Masanobu Shinozuka

Masanobu Shinozuka
Born	December 23, 1930 (1930-12-23) (age 80) Tokyo, Japan
Residence	Irvine, California
Nationality	Japanese American
Fields	Civil engineering
Institutions	University of California, Irvine
Alma mater	Columbia University
Doctoral advisor	Alfred Freudenthal
Notable awards	National Academy of Engineering

Masanobu Shinozuka is a Japanese applied mechanics expert in earthquake and structural engineering and Distinguished Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at University of California, Irvine. He is also the university's chair of research committee for the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research. Shinozuka's research focuses on field theory and risk assessment methodology in civil engineering.^[1] His works have been applied numerously in earthquake engineering in buildings, bridges, lifeline and environmental systems.

Education and Academia

Masanobu Shinozuka was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 23, 1930.^[2] He earned his B.S. in civil engineering in 1953 and M.S. in 1955 from Kyoto University. Shinozuka later came to the United States and received his Ph.D. in civil engineering under the supervision of Alfred Freudenthal from Columbia University in New York City. From 1958 to 1988, Shinozuka taught in the civil engineering department of Columbia University. Later, he joined the faculty of Princeton University until 1995, when Shinozuka became professor of civil engineering and Fred Champion Chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Southern California. At USC, he also served as director of the International Institute of Innovative Risk Reduction Research on Civil Infrastructure Systems.

Today

Professor Shinozuka is currently the Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of California, Irvine.^[3] He joined the department in 2001 and was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor by the university's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and the Academic Senate.

Honors

Masanobu Shinozuka is recipient of numerous honors and awards.^[4] In 2004, he was awarded the Egleston Award for Distinguished Engineering Achievement.^[5] In 1994, he received the prestigious Theodore von Karman Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 1978, Shinozuka was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Today, he is also a fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, an elected foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and an honorary member of the American Society of Civil Engineering.

References

1. ^ http://www.eng.uci.edu/users/masanobu-shinozuka
2. ^ http://www.sciencedirect.com
3. ^ http://www.civil.columbia.edu/alumni-bios/shinozuka/alumni.html
4. ^ http://archive.today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=559
5. ^ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/media/04/324_egleston_awards_dinner/index.html

External links

• University of California, Irvine Archive
• Civil Engineering Department of Columbia University
• Henry Samueli School of Engineering Official Site
• National Academy of Engineering Official Site
• Science Direct
• National Academies Press

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Name	Shinozuka, Masanobu
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Date of birth	1930
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
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