Satoru YONEYAMA

Aoyama Gakuin University
Japan

Biography
Satoru Yoneyama received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Aoyama Gakuin University in 1995 and 1997 respectively and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Control Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2000. He was affiliated with Aoyama Gakuin University, Wakayama University, Tokyo University of Science, and Osaka Prefec ture University. He is currently a Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University. Dr. Yoneyama is a member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), the Japanese Society for Experimental Mechanics (JSEM), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), th e Japanese Society for Non - destructive Inspection (JSNDI), the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), the British Society for Strain Measurement (BSSM), the Society of Materials Science Japan (JSMS), and the Japan Society for Composite Mater ials (JSCM). He is now serving as an associate technical editor of Experimental Mechanics. He received the Outstanding Paper Award from the Japanese Society for Photoelasticity in 2000, the Rising Researchers Award from JSNDI in 2002, the R.E. Peterson Awa rd from SEM in 2002, the Outstanding Paper Award from JSNDI in 2003, the Incentive Award from JSNDI in 2008, the Technology Award from JSEM in 2008, A.J. Durelli Award from SEM in 2014, A.S. Kobayashi Young Investigator Award in Experimental Science in 201 7, and SEM Fellow in 2020. He has also been recognized by JSEM as a Distinguished Specialist of Experimental Mechanics since 2016. His research interests are optical methods, viscoelasticity, fracture mechanics and contact mechanics