Toshio Nakajima

Toshio Nakajima obtained a M.S. degree from the University of Hawaii, Dept. of Ocean Engineering in 1976. He earned his doctorate from the University of Tokyo, Dept. of Naval Architecture in 1981. He has a wide-ranging background, having served as an architectural designer at Kiyonori Kikutake Architects & Associates from 1977 to 1978, among other activities. After this he gained over 10 years’ experience as a researcher on the offshore structures at Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd., driven by his passion for innovation, research and development for semi-submersible type platforms. Here, he originated a mooring dynamics using the lumped mass method which he developed single-handedly. After retirement from his subsequent position at the research institute Riken, he has been a visiting lecturer teaching a course on ocean development and engineering thereto at Tokyo Metropolitan University for more than 10 years. He is a 1st grade registered Architect of Japan (1994), in addition to being a member of the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers as well as the Tokyo Society of Architects and Building Engineers.