Masahiro Ishida

Background

Ishida, Masahiro was born on October 11, 1944 in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan. Son of Kiyofusa and Nanae Ishida.

Education

Bachelor in Engineering, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, 1967; Master in Engineering, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, 1969; D in Engineering, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, 1975.

Career

Lecturer, Nagasaki (Japan) U., 1972-1974; associate professor, Nagasaki (Japan) U., 1974-1983; professor, Nagasaki (Japan) U., since 1983. Visiting professor University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989-1990.

Achievements

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

Membership

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Japan Society Mech. Engineers (committee chairman 1993-1995), Turbomachinery Society Japan, Visualization Society Japan, Japan Society Automotive Engineers, Society Automotive Engineers International, Japan Society Automotive Engineers in Kyushu (director since 1986).

Interests

• Avocations: mountain climbing, traveling, reading novels, table tennis.

Connections

Married Yoko Koga, March 20, 1972. Children: Kazuhiro, Akiko, Kayo.

Father:

Kiyofusa Ishida

Mother:

Nanae Ishida

Spouse:

Yoko Koga

child:

Kayo Ishida

child:

Kazuhiro Ishida

child:

Akiko Ishida