PROF. DR. TATSURO MORITA

Kyoto Institute of Technology

Current Positions:

  • Full-time Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT)

  • Visiting Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Mongkut‘s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand

Qualifications:

  • Fellow, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK, 2018)

  • Chartered Engineer (UK, 2008)

  • Doctor of Engineering (Keio University, 1994)

Specialized Fields:

  • Engineering Materials, Fracture and Strength of Materials

Current Roles in Academic Societies, etc.:

  • Executive Board Member, Society of Materials Science, Japan (JSMS)

  • Executive Board Member, Committee on Fatigue of Materials, JSMS

  • Executive Board Member, Technical Society for Surface Treatment by Fine Particle Bombarding

  • Special Technical Advisor, Small and Medium Enterprise Center of Kyoto Prefecture

Academic Awards:

  • Technical Award, Japan Titanium Society (2011), Study on hybrid surface treatment for titanium alloy

  • Award for Promising Researchers, JSMS (2000), Analytical study on fatigue behavior based on dislocation dynamics simulation

Academic Background and Career Track:

  • 2018: Visiting Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KMUTT, Thailand

  • 2017: Full-time Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, KIT. Engaged in research, education including dCEP and administration at KIT and academic societies.

  • 2000: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and System Engineering, KIT

  • 1998-1999: Visiting Scholar, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, USA. Sponsored by Fellowship Program of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan

  • 1991: Research Associate, Department of Mechanical and System Engineering, KIT

  • 1983-1991: Undergraduate, Mater‘s Course and Doctoral Course Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University