Background
Akiba, Masashi was born on May 15, 1931 in Tokyo.
Mechanical engineering educator
Akiba, Masashi was born on May 15, 1931 in Tokyo.
Graduate, Yokohama (Japan) National University, 1954. Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo (Japan) Metropolitan University, 1986.
Chief engineer prime mover engineering executive, Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, 1954-1988; professor mechanic engineering department, Yokohama (Japan) National U., 1988-1997; professor mechanic engineering department, Waseda U., since 1997.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, International Organization for Standards (chairman TC208 Japan), Japan Society Mechanical Engineers, Gas Turbine Society Japan.
Married Ryoko Niizeki.