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

↑ "Long-span Bridge Engineering Center". Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
↑ "Akashi Kaikyo Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
↑ "Organization of JBEC". Japan Bridge Engineering Center. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
↑ "Cockrell School of Engineering names its 2008 Distinguished Graduates". Cockrell School of Engineering. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2010.

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[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. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. 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.