Yoichi Sumi

Background

Sumi, Yoichi was born on September 23, 1948 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Son of Toshio and Yoshiko (Nakamura) Sumi.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Yokohama National U., Japan, 1971; Master of Engineering, U. Tokyo, 1973; Doctor of Engineering, U. Tokyo, 1976.

Career

Lecturer, Yokohama National U., 1976-1978; associate professor, Yokohama National U., 1978-1993; professor naval archaeology and ocean engineering, Yokohama National U., since 1993. Visiting scholar Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1978-1980, visiting associate professor, 1982.

Achievements

• Yoichi Sumi has been listed as a notable Naval architecture/ocean engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Naval Architects of Japan (prize 1990), Japan Society Mech. Engineers (prize 1985), Shipbuilding Research Association Japan (research group since 1990), International Congress of Ship and Offshore Structures.

Connections

Married Katsuko Kamemoto, August 19, 1952. Children: Haruko, Naoko, Mariko.

Father:

Toshio Sumi

Mother:

Yoshiko (Nakamura) Sumi

Spouse:

Katsuko Kamemoto

child:

Naoko Sumi

child:

Haruko Sumi

child:

Mariko Sumi