The Engineer Story

Makoto OGAWA is presently a professor of Shinshu University, Japan.  His doctorate was earned at Waseda University in 1992.  After the postdoctoral research at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), he moved to Department of Earth Sciences, Waseda University in 1995 as a full-time lecturer.  He was also a researcher of PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation from 1995 to 2001.  In 2004, he was promoted to a full professor of Department of Earth Sciences, Waseda University.  In 2015, he moved to Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC) as an opening professor and stayed there until 2025.  He moved to Shinshu University in 2025 April. His research interests include the syntheses and applications of nanomaterials and their host-guest systems from the preparation to the application.  He has authored 400 research papers including several tens of reviews and book chapters.  The number of citation is over 17,000 times and his present h-index is 65 according to Google Scholar.

A person who designs, constructs, or maintains engines, machinery, or structures is an engineer. It can alternatively be rendered as skillfully cause something to happen. An Engineer or Senior Engineer applies mathematics and science to address various technical issues. Their primary responsibilities include inventing new goods for use by organisations or individuals, maintaining existing items to enhance their utility, and building new machinery to increase an organization's efficiency. Engineers are primarily responsible for assisting in the planning, coordination, and execution of engineering projects, collaborating with management to generate project budgets, and providing assistance in the creation of energy conservation and management programmes.