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Kuniaki Dohda

Research Professor

Contact

2145 Sheridan Road
Tech B224
Evanston, IL 60208-3109

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Departments

Mechanical Engineering

Education

Dr. Eng. Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan

MS Mechanical Production Engineering, Toyama University, Japan

BS Mechanical Production Engineering, Toyama University, Japan


Research Interests

Dr. Dohda's main research interests are in the interrelated area of metal forming, process tribology, surface engineering and micro/meso manufacturing. Toyota Motor Central Lab, Nippon Steel, Nachi Fujikoshi, Kobe Steel, Sankyo Aluminum, YKK and others have supported his work. Dr. Dohda has published about 150 articles and supervised over 40 MS and some Ph.D. students in these areas. Dr. Dohda used to be Chair of the Process Tribology Committee in Japan Society of Technology of Plasticity. He is the past Chair of the Materials and Material Processing Division of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering.



Selected Publications

  • Funazuka, Tatsuya; Hosaka, Shintaro; Yamazaki, Kohta; Dohda, Kuniaki, Evaluation of the Hot Tribological Properties of the AZ80 Alloy by a V-Groove Friction Test, Defect and Diffusion Forum (2025).
  • Soranansri, Panuwat; Dubois, André; Moreau, Philippe; Funazuka, Tatsuya; Dohda, Kuniaki; Dubar, Laurent, Tribological Performance of AlCrN and TiAlN Coatings in Aluminum Forming Process at High Temperature, Trans Tech Publications Ltd (2025).
  • Srichana, Sorawut; Funazuka, Tatsuya; Urakawa, Takumi; Shiratori, Tomomi; Oguma, Noriyasu; Mahayotsanun, Numpon; Dohda, Kuniaki, Effect of application of pseudo-porthole die in hot extrusion of AA6063 chips for direct recycling on mechanical properties of products, Association of American Publishers (2025).
  • Funazuka, Tatsuya; Nakamura, Kairi; Shiratori, Tomomi; Dohda, Kuniaki, Effects of Punch and Die Surface Textures and CoCrMo Die Material on the Micro-Backward Extrudability of Pure Magnesium, Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion (2025).
  • Funazuka, Tatsuya; Yamashita, Syun; Urakawa, Takumi; Shiratori, Tomomi; Takatsuji, Norio; Dohda, Kuniaki, Direct recycling of AA6063 chips by hot extrusion applying pseudo porthole die, Association of American Publishers (2024).
  • Soranansri, Panuwat; Dubois, André; Moreau, Philippe; Funazuka, Tatsuya; Dohda, Kuniaki; Dubar, Laurent, Initial and grow-up stages of material transfer on Arc-DLC coating in aluminum forming processes at high temperatures, Wear (2024).
  • Soranansri, Panuwat; Dubois, André; Moreau, Philippe; Funazuka, Tatsuya; Dohda, Kuniaki; Dubar, Laurent, Identification of coulomb and constant shear frictions in hot aluminum forming by using warm and hot upsetting sliding test, International Journal of Material Forming (2024).
  • Dohda, Kuniaki; Aravind, Vasudev; Yoshioka, Hideaki; Ehmann, Kornel; Funazuka, Tatsuya, Micro-casting using molds with gradient cooling characteristics, Manufacturing Letters (2024).

Significant Recognition

  • Fellow of America Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Fellow of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Fellow of Japan Society of Technology of Plasticity
  • Advisor, Digital Engineering, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Bangkok, Thailand
  • Advisory Professor, State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Chain
  • Guest Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
  • Outstanding Paper Award, North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC)/ International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes (ICTMP), 2012
  • JSTP Medal, Japan Society of Technology of Plasticity, 2011
  • International Award, Division of M&P, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, 2005

Significant Professional Service
Present

  • President, International Research Group on Tribology in Manufacturing
  • Vice President, International Institute of Micro Manufacturing
  • Associate Editor, Friction (ISSN 2223-7690)
  • Foreign Editor, Journal of Forging & Stamping Technology, China
  • Honorary Advisor, Micro/Meso-scale Mechanical Manufacturing Division in Metal Industries Research and Development Center, Taiwan

Past

  • Chair, International Coordinating Committee of Tribology Division, ASME
  • Division Chair, Division of Materials and Materials Processing of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Director, Process Tribology Committee of Japan Society of Plasticity
  • Director, NAMRI/SME
  • Director, Microforming Research Group, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan