Expert’s Eyes

　To create a safe and secure society without injuries, I am conducting researches on the mechanism of injury occurrence and effective damage reduction methods from a viewpoint of mechanics and mechanical engineering. Kinematic behavior and injury occurrence mechanism of a victim in car-to-car and car-to-pedestrian/cyclist collisions are examined by using computer simulations. I am also interested in injuries that can occur in daily life such as fall and sports injuries. Recently, I am focusing on accident investigations to investigate the causes of traffic accidents and driver behavior analysis using a driving simulator.

Remarkable File

・A member of Frontal Impact, Side Impact, Pedestrian Protection and Impact Biomechanics Committees in JSAE. ・May. 2016: The Outstanding Technical Paper Award, Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan ・Oct. 2017: Second Prize, Essay Contest for 25th Anniversary of Instutite for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis ・Wrote "Kinematic behavior of motorcyclist and cyclist in traffic accidents." In Medicine of accidental injury in traffic, edited by Hitosugi M, Nishiyama K and Terashima M, The University of Nagoya Press (2020)

Brief Personal History

Mar. 2004:
Bachelor of Engineering, Nagoya University Mar. 2006:
Master of Engineering, Nagoya University Apr. 2009:
Researcher of Japan Automobile Research Institute (until Apr. 2013) Apr. 2012:
Doctor of Engineering, Nagoya University May. 2013:
Assistant Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University (until Mar. 2020) Apr. 2020:
Associate Professor of the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University Apr. 2022:
Professor of the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University