Let's find facts! 　Final version revised in August, 2016.

Japanese universities found in statistics

• Topics 1: Age distribution of new entrants
  Topics 2: Comparison of completion rate
  Topics 3: Timing when students start seeking a job
• Topics 4: Ranking by IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook

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Brief Self Introduction

• Born in 1931 in Tokyo, male, married, two sons and five grandchildren. 175-2 cm tall (due to ageing) , weight 66+ε kg (target; ε=zero, reality; ε=1), gray hair with 20 % darkness. Lost wife in 2017 and live alone.
• Studied mechanical engineering. Five years industrial experience as a gas turbine design engineer, including two years doctoral research at Technische Hochschule Braunschweig, Germany.
• 1959-1992: 33 years education and research at Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Tokyo, specified in fluids engineering with emphasis on the application to turbomachinery. Emeritus Professor of the University after retirement.
• 1992-2003: 11 years education as Professor of Mechanical Engineering of Kogakuin University, a private engineering college established in 1887 with some 6000 undergraduate and 700 graduate students. Nine years of that period were spent for administration of the University as the President from 1994 through 2003. Emeritus Professor of the University after the second retirement.
• 2003 to 2011: Chair, Board of Directors, Incorporated Educational Institution "Kogakuin University". The Institution manages the University along with two attached schools, a junior high and a high school.
• Advisor to Japan Federation of Engineering Societies (JFES) and Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE).
• Member of the Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ).

Mail address: PGA02322@nifty.com
Place of residence: Tokyo, Japan

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Major Past Activities

• As the President and Chiar of "Kogakuin University":    The origin of Kogakuin University was founded in 1887 as a private two-year college of technology. Responding to the increasing needs for qualified engineers, it was converted in 1949 to a modern four-year university specialized in engineering education. Tokyo Urban Tech, the sub-name of the University, comes from the facts that the main campus is located at the heart of the Metropolis, and many of our researches deal with engineering problems arising from urbanization. More than 90 thousand graduates from our schools spread out to every sector of industries and are supporting the basis of modern industrial society. The total enrollment of our university and attached schools is around 8000. The Board of Directors is responsible for the management and financing of the Educational Institution.
• To Establish Engineering Profession in Japan:   Modern society is filled with human-made products that are planned, designed, manufactured and operated by engineers.  Engineers are responsible for the safety and reliability of their products, similar to medical doctors who are responsible for the health of people. Engineering profession of today must be quality-assured with globally compatible standards. In accordance with this new requirement, our Professional Engineers Act was revised in 2000 by the proposals compiled by the Council of Professional Engineers of Science and Technology Agency, and went into effect since April, 2001.   Engineering education is the basis of the profession and the quality must be assured by an accreditation process. In November 1999, Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE) was founded as the accreditation agency representing Japan.  I am one of the founding members and have been supporting the development and management of JABEE since its foundation. JABEE became the provisional member of the Washington Accord in 2001 and became the 9th signatory in 2005.
• Other past activities:  Director, Hatakeyama Culture Foundation; Councilor, Kurata Memorial Hitachi Science and Technology Foundation, etc

Membership of Academic/Professional Societies

• Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (President 92-93); Turbomachinery Society of Japan (President 90-92); Multi-Phase Flow Society of Japan (President 91-93); Japan Society of Aero- and Astronautics; Gas Turbine Society of Japan; Visualization Society of Japan; Japan Society of Hydro- and Pneumatic Engineering; Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics; Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (Honorary Member 91- ).
• Engineering Academy of Japan (Member since 1986)
• Japan Federation of Engineering Societies (President 99-03, advisor, fellow)
• Japan Society for Engineering Education (Vice-President 98-04)
• Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (Vice-President 99-05, President 05-09, advisor)
• Science Council of Japan (Council Member 91-00, Director of Engineering Division 97-00, Member 06-11)

Curriculum Vitae

• Graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo in March 1954.
• April 1954 - June 1959: Design engineer of gas turbine and industrial compressors at Ishikawajima Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• October 1956 - September 1958: Research student (on DAAD Stipend) with supervision of Prof. H. Schlichting at Technische Hochschule Braunschweig, Germany. Obtained Dr.-Ingenieur Degree in August 1958 by the thesis work on tandem compressor cascades.
• July 1959 - March 1992: Faculty staff at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tokyo, specialized in fluids engineering and fluid machinery. Lecturer (1959), Associate Professor (1960) and Professor (1976-1992). Professor Emeritus (1992-).
• April 1992- March 2003: Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kogakuin University. April 1994 - March 2003: President of the University. Professor Emeritus (2003-).
• April 2003 - March 2011: Chair, Board of Directors, Incorporated Educational Institution "Kogakuin University".
• Awards: Paper Award of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (1969, 1980, 1984 and 1993); Paper Award of Turbomachinery Society of Japan (1986); National Medal of Honors with Blue Ribbon (1992, contribution to industrial standardization); National Medal of Honors with Purple Ribbon (1997, contribution for the progress of fluids engineering); Minister's Award of MITI (1987, contribution to industrial standardization); Minister's Award of Science and Technology Agency (1995, contribution to the safety of nuclear power generation); Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (2011, national conferment); Distinguished Engineer Award (2015, Asian Fluid Machinery Committee); Distinguished Achievement Award (2018, Turbomachinery Sociedty of Japan).
• Main research theme: Steady and unsteady cascade flow; unsteady performance of turbomachinery; unsteady fluid forces on whirling impellers of turbomachinery; unsteady loss characteristics of piping elements such as branch, diffuser and step; two-phase flow in turbopumps; instability of two- phase flow pumping system; two-phase flow in two-dimensional cascades, analysis and experiment; diffusion in turbulent wall jet; longitudinal diffusion in vehicle tunnels; ventilation, safety and environmental problems of vehicle tunnels; numerical simulation of vehicle fire in tunnels; environmental fluid mechanics.

Recent Publications

The center of gravity of recent publications has been shifting from those with the topics in fluids engineering to those in engineering education. Please refer to Publications List of the recent papers written in English.