Masanobu Shinozuka
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| name = Masanobu Shinozuka
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|12|23}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
| nationality = Japanese American
| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2018|11|05|1930|12|23}}
| death_place = California
| field = Civil Engineering
| work_institution = Columbia University
| alma_mater = Columbia University
| doctoral_advisor = Alfred Freudenthal
| doctoral_students =
| known_for =
| prizes = {{no wrap|National Academy of Engineering
Theodore von Karman Medal {{small|(1994)}}}}
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Masanobu Shinozuka (December 23, 1930 – November 5, 2018) was a Japanese applied mechanics expert in earthquake and structural engineering. Shinozuka's research focuses on field theory and risk assessment methodology in civil engineering.[http://www.eng.uci.edu/users/masanobu-shinozuka Masanobu Shinozuka] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027154752/http://www.eng.uci.edu/users/masanobu-shinozuka |date=2015-10-27 }} Retrieved 2018-11-12. His works have been applied numerously in earthquake engineering in buildings, bridges, lifeline and environmental systems.
Early life and career
Masanobu Shinozuka was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 23, 1930.http://www.sciencedirect.com {{full citation needed|date=April 2017}} He earned his B.S. in civil engineering in 1953 and M.S. in 1955 from Kyoto University. Shinozuka later came to the United States and received his Ph.D. in civil engineering under the supervision of Alfred Freudenthal from Columbia University in New York City. From 1958 to 1988, Shinozuka taught in the civil engineering department of Columbia University. Later, he joined the faculty of Princeton University until 1995, and then became professor of civil engineering and Fred Champion Chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Southern California. At USC, he also served as director of the International Institute of Innovative Risk Reduction Research on Civil Infrastructure Systems. From 2001 to 2013, he was a Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of California, Irvine.[http://www.eng.uci.edu/news/2013/5/celebrating-extraordinary-career Celebrating an Extraordinary Career Masanobu Shinozuka retires] Retrieved 2018-11-12. He was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor by the university's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and the Academic Senate. He returned to Columbia as Professor of Civil Engineering in 2013{{cite web |url=http://civil.columbia.edu/masanobu-shinozuka-0 |title=Masanobu Shinozuka {{!}} Civil Engineering |website=civil.columbia.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926191847/http://civil.columbia.edu/masanobu-shinozuka-0 |archive-date=2013-09-26}} and died on November 5, 2018.{{cite news|url=https://engineering.columbia.edu/news/masanobu-shinozuka-obituary|title=-Pioneering Civil Engineering Professor Masanobu Shinozuka Dies at 87|publisher=Columbia University|date=2018-11-08|accessdate=2018-11-12}}
Honors
Masanobu Shinozuka was the recipient of numerous honors and awards.{{cite web|url=http://archive.today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=559|title=Prominent earthquake engineer to chair civil and environmental engineering at UC Irvine|accessdate=2010-03-22|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120701135505/http://archive.today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=559|archivedate=2012-07-01}} In 2004, he was awarded the Egleston Award for Distinguished Engineering Achievement.{{cite news|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/media/04/324_egleston_awards_dinner/index.html|title=Engineering Alumni Association Presents Egleston Awards|publisher=Columbia University|date=2004-11-19|accessdate=2018-11-12}} In 1994, he received the prestigious Theodore von Karman Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 1978, Shinozuka was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He was also a fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, an elected foreign member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences{{cite journal|title=Dr. Masanobu Shinozuka|journal=MCEER Bulletin|volume=12|number=2|year=1998|publisher=CLPSI}} and an honorary member of the American Society of Civil Engineering.
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External links
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- [http://www.nae.edu National Academy of Engineering Official Site]
- [http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=578&page=63 National Academies Press]
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