Biography - Thailand Automotive Institute
Biography - Thailand Automotive Institute
Biography - Thailand Automotive Institute
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Special Presentation<br />
Moving Towards Global Green <strong>Automotive</strong> Industry: Why and How<br />
Dr. Toshio Kobayashi<br />
President, Japan Automobile Research <strong>Institute</strong> (JARI)<br />
E-mail: prd@jari.or.jp<br />
Abstracts<br />
In automotive industry, it is essential to focus on global green such as low CO 2 emission, clean air and<br />
road safety. In this speech, firstly, recent situation regarding global green is described. Then the various<br />
approaches to achieve global green issurveyed. Finally, the challenges for the effective approaches are<br />
mentioned and the importance of the automotive research activities is pointed out.<br />
<strong>Biography</strong><br />
Name : Dr. Toshio Kobayashi<br />
Year of Birth: 1941<br />
Education:<br />
M.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Tokyo, March 1967<br />
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Tokyo, March 1970<br />
Experiences:<br />
Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, April 1970.<br />
Professor, University of Tokyo, February 1986<br />
Advisory Research Fellow, <strong>Institute</strong> of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo , April2003<br />
President, Japan Automobile Research <strong>Institute</strong>, May 2003<br />
Awards: Leonardo da Vinci Award, 11th International Symposiumon Flow<br />
Visualization, Aug. 9, 2004, Notre Dame, USA<br />
Short Description<br />
Fellow, Japan Federation of Engineering Societies, 2009<br />
Member, Science Council of Japan, 2000-2008<br />
President, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001-2002<br />
Vice President, FISITA, 2000-2002<br />
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