Tokyo Institute of Technology - Tokyo, Japan

Title: Structure control of hight-speed melt-spun fibers of a new crystalline polycycloolefin utilizing bicomponent spinning and annealing processes

Symposium: Textiles and Fibres

Name:  

Takeshi KIKUTANI

Qualification:

Doctor of Engineering

Affiliation:

Professor, Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials,
Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Address:

2-12-1-S8-32, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
Phone : +81-3-5734-2468, Fax : +81-3-5734-2876
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Education:  

Bachelor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (1977)
Master of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (1979)
Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (1982)

Career:   

Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1982-1991
Visiting Scientist, University of Akron, USA, 1986-1987
Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1991- 2001
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2001-

Honors:

The textile Machinery Society of Japan, Fellow 2012
Japan Society of Polymer Processing, Outstanding Paper Award 2009
Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan, Society Award 1999 
Japan Society of Polymer Processing, Outstanding Paper Award 1991
Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan, Outstanding Paper Award 1988
Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan, Sakurada Takeshi Award 1984
 
Academic Activities:

President, Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan (2014- )
President, Japan Society of Polymer Processing (2012-2014)
President, Polymer Processing Society (2009-2011)
Vice President, Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan (2006-2010, 2012-2014)
Vice President, Japan Society of Polymer Processing (2000-2002, 2004-2006)
Editor-in-Chief, Sen’i Gakkaishi
(Journal of the Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan) (2002-2006)
Editor for Asia-Australia, International Polymer Processing (1997-2009)
Assoc. Editor, Fibers and Polymers (2000- )

Research interests:      

Structure development in processing of polymers (fibers and films)
Structure and properties of polymers (fibers and films)
High-speed fiber spinning
Multi-component fiber spinning
Fiber reinforced composites