Sadao Nakai

Background

Nakai, Sadao was born on June 4, 1938 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Kunitaro and Naragiku Nakai.

Education

Bachelor in Engineering, Osaka University, 1961. Master in Engineering, Osaka University, 1963. Doctor in Engineering, Osaka University, 1966.

Career

Research associate engineering Osaka University, 1966-1968, engineering lecturer, 1968-1971, associate professor engineering, 1971-1978, professor, 1978-2001, director Institute Laser Engineering, 1987-1995, member university council, 1994-1995, director Institute Free Electron Laser, 2000-2001, professor emeritus, since 2001. President Kochi (Japan) National College of Technology, 2001—2005, Graduate School for Creation of New Photonics Industries, Hamamatsu, Japan, since 2005. Member professional committee on nuclear fusion Atomic Energy Commission Japan, 1992-2001.

Achievements

• Sadao Nakai has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Japan-U.S. Seminar on Physics of High Power Laser Matter Interactions/Kyoto, Japan 9-13 March 1992

    (Contains essays presented at the Japan-US seminar held in...)

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society, Institute Physical. Member Laser Society Japan (dean since 1986, vice president 1997-2001, since 2005), Japan Society Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research (dean 1986-1992, vice president 1995-1997), Institution of Electrical Engineers Japan (dean 1985-1987, chairman technical committee opto-quantum device 1994-2000).

Interests

• Avocations: judo, golf.

Connections

Married Yasuko Matsunaga, June 5, 1966. Children: Kumiyo, Mikiharu, Keiko.

Father:

Kunitaro Nakai

Mother:

Naragiku Nakai

Spouse:

Yasuko Matsunaga

child:

Keiko Nakai

child:

Kumiyo Nakai

child:

Mikiharu Nakai