engineering educator
Katsuhiko Ogata, Japanese engineering educator. Recipient Outstanding Advisory award Institute of Technology, University Minnesota, 1981, John R. Ragazzini Education award American Automatic Control Council, 1999. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers; member Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Ogata, Katsuhiko was born on January 6, 1925 in Tokyo. Came to the United States, 1952. Son of Fukuhei and Teruko (Yasaki) Ogata.
Bachelor of Science, University Tokyo, 1947; Master of Sciences, University Illinois, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1956.
Research assistant, Science Research Institute, Tokyo, 1948-1951; fuel engineer, Nippon Steel Tube Company, Tokyo, 1951-1952; member of faculty, University of Minnesota, since 1956; professor mechanic engineering, University of Minnesota, since 1961; professor electrical engineering, Yokohama National U., 1960-1961, 64-65, 68-69.
Katsuhiko Ogata has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Married Asako Nakamura, September 6, 1961. 1 son, Takahiko.