Prof. Toshio FUKUDA,

Senior Professor, Nagoya University, Japan

Biography

• Toshio Fukuda (M'83-SM'93-F'95) graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan in 1971 and received the Master of Engineering degree and the Doctor of Engineering degree both from the University of Tokyo, in 1973 and 1977, respectively. Meanwhile, he studied at the graduate school of Yale University from 1973 to 1975. In 1977, he joined the National Mechanical Engineering Laboratory in Japan. From 1979 to 1980, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Stuttgart, West Germany. He joined the Science University of Tokyo in 1981, and then joined Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan in 1989.
• At present, he is Professor of Dept. of Micro System Engineering and Dept. of Mechano-Informatics and Systems, Nagoya University, Japan. He is mainly engaging in the research fields of intelligent robotic system, self-organizing system, micro robotics, robotic system under hostile environment, bio-robotic system, neuromorphic intelligent control, fuzzy control, control of mechanical systems and technical diagnosis.
     He has received many awards such as Contribution Award from the Robotics and Mechatornics Division of JSME (1995), Best Paper Award of ICEC'96 and Best Paper Award of IECON'96, City of Grenoble Medal (1997), IEEE Eugene Mittelmann Achievement Award (1997), Banki Donat Medal from Polytechnic University of Budapest, Hungary (1997), and Medal from City of Sartillo, Mexico (1998), IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000). IEEE Fellow (1995). SICE Fellow (1995).