Dr. Makoto IWASAKI, Professor
Mail to
iwasaki[at]nitech.ac.jp
Vital statistics
Date of birth:
Birthplace:
Nagoya city, Aichi, Japan
Family:
wife Yasuko, daughter Riho, and son Ibuki
Education:
- BS in electrical engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, 1986
- MS and Dr.Eng. in electrical and computer engineering,
Nagoya Institute of Technology, 1988 and 1991
- Dr.Eng. thesis: "High Performance Control of Induction Motors"
(in Japanese)
[abstract in Japanese]
Academic carieer:
- From April 1991, a research associate at Dept of Elec & Comp Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
- From October 1997 to March 1998, a Japanese government research fellow at the
Technical University of Chemnitz and at the
Technical University of Munich
- From April 2000, an associate professor at Dept of Elec & Comp Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
- From September 2002 to July 2003, a Japanese government research fellow at the
Technical University of Chemnitz
- From April 2003, an associate professor at Dept of Comp Sci & Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
- From August 2005 to July 2007, a program officer at Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
- From April 2009, a professor at Dept of Comp Sci & Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
- From April 2010 to March 2011, a Head of Dept of Comp Sci & Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
Recent research field:
Development of
Intelligent Motion Control.
- Application of Soft Computing Techniques to Motion Control
- High Performance Positioning Methodology in Mechatronic Products
Publications & Awards:
Organizational memberships and contributions:
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IEEJ (The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan)
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JSPE (The Japan Society for Precision Engineering)
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IEEE , Industrial Electronics Society
- 2012-2013: Member of Administrative Committee (AdCom), IEEE/IES
- 2013 : Technical Program Co-chairs at ICM-2013 (IEEE/IES)
- 2012 : Program Committee, Track Chairs (Mechatronics and Robotics) at IECON-2012 (IEEE/IES)
- 2012 : Mechatronics and Robotics Chairs at ISIE-2012 (IEEE/IES)
- 2012 : Publicity Co-chairs at AMC-2012 (IEEE/IES)
- 2011 : Mechatronics and Robotics Chairs at ISIE-2011 (IEEE/IES)
- 2010 - : Technical Editor for the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
- 2009 - 2011: Chair of Technical Committee on Motion Control, IEEE/IES
- 2006 - : Member of Technical Committee on Motion Control, IEEE/IES
- 2010 : Program Committee, Track Chairs (Mechatronics and Robotics) at IECON-2010 (IEEE/IES)
- 2010 : Program Committee member, Associate editor at AIM-2010 (IEEE/ASME)
- 2010 : International Committee member at AMC-2010 (IEEE/IES)
- 2009 : Tutorials & Workshops Co-Chairs at AIM-2009 (IEEE/ASME)
- 2009 : Program Committee member at ISIE-2009 (IEEE/IES)
- 2008 : Technical Program Co-chairs at AMC-2008 (IEEE/IES)
- 2008 : Guest editor of special section on motion control, Trans. on IE, IEEE
- 2008 : Program Committee member at AIM-2008 (IEEE/ASME)
The class in charge:
- Fundamentals of Electrical Circuit
- Ordinary Differential Equations
- Electrical Energy Conversion
- Energy Design Seminor
- Advanced Motion Control
- Advanced Smart Mechatronics
Favorite periodicals:
Favorite food:
Favorite restaurant:
McDonald's (Same taste in anytime and anywhere,
in all over the world !!)
Favorite musician:
Leisure activity:
- used to play tennis, tennis, tennis, and tennis !!
- used to ski,
- ...now pedal a bicycle