Background
Nishioka, Toshihisa was born in February 1948 in Saga, Japan. Son of Fumio and Mitsuko (Matsuse) M.
Mechanical engineering educator
Nishioka, Toshihisa was born in February 1948 in Saga, Japan. Son of Fumio and Mitsuko (Matsuse) M.
Degree in Engineering, University Tokyo, 1977. Doctorate (honorary), University Galati, Romania, 2001.
Research associate Institute for Sea Training, Tokyo, 1972-1974, Yokohama (Japan) National University, 1974-1980. Postdoctoral fellow Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1978-1980, research scientist II, 1980-1982, visiting assistant professor, 1980-1982. Associate professor Kobe University Mercantile Marine, 1984-1991, professor, since 1991.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Honors Paper award pressure vessels and piping division 1990), Japan Society Mechanical Engineers (First award for young researchers 1983, Best Paper award 1992, Material and Mechanics Achievement award 2000, fellow 2000, Best Paper award 2001, Computational Mechanics Achievement award 2001, Hetenyi award 2002, Impact Division Achievement award 2002), Atomic Energy Society of Japan, Society of Material Science Japan (secretary research committee of impact division since 1989), Society for Experimental mechanics, Society Naval Architects of Japan, Marine Engineering Society Japan (chairman research committee of material strength 1990-1991, Corning Research grantee 1993, K. Washizu medal 1997), Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Science (Best Paper award 1997).
Married Chieko Fukahori, April 1972. 1 child, Shunichiro.