Professor. Masaaki Sato
PERSONAL INFORMATION
| Full name | Masaaki Sato |
| Date of Birth | March 29, 1949 |
| Citizenship | Japan |
| Office Address | 6-6-01 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba, Sendai 980-8579, Japan |
| Affiliation | Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University |
| Office Telephone | +81+22-217-6942 |
| Office Fax | +81-22-217-6943 |
| sato@bml.mech.tohoku.ac.jp | |
EDUCATION
| April 1967 - March 1971 | School of Mechanical Engineering, Okayama University (B.S) |
| April 1971 - March 1973 | Master Course of the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University |
| April 1973 - March 1976 | Doctor Course of the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University |
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January 1981 Doctor of Engineering (Ph.D.), Kyoto University
Title: Biomechanics of Blood Vessel Walls and Its Application to the Problems of Arterial Lesions (in Japanese)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| April 1976 - November 1976 | Nikkiso Co. Ltd. |
| November 1976- November 1990 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba |
| December 1990 - June 1992 | Associate Professor, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba |
| July 1992 - March 1997 | Professor, Department of Mechatronics and Precision Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University |
| April 1997 - March 2003 | Professor, Department of Mechatronics and Precision Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University |
| October 2002 - present | Leader of 21st Century COE Program of MEXT "Future Medical Engineering based on Bio-nanotechnology" |
| April 2003 - present | Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University |
HONORS
| March 1971 | Hatakeyama Award of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| April 1978 | The Annual Award of Japan Society of Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering |
| May 1981 | The Annual Award of Japan Society of Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering |
| May 1992 | Poster Competition Award at the annual meeting of Japan Society of Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering |
| April 1998 | JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper in 1997, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| January 2000 | Achievement Award in Bioengineering in 1999, Division of Biomedical Engineering of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| April 2000 | JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper in 1999, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| December 2000 | Outstanding paper award at the 10th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (Singapore, 6-9 Dec, 2000), Two papers. |
| June 2001 | Award for Best Poster at 2001 Summer Bioengineering Conference (Snowbird, Utah, USA, June 27- July 1, 2001) |
| August 2002 | 2002 ASB (American Society of Biomechanics) -Microstrain Award at The 4th World Congress of Biomechanics (Calgary, Canada, Aug. 4 -9, 2002) |
| December 2002 | Outstanding Paper Award at International Congress on Biological and Medical Engineering (Singapore, Dec 4-7, 2002) |
| April 2003 | JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper in 2002, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers |
PUBLICATIONS
Refered papers, Proceedings, Review and Books are published here.
RESEARCH AREAS
Vascular biomechanics - especially cell biomechanics, vascular wall biomechanics, microcirculation