Researcher's Profile

　　　　

March 1977	M.S. Precision Engineering, Osaka University
April 1977	Joined Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC)
September 1983	Department of Metallurgy and Material Science, University of Cambridge, U.K.
June 1997	General Manager, Superintendent of Plate Mill, Kimitsu Works, NSC
June 2005	Director, Technical Development Bureau, NSC
November 2012	Project Professor, RCAST, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo)
April 2017	Adviser, RCAST, UTokyo
Mar 2018	Outside Director, Showa Denko K.K.
July 2018	Advisor, IoT Acceleration Lab., Eiheiji Town, Fukui Prefecture
May 2022	Research Advisor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Jan 2023	Outside Director, Resonac Holdings Corporation

　 　 　

Novel application development of various kind of materials, such as steel, nonferrous metal and ceramic are studied. Effective utilization of radiative and convective heat transfer at high temperature is of special interest. Research interest is also extended into the field of interdisciplinary study of the utilization of IoT technology, the Management of Technology, the Business-Academia Collaboration, as well as the Human resource development. Introducing the world's most advanced researches in RCAST to the wide range of industries, Human resource development of young researchers, Work style reform, and the Industry-government-academia collaboration including business-to-business network are actively supported.