Name : Hiroshi Yamaura

Nationality : Japan

Age : 43

Date of Birth : 18 Feb. 1964

Place of Birth : Tokyo, Japan

Sex : Male

Status : Married

Office : Ookayama 2-12-1-I3-10, Meguroku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan

E-mail : yamaura(at)mech.titech.ac.jp

WORKING EXPERIENCE

November 1994 – Present

Associate Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

(August 1998 – June 1999)

Visiting researcher at University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A

April 1988 – November 1994

Assistant Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

April 1986 – March 1988

Department of Mechanical Engineering (Master Course), Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

April 1982 – March 1986

Department of Mechanical Engineering (Under Graduate Course), School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

AWARDS

2004 JSME (Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers) Medal for Outstanding Paper

Analysis of Friction-Induced Vibrations of Flying Head Slider in Near Contact Regime; Masami Yamane (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Kyosuke Ono, Hiroshi Yamaura

2004 Funai Foundation for Information Technology Award

Studies on Information Equipments

2003 JSPE (Japan Society for Precision Engineering) Takagi Memorial Award

Fundamental Study on Paper Transfer Mechanism

1993 JSME (Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers) Young Engineers Award

Studies on Access Control of Vibratory Positioning Mechanism

SUBJECTS AND PUBLICATION

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