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14 quotes by Koichi Tanaka

Koichi Tanaka (田中 耕一, Tanaka Kōichi?, born August 3, 1959) is a Japanese engineer who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules with John Bennett Fenn and Kurt Wüthrich (the latter for work in NMR spectroscopy).
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I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as... →

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The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy... →

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From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face... →

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However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day.

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In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me... →

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Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other... →

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I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades.

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In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology.

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Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure.

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My grandmother valued even the smallest of things.

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My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.

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The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies.

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The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain... →

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