On Oct. 15^th, 2010, professor Kazuyuki Hokamoto of Shock Wave and Condensed Matter Research Center, Kumamoto University visited SPC under the invitation of Prof. Pengwan Chen and gave a lecture entitled by “Dynamic Processing of Materials”.

Introduction to Professor Kazuyuki Hokamoto
    Currently, Dr. Kazuyuki Hokamoto is a professor of the Shock Wave and CondensedMatterResearchCenter, KumamotoUniversity. After finished his Doctor program at Kyushu University, Japan, Dr. Kazuyuki Hokamoto opened a faculty position at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, KumamotoUniversity as Assistant Professor. He experienced Visiting Scholar at UC San Diego and Georgia Tech in US. During his academic career, he has been engaged on the research on the use of explosive and other impulsive energies for materials processing and he has been published many papers in academic journals. He got best paper award in 2004 from JSTP (Japan Soc for Technology of Plasticity) and he is currently serving as a chairman of the committee on the High-Energy-Rate Forming of JSTP since 2009.