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Special Section on Recent Development of Electromechanical Devices

(Selected Papers from ICEC2006)

The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Transactions on Electronics announces a forthcoming special section on “Recent Development of Electromechanical Devices (Selected Papers from ICEC2006)” to be published in July, 2007.

The electromechanical devices are one of key devices that support development of systems applied in many fields including information, communication and environment engineering fields which are strategic ones in Japan.  They have made progress in terms on downsizing, high-density packaging and high performance devices on the bases of high reliability and high safety.  Moreover, they have recently been researched and developed also from the points of view on energy-saving, environmental preservation and creation of new validity by application of new materials such as nano-materials.  The results of research and development activities relating to the electromechanical devices were presented at ICEC2006 (The 23^rd International Conference on Electrical Contacts) held at Sendai this June.

In this special section, papers will be selected mainly from ones presented at ICEC2006, but other papers are also available properly.  It would be most grateful if many papers are contributed for significant activation and timely dissemination of the results of research and development in these fields.

Possible topics of interests include, but are not limited to:

      -Electromechanical and connection devices/materials (switches, relays, connectors, micro-motors, optical devices, automotive components, micro-/nano-devices and their materials)

      -Contact phenomena (contact resistance, arc discharge, sliding, welding, broadband signal transmission, electromagnetic compatibility)

      -Applications (communication, power systems, sensors, instrumentation)

      -Evaluation (modeling, simulation)

Prospective authors are requested to send four copies of manuscript before October 23, 2006 October 31, 2006 to

       Dr. Makoto Hasegawa

        Chitose Institute of Science and Technology

          758-65 Bibi, Chitose, Hokkaido, 066-8655 Japan

Tel & Fax: +81-123-27-6059, E-mail: hasegawa@photon.chitose.ac.jp

*The manuscript should be prepared according to the guideline in the Information for Authors”.  The latest version thereof is available at http://www.ieice.org/eng/shiori/index.html, or you can refer to its brief summary attached to the IEICE Transactions on Electronics.

**The length of a full paper should not exceed eight printed pages, and the length of a letter should not exceed two printed pages.

Special Section Editorial Committee

  Guest Editor: Isao Minowa (Tamagawa Univ.)

  Secretary:    Makoto Hasegawa (Chitose Inst. of Science and Technology)

  Members:    Takeshi Aoki (Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.), Seiji Asai (Hitachi Communication Technologies, Ltd.), Mitsuo Ichiya (Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.), Hiroshi Inoue (Akita Univ.), Shigeru Umemura (Chiba Inst. of Technology), Hitoshi Obara (Akita Univ.), Takayoshi Kubono (Shizuoka Univ.), Tatsuo Kobayashi (Oki Sensor Device Corporation), Koichiro Sawa (Keio Univ.), Junya Sekikawa (Shizuoka Univ.), Hideaki Sone (Tohoku Univ.), Makoto Takahashi (Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.), Masanari Taniguchi (Tohoku Bunka Gakuen Univ.), Terutaka Tamai (Hyogo Univ. of Teacher Education), Makito Morii (Omron Corporation), Kiyoshi Yoshida (Nippon Inst. of Technology), Noboru Wakatsuki (Ishinomaki Senshu Univ.), Yoshitada Watanabe (Kogakuin Univ.)

* Please note that if accepted, all authors, including authors of invited papers, should pay for the page charge covering partial cost of publication.  Authors will receive 100 copies of the reprints.

[IMPORTANT NOTICE] From July 1, 2005 , at least one of the authors must be an IEICE member when the manuscript is submitted for review. Invited papers are an exception. We recommend that authors unaffiliated with IEICE apply for membership