Laboratory for
Origami-Based Engineering Design &
Bio-inspired Design
ABOUT ME
Kazuya Saito
Kyushu University, Faculty of Design, Lecturer
2019.1 to Present
Kyushu University, Faculty of Design, Lecturer
2017.6 - 2018.12
The University of Tokyo, Graduate school of Information Science and Technology, ERATO Kawahara Universal Information Network Project.
Project Assistant Professor
2012.1 - 2017.1
The University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science, Department of Mechanical and Biofunctional Systems, Assistant Professor
2010.3 - 2011.12
JAXA, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2009.4 - 2010.3
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
EDUCATION
Biomimetics, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Structural Mechanics, Design Engineering, Origami, Deployable Structures, Light weight Structures, Smart Structures.
1997 - 2000
福岡県立筑紫丘高等学校 普通科
2001 - 2005
京都大学 工学部 物理工学科
Kyoto University, Undergraduate School of Engineering Science
Award
平成29年度科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰 若手科学者賞，文部科学省，平成29年度4月19日
日本塑性加工学会 東京・南関東支部 支部技術開発賞，平成29年度4月21日
37th ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Best Paper Award，米国機械学会, 2013.
平成26年度 生研弥生賞 最優秀賞，東京大学生産技術研究所
平成23年度 構造強度に関する講演会 若手奨励賞，日本航空宇宙学会．
平成21年度 日本応用数理学会若手優秀講演賞，日本応用数理学会
平成19年度 日本機械学会賞(論文)，日本機械学会
Academic Society
2005 - 2007
京都大学 大学院工学研究科 航空宇宙工学専攻 修士課程
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Master Course
2007 - 2009
東京工業大学 大学院理工学研究科 機械物理工学専攻 博士後期課程
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences
Oversea Research & Education
2019.5 – 2020.1
The University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science (Prof. Zhong You).
Visiting Scholar
2010.9 – 2010.11
the University of Bristol, Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (Prof. Fabrizio Scarpa).
Visiting Research Fellow
2009.12 – 2010.3
California Institute of Technology, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Space Structure Laboratory (Prof. Pellegrino).
Visiting Research Fellow
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
American Society of Mechanical Engineering