Ph.D. in Naval Architecture from the University of Tokyo. Professor Emeritus at The University of Tokyo. He served as the President of Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science and then became the Vice President of Nagasaki Marine Industry Cluster Promotion Association. He also served as the first chairman of Ocean Energy Association Japan. His field of expertise is marine engineering.
MSc of Naval Architecture , Yokohama National University. After working at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.’s Research Institute and JAMSTEC, he became the chief coordinator of this association. Specializes in ship engineering and floating body movement. He oversaw the development of deep-sea unmanned vehicle in JAMSTEC. Also he upporting the “Edokko No.1 Project” challenged by small companies in Tokyo.
Master’s degree in environmental and ocean engineering, University of Tokyo. After graduation, he worked as a management consultant for 10 years at Nomura Research Institute. In 2012, he made a U-turn from Tokyo to his home city of Nagasaki to start working towards the introduction of marine renewable energies such as offshore wind and tidal power. He is currently supporting various projects as a Director and Executive Coordinator of the association.
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Doctor of Engineering (Ship and Ocean Engineering), Osaka University. Professor Emeritus, Kobe University. Specializes in fluid analysis and floating body motion control.
After working for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Research Institute and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of America, he joined Kobe University in 2002, and since his retirement in 2016, he has been engaged in attracting overseas projects, building demonstration fields, and training personnel for offshore wind turbines as a member of this council.
Doctor of Science, Tohoku University. After serving as the head of Office of Marine Prediction of Atmosphere and Ocean Department at Japan Meteorological Agency, he became the head of Nagasaki Ocean Academy in April 2022. At Japan Meteorological Agency, he was mainly engaged in marine meteorological observation work, and was in charge of analyzing and producing information on long-term changes in the marine environment associated with climate change and global warming, focusing on observation data and numerical model results from the JMA’s marine meteorological observation ships. He also serves as the Chief of southwestern branch of Oceanographic Society of Japan.
Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki University
Ph.D. in Engineering
After completing his Master’s degree at the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, he joined the Faculty of Engineering as an assistant, then became an associate professor, and finally a professor at Nagasaki University.
His research primarily focuses on electrical machinery, power electronics, and control.
From November 1991 to July 1992, he was a researcher in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin.
He is a member of the IEEE, the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, the Japan Society of Biomedical Engineering, and the Japan Marine Engineering Society.
31 years from April 1977, he promoted new business development and other activities in the Mineral Resources Division of Mitsui & Co. He is also a visiting professor at Nagoya University, a member of the Working Group for Offshore Wind Power and Marine Renewable Energy of the Advisory Council of the Headquarters for Ocean Policy of the Cabinet Office, a member of the Next Generation Deep Sea Exploratory System of the Council for Science and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, a member of the Innovation Promotion Program of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, and a member of the Council for Science and Technology of the Council for Ocean Policy of the Cabinet Office. He has also served as a member of the Innovation SG and the Strategic Innovation Creation Program Innovative Deep Sea Resource Research Technology Peer Review Meeting.
Nishimatsu Construction. Ph.D. (Engineering). from the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nihon University. He specializes in fluid mechanics and floating motion. He is currently working as a research associate at the Institute for Nagasaki University.
Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Institute for Creation of New Technology, and Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science (also serving as Director of the Electrical and Electronic Information Division at the Institute for Creation of New Technology).
Vice President (Research and Social Collaboration) and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science.
Completed the Doctoral Course at the Graduate School of Production Science, Nagasaki University. Doctor of Engineering, specializing in power energy, control, and systems engineering.
He is a member of the IEEE, the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.
