Takaharu Tanaka

Background

Tanaka, Takaharu was born on September 14, 1943 in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan. Son of Rinkichi and Yone Tanaka.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Kanto Gakuin University, Mechanical Engineering Department, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, 1966. Master of Science, Kobe University, Graduate School Engineering, Hyogo, Japan, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Engiring., Kobe University, 1989.

Career

Assistant professor Kobe University, 1968—2007. Member Academic Scientists Mission Kobe University, 1980. Visiting professor Ganz-Mavag Ltd, Budapest, Hungary, 1979, Technology University, Budapest, 1983, University Manchester Institute of Science Technology, 1979, Imperial College, London, 1979, University Birmingham, 1979, University Liverpool, 1979, University Washington, Seattle, 1981, University Wroclaw, Poland, 1985, Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland, 1985, Technology University, Berlin, 1985, Technology University Magdeburg, 1985, Cambridge University, Whittle Laboratory, 1987, University Sheffield, 1987, University Glasgow, Scotland, 1988, Munich University of Technology, 1988, University Hanover, Germany, 1988, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1997—2005, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 2001, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China, since 2002, University Pretoria, South Africa, 2004, Cairo University, 2005, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2006, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany, 2006, Bangladesh University Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, 2006.

Achievements

• Takaharu Tanaka has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (life. Member fluid machinery committee 1972—2008, member fluid applications system technical committee 2000-2008), Turbomachinery Society Japan, Japanese Society Gas Turbine, Japanese Society Mechanical Engineers.

Interests

• Calligraphy, mountain climbing, dance.

Connections

Married Keiko Matsunaga. Children: George, Limmy, Yoko, Hideo, Rinna.

Father:

Rinkichi Tanaka

Mother:

Yone Tanaka

Spouse:

Keiko Matsunaga

child:

Rinna Tanaka

child:

Yoko Tanaka

child:

George Tanaka

child:

Limmy Tanaka

child:

Hideo Tanaka