Kazutake KomoriKazutake Komori is a professor at the Department of Integrated Mechanical Engineering, Daido University, Japan. He graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, in 1981 and obtained his doctorate for his reserch on the numerical simulation of three-dimensional rolling from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1990. His research is focused on the numerical modeling of various phenomena that appear in the metal-forming processes and numerical modeling of ductile fracture behavior. He is the first author of more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers. In addition, he is the recipient of the JSTP Medal for Scientific Achievement from the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity and the Scientific Achievement Commemorative Prize from the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan. Read More Read Less