Nagasaki University
Japan
Prof. Shozo Nakamura received his Diploma of Engineering in 1986 and his Master of Engineering in 1988 from Kyushu University. Then, he joined Kawasaki Steel Corporation in 1988 and worked for 11 years mainly as a research engineer. During the period, he received his Doctor of Engineering in 1995 from Kyushu University. He moved to Nagasaki University as an associate professor in 1999 and promoted to a professor in 2010. In the university, he served as a vice president in 2019-2020 and a vice dean in 2017-2018 and 2024-2025. His main area of expertise is 'steel structures'. He has been conducting various research projects on their design and maintenance. He won the Encouragement Award for Papers from Japanese Society of Steel Construction (JSSC), Innovative Technique Award of western branch and Civil Engineering Informatics Paper Award from Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), and BEI-2024 Best Paper Award. He is a member of International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, JSCE, JSSC and Japan Society of Corrosion Engineering. In JSCE, he is currently the Chair of the Structural Engineering Committee. Recently, he was elected president of Kyushu Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering.