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Employees

President, Trustees, Auditors, Vice Presidents

President

Mizushi Matsuda

Graduated from Hokkaido University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering
Completed Master's course in Bioengineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
Completed doctoral course in electrical engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
Doctor of Engineering

Term: April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

Biography
  • April 1989, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
  • April 1994, Muroran Institute of Technology
  • April 2006: Dean of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
  • April 2009: Director of the Department of Creative Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
  • July 2010: Assistant Director
  • April 2011: Vice President
  • April 2015: Director and Vice President

Executive Director (General Affairs and Finance) and Vice President

Takanori Sato

Graduated from Muroran Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering
Graduated from Muroran Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Master's Program in Electrical Engineering
Completed doctoral course in electrical engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
Doctor of Engineering

Term: April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

Biography
  • April 1991 Muroran Institute of Technology
  • July 2010: Assistant Director
  • April 2015: Director of the Graduate School of Engineering, Information and Systems Engineering Division
  • April 2016: Vice President
  • April 2021 Director/Vice President

Executive Director (Academic and Information) and Vice President

Naoki Momono

Graduated from the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
Graduated from Hokkaido University Graduate School of Science with a Master's degree in Physics
Graduated from Hokkaido University Graduate School of Science, Department of Physics, Doctoral Program
Doctor of Science

Term: April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

Biography
  • April 1994, Hokkaido University
  • April 2007 Muroran Institute of Technology
  • April 2017: Assistant Director
  • April 2021, Vice President

Executive Director (Research and Collaboration) and Vice President

Takao Masuda

Graduated from Kyoto University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering
Graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering, Master's Program in Chemical Engineering
Graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Doctoral Program
Doctor of Engineering

Term: April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

Biography
  • October 1982, Kyoto University
  • April 2001, Hokkaido University
  • April 2014: Vice Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering
  • April 2017: Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering
  • April 2020 Specially Appointed Faculty Member (Specially Appointed Professor)
  • October 2020 Director/Vice President

Auditor

Shunichi Aida

Graduated from Hokkaido University School of Pharmacy
Graduated from the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Term: September 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020

Biography
  • April 1990 Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
  • July 1997: Technical Officer, Hokkaido Prefectural Government
  • April 2017 Director of the Environment Bureau, Environment and Lifestyle Department
  • June 2019 Advisor, General Policy Department
    (Dispatched by the Hokkaido Research Organization (Director of the Environmental and Geological Research Headquarters))
  • April 2020 Advisor, General Affairs Department
    (Hokkaido Research Organization (Director of Corporate Planning Department, Independent Administrative Institution))
  • April 2021 Advisor, General Policy Department
    (Hokkaido Research Organization (Director of Business Management Department, Corporate Headquarters))
  • April 2022: Ainu Policy Supervisor, Environment and Lifestyle Department, same company (until March 2024)

Masako Taniguchi

Graduated from the Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University

Term: September 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020

Biography
  • October 1990 Chuo Shinko Audit Corporation Tokyo Office
  • August 2007, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC Sapporo Office
  • July 2010: National Tax Judge at the Sapporo National Tax Tribunal
  • July 2013 Masako Taniguchi Certified Public Accountant Office (current position)
  • December 2013 Ginga Audit Corporation
  • April 2016: Auditor at Kitami Institute of Technology (until March 2022)
  • April 2016 Auditor of Sapporo City University (current position)
  • August 2017: Representative Partner of Ginga Audit Corporation (current position)
  • June 2020: Outside Director of North Pacific Bank Ltd. (current position)

Vice President (Evaluation/IR)

Shima Kawamura

Graduated from Muroran Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
Completed Master's course in Construction Systems Engineering at Muroran Institute of Technology
Doctor of Engineering

Term: April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

Biography
  • April 1993, Hokkaido Junior College, Senshu University
  • October 1995 Muroran Institute of Technology
  • April 2021: Assistant to the President
  • January 2020: Head of Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering

Vice President (Educational Reform)

Naohiko Hanajima

Graduated from Hokkaido University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering
Graduated from Hokkaido University Graduate School of Engineering, Master's Program in Electrical Engineering
Graduated from Hokkaido University Graduate School of Engineering, Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering
Doctor of Engineering

Term: April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

Biography
  • April 1994, Muroran Institute of Technology
  • August 2017: Assistant Director
  • April 2019: Dean of the Department of Creative Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • April 2021: Assistant to the President

Vice President (next-generation human resource development)

Dong Mengxiong

Graduated from the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu
Graduated from the Graduate School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Aizu
Graduated from the Graduate School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Aizu
Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering)

Term: April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

Biography
  • November 2013 Universal Communication Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  • November 2014 Muroran Institute of Technology
  • April 2019: Assistant Director
  • January 2020 Vice President

Vice President (Research and Social Co-Creation)

Koji Ichimura

Graduated from Chiba University, Faculty of Horticulture, Department of Green Space and Environmental Studies
Graduated from Chiba University Graduate School of Science and Technology, Department of Environmental Planning
Graduated from Chiba University Graduate School of Science and Technology, Department of Human and Earth Environmental Sciences, Doctoral Program
Doctor of Engineering

Term: April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

Biography
  • April 2001 Muroran Institute of Technology
  • May 2019 Assistant Director
  • April 2021: Director of the Department of Creative Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
  • April 2020: Head of Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering

Vice President and Secretary General

Hayato Yoshida

Term: April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020

Biography

  • April 1989, Hokkaido University Personnel Division
  • October 1991, Ministry of Education, Higher Education Bureau, Planning Division
  • April 2006: Director of Planning and Coordination Division, Evaluation Department, National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation
  • April 2008: Director of General Affairs, Tokyo National Museum, National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
  • April 2010: Director of General Affairs, Hokkaido University
  • April 2012: Assistant Director of the National University Strategy Office, National University Corporation Support Division, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
  • April 2018: Director of Administration at Kyushu University Hospital
  • April 2020 Dean of Academic Affairs, Hokkaido University
  • April 2020 Director of Independent Administrative Agency University Reform Support and Academic Degree Awarding Organization Evaluation Division

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Update date: October 25, 2024
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