Sakata, Manabu ‘Gaku’

Executive Officer, Dept. of Research & Development, Nippon Katan, Japan

Sakata, Manabu ‘Gaku’

Executive Officer, Dept. of Research & Development, Nippon Katan, Japan

Biography

Wet Snow Accretion Packed with Sea-Salt on Insulator Strings

Mr. Sakata received his M. S. Eng. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Waseda University in Tokyo. Over his career, he has had extensive experience in design, construction, maintenance, asset management and research and development of transmission lines. This work experience includes application of polymer insulators and snow-related failures of transmission lines.