMIC transponder modules and microwave beamforming networks aboard multi-beam communication satellites, Engineering Test Satellite VI (ETS-VI) and ETS-VIII, at NTT Wireless Systems Laboratories, Yokosuka, Japan. From 1999, he was engaged in research on wireless adhoc networks and microwave analog adaptive antennas at ATR Adaptive Communications Research Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan. Concurrently he was a Consulting Engineer for National Space Development Agency (NASDA) ETS-VIII Project in 1999, and an Invited Lecturer for Osaka University in 2000 to 2001. From 2005, he was Director of ATR Wave Engineering Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan, and an Invited Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. Currently he is a Professor of Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan. He serves as URSI Commission C Vice Chair, APMC2006 International Steering Committee Chair, EuMA Award Committee member, and EuMC2006 Technical Program Committee member. He is an IEEE Fellow. He co-authored Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (Tokyo: IEICE, 1997). Dr. Ohira was awarded 1986 IEICE Shinohara Prize, 1998 APMC Japan Microwave Prize, and 2004 IEICE Electronics Society Prize. Read More Read Less