Salamanca, Gto., March 14, 2018.- For his sound support to the development of the academic collaboration between the University of Hiroshima and the University of Guanajuato (UG), the Division of Engineering gave an award to Dr. Fusahito Yoshida, an outstanding professor of the Faculty of Engineering of the mentioned institution.

In Japan, the professors who are about to retire follow a tradition to give one last class with a special meaning, and Dr. Yoshida, who has been a professor since 1994, chose the Division of Engineering in Salamanca to teach his last class.

The honoree, who also has a Ph.D. in engineering by the Tokyo Technology Institute, mentioned that the University of Guanajuato is very special for the University of Hiroshima, because of the bonds of collaboration and friendship they have forged.

Although the relationship between the universities strengthened when a Japanese setter decided to invest in Guanajuato, it was in 2017 when an agreement to give double degree to who courses the Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering was signed.

Thanks to the collaboration agreement, two students of DICIS, Israel Martínez and Gustavo Capilla, were admitted in the double degree doctorate program.

The award has handed by the Academic Secretary of Campus Irapuato—Salamanca, Dr. Martín Picón Núñez, in the 25th anniversary of the student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), that develops student leadership.

After the protocol act, students of DICIS and other institutions, attended the conference "Material modeling and testing for sheet metals to describe anisotropy evolution and the Bauschinger effect at Large Strain" given by the visiting professor in the civic plaza of the venue Salamanca.

It is important to mention, Dr. Yoshida has been the vice president of research in the University of Hiroshima, president of the Society for the Technology of Plasticity, associate editor of an international journal of mechanics and has been a member of the Society of Mechanical Engineers of Japan since 2004. His greatest interest in research is about material modeling and plasticity and its applications.

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