Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

Okazaki Masakazu is a professor in department of mechanical engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan. He received his PhD from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1979. He was an Associate Professor in Nagaoka University of Technology from 1985 to 1999. He had taught as a Professor in the University of Tokyo from 1999 to 2005. He does research in manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering and materials engineering. His research interests include thermo-mechanical fatigue of heat resisting alloys, thermal and environmental barrier coatings, high temperature strength of materials and structures, and advanced utilization of biomass resources. He is a fellow and editor in charge of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) and heads its strength of materials division. He is also the editor in chief of the Japan Society of Material Science (JSMS) journal. He is a member of Japan Institute of Metals (JIM), The Gas Turbine Society of Japan (GTSJ), and The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ). He has received awards for his outstanding research from various academic societies including distinguished paper award from JSME (2015), best paper award from JSMS (2006), and JSMS award by high temperature materials committee of JSMS (1996).