Personal Information

Professional Experiences

2020.02 - present Associate Professor
Bioengineering Course, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics,
Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Japan

2015.04 - 2020.01 Assistant Professor (Mentor: Prof. Hitoshi Ishikawa)
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Japan

2011.07 - 2015.03 Research Scientist (Supervisor: Prof. Kozo Fujii)
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan

2008.04 - 2011.06 Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Supervisor: Prof. Wei Shyy)
Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan, U.S.A.

Education

2008.03 Doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Prof. Hao Liu), Chiba University, Japan
2005.03 Master degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chiba University, Japan
2004.03 Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chiba University, Japan
2002.03 Foundation degree in Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Prof. Isamu Shimizu),
National Institute of Technology, Ibaraki College, Japan

Grants

KAKEN:https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/ja/nrid/1000010623712/

PI:

2022.4-2025.3 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/ja/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22H01397/)
2018.4-2021.3 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/ja/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-18K03955/)
2015.4-2016.3  Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/ja/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-26820053/)

2022-2023 Research grants, TAKEUCHI MFG (http://www.zaidan-takeuchi.or.jp/index.html)
2021-2022 Research grants, The Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Foundation (https://www.ebara.co.jp/foundation/index.html)

Only computer resources:
2021-2022 Computational time under HPCI System computers - Junior Researcher Promotion Projects
2020-2021 Computational time under HPCI System computers - Junior Researcher Promotion Projects
2019-2020 Computational time under HPCI System computers other than the K computer - Junior Researcher Promotion Projects
2017            Computational time under K computer for period (A) - Junior Research Promotion Projects
2016            Computational time under K computer - General Projects


Co-PI:

2020-2025 Grant-in-Aid for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Join Interaction Research (B)), PI: Prof. Matsuno of Tottori University
2019-2021 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, PI: Prof. Asai of Tohoku University
2017-2019 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, PI: Prof. Ishikawa of Tokyo University of Science

Honors and Awards

(Personal)
2019.06 The JACM Young Investigator Award 2019 (https://ja-cm.org/Japanese/Award/past.html)
2019.03 IOP Publishing Reviewer Awards 2018, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics (https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/bioinspiration-biomimetics-2018-reviewer-awards/)
2018.03 IOP Publishing Reviewer Awards 2017, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics (https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/bioinspiration-biomimetics-2017-reviewer-awards/)
2002.03 Hatakeyama awards, Japan Society for Mechanical Engineers

(Group)
2023.09 The Robotics Society of Japan, The 4th Excellent Research and Technology Award (2023): https://www.rsj.or.jp/en/info/awards/category/ 

2022.09 The JSFM Award for Outstanding Paper in Fluid Mechanics (https://www.nagare.or.jp/en/awards.html)

Professional Activities

Committee:

2022.01 - present     Editorial Board Members in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
(https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/journals/journal-of-physics-d-applied-physics/editorial-board/)
2020.04 - present    Editorial Board Members in MDPI Energies (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies)
2021.03 - present     Editorial Board Members in MDPI Aerospace (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/aerospace)
2016.02 - 2021.12     Advisory Panel in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Memberships:

Japan Society for Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS)
Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (JSFM)
The Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)