Title

Professor,Graduate School of Science and Engineering

Head of Soft & Wet Matter Engineering Lab.

Academic Carrier and Education

・2017-　Head of Soft Matter Robotics Consortium (OPERA-SOFUMO)

・2013-　Leader of Digital Materials and Systems Group, Center of Kansei-Oriented　Digital Fabrication (COI STREAM)

・2013-　Chair of Life-3D Printing Innovation Center (LPIC).

・2012-　Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Japan.

・2009-　Head of Soft & Wet Matter Engineering Laboratory (SWEL).

・2009-2012　Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Yamagata University, Japan.

・2004-2009　Associate Professor, Division of Life Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan.

・2002-2004　Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering of Polymer Materials and Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan.

・1996-2002　Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering of Polymer Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.

・1996　D. Sc. in Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.

Professional Carrier and Awards

・2017-2018 　 Member of the research subcommittee, NISTEP.

・2016-　Co-founder and Special Technical Consultant,D-Light Matter, Inc.

・2013-2014　Member of the research subcommittee, ” Future Prospect of Fab Society” , IICP.

・Member of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.

・Member of the Society of Polymer Science Japan, Tohoku branch.

・President of the School for Future Polymer (Koubunshi Mirai Juku), The Society of Polymer Science, Japan.

・Member of the Society of Rubber Science and Technology, Japan, Kanto branch.

・Member of the Cellulose Society of Japan, Hokkaido Tohoku branch.

・Director of the Japan Biorheology Society.

・Founder and Member of the Yamagata Makers Network.

・Founder and Director of the Yonezawa Itadakimasu Research Group for Regional Meal Innovation.

・Founder and Director of the EKI Fab-3D Prining at Yonezawa station.

Award

・2016　Best Speakers Award 2016, JAFOE（The Engineering Academy of Japan、National Academy of Engineering,United States）.

・2016　 M&P (Materials & Processing Division) Achievements Award , The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.

・2013　Nice-Step Researcher Award, NISTEP(National Institute of Science and Technology Policy) .

・2010　 Society for the Promotion of Scientific measurement Award, Society for the Promotion of Scientific measurement.

・2010　Best Speaker Award(M&M International Symposium for young researchers) , The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Members of Soft & Wet Matter Engineering Laboratory (SWEL),2017 .

Membership of Professional Societies

Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)，Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ)，Physical Society of Japan (JPS)，Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ)， Society of Rubber Science and Technology, Japan (srij), Society of Rheology, Japan (SRJ)， Cellulose Society of Japan，Japanese Society of Tribologists (JAST)，Japan Biorheology Society， Society of Pure & Applied Coordination Chemistry (SPACC)，Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)，American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)，Electrochemical Society (ECS)，American Chemical Society (ACS)，International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)，Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ).

Messages

3D printing technology is becoming useful and applicable by the progress of information and communication technology (ICT). It means 3D printer is a kind of useful robot for additive manufacturing and is controlled by computer with human-friendly software. Now we are challenging to apply 3D gel printing to start and innovate new businesses in county side.