Background
Sato, Hiroshi was born on August 31, 1918 in Matsuzaka, Mie, Japan. Came to the United States, 1954. Son of Masayoshi and Fusae (Ohhara) Sato.
Sato, Hiroshi was born on August 31, 1918 in Matsuzaka, Mie, Japan. Came to the United States, 1954. Son of Masayoshi and Fusae (Ohhara) Sato.
Bachelor of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan, 1938. Master of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan, 1941. Doctor of Science, Tokyo University, 1951.
Research associate faculty science, Hokkaido Imperial U., Sapporo, 1941-1942;
assistant professor Institute Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido Imperial U., Sapporo, 1942-1943;
research physicist, Institute Physicians and Chemical Research, Tokyo, 1943-1945;
professor, Tohoku Imperial U., Sendai, Japan, 1945-1957;
research physicist, Westinghouse Research laboratories, Pittsburgh, 1954-1956;
principal scientist, Science Laboratory, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1956-1974;
professor materials engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1974-1989;
Ross Distinguished professor engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1984-1989;
Ross Distinguished professor emeritus engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1989. Affiliate professor department materials science U. Washington, Seattle, 1986-1989;collaborator Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1989. Visiting professor U. Grenoble, France, 1967, Tokyo Institute Technology, 1979, Technology U. Hannover, Fed.Republic Germany, 1980-1981.
Consultant Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1978, 80.
Fellow American Physical Society. Member Japan Physical Society, American Ceramic Society, the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Japan Institute Metals (honorary since 1985, Prize of Merit 1951).
Married Kyoko Amemiya, January 10, 1947. Children: Norie M., Nobuyuki Albert, Erika Michiko.
