恒川 好樹

Dr. Yoshiki Tsunekawa, he received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanics and Materials Science from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in 1973. He worked for Toyota Motor Corporation in 1974. Since 1981, he worked for Toyota Technological Institute and now as a distinguished professor. He has been working in the fields of casting processes with ultrasonic vibration: wettability in metal matrix composites, adhesive phenomenon at the vibrating end surface and sono-solidification, as well as thermal spraying with in-process reactions. His academic research has led to the publication of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers in internationally published journals. From 2003 to 2005, he held the position of President of the Japan Thermal Spray Society. He has been a Fellow of ASM International since 2009 and President of the Japan Foundry Engineering Society from 2010 to 2012.