Staff (in Japanese).

Background Birth: 1945 1973: D.Eng., Dept.Mechanical Eng., Grad. Sch. of Eng., Osaka City Univ. 1974-1983: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., JAPAN 1983-1991: Associate Professor, Fac. of Ed., Mie Univ. 1991-1992: Professor, Mie Univ. 1992-present: Professor, Osaka Univ.
Research themes 1. Study on Design and Mechanical Simulation for Composite Materials - Finite Element Analysis of Damage Propagation Based on Damage Mechanics - Micro-Macro Coupled Analysis by Homogenization Method - Development of Optimum Design System 2. Study on Advanced Design based on Reliability - Development of Design Margin Decision System for Fatigue Life - Risk Analysis of Chemical Plants Based on Disaster Simulation 3.Study on Intelligent Materials System and Structures - On Self-Repair for Microcracks and Delamination in FRP - On an Intelligent Structure of Concrete Reinforced by CFRP - Detection of delamination in CFRP with a sensor by Optical Fiber