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International Research and Education Assessment Committee

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Fumihiko Kajiya MD PhD

Vice-President
Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare

1965 B.M. Osaka University, Medical School
1967 Research Associate, Osaka University, Medical School and Faculty of Engineering
1977 Professor, Kawasaki Medical School, Department of Medical Engineering
2000 Professor, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry
2005 Professor, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
2005 Special Mission Professor, Okayama University

1998-2000 President of Japanese Society of Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering
1994-1997 President of International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)
2006-2009 Chairman of International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering

Expert committee for Council for Science and Technology Policy (Cabinet office),
Program Director (Coordination Program of Nanobiotechnology)
Science Council of Japan, Chairman of Subcommittee of BME
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), GD

Toshio Kobayashi PhD

President
Japan Automobile Research Institute

1965 B.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Tokyo
1967 M.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Tokyo
1970 Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Tokyo

1970 Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
1986 Professor, University of Tokyo
2000 Member, Science Council of Japan
2003 Advisory Research Fellow, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
2003 President, Japan Automobile Research Institute
2003 Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo

Kazuo Tanishita PhD

Professor
Department of System Design Engineering,
Keio University

1969 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
1971 M.S., Production Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1975 Ph.D., Brown University

1976 Research Associate, Tokyo Women's Medical College
1981 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
1984 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
1992 Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
1996 Professor of System Design Engineering, Keio University
2000 Invited Professor for the UNIVERSITE DE LA MEDITERRANEE AIX- MARSEILLE II in France

Current Interest: Bioengineering

Joji Ando MD PhD

Appointed Professor
School of Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University

1973 Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Hokkaido University
1973 Medical staff in the Department of Internal Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital
1975 Medical staff in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital
1983 Assistant Professor, Institute of Electronic Science in Hokkaido University
1991 Visiting associate professor, Department of Cardiovascular Biomechanics, University of Tokyo
1997 Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
1998 Professor, Laboratory of System Physiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Post Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
2009 Appointed Professor, School of Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University

He earned Ph.D in Internal Medicine in 1981 from Hokkaido University, and from 1987 to 1988, he was a research fellow at Wistar Institute in Philadelphia in the United States.
Current Interest: Cardiovascular Physiology and Cell Biomechanics

Takeo Matsumoto PhD

Professor
Graduate School of Engineering,
Nagoya Institute of Technology

1983 B.Eng., Department of Precision Mechinery Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
1985 M.Eng., Department of Precision Mechinery Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
1988 Ph.D., Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
1988 Research Associate, Research Institute of Applied Electricity, Hokkaido University
1993 Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University
1996 Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University
1997 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
2002 Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology

2004-2006 Program Officer (Medical Engineering), Research Center for Science Systems, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Current Interest: Biomechanics of Soft Tissues and Cells

Etsuji Yamamoto PhD

Professor
Graduate School of Engineering,
Chiba University

1978 Ph D., Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
1978 Researcher, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd.
1995 General Manager, Medical Systems Research Department, Central Research Laboratory
2001 General Manager, R & D Center, Hitachi Medical Corporation
2003 Executive Officer, Hitachi Medical Corporation
2007 General Manager, Corporate Strategy Division
2010 Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University

Hiroyuki Yoshimori

Division Manager
BIO Business Development Division, Life Science Group (LISG), Olympus Corporation

1980 Graduated from the Department of Material Sciences, Faculty of Electro-Communications, The University of Electro-Communications
1982 Department of Material Sciences, Graduate School of Electro-Communications, The University of Electro-Communications

1982 Entered the Olympus Corporation and joined to R&D Center
1995 Group Leader, Dept. of Basic Technology Research
1997 Group Leader, Basic Technology Research Institute
2000 Group Leader, Genome Medical Business Development Project
2002 Group Leader, Genome Medical Business Development Division, Medical Systems Group
2004 General Manager, Bio-Medical Business Development Division, LISG
2005 Division Manager, Bio-Medical Business Development Division, LISG
2006 Division Manager, BIO Business Development Division, Life Science Group (LISG)

Timothy J Pedley PhD

The G I Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP)
University of Cambridge.

He has been Head of DAMTP, Chair of the World Council for Biomechanics, President of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and Editor of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

1995 Fellow of the Royal Society
1999 Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Engineering
2001 Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
2003 Rutherford Memorial Lecturer
2007 Ludwig Prandtl Memorial Lecturer

Roger D. Kamm PhD

Germeshausen Professor of Mechanical and Biological Engineering at MIT.

1977 PhD from MIT
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,
Joint Faculty between Mechanical Engineering and Biological Engineering.
Currently Associate Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department.

Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, the American Institute of Biomedical Engineering, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineering.
Chair of the World Council on Biomechanics
Chari of the US National Committee on Biomechanics.

Dominique BARTHES-BIESEL PhD

Professor
Bioengineering Department
Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (UMR CNRS 6600)
Universite de Technologie de Compiegne
And
Mechanical Engineering Department
Ecole Polytechnique

1968 Ingéieur des Arts et Manufactures ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS
1969 M.S. Chemical Engineering STANFORD UNIVERSITY
1972 Ph.D. Major Chemical Engineering STANFORD UNIVERSITY
1972 Ph.D. Minor Computer Science STANFORD UNIVERSITY
1982 Doctorat es-Sciences Mathéatiques UNIVERSITE PARIS VI 1982

1997 COMITÉ NATIONAL FRANÇAIS DE MÉANIQUE: Council member
2002 WORLD COUNCIL FOR BIOMECHANICS: Member
2004 IUTAM: Member of Congress Committee
2007 JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS Associate Editor

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