Satoshi Kashima

Satoshi Kashima (鹿島 聡, Kashima Satoshi), is a Japanese civil engineer. He was lead designer/engineer of the longest suspension bridge in the world, the 3,911-meter Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (also known as the Pearl Bridge) located in Japan which was completed in 1998.[1][2] He is executive director of the Japan Bridge Engineering Center.[3]

He earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Texas's College of Engineering.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Long-span Bridge Engineering Center". Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Akashi Kaikyo Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Organization of JBEC". Japan Bridge Engineering Center. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Cockrell School of Engineering names its 2008 Distinguished Graduates". Cockrell School of Engineering. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2010.


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