Professor Kazuhiko Terashima
Vice President of Toyohashi University of Technology

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Biography

Kazuhiko Terashima was born in Kyoto at June 24th in 1952. He received the B.Eng. and the M.Eng. degrees in mechanical engineering from Kyoto Institute of Technology in 1976 and 1978, and the D.Eng. degree in precision mechanics from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1981, respectively. He has been a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan, since 1994, and now also is vice-president of the university.

From 1991 to 1992, he was a visiting professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, Technische Universität München, Germany. His current research interests include human health care robots, industrial robots, control theory and vibration control. He is also a visiting professor of Fukushima Prefecture Medical University, Japan, and has been a visiting professor of Shenyang Institute of Technology, China, since 2014. Since April ,2018, he is a Executive Trustee, Vice President in Toyohashi University of Technology and also Emeritus Professor of Toyohashi University of Technology.

He publishes 430 papers( Journal papers 160, and proceedings papers 270 with review of international conference), 10 books and 50 patents. He receives more than 30 prizes in robotics, control and casting automation fields. He is currently a member of Japanese robotic society, society of instrument and control, Japanese mechanical engineering, Japanese casting society and IEEE, etc.

 

Mr. Lim Yew Kee CEng, MIET
Chairman,
IET Internet of Things Network,
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
United Kingdom.


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Biography

Our distinguished speaker, Mr. Lim Yew Kee is a registered Chartered Engineer (CEng) in the Engineering Council (EC-UK), United Kingdom. He is currently a technical fellow at LogikHaus Sdn. Bhd., Penang, Malaysia. Other than the involvement in industry, he is also the Industry-Community Advisory Panel (ICAP) in Universiti Sains Malaysia; and the adjunct lecturer in Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Tronoh, Perak. Mr Lim has been actively serving the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), United Kingdom since 2013. He was the Executive Member, IET Manufacturing Network from 2013 to 2016. From 2015 to 2018, he was elected as the Council Member. He has been selected as the IET Ambassador for IET China since 2016. Currently, he is the International Professional Registration Advisor, IPRA (since 2017) for CEng and IEng, as well as the Chairman (since 2018) of IET Internet of Things Network. In short, the profession and vast experience in the industry and academia of Mr Lim are worth to be shared and learned by many.

Mr. Lim Yew Kee has been invited to deliver technical lectures to various universities and professional societies in China (not exclusive), e.g.International Space Science Institute - Beijing (ISSI-BJ), Royal Society of Chemistry, IOP Institue of Physics, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Sanjiang University and others.

 

Talk Synopsis:

This technical talk entitled “IoT Smart Building” is to make awareness for participants to understand the resources about the Internet of Things (IoT) equipment used and the perceptions of IoT its potential applications in the built environment (home appliances, lighting and others).

The challenging part is the integration and rendering the proposed system that can be realised in a more economical way.