CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name, Family name:            Nokata

Forenames:                          Makoto

Sex:                                    Male

Date of birth:                       21 April 1970

Place of birth:                      Fukuoka, Japan

Marital status:                      Married

Nationality:                          Japanese

Present address:                   Department of Robotics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1, Nojishigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan

 

Education:

1989 -1993              Department of Mechanical Information Science and Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Awarded the degree of Bachelor of Engineering

1993-1995               Department of Mechanical Information Science and Technology,, Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Awarded the degree of Master of Engineering

1995-1998               Ph.D course, Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, Nagoya University
Awarded the degree of PhD for a thesis entitled gStudy on Safety Robotics for Medicine and Rehabilitation h.
Work supervised by Professor Koji Ikuta

 

Research and professional experience:

1995-1998               Research Fellow, Japan Society for the promotion of Science research fellowship (Doctoral course student)

1998-2001               Research Fellow, Japan Society for the promotion of Science research for the future program

2001-2002               Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya University with Professor Koji Ikuta

2002-present            Associate Professor at the department of Robotics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University

 

Professional Memberships and Position:

1993-          Member, the Robotics Society of Japan

1999-          Member, Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery

1997-          Member, the Society of Life Support Technology

2000           Program Committee Member, the 9th Annual Conference of Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery

2003           Program Committee Member, JSPE 8th Intelligent Mechatronics Workshop

2005-          Member, NPO Safety Engineering Laboratory

2006           Program Committee Member, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

2006-          Editor, Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan

 

Awards:

1993        The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, Hatakeyama Award

1995        The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Mechatronics Division, Certificate of Merit for ROBOMEC Outstanding Research Activity

1998        RSJ/SICE/JSME 3rd Robotics Symposia, Best Paper Award

1999        The Robotics Society of Japan, Young Investigation Excellence Award

2000        The Robotics Society of Japan, Best Paper Award

2001        The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Mechatronics Division, Certificate of Merit for Best Presentation

2005        IEEE International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science, Best Paper Award