Prof. Akira Todoroki (Dr of Engineering)
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo (former Tokyo Institute of Technology) Japan
Prof. Akira Todoroki has been a faculty (assistant, associate, full professor) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo (former Tokyo Institute of Technology), Japan, since 1988. He previously worked as a researcher in Nagoya Aircraft Work, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, in 1986-1988. He also served as a visiting researcher in the University of Florida, USA (1995-1996). He received his bachelor, master, and Ph.D. degrees from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Institute of Science Tokyo). He has been a fellow member of Japan Society of Composite Materials (JSCM) and Japan Society of Additive Manufacturing. His research interests include 3D printed composites, self-sensing composites, fracture mechanics, and optimizations of composite structures.
He won prestigious awards since he started his academic career. In 1989, he won JSME Young Engineers Award from Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering. In 2000, he won the renowned “Hayashi Award” from Japan Society of Composite Materials, the highest recognition for the researchers working on composite materials in Japan. In the same year, he also won JSMS Young Engineers Award in 29th FRP Symposium. He also won awards from various institutions and societies, including Best Paper Award from High Pressure Institute of Japan (2021), JSCM Best Paper Awards (2007, 2011, 2014, 2021), JRPS Best Paper Awards (2004, 2005, 2012), JSMS Best Paper Awards (2005, 2006, 2007), Computational Mechanics Achievement Award from JSME (2006), Best Paper Award in the 8th Korea-Japan Joint Symposium on Composite Materials (2011), Award of Achievement (2010) and Best Paper Award (2019) from SAMPE Japan, Best Paper Award from American Society for Composites (2013), and Best Paper Award from JSASS (Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Science).
Published papers
See this link Some of published papers are written in Japanese.