Dr.
Kenji Shimada is
Theodore Ahrens Professor in Engineering at
Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of
Biomedical Engineering (courtesy appointment), the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering (courtesy appointment), and the Robotics
Institute (courtesy appointment). Dr. Shimada received his B.S.
and M.S. from the University of Tokyo, and his Ph.D. from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests are in the
areas of geometric modeling, computational geometry, computer graphics,
factory robotics, computer assisted surgery, and human body simulation. Prior to joining Carnegie
Mellon in 1996, he was Manager of Graphics Applications at IBM Research,
Tokyo Research Laboratory. At IBM Research Dr. Shimada initiated and led
various research and consultation projects with IBM customers and the
Japanese government, as well as with the companys internal product
development and manufacturing groups. At Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Shimada
has explored a new physically based approach to key geometric problems
in engineering and medical applications, such as finite element mesh
generation, interactive curve and surface design, three-dimensional
shape reconstruction, robotic path generation, and surgical planning.
His physically based mesh generation method, BubbleMeshฎ, has been
licensed to and used by over 50 companies in manufacturing industries. A
member of ACM, ASME, IEEE Computer Society, JSIAM, and SAE, Dr. Shimada
is the recipient of a number of awards, including APSIPA Distinguished
Lecturer in 2013, Outstanding Research Award from Carnegie Institute of
Technology in 2013, IMR Fellow Award in 2011, the Best Author Award from
the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2006, ASME
Design Automation Best Paper Award in 2004, IPSJ Best Paper Award in
2002, NSF CAREER Award in 2000, Honda Initiation Grant Award in 1998,
George Tallman Ladd Award for Excellence in Research from the Carnegie
Institute of Technology in 1998, IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award in
1994, and Nicograph Best Paper Award in 1994. Shimada currently serves
on the editorial board of four international journals and has served as
Chairman of many academic conferences and committees, including
Geometric Modeling and Processing in 2006, ASME Design Automation
Conference in 2004, Symposium on Unstructured Mesh Generation in 2001,
and International Meshing Roundtable in 1999. He is the author or
co-author of over 130 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conferences,
and the inventor or co-inventor of over 20 patents in the US, Japan, and
Europe.
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Education
1993 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (with
Business Minor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
1985 M.S., Precision Machinery Engineering, The University of Tokyo,
Japan
1983 B.S., Precision Machinery Engineering, The University of Tokyo,
Japan
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Professional Experience
2010 present Founder,
Chief Science Officer, Ciespace Corporation, Pittsburgh,
USA.
2008 present Founder, CEO, ViaSketch
Inc., Pittsburgh, USA.
2007 present Theodore Ahrens Professor in
Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
2007 present Courtesy faculty appointment in the
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
2004 2010 Founder, President and CEO, Ciespace
Corporation, Pittsburgh, USA.
2003 present Professor, the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, the Department of Biomedical
Engineering (courtesy
faculty appointment), and the Robotics Institute (courtesy faculty
appointment), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
2002 present ourtesy faculty appointment in the
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, USA.
2001 2003 Associate Professor, the Department of
Mechanical Engineering and the Robotics Institute
(courtesy faculty
appointment), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
2000 2005 Co-Founder, Bonecraft LLC., Pittsburgh,
USA.
1998 present Courtesy faculty appointment in the Robotics Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, USA.
1996 2001 Assistant Professor, the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, USA.
1995 1996 Manager, Advanced Graphics, IBM Research,
Tokyo Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.
1993 1995 Project Leader, IBM Research, Tokyo
Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.
1989 1993 IBM Japan Overseas Scholar
1985 1989 Researcher, IBM Research, Tokyo Research
Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.
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Honors and Awards
2013 APSIPA Distinguished
Lecturer
2013 Outstanding Research Award
(The Carnegie Institute of Technology)
2011 IMR Fellow Award,
International Meshing Roundtable
2011 IDEA Studio Award,
Autodesk Inc.
2010 Best Poster Award, the
19th International Meshing Roundtable (with J. Lu, R. Quadros, and I-H.
Song )
2009 Finalist, Best Paper in
Automation Award, IEEE 2009 International Conference on Mechatronics and
Automation (with F. Hammond) *
2009 Best Poster Award, the
18th International Meshing Roundtable (with M. L. Staten)
2007 Theodore Ahrens Professorship in
Engineering
2006 Best Author Award, Japan Society
of Industrial Mathematics *
2005 Best Technical Poster Award, the
14th International Meshing Roundtable (with S. Yamakawa)
2004
ASME
Design Automation Best Paper Award
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2002
IPSJ Best
Paper Award (Information Processing Society of Japan)
2000 NSF CAREER Award
2000 Best Poster Award, the 9th International Meshing
Roundtable (with S. Yamakawa).
1998 The George Tallman Ladd Award for Excellence in
Research (The Carnegie
Institute of Technology)
1998 Honda Initiation Grant Award
1994 Nihon Computer Graphics Society Best Paper Award
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1994
IPSJ Yamashita
SIG Research Award (Information Processing Society of Japan)
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1989 IBM Overseas Scholarship
* : Best paper awards
: Internal awards at Carnegie Mellon University
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Academic Activities
Journal
Editorial Board
Computer-Aided Design, 2012-present
Graphics Models, 2010-present
Computer-Aided Geometric Design, guest editor, special issue on
Geometric Modeling and Processing, 2006-2007.
Computer-Aided Design, guest editor, special issue on Geometric
Modeling and Processing, 2006-2007.
International Journal of Automotive Technology, 2005 present.
Computer Aided Design and Applications, 2004 present.
ASME Journal of Computers and Information Science in Engineering,
guest editor, special issue on Mesh-Based Geometric Data Processing,
2003 2005.
International Journal of the Society of CAD/CAM Engineers, 2000
present.
Computer-Aided Design, guest editor, special issue on Advances in Mesh
Generation, 1999 2000.
Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1994 1997.
Conference Chair
Paper Chair, Geometric Modeling and Processing, 2005-2006.
Conference Chair, the 30th ASME Design Automation Conference, 2004.
Paper Chair, the 29th ASME Design Automation Conference, 2003.
International Paper Chair, the 28th ASME Design Automation Conference,
2002.
Symposium Co-Chair, the 3rd Symposium on Unstructured Mesh Generation
(Sixth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics), 2001.
Conference Chair, the 8th International Meshing Roundtable, 1999.
Committee Chair
Committee Chair, ASME Design Automation Executive Committee, 2004-2005.
Conference
Organizing/Program/Scientific Committee Member
Member, Conference Program Committee, 2009 Shape Modeling International,
2008-2009.
Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD09, 2008-2009.
Organizer, The First A*STAR-NTU/MAE-CMU/ME Workshop, 2007.
Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD08, 2007-2008.
Member, Conference Steering Committee, Geometric Modeling and Processing
(GMP), 2006 2007.
Member, Scientific Committee, the 3rd International Conference on
Advanced Research in Virtual and
Rapid Prototyping (VRAP 2007), 2006-2007.
Member, Program Committee, 2007 ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical
Modeling (SPM), 2006-2007.
Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD07, 2006-2007.
Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD06, 2005-2006.
Member, Program Committee, 2005 ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical
Modeling (SPM), 2004-2005.
Member, International Program Committee, Computer Graphics International
(CGI), 2004-2005.
Member, Organizing Committee, Geometric Modeling and Processing 2004,
2003-2004.
Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD05, 2004-2005.
Member, Conference Advisory Board, CAD04, 2003-2004.
Member, Organizing Committee, Geometric Modeling and Processing 2002,
2001-2002.
Member, Program Committee, Pacific Graphics 2001, 2000 2001.
Paper review coordinator, the ASME Design Automation Conferences, 1999
2002.
Member, Steering Committee, the 8th International Meshing Roundtable,
1998 1999.
Member, Steering Committee, the 7th International Meshing Roundtable,
1997 1998.
Member, Program Committee of Graphics and CAD Symposium, Information
Processing Society of Japan, 1995 1996.
Keynote
Presentations
K. Shimada, Redundancy Meets Efficacy Robotic Path
Optimization, APSIPA Annual Summit and Conference 2012, Hollywood, USA,
December 2012.
K. Shimada, Recent Trend and Topics of Digital Engineering, Toray
Engineering TIMON User Conference, Tokyo, Japan, October 2011.
K. Shimada, Sketch-Based Interfaces for 3D Shape Modeling, the 12th
International CAD/Graphics (CAD/Graphics 2011), Jinan, China, September
2011.
K. Shimada, Automatic Mesh Generation in 1996, 2008, and 2020,
International Meshing Roundtable (IMR), Pittsburgh, USA, October 2008.
K. Shimada, Physically based Geometric Processing and its Industry
Application, Honda Initiation Grant Conference, Hollywood, CA, October
2004.
K. Shimada, Current Trends and Issues in Automatic Mesh Generation
CAD Conference, Phuket, Thailand, July 2006.
K. Shimada, Physically based Mesh Generation, Toray Engineering TIMON
User Conference, Tokyo, Japan, October 2005.
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