(Last updated : 2025-09-06 23:31:48)
  SAITO AKIRA
   Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Science and Technology
   Position   Associate Professor
■ Books and Papers
1. 2025/09 Article Short-time dynamic mode decomposition: a data-driven forced response analysis of nonlinear systems under swept-sine excitation Nonlinear Dynamics  (Collaboration)  Link
2. 2025/03 Article Effects of Rotated Stacking, Bolts, and Bonded Regions on Modal Parameters of Bonded Stator Cores of Electric Machines IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 40(3),pp.2375-2383 (Collaboration) 
3. 2024/11 Article Tire vibration analysis of three-dimensional flexible ring with brush model under static contact conditions by using frequency-based substructuring Archive of Applied Mechanics 95 (Collaboration) 
4. 2024/08 Article Re-designing strategy to enable a sub-system to function as a dynamic vibration absorber Journal of Vibration and Control 31(15-16),pp.3206-3217 (Collaboration) 
5. 2024/08 Article Sound synthesis of drums based on modal representation of transfer functions Journal of Vibration and Control 31(15-16),pp.3438-3449 (Collaboration) 
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■ Conference Presentations
1. 2025/08 Data-Driven Initial Gap Identification of Two Degrees of Freedom Piecewise Linear Systems With Multiple Gaps (37th Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise (VIB), International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC))
2. 2024/11 Broadband Power Generation from Energy Harvester Using Nonlinear Magnetic Repulsive Forces (The 48th National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CTAM 2024), 2024 & The 3rd International Conference on Mechanics (3rd ICM))
3. 2024/11 Data-driven Analysis Methods for Piecewise-linear Systems (The 48th National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CTAM 2024), 2024 & The 3rd International Conference on Mechanics (3rd ICM))
4. 2024/11 Design Optimization of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Utilizing Cantilevered Beams with Multiple Slits, (The 48th National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CTAM 2024), 2024 & The 3rd International Conference on Mechanics (3rd ICM))
5. 2024/11 Frequency Response Analysis of Nonlinear Systems Using Dynamic Mode Decomposition with Control (The 48th National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CTAM 2024), 2024 & The 3rd International Conference on Mechanics (3rd ICM))
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■ Academic Qualifications
1. 2005/01~2009/05 〔Doctorial Course〕 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Completed, Ph.D.
2. 2003/09~2004/12 〔Master Course〕 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Completed, M.S.
3. 1999/04~2003/03 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Keio University, Graduated,
■ Career History
1. 2022/04~ Associate Professor
2. 2017/04~2022/03 Meiji University Department of Mechanical Engineering Senior Assistant Professor
3. 2010/04~2017/03 Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. Researcher
4. 2009/01~2010/03 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Postdoctoral Research Fellow
5. 2007/09~2007/12 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Graduate Student Instructor
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■ Major Subjects
Mechanical Dynamics
■ Academic Associations Membership
1. 2007/06~ American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
2. 2020/04~2024/03 ∟ Member of Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound
3. 2013/07~ Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
4. 2015/05~ Japan Computational Society for Engineering and Science
5. 2015/06~ International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO)
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■ Research Topics, Consignment Studies & KAKENHI Researches
1. 2020/04~2023/03  Inverse crack identification and optimal sensor placement for mechanical structures based on normal modes of vibration  (Key Word : )
2. 2019/01~2019/12  Development of Accurate and Efficient Numerical Methods for the Prediction of Electro-Magnetic Vibration of Induction Machine Stators  (Key Word : )
■ Web Sites
   http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~asaito/en/
■ Current Specialized Field
Mechanics and mechatronics, Computational science (Key Word:Structural Dynamics, Vibration, Experimental Modal Analysis, Nonlinear Dynamics, FEM) 
■ Courses and Lectures taught or delivered in the past
1. Mechanical Dynamics
2. Mechanical Vibration