Masao Tanaka, Ph. D.

Professor, Mechanical & Bioengineering Systems Laboratory
Division of Bioengineering
Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering
Graduate School of Engineering Science
Osaka University
1-3 Machikaneyama
Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531
JAPAN
Phone: +81-6-6850-6180
Fax: +81-6-6850-6182
e-mail: tanaka(atmark)me.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

Education

1978: B.S., Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, Kobe University
1980: M.S., Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University
1983: Ph.D., Systems Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University

Academic Experience

1983-1986
Research Associate, Department of Systems Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University
1986-1994
Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University
1991-1997
Associate Professor, Department of Mechancial Engineering
Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University
1997-2003
Professor, Department of Sysmtems and Human Science
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
2003-
Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Honors

1989: Young Investigators Award, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
1992: Seguchi Award, Division of Bioengineering, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
1994: Second Poster Prize, Second World Congress of Biomechanics
1997: JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper
2002: Outstanding Paper Award, International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering

Professional Societies

Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Japanese Society of Clinical Biomechanics
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
International Society of Biomechanics, and others.

Area of Research Activities

Bioengineering: Hard tissue mechanics, Skeletal mechanics, Computational biomechanics, Rehabilitation engineering
Design Engineering: Adaptive structures, Multiscale design, Sturcutral optimization, Design systems

Areas of Educational Activities

Undergraduate course: Numerical Analysis, Design exercise
Graduate course: Computational biomechanics, Optimum design theory