Ken-ichi TSUBOTA, PhD
Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Division of Artificial System Science
Graduate School of Engineering
Chiba University
tsubotafaculty.chiba-u.jp

Research Interest
Biomechanics, Solid & Fluid Mechanics, Computational Mechanics, Microcirculation, Cell Mechanics, Bone Remodeling

Degrees
- PhD: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University, Japan, 2001.3
- MS: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University, Japan, 1998.3
- BS: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University, Japan, 1996.3

Professional Experience
- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chiba University, Japan, 2015.4-Current
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chiba University, Japan, 2007.7-2015.3
- Research Associate, Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University, Japan, 2003.4-2007.6
- Research Associate, Mechatronics and Precision Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan, 2002.9-2003.3
- Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer and Information Division, RIKEN, Japan, 2001.4-2002.8

- Visiting Researcher, University of California, San Diego, USA, 2006.6-2007.3
- Visiting Researcher, RIKEN, Japan, 2002.9-Current
- Junior Research Associate, Materials Fabrication Laboratory, RIKEN, Japan, 1999.4-2001.3

Award
- The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The Young Scientists' Prize. 2012.4
- Best Presentation Award. Comput. Mech. Div., JSME. 2011.2
- JACM Award for Young Investigators in Computational Mechnaics. 2010.7
- Seguchi Prize. Bioeng. Div., JSME. 2009.1
- Young Investigator Award. Aoba Found. Promot. Eng.. 2006.12
- Best Presentation Award. Comput. Mech. Div., JSME. 2006.2
- JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper. JSME. 2002.4
- Best Presentation Award (Student). Comput. Mech. Div., JSME. 1998.12

Membership
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering (JSMBE), Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (JSCES), American Physical Society (APS)