Dr. Makoto Iwasaki, Dept of Elec & Mech Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech

Dr. Makoto IWASAKI, Professor, IEEE Fellow, IEEJ Fellow
Member of Science Council of Japan (SCJ)
Vice President of Nagoya Institute of Technology

Mail to iwasaki[at]nitech.ac.jp
Researcher Database of NIT: Makoto Iwasaki
Lab web: NIT IWASAKI Laboratory

Vital statistics

Date of birth:

Jan. 15, 1964

Birthplace:

Nagoya city, Aichi, Japan

Family:

wife Yasuko, daughter Riho, and son Ibuki

Education:

BS in electrical engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, 1986
MS and Dr.Eng. in electrical and computer engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, 1988 and 1991
Dr.Eng. thesis: "High Performance Control of Induction Motors" (in Japanese)
[abstract in Japanese]

Academic carieer:

From April 1991, a research associate at Dept of Elec & Comp Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
From October 1997 to March 1998, a Japanese government research fellow at the Technical University of Chemnitz and at the Technical University of Munich
From April 2000, an associate professor at Dept of Elec & Comp Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
From September 2002 to July 2003, a Japanese government research fellow at the Technical University of Chemnitz
From April 2003, an associate professor at Dept of Comp Sci & Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
From August 2005 to July 2007, a program officer at Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
From April 2009, a professor at Dept of Comp Sci & Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
From April 2010 to March 2011, a Head of Dept of Comp Sci & Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
From April 2014 to March 2016, a Head of Dept of Elec & Electro Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
From April 2016 to March 2017, a Head of Dept of Elec & Mech Eng, Nagoya Inst of Tech
From April 2017 to September 2024, an Executive Advisor to the President, Nagoya Inst of Tech
From October 2024, a Vice President (in charge of International and Global Activities), Nagoya Inst of Tech

Recent research field:

Intelligent Motion Control

Application of Soft Computing Techniques to Motion Control
High Performance Positioning Methodology in Mechatronic Products

Publications & Awards:

[list of papers & awards]

Organizational memberships and contributions:

Science Council of Japan (SCJ) , a member (2020 - 2026)
IEEE , a fellow, Industrial Electronics Society
IEEJ (The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan), a fellow
JSPE (The Japan Society for Precision Engineering), a member
2025 - 2026: IEEE/IES Fellow Search Committee, Chair
2022 - : IEEE/IES Senior AdCom Member Honor
2022 - 2023: IEEE/IES Fellow Evaluation Committee, Chair
2022 - 2024: IEEE/IES AdCom Members-at-Large (by appointment)
2021 - 2022: IEEE/IES Awards and Honors Committee member
2020 - 2021: IEEE/IES Fellow Nomination Advisory Committee member
2018 - 2020: Medal Committee member for IEEE Medal in Power Engineering
2018 - 2021: Vice President for Planning and Development (VP-P&D), IEEE/IES
2017 - 2019: IEEE/IES Fellows Committee member
2016 - 2022: Co-Editors-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
2015 - : IEEE Fellow: ``for contributions to fast and precise positioning in motion controller design''
2015 - 2017: Management Committee member of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (Secretary in 2016 and Treasurer in 2017)
2014 - : Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
2012-2019: Member of Administrative Committee (AdCom elected), IEEE/IES
2010 - 2014: Technical Editor for the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
2010 - 2011: Chair of Technical Committee on Motion Control, IEEE/IES
2023 : General Co-chairs at ONCON-2023 Online (IEEE/IES)
2021 : General Co-chairs at IECON-2021 Tronto (IEEE/IES)
2020 : General Co-chairs at AMC-2020 Kristiansand (IEEE/IES)
2018 : General Co-chairs at SAMCON-2018 Tokyo (IEEJ)
2017 : General Co-chairs at SAMCON-2017 Nagaoka (IEEJ)
2015 : General Co-chairs at ICM-2015 Nagoya (IEEE/IES)
2014 : Program Committee, Track Chairs (Mechatronics and Robotics) at IECON-2014 (IEEE/IES)
2014 : Mechatronics and Robotics Chairs at ISIE-2014 (IEEE/IES)
2013 : Special Session Co-chairs at AMC-2014 (IEEE/IES)
2013 : Tutorial Speaker at IECON'13 (IEEE/IES), ``New Emerging Technologies in Motion Control Systems''
2013 : Program Committee, Track Chairs (Mechatronics and Robotics) at IECON-2013 (IEEE/IES)
2012-2013: Guest editor of Special Sections on ``New Emerging Technologies in Motion Control Systems'', IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
2012-2013: Guest editor of Special Sections from AMC-2012, Automatika-Journal for Control, Measurement, Electronics, Computing and Communications
2013 : Technical Program Co-chairs at ICM-2013 (IEEE/IES)
2012 : Tutorial Speaker at IECON'12 (IEEE/IES), ``Motion Control for Human-friendly Mechatronic Systems''
2012 : Program Committee, Track Chairs (Mechatronics and Robotics) at IECON-2012 (IEEE/IES)
2012 : Mechatronics and Robotics Chairs at ISIE-2012 (IEEE/IES)
2012 : Publicity Co-chairs at AMC-2012 (IEEE/IES)
2011 : Tutorial Speaker at IECON'11 (IEEE/IES), ``Biarticular Muscle Principles and Practice in Robotics''
2011 : Program Committee, Track Chairs (Mechatronics and Robotics) at IECON-2011 (IEEE/IES)
2011 : Mechatronics and Robotics Chairs at ISIE-2011 (IEEE/IES)
2010 : Tutorial Speaker at IECON'10 (IEEE/IES), ``High Speed and High Precision Motion Control for Mechatronic Systems''
2010 : Program Committee, Track Chairs (Mechatronics and Robotics) at IECON-2010 (IEEE/IES)
2010 : Program Committee member, Associate editor at AIM-2010 (IEEE/ASME)
2010 : International Committee member at AMC-2010 (IEEE/IES)
2009 : Tutorial Speaker at IECON'09 (IEEE/IES), ``High Speed and High Precision Motion Control for Machine Tools''
2009 : Tutorials & Workshops Co-Chairs at AIM-2009 (IEEE/ASME)
2009 : Program Committee member at ISIE-2009 (IEEE/IES)
2008 : Technical Program Co-chairs at AMC-2008 (IEEE/IES)
2008 : Guest editor of special section on motion control, Trans. on IE, IEEE
2008 : Program Committee member at AIM-2008 (IEEE/ASME)
2006 - : Member of Technical Committee on Motion Control, IEEE/IES

The class in charge:

Fundamentals of Electrical Circuit
Advanced Motion Control

Favorite food:

Japanese, BarBQ

Leisure activity:

used to play tennis, tennis, tennis, and tennis !!
used to ski,
...now pedal a bicycle