Personal profile

Work

April 2007 - present Professor, Department of Materials Science, Osaka Prefecture University
March 1996 - March 2007 Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
April 1986 - February 1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Metal Science and Technology, Kyoto University

Additional posts

July 2007 - March 2009 Research Advisor, National Institute for Materials Science
October 2005 - September 2006 Guest Associate Professor, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University
April 1998 - September 1998 Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology
July 1996 - April 1997 Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Mechanics and Physics of Materials, National Superior School of Mechanics and Aero-engineering, France

Education

April 1981 - March 1986 Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University (Nuclear Engineering)
April 1977 - March 1981 School of Engineering, Tohoku University (Nuclear Engineering)
April 1974 - March 1977 Sendai First High School, Miyagi Prefecture

Certificates and degrees

December 1994 Certificate of Advanced English, International Examinations, University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate
March 1986 Doctor of Engineering, Tohoku University
March 1983 Master of Engineering, Tohoku University
March 1981 Bachelor of Engineering, Tohoku University

Awards

December 2008 The 42nd Award for Excellent Papers Semboshi S., Nishida T., Numakura H., Konno T., 'Microstructure, strength and electrical conductivity of Cu-3 at.% Ti alloy aged in a hydrogen atmosphere' (in Japanese), Journal of Japan Research Institute for Advanced Copper-base Materials and Technologies, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 165-170 (2008).
April 2007 Acta Materialia Outstanding Reviewer
March 2003 Award for Distinguished Achievements, The Japan Institute of Metals
May 1993 The 13th Murakami Award for Young Researchers of Materials Science, Murakami Memorial Foundation

Societies

  • The Japan Institute of Metals: Regular member
  • The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan: Regular member
  • The Society of Materials Science, Japan: Regular member
  • The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS): Regular member
  • Japan Research Institute for Advanced Copper-base Materials and Technologies: Regular member

Academic appointments

  • Chairperson, The 3rd International Symposium on Steel Science (ISSS 2012), May 2012, Kyoto
  • Organiser, Japan Institute of Metals Symposium on Functions of Alloying Elements in Steels, 8 December 2008, Tokyo
  • International Scientific Committee, International Conference on Internal Friction and Mechanical Spectroscopy (Next meeting: ICIFMS-16)
  • Vice-chair, The 14th International Conference on Internal Friction and Mechanical Spectroscopy - ICIFMS-14 (September 2005, Kyoto)
  • Co-editor, Proceedings of ICIFMS-14: Materials Science and Engineering A, 442 (1-2), December 2006. [Preface]
  • Scientific Committee, The Japan Institute of Metals
  • Review Commettee, Journal of the Society of Materials Science, Japan (Since June 2010)
  • Editorial Commettee, Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials Transactions (Since June 2002)
  • Key Reader, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (Since April 2000)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science The 172 Committee on Alloy Phase Diagrams The 147 Committee on Amorphous and Nanomaterials The 133 Committee on Microstructures and Functions of Materials