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New Editor Announced by our Journal Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Genya Ishigami

Dr. Genya Ishigami

Please welcome a new editor who will represent the Asia-Pacific region — Dr. Genya Ishigami. Dr. Ishigami received his PhD degree from Tohoku University, Japan in 2008. He worked as Postdoctoral Associate at the Robotics Mobility Group, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, U.S.A. Dr. Ishigami also served as Research Associate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

He is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Japan. His major research interest lies in the field of planetary exploration robots, construction, and agriculture machines. His research publications received a high level of citation.

Welcome, Dr. Ishigami, we look forward to working with you.

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Dr. Vladimir Vantsevich, ScD, PhD, ASME Fellow
Editor-in-Chief, ISTVS Journal of Terramechanics
School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham