専門分野は航空宇宙工学(特に高速流体力学および数値シミュレーション)

Details Bio

• Postdoctoral fellow of National Promotion of Science, at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan 4/1980 - 9/1981
• NRC Research Associate at NASA Ames Research Center, U. S. A. 10/1981 - 10/1983
• (Senior) Research Scientist at National Aerospace Laboratory Japan 4/1984 - 1/1988
• Associate Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan 2/1988 - 7/1997
• Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan 7/1997 - 9/2003
• Professor, ISAS, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan 10/2003 - 3/2015
• Professor, Tokyo University of Science, Japan 4/2015 – 9/2023

Additional Experience

• Senior NRC Research Associate at NASA Ames Research Center, U. S. A. 7/1986 - 10/1987
• Professor, Dept. Aero. and Astro. Eng. University of Tokyo, Japan 7/1997 - 3/2015
• Director, JAXA’s Engineering Digital Innovation (JEDI) Center, JAXA, Japan 10/2005 - 9/2009
• Research Director, ISAS, JAXA, Japan 4/2008 - 9/2009
• Deputy Director, ISAS, JAXA, Japan 10/2009 - 3/2013
• Director, Promotion Office for Collaboration with Universities, JAXA Japan 4/2013 - 3/2015

Additional Positions

• Professor Emeritus, JAXA, Japan 4/2015 – present
• Visiting Research Scientist, Rocket Engine Research Group, JAXA, Japan 4/2016 – present
• Council Member, Science Council of Japan (SCJ), Japan 10/2014 – present
• Member, National Academy of Engineering, Japan 4/2015 - present
• Vice Chair, Committee for Promotion of HPCI (High Performance Computing Infrastructures), Ministry of Education, culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan 4/2017 – present

Awards

• 1987 Best Aerospace Image Award: AIAA 31st Aerospace Sci. Meeting, Art Exhibition and Comp.
• 1990 Technical Brief: NASA
• 1994 Minister’s Award: Space and Technology Agency, Japanese Prime Minister’s Office
• 1996 Computational Mechanics Achievement Award: Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
• 2000 Computational Mechanics Award: Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
• 2002 Fellow: Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
• 2004 Fellow: Japan Society for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (JSASS)
• 2004 Daniel & Florence Guggenheim Award: International Council of Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS)
• 2004 Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), US
• 2005 Fluid Dynamics Award: Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
• 2006 Fellow: Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (JSFM)
• 2006 JACM Award: Japan Association of Computational Mechanics (JACM)　
• 2007 Distinguished Service Citation: Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
• 2009 Distinguished Service Citation: Visualization Society of Japan (VSJ)
• 2010 Achievement Award: Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (JSCES)
• 2011 Award for Excellent Applications in Fluid Mechanics: Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (JSFM)
• 2013 Fellow: Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (JSCES)
• 2013 Fluid Science Award: Fluid Science Foundation, Japan
• 2016 Senior Scientist Award: Asian Pacific Association for Computational Mechanics (APACOM)
• 2017 Honorary Fellow: Japan Society for Aeronautics and Space Sciences (JSASS)
• 2018 Fellow: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), US
• 2021 Honorary Fellow: Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers（JSME)
• 2021 Award for Outstanding Paper in Fluid Mechanics: Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics（JSFM)
• 2022 Awards for Science and Technology（Public Understanding Promotion Category): Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
• 2022 Honorary Fellow: Japan Association for　Computational Mechanics（JACM)
• 2023 Honorary Fellow: Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics（JSFM）
• 2023 Honorary Fellow: Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science（JSCES）
• 2023 2023 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Award

Patents 5 patents　(all domestic)

• (1) Patent 06-238192 (1996, 8-99633) : Train body design method
• The developed theory is called “V_wall” theory and has been used for the design of front cars of many Shinkansen trains and maglev trains (to be scheduled to run in 2027) in Japan.
• (2) Patent 6-323209 (1994): Structure of Tunnels
• (3) Patent 7-247793 (1995): Tunnel exit design for low booming noise
• (4) Patent 3728461(2005): Automatic identification methof of locations based on image data
• (5) Patent 4362572 (2006, 2006-29483)) Method to solve optimization problems with desired robustness.