Hidetoshi Kotera's Biography

Hidetoshi Kotera, Professor, Kyoto University

Hidetoshi Kotera (Dr. Eng., Kyoto University, Japan, 1993) is Kyoto University’s executive vice-president for external strategy,Knowledge & Technology transfer and Innovation.
Prof. Kotera was a research scientist and manager at the Central Research Laboratory of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd from 1982-1993. He was an associate professor in Kyoto University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering (1993-1996) and then in the Post Graduate school of engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering (1996-2000). In 2000 he attained a full professorship in the same department before assuming his current position as a professor in the Department of Micro-Engineering (2003-2012). He was appointed as director of the President’s Office (2008-2012), and vice-president (2009-2012). In Oct., 2012 he was appointed to executive vice president.
Prof. Kotera’s main research interests are mechanical engineering, bio, micro and nanotechnology, Micro Total Analysis Systems (Micro TAS), Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), multi-physics numerical analysis theory and system and piezoelectric material. He is the author of 170 academic papers and over 220 papers for international conferences, and is the holder of 47 patents. He has received many awards and distinctions including the JSME Medal for Outstanding Paper, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering (1996), the Best Paper Award, Japan Society of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (2006) and the Award of the Funai Foundation of Information Technology (2008). In 2005 he became a fellow of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering.