Susumu Tadakuma (多田隈 進, Tadakuma Susumu)^[1] is a Japanese electrical engineer and professor emeritus with Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan, lifetime IEEE Fellow.^[2]

He is the recipient of the 2019 IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award "for pioneering contributions to high-power converters and drives for highspeed-train and industrial applications"^[3]

Among other achievements, his innovations in motor controllers were crucial for MAGLEV and Japanese bullet trains.^[2]