Saitou, Kazuhiro
Faculty
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Biography
Professor Saitou received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 1996, and has since worked as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, working in the areas of computational design synthesis, mechanical/industrial systems and biomedical systems. He has received awards from the Design Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Local Motors and ARPA-E, and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers for his work in design optimization and innovative design.