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Curriculum vitae

Eiju Matsumoto

I had been involved in the recommendation work of IEEE Milestone from 1990s at the time of Yagi Short Wave Directional Antenna, Japan’s first Milestone to Today. Especially contributed as Secretary of JCHC (Japan Council Historical Committee, IEEE) 2004 to 2012.

I had been working long as a Research Engineer, Yokogawa Electric Process Control Instruments to 1989 and after I had been in the position of preparation of the Museum of Measurement project.

During the period I joined Smithsonian Institution in the US as a visiting scholar in 1994 and in 2004. I learned a lot about the Exhibit of Technology in the museum. I also studied History of Technology at the NMAH (National Museum of American History) of Smithsonian and got credits in History of Technology, under graduate and post graduate course 1994 at the University of Maryland, Courage Park in MA.

I studied Electronics Engineering at Shizuoka University and received the B.Eng. then Ph.D from Tamagawa University in Tokyo. I had been a lecturer at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Gakusyuin University, and Hosei University. At Present I am a Director of Society of Historical Metrology, Japan, an. IEEE Senior Member, a Member of SICE (Society of Instrument and Control Engineers) and IEEJ (Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan).

I issued books related History of Technology and Museums including, “What has Smithsonian been exhibiting”, Tamagawa Univ. Press (2003)

 (translation of Exhibiting Dilemmas, Smithsonian Press)

”World of Measurement”, Tamagawa Univ. press (2000) ”Lessons from Smithsonian”, Tamagawa Univ. Press (1997) ”Birth of Smithsonian Museums”, Yushodo Press (2010) (translation of The Lost World of James Smithson Bloomsbury)