Kazuhiro Kosuge
Dr.KazuhiroKosugeisaProfessorintheDepartmentofRoboticsatTohokuUniversity,Sendai,Japan.HereceivedtheB.S.,M.S.,andPh.D.incontrolengineeringfromtheTokyoInstituteofTechnology,in1978,1980,and1988respectively.From1980through1982,hewasaResearchStaffintheProductionEngineeringDepartment,NipponDensoCo.,Ltd.(DENSOCo.,Ltd.atpresent).From1982through1990,hewasaResearchAssociateintheDepartmentofControlEngineeringatTokyoInstituteofTechnology.From1990to1995,hewasanAssociateProfessoratNagoyaUniversity.From1995,hehasbeenatTohokuUniversity.HereceivedtheJSMEAwardsforthebestpapersfromtheJapanSocietyofMechanicalEngineersin2002and2005,theRSJAwardforthebestpapersfromtheRoboticsSocietyofJapanin2005.HeisanIEEEFellow,aJSMEFellow,aSICEFellow,RSJFellowandJSAEFellow.HeservedasPresidentofIEEERoboticsandAutomationSocietyfor2010-2011andiscurrentlyservingasDivisionXDirector,IEEEfor2015-2016.