Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan.
Prof. Masahiro Nishida is a distinguished professor at the Nagoya Institute of Technology and a renowned researcher in the field of mechanical engineering. His expertise spans dynamic responses of solid structures and hypervelocity impact on advanced materials. With over 61 publications in English, Prof. Nishida is recognized for his significant contributions to material science, specifically in the shock compression of condensed matter. He currently serves as the General Manager of the Quality Innovation Techno-Center at the institute.
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Education 🎓
Prof. Masahiro Nishida holds a Bachelor of Engineering (1991) and a Master of Engineering (1993) from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he studied in the Department and Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, respectively. He completed his Doctor of Engineering degree in 1996, with a thesis titled “Evaluation Method of Mechanical Properties for Material by Phase-Sensitive Acoustic Microscope,” under the supervision of Prof. H. Matsumoto. During his doctoral studies, he also gained international experience as a visiting researcher at Pennsylvania State University in 1995, working in the Acoustic Microscopy Lab. His research focuses on advanced material evaluation techniques, particularly in mechanical properties analysis through acoustic microscopy.
Experience 🛠️
Prof. Masahiro Nishida began his academic career as a Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology from 1996 to 1997, before transitioning to the Nagoya Institute of Technology, where he served as a Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1997 to 2001. He then became a Lecturer from 2001 to 2004 and an Associate Professor from 2004 to 2018 in the same department. Since 2018, he has held the position of Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Nagoya Institute of Technology. In 2022, he took on additional responsibilities as the General Manager of the Quality Innovation Techno-Center at the institute. Prof. Nishida also gained international experience as a visiting researcher at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, in 2009.
Research Interests 🔬
Prof. Nishida’s research focuses on the dynamic properties of materials, particularly in hypervelocity impact and shock compression of various materials. His key areas of interest include:
Hypervelocity impacts on metal and plastic materials, with applications to space debris bumpers.
Dynamic strength of advanced materials, especially recycled aluminum alloys and additive manufacturing materials.
Dynamics of heterogeneous materials, studying the behavior of aggregated soft particles.
He integrates both experimental and computational approaches in his research.
Awards & Memberships 🏆
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
Society of Materials Science, Japan (JSMS)
Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS)
Japanese Society for Experimental Mechanics (JSEM)
Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM)
Hypervelocity Impact Society (HVIS)
Publications Top Notes📚
Anand Pai, et al. “Computational studies on hypervelocity impact of spherical projectiles on whipple shield with hybrid Newtonian fluid-filled core,” Acta Astronautica, 2024, Cited by 2. Link
Slim Djebien, et al. “Strain rate and notch radius effects on evaluating the stress-strain relations using the stepwise modeling method,” Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 2024. Link
Daichi Kimura, et al. “Effects of Temperature on Crater Size and Ejecta Resulting from Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fiber Composites/Aluminum Alloy Plates,” Journal of Evolving Space Activities, 2023. Link
Ziyi Su, et al. “Evaluation of flow stress in nylon 66 via digital image correlation method and response surface method,” Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2023. Link
Masahiro Nishida, et al. “Effects of Strain Rate on Stress-Strain Curves in 2024 Aluminum Alloy After Solution Heat Treatment,” Materials Transactions, 2022, Cited by 4. Link