Satoshi Kashima Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Long-span Bridge Engineering Center. Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company Limited. 17 January 2010.
  2. Web site: Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. Structurae. 17 January 2010.
  3. Web site: Organization of JBEC. Japan Bridge Engineering Center. 17 January 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722121309/http://www.jbec.or.jp/english/outline/organization.htm. 22 July 2011.
  4. Web site: Cockrell School of Engineering names its 2008 Distinguished Graduates. 3 December 2008. Cockrell School of Engineering. 17 January 2010.

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