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Masato Tanaka

Dr.

TOYOTA CENTRAL R&D LABS., INC.

Japan

Biography

Dr. Masato Tanaka is a researcher at Toyota Central R & D Labs., Inc., Japan since 2009. He mainly
focuses on developing numerical modeling of composite materials which are used in simulation of
automotive structures, and numerical optimization method which is applied to innovative design of
programmable structures. During 2012-2014, he stayed at Institute of Mechanics of University of
Duisburg-Essen, Germany, as a visiting scholar. During 2020-2022, he stayed at Toyota Research
Institute of North America (TRINA) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he developed computational
inverse design method of inflatable structures with wide applications in soft robot and flexible body
structures, as an Executive Engineer. He has published more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed
journals on topics related to computational mechanics. Prior to Toyota, he worked at Department of
System Design Engineering, Keio University, Japan, as Assistant Professor (Non-tenured). He earned
a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Keio University, Japan.

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