Biography of Hirohisa Uchida, School of Engineering, Tokai University, 1117 Kita-Kaname, Hiratsuka-City, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan

Hirohisa Uchida

2. Education

1) Bachelor's(73) and Master's(75) degrees in Engineering, Tokai University, Japan.

2) Doctor's degree(Doktor rerum naturalium)(77) in Metallurgy, University of Stuttgart, Germany.

3. Career History

1) 75-81: Research Assistant & Post-Doc.Research Fellow,

     Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany.

2) 81-present: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor(84), Professor(90),

     School of Engineering, Tokai University, Japan.

3）90-94: Research Project Leader, "The UCHIDA Super-Magnetic Materials Project",

   Kanagawa Academy of Science & Technology (KAST), Japan.

4) 97-03: Executive Director, Division of Research Administration, Tokai University.

5) 01-03: Executive Director, Future Science & Technology Joint Research Center, Tokai University.

6) May/Nov.-Dec 2002: Invited Guest Professor, Univ. of Paris XI (Paris Sud), Orsay, France.

7) 03-present: Dean, School of Engineering, Tokai University.

8) 06-present: Member of Board of Trustees and Councilor, Tokai University Educational System (TES).

9) 07-present: Vice-Chancellor, Tokai University.

4. Research Fields

   Hydrogen Energy Materials / Eco-Materials and Technology / Application of Metal Hydrides /

   Sola-Wind-Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Hybrid Systems / Sustainable Development by Hydrogen Technologies etc

5. Scientific Activity

1) Papers published : 219 for materials, and 30 for education, science & technology, and eco-technology.

2) Books and Editors: 15 for hydrogen-metals, and university-industry-government cooperation (UNESCO) etc.

3) Presentations : 38 invited lectures at international meetings including Gordon Research Conference(2).

4) Patents: 14. 

5. Awards

1) Minister of Education, Japan, for R&D of a Solar Vehicle (92).

2) Japan Rare Earth Society for Systematic Study on Rare Earth Functional Intermetallics(97).

3) International Association for Hydrogen Energy(IAHE) & UNIDO for Scientific Achievement

    in Hydrogen Energy (98, 05, 07).

6. Appointment

1) Advisor / Chairman of Several Committees of of Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), and

    New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), and other organizations.

2) Honorary Editor, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (JALCOM), Elsevier.

3) Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (IJHE), Elsevier.

4) Advisory Board of Directors, International Association for Hydrogen Enewrgy (IAHE).

5) Advisor, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Poland.

6) Board Member, HONDA Foundation (HOF), Japan.

7) Board Member, Japanese Society for Engineering Education (JSEE).

8) Columnist, NIKKEI Industrial Daily, Japan.