Tomoya Inoue

Tomoya Inoue (M'10) received the B. Sc. and M. Sc. degrees from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, in 1993 and 1995, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 2010, all in ocean engineering. From 1995 to 2001, he worked at Hitachi Zosen Corporation, as an Engineer and a Chief Engineer for an offshore project. Since 2002, he has been a Senior Research Scientist at the Japan Agency Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama, Kanazawa-ku, Japan. His research interests are in offshore deep drilling technology and underwater vehicle. Dr. Inoue is a member of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) and a member of the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers. He was awarded the IEEE OES Japan Chapter Young Researcher Award in 2010.