Mitsuishi Mamoru

Prof. Mitsuishi is currently the executive director and vice president of the University of Tokyo from 2017. He was previously the Dean of the School of Engineering. He graduated from the Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo in 1979 with a bachelor of science in physics. Following this, he earned a second bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 1981. He obtained both his master’s degree and his PhD in mechanical engineering from the Graduate School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo (in 1983 and 1986, respectively). He became a professor in the department in 1999. Prof. Mitsuishi’s areas of interest are biomedical robotics (including computer-integrated surgical systems), and manufacturing systems (including the fields of multi-sensor integrated intelligent manufacturing systems and biomanufacturing). He is a member of various internationally renowned societies, such as the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), where he is a President and fellow, and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.