2002 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering List of Participants

Gregory D. Abowd
Associate Professor
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology

Cristina H. Amon
Raymond J. Lane Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems
Carnegie Mellon University

Kazuhiro Aoyama
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental and Ocean Engineering Marine System
University of Tokyo

Fumihito Arai
Associate Professor
Department of Micro System Engineering
Nagoya University

Yuji Awano
Senior Researcher
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

Patrick D. Cahill
Research and Development Manager
Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc.

John M. Chapin
Chief Technical Officer
Vanu, Inc.

Peter R. Ciriscioli
Director
Biomedical MEMS
Applied Research Associates, Inc.

Michael J. Daily
Senior Scientist, Department Manager
HRL Laboratories

John M. Dzenitis
Engineer
Microtechnology Center
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Benny D. Freeman
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Center for Energy and Environmental Resources
University of Texas at Austin

James G. Fujimoto
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Steven D. Glaser
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

Yukio Hasegawa
Associate Professor
Institute for Solid State Physics
University of Tokyo

Kimihide Hayakawa
Researcher
Cell-Mechano Sensing Project
Japan Science and Technology Corporation

Yasuhito Hayashi
Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor
Intelligent Media Project, NTT Cyber Solutions Laboratories
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Toshifumi Honda
Production Engineering Research Laboratory
Hitachi Ltd.

Hideyuki Inoue
Assistant Professor
Qunatum Materials Science Laboratory
Graduate School of Materials Science
Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Hiroko Ito
Researcher
Maritime Safety Department
National Maritime Research Institute

Itaru Kamiya
General Manager
"Nanotechnology" Laboratory, Science and Technology Research Center
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Olaf Karthaus
Department of Photonics Materials Science
Chitose Institute of Science and Technology

Kazuhiko Kato
Associate Professor
Insitute of Information Sciences and Electronics
University of Tsukuba

Daisuke Kitazawa
Lecturer
Department of Human and Society
Institute of Industrial Science
University of Tokyo

Hideki Kobayashi
Research Scientist
Corporate R&D Center
Toshiba Corporation

Philip C. Koenig
Associate Director
Industrial Economics and Technology
Office of Naval Research International Field Office (Asia)

Ron Kohavi
Vice President
Business Intelligence
Blue Martini Software

Edgar Lara-Curzio
Group Leader/Senior Research Staff Member
Mechanical Characterization and Analysis Group
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
High Temperature Materals Laboratory

Fumihiko Maeda
Senior Research Scientist, Supervisor
NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Device Physics Laboratory
NTT Corporation

Kenji Mase
Professor
Information Technology Center
Nagoya University

Hideaki Matsubara
Deputy Laboratory Directory
Research and Development Laboratory
Japan Fine Ceramics Center

Masato Miyake
Leader
Gene Technology Laboratory, Tissue Engineering Research Center
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Tomohide Murase
Research Associate
"Nanotechnology" Laboratory, MCC-Group
Science & Technology Research Center
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Hideo Nakano
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Biological and Agricultural Sciences
Nagoya University

Tomonobu Nakayama
Associate Director
Electro-Nanocharacterization Group, Nanomaterials Laboratory
National Institute for Materials Science

Babatunde A. Ogunnaike
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Delaware

Chikara Ohto
Assistant Manager
Bio Research Laboratory
Toyota Motor Corporation

Thomas Overbye
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois

Ranjan Patnaik
Staff Scientist
Maxygen, Inc.

Charles C. Peck
Research Staff Member
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Zhi Qi
Researcher
Cell Mechanosensing Project

Jun Rekimoto
Director
Interaction Laboratory
Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.

Joy L. Rempe
Engineering Fellow
Engineering Research Office Building
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

John E. Renaud
Professor
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame

David W. Rosen
Associate Professor, Woodruff Faculty Fellow, and Director, Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing Institute
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Lainie Friedman Ross
Associate Professor
MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
University of Chicago

Kazuhiro Sakurada
Division Head and Principle Investigator
Tokyo Research Laboratories
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Hiroyuki Sawada
Senior Research Scientist
Digital Manufacturing Research Center
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

David V. Schaffer
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

Mark H. Spicknall
Assistant Research Scientist and Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
University of Michigan

Andreas Stein
Associate Professor
Department of Chemisty
University of Minnesota

Kazu Suenaga
Senior Research Scientist
Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Yasuhiko Tabata
Professor
Department of Biomaterials, Field of Tissue Engineering
Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences
Kyoto University

Kazuma Tomizuka
Senior Scientist
Pharmaceutical Division, Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories
Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd.

Loren L. Turner
Senior Transportation Engineer
Division of New Technology and Research
State of California Department of Transportation

Robert H. Wagoner
Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Ohio State University

Roy Want
Principal Researcher
Intel Research

Michael S. Wong
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Rice University

Junji Yamato
Manager
R&D Vision Group, R&D Strategy
NTT Corporation

Jackie Y. Ying
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dong Yu
Senior Export
Content Management Group, R&D Department
NTT Data Corporation


Guests

Barun Chakrabarti
Manager (R&D)
Engineering and Construction Division
Larsen and Toubro, Ltd.

Qiu Cheng
Director
Research Institute of Systems Analysis
Academy of Machinery Science and Technology

Jun Fu
Deputy Director
Department of R&D Management
Research Institute of Petroleum Processing
SINOPEC

Timothy J. Gale
School of Engineering
University of Tasmania

Veeriah Jegatheesan
Lecturer
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
James Cook University


Japan Science and Technology Corporation

Kazuki Okmura
President

Naotaka Oki
Vice President

Jiro Shibata
Executive Director

Kimikazu Iwase
Director, Department of International Affairs

Masayuki Sato
Manager, Department of International Affairs

Toshiharu Suzuki
Manager, Department of International Affairs

Akihiro Sumiya
Deputy Manager, Department of International Affairs

Yuji Kato
Chief, Department of International Affairs

Natsuko Takagi
Department of International Affairs


Engineering Academy of Japan

Jun-ichi Nishizawa
President

Ikuo Yamada
Executive Director


National Academy of Engineering

Wm. A. Wulf
President

Harold K. Forsen
Foreign Secretary

Lance A. Davis
Executive Officer

Janet Hunziker
Program Officer

Barbara Neff
Executive Assistant to the President

Matthew Cottle
Director, Major Gifts