Kazuya Yoshida

Background

Yoshida, Kazuya was born on December 29, 1960 in Tokyo. Son of Kazumi and Kimiyo (Matsuo) Yoshida.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute Technology, 1984; Master of Science in Engineering, Tokyo Institute Technology, 1986; Doctor of Philosophy in Robotics, Tokyo Institute Technology, 1990.

Career

Research associate, Tokyo Institute Technology, 1986-1990; assistant professor, Tokyo Institute Technology, 1990-1994; visiting scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994-1995; associate professor mechanic engineering, Tohoku U., Sendai, Japan, since 1995.

Achievements

• Kazuya Yoshida has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Robotics Society Japan (Best Paper award 1993), Japanese Society.Mech. Engineering, Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (Best Paper award 1990).

Connections

Married Tomoko Arimatsu, September 17, 1988;children: Megumi, Akira.

Father:

Kazumi Yoshida

Mother:

Kimiyo (Matsuo) Yoshida

Spouse:

Tomoko Arimatsu

child:

Megumi Yoshida

child:

Akira Yoshida