Prof.Takeshi SUGIMOTO

Prof.Takeshi SUGIMOTO

Department of Information-Systems Creation
Kanagawa University
3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa Ward,
Yokohama 221-8686
Japan

Tel: +81-45-481-5661 ext.3778
Fax: +81-45-413-6565
Email: sugimt01@kanagawa-u.ac.jp

Introduction

* Born in Tokyo in the reign of Pisces in 1956.
* Old Wish: Artist (Sculptor).
* My Hero: Edmond Halley.

* Major: Applied Mathematics, Classical Mechanics.
* Field of interest: Biofluiddynamics, Creativity Literacy, History of Science.
* Membership: SIAM, AIAA, EuroMech, SMB, OSNZ, Symmetrion.

* Hobby:	Animal Watching (Insects, Birds, Whales &c), Ghost Hunting.
* Leisure:	Movie-Going, Museum-Visiting, Cycling.
* Favourite Book:	Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
* Favourite Movie:	Highlander.
* Favourite Music:	All of the Queen's Songs.
* Favourite Food:	Stuffed Bean-Curd (I'm a vegan).
* Favourite Country:	Terra.

Education

B. Eng., Univ. Tokyo, 1979.
M. Eng., Univ. Tokyo, 1987.
D. Eng., Univ. Tokyo, 1990.

Teaching & Research Experiences

• Engr. @ Taikisha Ltd., Tokyo, 1979-81.
• Res. & Editor @ Wild Bird Society of Japan, Tokyo, 1981-84.
• Res. Assoc. @ University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 1987-91.
• Lectr. @ Saitama Institute of Technology, Saitama, 1991-93.
• Assoc. Prof. @ Saitama Institute of Technology, Saitama93-97.
• Visiting Scholar @ University of Waikato, NZ, 1993-94
• Assoc. Prof. @ Kanagawa University, Yokohama, 1997-99.
• Prof. @ Kanagawa University, Yokohama, 1999-Present.
• Visiting Scholar @ University of Cambridge, UK, 2001-2002.
• Visiting Scholar @ University of Cambridge, UK, 2013.

Recent Publications

(A) Original Papers

• * Newton's Principia Revisited: the New Passage to the Solution of the Direct Kepler Proble, Proc. Acad. Mech. Jpn, 1, pp.17-27 (2015).
• * The Historic Japanese Visitors to St Helena, Wirebird, 43, pp.21-33 (2014).
• * Discourse on the Latus Rectum in Conics, Symmetry, 24, (1-4), pp.295-309 (2013).
• * A Theory for Ciliary Gliding in Freshwater Planarians, J. Aero Aqua Bio-mech., 1, (1), pp.57-63 (2010).
• * How to present the heart of Newton’s Principia to the layperson: a primer on the conic sections without Apollonius of Perga, Symmetry, 20, (1-4), pp.113-144 (2009).
• * Analysis on the nature of the basic equations in synergetic inter-representation network, Far East J. Appl. Math., 34, (2), pp.261-267 (2009).
• * Revisiting the energetics of porpoising in penguins, Theor. & Appl. Mech. Jpn, 57, pp. 331-338 (2009).
• * A Spherical Horse Broadens Our Horizons of Study, Forma, 23, (1), pp.31-32 (2008).
• * Samaras Fly in the Transverse Wind, Theor. & Appl. Mech. Jpn, 56, pp.189-194 (2008).
• * Bifurcation and hysteresis phenomena in two dimensional sail-sail-flow interactions, Phys. Fluids, 19, (12), 122102(1-13) (2007).
• * Design to learn science and art symmetrically, Symmetry, 17, (1-2), pp.33-40 (2006).
• * A theoretical analysis of formation flight as a nonlinear self-organizing phenomenon, IMA J.Appl.Math., 68, (5), pp.441-470 (2003).
• * Mechanics of the surf skimmer revisited, Am. J. Phys., 71, (2), pp.144-149 (2003).
• * Darwinian evolution does not rule out the Gaia hypothesis, J. theor. Biol., 218, (4), pp.447-455 (2002).
• * Induced Velocity in the Plane of an Elliptically Loaded Lifting Line, AIAA J., 40, (6), pp.1233-1236 (2002).

(B) Review

• * Introduction to some optimal techniques in bird soaring, Recent Research Developments in Experimental & Theoretical Biology, 1, Transworld Research Network, India, pp.217-239 (2006).

(C) Essey

• * Mechanics of Classical Kite Buggying or How Mr. Pocock Gained 9m/s By His Charvolant, Proc. APCWE-VII, pp.1-6 (2009).