Yoshitaka Kimura

Manager, Nippon Steel Corporation
Visiting Associate, Material & Process Simulation Center at California Institute of Technology

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• Born in Kobe, Japan on Jan. 22nd, 1965.
• Graduated from Hyogo High School in March, 1983.
• Graduated from Kyoto University in March, 1988, (BS), mainly studied cosmological physics.
• Entered in Nippon Steel Corporation in April, 1988.
  • Construction of No. 4 Continuous Galvanizing Line(CGL) at Kimitsu Works
  • Development of High Efficiency Direct Heating Burner (introduced to #4 CGL)
  • Development of Oxidation-Reduction Control Heating Method (introduced to #4 CGL)
  • Development of Fe-Zn Diffusion Control Method
  • Development of Lubricant coated Steel
  • Development of Steel Strip Defect Detecting Device
  • Refreshment of No. 1 Electric Galvanizing Line ( Electric Cell and Process Computer)
  • Re-engineering of framework on Steel Strip production section
• Married with Shizuko (Matsui) on Nov. 26th, 1989.
• My son Tsukasa was born on June 11th, 1992.
• Visiting MSC at Caltech to study the above theme since Sept. 1995.

Visiting Term: September,1995-June,1997

Research Interests

• Computer Simulations of Structure, Dynamics and Physical and Chemical Properties of Metals and Metal Alloys.
• Development and Applications of Computer Program in Solid State Physics.
• Studying Transport and Flow in Metals.
• Surface and Interface Problems in Materials.

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