Background
Nagano, Yasutaka was born on September 15, 1943 in Nagoya, Japan.
Mechanical engineering educator
Nagano, Yasutaka was born on September 15, 1943 in Nagoya, Japan.
Master of Science, University Tokyo, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Nagoya University, 1978.
Research associate, Nagoya Institute Technology, 1969-1976; lecturer, Nagoya Institute Technology, 1976-1978; associate professor, Nagoya Institute Technology, 1978-1984; professor, Nagoya Institute Technology, since 1984. Visiting scholar Imperial College, London, 1981, Stanford University, 1981.
Member advisory committee Nagoya City Science Museum, since 1984, Foundation Chubu Science & Technology Center, since 1989, Nagoya Convention Bureau, since 1991. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Physical Society, Japan Society Mechanical Engineers (best paper award 1988, executive committee 1989-1991), Japan Association Refrigeration (executive committee since 1992), Japan Society Computational Fluid Dynamics (executive committee since 1992).
Married Masae Nagano. Children: Yasuko, Ikuko, Seiko.