I am very sad to hear Prof. Akagi passed away in October from Prof. Yoshiaki Yoshimi.
Prof. Akagi was the second seconded faculty in GE after Prof. Francis Toru Onodera. Prof. Akagi was at AIT from 1978 till 1980 or so; but always visited AIT thereafter. His English Command is perfect and he was a Master of Ceremony in the 9th ICSMGE held in Tokyo. There were nearly 2000 participants. Prof. Akagi is a true gentleman. Sincere condolences to his family and close friends. After Prof Akagi we had Prof. Hideki Ohta, Prof. Towhata, Prof.Kuwano and much more on our GE Faculty.