 JAPANESE DELEGATION
 JAPANESE DELEGATION
      
      Isao Shimoyama
      Dean,
        Graduate School of Information Science
        and Technology,
        The University of Tokyo
        7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
        Tokyo 113-8656, Japan      
      Tel: +81-5841-6317
        Fax: +81-3818-0835
        isao@i.u-tokyo.ac.jp
      Isao Shimoyama received B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical
        engineering from The University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1977, 1979, and 1982,
        respectively.
      He joined The University of Tokyo in 1982 and is presently a Professor in the
        Department of Mechano-Informatics, School of Information Science and
        Technology.
      He has been a MEMS conference committee member since 1996, and his
        current research interest is microsystems, including MEMS structures and
        functions based on insects.