Department of Ocean Engineering

Dr. Takashi Maekawa

Department of Ocean Engineering
Design Laboratory, Fabrication Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests

CAD/CAM/CAE, geometric modeling, computational geometry, differential geometry, computer graphics, meshing, reverse engineering, NC machining, line heating.

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, June 1993
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Thesis: Robust Computational Methods for Shape Interrogation ( PDF (750 Kbytes) )
Ocean Engineer's Degree in Ocean Engineering, June 1987
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Thesis: Dynamic and Fatique Analysis of Compliant Risers
M.S. in Mechanical Enegineering, March 1978
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Thesis: Analysis of Lunate-Tail Swimming Propulsion
B.S. in Mechanical Enegineering, March 1976
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Thesis: Attitude Control System of Under-Water Vehicle

Professional Experience

Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Yokohama National University
2003 - Present

Lecturer, MIT
2003 - Present

Principal Research Scientist, MIT
1999 - 2003

Research Scientist and Lecturer, MIT
1994 - 1999

Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
1993 - 1994

Research Assistant, MIT
1989 - 1993

Senior Engineer, Bridgestone Corporation
1978 - 1989

Consultant

NK-EXA Corporation, Kawasaki Japan
1998 - 2000

Books

  1. "Shape Interrogation for Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing" by N. M. Patrikalakis and T. Maekawa. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag, February 2002. ISBN 3-540-42454-7. ( Cover )

Chapter of Books

  1. "Intersection Problems" by N. M. Patrikalakis and T. Maekawa. Handbook of Computer Aided Geometric Design, Chapter 25. G Farin, J. Hoschek, and M. -S. Kim editors, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publisher, 2002.

Papers in Refereed Journals

  1. "Surface Construction by Fitting Unorganized Curves" by T. Maekawa and K. H. Ko. , Graphical Models . To appear.

  2. "Self-Intersections of Offset Curves and Surfaces" by J. Wallner, T. Sakkalis, T. Maekawa, H. Pottmann, G. Yu, International Journal of Shape Modeling, Vol. 7 No. 1 pages 1-21, June 2001.

  3. "Efficient Simulation of Shell Forming by Line Heating" by G. Yu, R. J. Anderson, T. Maekawa and N. M. Patrikalakis, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 43 No. 10 pages 2349-2370, October 2001.

  4. "FEM Simulation of Laser Forming of Metal Plates" by G. Yu, K. Masubuchi, T. Maekawa and N. M. Patrikalakis, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, ASME Transactions , Vol. 123, No. 3 pages 405-410, August 2001.

  5. "CNC Tool Path in terms of B-Spline Curves" by C. Lartigue, F. Thiebaut and T. Maekawa, Computer Aided Design, Vol. 33 No. 4 pages 307-319, 2001.

  6. "Optimal Development of Doubly Curved Surfaces" by G. Yu, N. M. Patrikalakis and T. Maekawa, Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 17 No. 6 pages 545-577, 2000.

  7. "Differential Geometry of Intersection Curves of Two Surfaces" by X. Ye and T. Maekawa, Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 16 No. 8 pages 767-788, 1999.

  8. "An Overview of Offset Curves and Surfaces" by T. Maekawa, Computer Aided Design, Vol. 31 No. 3 pages 165-173, 1999.

  9. "Topologically Reliable Approximation of Trimmed Polynomial Surface Patches" by W. Cho, T. Maekawa, N. M. Patrikalakis, J. Peraire, Graphical Model and Image Processing, Vol. 61 No. 2 pages 84-109, 1999.

  10. "Design and Tessellation of B-Spline Developable Surfaces" by T. Maekawa, J. S. Chalfant, Journal of Mechanical Design, ASME Transactions, Vol. 120 No.3 pages 453-461, 1998.

  11. "Design for Manufacturing Using B-Spline Developable Surfaces" by J. S. Chalfant, T. Maekawa, Journal of Ship Research , Vol. 42 No. 3 pages 206-214, 1998.

  12. "Computation of Inflection Lines and Geodesics on Developable Surfaces" by T. Maekawa, J. S. Chalfant, Mathematical Engineering in Industry , Vol. 7 No. 2 pages 251-267, 1998.

  13. "Analysis and Application of Pipe Surfaces" by T. Maekawa, T. Sakkalis, G. Yu and N. M. Patrikalakis, Computer Aided Geometric Design , Vol. 15 No. 5, pages 437-458, 1998.

  14. "Self-intersections of Offsets of Quadratic Surfaces: Part I, Explicit Surfaces" by T. Maekawa, Engineering with Computers, Vol. 14, pages 1-13, 1998.

  15. "Self-intersections of Offsets of Quadratic Surfaces: Part II, Implicit Surfaces" by T. Maekawa, Engineering with Computers, Vol. 14, pages 14-22, 1998.

  16. "Efficient and Reliable Methods for Rounded Interval Arithmetic'' by S. L. Abrams, W. Cho, C.-Y. Hu, T. Maekawa, N. M. Patrikalakis, E. C. Sherbrooke and X. Ye, Computer Aided Design, Vol. 30 No. 8 pages 657-665, 1998.

  17. "Computation of Self-intersections of Offsets of Bezier Surface Patches" by T. Maekawa, W. Cho, N. M. Patrikalakis, Journal of Mechanical Design, ASME Transactions, Vol. 119 No. 2, pages 275-283, June 1997.

  18. "Approximation of Measured Data with Interval B-Splines" by S. T. Tuohy, T. Maekawa, G. Shen N. M. Patrikalakis, Computer Aided Design, Vol. 29 No. 11 pages 791-799, November 1997.

  19. "Robust Interval Algorithm for Surface Intersections" by C.-Y. Hu, T. Maekawa, N. M. Patrikalakis, X. Ye, Computer Aided Design, Vol. 29 No. 9 pages 617-627, September 1997.

  20. "Computation of Shortest Paths on Free-Form Parametric Surfaces" by T. Maekawa, Journal of Mechanical Design, ASME Transactions, Vol. 118 No. 4 pages 499-508, December 1996.

  21. "Umbilics and Lines of Curvature for Shape Interrogation" by T. Maekawa, F. -E. Wolter and N. M. Patrikalakis, Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 13 No. 2, pages 133-161, March 1996.

  22. "Topologically Reliable Approximation of Composite Bezier Curves" by W. Cho, T. Maekawa, N. M. Patrikalakis, Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 13 No. 6 pages 497-520, August 1996.

  23. "Robust Interval Algorithm for Curve Intersections" by C. -Y Hu, T. Maekawa, E. C. Sherbrooke, N. M. Patrikalakis, Computer Aided Design, Vol. 28 No. 6/7 pages 495-506, June/July 1996.

  24. "Interrogation of Differential Geometry Properties for Design and Manufacture" by T. Maekawa and N. M. Patrikalakis, The Visual Computer, Vol. 10 No.4 pages 216-237, March 1994.

  25. "Computation of Singularities and Intersections of Offsets of Planar Curves" by T. Maekawa and N. M. Patrikalakis, Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 10 No. 5 pages 407-429, October 1993.

  26. "Theoretical and Experimental Prediction of the Response of Compliant Risers" by N. M. Patrikalakis, T. Maekawa, G. A. Kriezis and H. N. Gursoy, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME Transactions, Vol. 112 No. 3 pages 244-252, 1990.

  27. "Dynamics of Compliant Risers" by N. M. Patrikalakis, G. A. Kriezis, H. N. Gursoy and T. Maekawa, Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 34 No. 2 pages 123-135, June 1990.

Proceedings of Refereed Conferences

  1. "Robust Tessellation of Trimmed Rational B-Spline Surface Patches" by W. Cho, T. Maekawa, N. M. Patrikalakis, J. Peraire, In F.-E. Wolter and N. M. Patrikalakis Editors, Proceedings of Computer Graphics International, CGI '98. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE, pages 543--555, June 1998.

Proceedings of Unrefereed Conferences

  1. "A Finite Element Model for Metal Forming by Laser Line Heating" by G. Yu, K. Masubuchi, T. Maekawa, and N. M. Patrikalakis, In C. Chryssostomidis and K. Johansson Editors, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding, ICCAS '99, Volume 2. MIT, Cambridge, MA: MIT Sea Grant Publication, pages 409-418, June 1999.

  2. "Interrogation of Geophysical Maps with Uncertainty for AUV Micro-Navigation" by S. T. Tuohy, T. Maekawa, N. M. Patrikalakis, In Engineering with the Ocean, Proceedings of Oceans '93, Victoria Canada. IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, October 1993.

  3. "Computation of Singularities for Engineering Design" by N. M. Patrikalakis, T. Maekawa, E. C. Sherbrooke, J. Zhou. In T. L. Kunii, and Y. Shinagawa Editors, Invited paper in Modern Geometric Computing for Visualization, pages 167-191. Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, June 1992.

Internal Memoranda

Dr. Takashi Maekawa
Department of Ocean Engineering
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 5-426A
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
(617) 253-6762
tmaekawa@mit.edu

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