Albert Kobayashi - Emeritus Professor
Illinois Institute of Technology (PhD 1958)Mechanics, Materials and Manufacturing
Contact Information
Phone: 206-543-5488Fax: 206-685-8047
Email: ask@u.washington.edu
Biography
Professor Kobayashi retired in 1997 but is continuing his research in fracture mechanics.Professor Kobayashi is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an Honorary Member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and a member of the American Academy of Mechanics. He held numerous offices in SEM and ASME and was the president of SEM, 1989-90. In addition to his many awards from SEM, JSME, ASME and ASEE, he was awarded the Order of Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon from the Emperor of Japan on April 29, 1997. He was elected to the ME Hall of Fame in 2006. Three international symposiums honoring his 60th and 70th birthdays and his retirement were held in San Antonio, Tokyo and Seattle, respectively. A mini-symposium in his honor was held in Austin, 2007.
