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  Kenji Shimada

Computational Engineering &
Robotics Laboratory

 
 

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Dr. Kenji Shimada is Theodore Ahrens Professor in Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Biomedical Engineering (courtesy appointment), the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (courtesy appointment), and the Robotics Institute (courtesy appointment).  Dr. Shimada received his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Tokyo, and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests are in the areas of geometric modeling, computational geometry, computer graphics, factory robotics, computer assisted surgery, and human body simulation. Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon in 1996, he was Manager of Graphics Applications at IBM Research, Tokyo Research Laboratory. At IBM Research Dr. Shimada initiated and led various research and consultation projects with IBM customers and the Japanese government, as well as with the company’s internal product development and manufacturing groups. At Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Shimada has explored a new physically based approach to key geometric problems in engineering and medical applications, such as finite element mesh generation, interactive curve and surface design, three-dimensional shape reconstruction, robotic path generation, and surgical planning. His physically based mesh generation method, BubbleMesh, has been licensed to and used by over 50 companies in manufacturing industries. A member of ACM, ASME, IEEE Computer Society, JSIAM, and SAE, Dr. Shimada is the recipient of a number of awards, including APSIPA Distinguished Lecturer in 2013, Outstanding Research Award from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 2013, IMR Fellow Award in 2011, the Best Author Award from the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2006, ASME Design Automation Best Paper Award in 2004, IPSJ Best Paper Award in 2002, NSF CAREER Award in 2000, Honda Initiation Grant Award in 1998, George Tallman Ladd Award for Excellence in Research from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1998, IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award in 1994, and Nicograph Best Paper Award in 1994. Shimada currently serves on the editorial board of four international journals and has served as Chairman of many academic conferences and committees, including Geometric Modeling and Processing in 2006, ASME Design Automation Conference in 2004, Symposium on Unstructured Mesh Generation in 2001, and International Meshing Roundtable in 1999. He is the author or co-author of over 130 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conferences, and the inventor or co-inventor of over 20 patents in the US, Japan, and Europe.

Education

1993  Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (with Business Minor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.

1985  M.S., Precision Machinery Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan

1983  B.S., Precision Machinery Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Professional Experience

2010 – present    Founder, Chief Science Officer, Ciespace Corporation, Pittsburgh, USA.
2008 – present    Founder, CEO, ViaSketch Inc., Pittsburgh, USA.
2007 – present    Theodore Ahrens Professor in Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
2007 – present    Courtesy faculty appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
                               Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
2004 – 2010        Founder, President and CEO, Ciespace Corporation, Pittsburgh, USA.
2003 – present    Professor, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Biomedical 
                               Engineering (courtesy faculty appointment), and the Robotics Institute (courtesy faculty
                               appointment), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
2002 – present    ourtesy faculty appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering,
                               Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
2001 – 2003        Associate Professor, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Robotics Institute
                               (courtesy faculty appointment), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
2000 – 2005       Co-Founder, Bonecraft LLC., Pittsburgh, USA.
1998 – present   Courtesy faculty appointment in the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University,
                              Pittsburgh, USA.
1996 – 2001       Assistant Professor, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
                              Pittsburgh, USA.
1995 – 1996       Manager, Advanced Graphics, IBM Research, Tokyo Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.
1993 – 1995       Project Leader, IBM Research, Tokyo Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.
1989 – 1993       IBM Japan Overseas Scholar
1985 – 1989       Researcher, IBM Research, Tokyo Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.

Honors and Awards

2013   APSIPA Distinguished Lecturer

2013   Outstanding Research Award (The Carnegie Institute of Technology) †

2011   IMR Fellow Award, International Meshing Roundtable

2011   IDEA Studio Award, Autodesk Inc.

2010   Best Poster Award, the 19th International Meshing Roundtable (with J. Lu, R. Quadros, and I-H. Song )

2009   Finalist, Best Paper in Automation Award, IEEE 2009 International Conference on Mechatronics and
Automation (with F. Hammond) *

2009   Best Poster Award, the 18th International Meshing Roundtable (with M. L. Staten)

2007   Theodore Ahrens Professorship in Engineering

2006   Best Author Award, Japan Society of Industrial Mathematics *

2005   Best Technical Poster Award, the 14th International Meshing Roundtable (with S. Yamakawa)

2004   ASME Design Automation Best Paper Award *

2002   IPSJ Best Paper Award (Information Processing Society of Japan)

2000   NSF CAREER Award

2000   Best Poster Award, the 9th International Meshing Roundtable (with S. Yamakawa).

1998   The George Tallman Ladd Award for Excellence in Research  (The Carnegie Institute of Technology) †

1998   Honda Initiation Grant Award

1994   Nihon Computer Graphics Society Best Paper Award *

1994   IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award (Information Processing Society of Japan) *

1989   IBM Overseas Scholarship

* : Best paper awards
† : Internal awards at Carnegie Mellon University

Academic Activities

Journal Editorial Board
• Computer-Aided Design, 2012-present
• Graphics Models, 2010-present
• Computer-Aided Geometric Design, guest editor, special issue on Geometric Modeling and Processing, 2006-2007.
• Computer-Aided Design, guest editor, special issue on Geometric Modeling and Processing, 2006-2007.
• International Journal of Automotive Technology, 2005 – present.
• Computer Aided Design and Applications, 2004 – present.
• ASME Journal of Computers and Information Science in Engineering, guest editor, special issue on Mesh-Based Geometric Data Processing, 2003 – 2005.
• International Journal of the Society of CAD/CAM Engineers, 2000 – present.
• Computer-Aided Design, guest editor, special issue on Advances in Mesh Generation, 1999 – 2000.
• Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1994 – 1997.

Conference Chair
• Paper Chair, Geometric Modeling and Processing, 2005-2006.
• Conference Chair, the 30th ASME Design Automation Conference, 2004.
• Paper Chair, the 29th ASME Design Automation Conference, 2003.
• International Paper Chair, the 28th ASME Design Automation Conference, 2002.
• Symposium Co-Chair, the 3rd Symposium on Unstructured Mesh Generation (Sixth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics), 2001.
• Conference Chair, the 8th International Meshing Roundtable, 1999.

Committee Chair
• Committee Chair, ASME Design Automation Executive Committee, 2004-2005.

Conference Organizing/Program/Scientific Committee Member
• Member, Conference Program Committee, 2009 Shape Modeling International, 2008-2009.
• Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD09, 2008-2009.
• Organizer, The First A*STAR-NTU/MAE-CMU/ME Workshop, 2007.
• Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD08, 2007-2008.
• Member, Conference Steering Committee, Geometric Modeling and Processing (GMP), 2006 – 2007.
• Member, Scientific Committee, the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and
Rapid Prototyping (VRAP 2007), 2006-2007.
• Member, Program Committee, 2007 ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling (SPM), 2006-2007.
• Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD07, 2006-2007.
• Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD06, 2005-2006.
• Member, Program Committee, 2005 ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling (SPM), 2004-2005.
• Member, International Program Committee, Computer Graphics International (CGI), 2004-2005.
• Member, Organizing Committee, Geometric Modeling and Processing 2004, 2003-2004.
• Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD05, 2004-2005.
• Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD04, 2003-2004.
• Member, Organizing Committee, Geometric Modeling and Processing 2002, 2001-2002.
• Member, Program Committee, Pacific Graphics 2001, 2000 – 2001.
• Paper review coordinator, the ASME Design Automation Conferences, 1999 – 2002.
• Member, Steering Committee, the 8th International Meshing Roundtable, 1998 – 1999.
• Member, Steering Committee, the 7th International Meshing Roundtable, 1997 – 1998.
• Member, Program Committee of Graphics and CAD Symposium, Information Processing Society of Japan, 1995 – 1996.

Keynote Presentations
• K. Shimada, “Redundancy Meets Efficacy – Robotic Path Optimization,” APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference 2012, Hollywood, USA, December 2012.
• K. Shimada, “Recent Trend and Topics of Digital Engineering,” Toray Engineering TIMON User Conference, Tokyo, Japan, October 2011.
• K. Shimada, “Sketch-Based Interfaces for 3D Shape Modeling,” the 12th International CAD/Graphics (CAD/Graphics 2011), Jinan, China, September 2011.
• K. Shimada, “Automatic Mesh Generation in 1996, 2008, and 2020,” International Meshing Roundtable (IMR), Pittsburgh, USA, October 2008.
• K. Shimada, “Physically based Geometric Processing and its Industry Application,” Honda Initiation Grant Conference, Hollywood, CA, October 2004.
• K. Shimada, “Current Trends and Issues in Automatic Mesh Generation” CAD Conference, Phuket, Thailand, July 2006.
K. Shimada, “Physically based Mesh Generation,” Toray Engineering TIMON User Conference, Tokyo, Japan, October 2005.

 

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