Kazuyuki HokamotoKazuyuki Hokamoto is a professor of the Shock Wave and Condensed Matter Research Center, Kumamoto University with the Institute of Pulsed Power Science. After finishing his Doctorate program at Kyushu University, Japan, Dr. Hokamoto held an AssistantProfessor position at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kumamoto University. In addition, he served as a visiting scholar at UC San Diego and Georgia Tech. During his more than 30 year academic career, he has been engaged in research on the use of explosive and other impulsive energies for materials processing and has been published in many papers in academic journals. He received the best paper award in 2004 from JSTP (Japan Soc for Technology of Plasticity) and he is currently serving as a chairman of the committee on the High-Energy-Rate Forming of JSTP since 2009. Due to his unique research field engaged, he has been organized ESHP (Explosion, Shock-wave and High-strain-rate Phenomena) symposium series 2003 to 2019 for 6 times. Read More Read Less