Izumi Muto born April 1963 in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, is a professor of Tohoku University and researcher of stainless steel. He is the author of some 200 patents concerning a metallic material and anti-corrosive technology, that have various characteristics including various types of stainless steel.
Hideo Muto, who was chair of the Gunma University department of education, is his uncle.
Career
• Takasaki high school graduation in 1982. • Tohoku University engineering department graduation in 1986. • Tohoku University graduate school engineering postgraduate course (metallurgical engineering specialty) Master's course finish in 1988. • Nippon Steel entrance in 1988. • He belonged to steel research center, technical research part (since 1994, head boffin). • Tohoku University graduate school engineering postgraduate course (metallurgical engineering specialty) Doctoral course finish in 1998. • He assumed Tohoku University graduate school engineering postgraduate course practical professor in 2005. • He assumed Tohoku University graduate school engineering postgraduate course professor in 2014. ==Awards==
Awards
• Progressive prize in 1997 from Japan Society of Corrosion Engineering. • Technical development prize in 2004 from The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials. • Commemoration prize of science (Nishiyama commemoration prize) in 2014 from The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan by "study of localized corrosion of steel material". ==References==