Background
Kawai, Masamichi was born on May 19, 1956 in Gifu, Japan. Son of Mitsuo and Tazuko Kawai.
Kawai, Masamichi was born on May 19, 1956 in Gifu, Japan. Son of Mitsuo and Tazuko Kawai.
Bachelor in Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan, 1979. Master in Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan, 1981. Doctor of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan, 1984.
Research associate Nagoya University, 1984—1987. Postdoctoral fellow Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1986—1987. Assistant professor University Tsukuba, Japan, 1987—1993, associate professor Japan, 1993—2002, professor Japan, since 2002.
Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Japan Society Materials Science, Japan Society Composite Materials (director since 2002, trustee since 2002, editor since 2000), Japan Society Mechanical Engineers (Hatakeyama award 1979).
Married Mayuko Ando; children: Yuto, Takahiro.