Kenkichi Okada

Background

Okada, Kenkichi was born on January 1, 1926 in Chiba, Japan. Son of Kiyoshi and Hideko (Torikai) Okada.

Education

Bachelor, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1961.

Career

Assistant, Aichi Gakugei U., Nagoya, Japan, 1951-1961; lecturer, Nagoya Institute Technology, 1961-1962; assistant professor, Nagoya Institute Technology, 1962-1968; professor, Nagoya Institute Technology, 1968-1989; professor computer science, Nagoya Bunri College, 1989-1996; retired, 1996. Associate scientist I, P.R. Nuclear Center, 1963-1965. Guest professor Autonomous U. Madrid, 1987-1988.

Achievements

• Kenkichi Okada has been listed as a noteworthy physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Catastrophe Theory and Phase Transitions: Topological Aspects of Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena (Solid State Phenomena, Vol 34)

Connections

Married Aiko Toyoda, November 28, 1956. Children: Ritsuko, Yoo.

Father:

Kiyoshi Okada

Mother:

Hideko (Torikai) Okada

Spouse:

Aiko Toyoda

child:

Yoo Okada

child:

Ritsuko Okada