Takashi Kato

Takashi Kato (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in mechanical system engineering from Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree from the Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 2015. He joined Nissan Motor Company Ltd., in 1997, and the Nissan Research Center, in 2001. He has contributed to the electric machine design and control. He was a Visiting Researcher with the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC), University of Wisconsin–Madison, from 2010 to 2012. His research interests include electric motor design, control, power electronics devices, and electric vehicle systems. He is currently the Deputy General Manager of the EV System Laboratory, Nissan Research Division. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) and a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE) and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME).