CV


Masamu Kamaga, Ph.D / 釜我 昌武(工学博士)

Nationality: Japanese
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Date of Birth: August 12, 1982
Educational Background: Ph.D of Engineering

(Ver. June 10, 2018)


SUMMARY
Professional in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering, especially in Power Electronics Technology
·He obtained his Ph.D degree of Engineering on September 2010.
·He has knowledge and skills of Electrical and Electronic Engineering based on the engagement in some research projects of Power Electronics Technology at Japanese industry (TOSHIBA’s corporate R&D center), Japanese government’s institute (AIST), and universities (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Chiba University) in Japan for 8 years. And, now he has been teaching Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Indonesia also.

Professional in the Japanese Language Education, especially in Japanese Language for Business Use
·He has taught in the field of Japanese Language Education more than 5 years as a lecturer.
·Lots of his students are currently working for the companies in Japan or Japan related companies in Indonesia.

Good teaching ability and coaching skills
·Thanks to his working experiences with people from other countries (Indonesia, South Korea, China, Indonesia, Latvia, India, England and Azerbaijan), he has very good communication skills.
·He can teach in Japanese, English and Indonesian language until now.
·His teaching method has been based on some educational and psychological theory like PBL (Project-Based Learning) method or CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) method.

Leadership
·He had engaged in some projects in Japan and Indonesia. He had often led and initiated the projects.
·He has lots of experiences in Indonesia, like teaching at universities, sharing about Japan and its technology at more than 60 high schools, building a team for promoting Bandung City (the 3rd biggest city in Indonesia) to Japan, initiating the 1st Bandung Japan Festival in Bandung. Almost all his activities in Indonesia were held in Indonesian language and Sundanese language (the local language in Bandung City).
·He often got sponsorships or supports from local government and Japanese government and companies for his projects.

Flexibility and good communication skills
·He has worked in Indonesia as a lecturer of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Japanese Studies for more than 5 years.
·Based on his experiences outside Japan, he has been able to suit for other cultures and customs.
·He’s also a good speaker of English and Indonesian language and can teach in both the languages.



EMPLOYMENT
Bina Nusantara University, West Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia
·Full-time Lecturer, September 2017 – Now (until August 2019)

Maranatha Christian University, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
·Full-time Lecturer, June 2013 – May 2017

TOSHIBA (Corporate Research and Development Center), Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
·Research Worker, April 2010 – September 2011
·Member of the FIRST Program (National Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology), Research and Development of Innovative Power Electronics Technology Based on Silicon Carbide (SiC) towards Creating the Society with Lower Carbon

AIST (The National Institute of Advanced Industry, Science and Technology), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
·Technical Staff, September 2005 – March 2010

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
·Teaching Assistant, Japan, April 2005 – August 2005


EDUCATION
Chiba University, Chiba, Chiba, Japan
·Ph.D of Engineering, September 2010
·Title: “An Investigation of the Integration of Multi-level Converters with Applying Ultra-low-loss Power Devices (超低損失パワーデバイスの適用を考慮したマルチレベル電力変換器の集積化に関する研究, in Japanese)”
·Supervisor: Yukihiko Sato (佐藤 之彦)

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
·Master of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, March 2007
·Title: “An Investigation of the Modeling of Distributed Coordination Control Systems with Energy Flow (エネルギーフローを考慮した分散連携制御系のモデリングに関する研究, in Japanese)”
·Supervisor: Koji Takahashi (高橋 宏冶)

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
·Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, March 2005
·Title: “An Investigation of the Comparison of SiC-diodes for High Power Converters (大容量変換器のためのSiCダイオード性能比較の研究, in Japanese)”
·Supervisor: Hiromichi Ohashi (大橋 弘通)

Padjadjaran University, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
·Indonesian Language Program for Foreign Speakers (1 year), January 2013


EXPERIENCES
Full-time Lecturer at universities in Indonesia (Bina Nusantara University and Maranatha Christian University)
·Taught Electrical and Electronic Engineering, especially Power Electronics, Control System, Semiconductor Devices
·Taught Japanese Studies, especially Japanese Language and Manner for Business and Public Speaking
·Researched in new education curriculum of Japanese language for doing business with Japanese people
·Coached more than 15 students for Japanese government’s Scholarship (MEXT) and 7 students had been selected (approximately 19,000 US$ / person).
·Coached more than 50 students for Japanese language contests and more than 20 students had won.
·Became a guest speaker at more than 10 universities and more than 60 high schools

Research Worker at TOSHIBA's Corporate Research and Development Center, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
·Researched in power semiconductor devices for power system of renewable energy
·Assembled equipment for the evaluation of the reliability of newly developed power semiconductor devices
·Measured and evaluated the characteristic and the reliability of power semiconductor devices
·Supported to make newly designed power semiconductor devices (SiC-Diodes)
·Proposed new structures of power semiconductor devices and applied for patents with using semiconductor simulation TCAD

Research Project Leader at Chiba University, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
·Managed my research project of a power system for renewable energy as a leader with giving education to bachelor and master course students
·Assembled and drove many kinds of power conversion circuits, gate drive circuits, and induction motors based on the basic and my proposed theory
·Used some simulators for designing power electronics systems; PSIM, SPICE, MATLAB, SIMULINK
·Taught power electronics and power semiconductor devices to more than 20 master and bachelor course students
·Collaborated with guest researchers and students from foreign countries

Technical Staff at AIST (The National Institute of Advanced Industry, Science and Technology), Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
·Joined national projects funded by NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization)
·Supported experiments and simulations
·Proposed new arrangements of power conversion circuits and applied for patents

Initiator of the 1st Bandung Japan Festival, Bandung City, West Java Province, Indonesia
·Held the biggest Japan related event in Bandung City (more than 15,000 people visited in a day)
·Built the committee of the Bandung Japan Festival
·Collaborated with Bandung City's local government and Japanese government
·Got lots of sponsorship from Japanese companies

Coordinator of Study Tours for Japanese students, Indonesia
·Collaborated with Japanese universities, tourism agency and non-profit organization
·Gave chances to make own experiences for more than 20 Japanese students

Volunteer at Museum of Asian-African Conference, Bandung City, West Java Province, Indonesia
·Taught Japanese language with sharing my experiences in Japan and Indonesia to more than 100 local Indonesian young people
·Told what Indonesia has, from the point of view of a Japanese who lives in Indonesia