Dr. Hirohito Hirata
"Research and development of automotive materials and parts using material digital transformation" (tentative)
Advanced Material Engineering Div.
Toyota Motor Corporation
[Education]
1996 Ph.D. (Engineering), Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
[Professional experience]
Belongs to TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION since 1996
1996 Catalyst Design Department, Material Engineering Div.1
2007 Group Manager, Advanced Material Engineering Div.
2012 Project General Manager, Advanced Material Engineering Div.
2017 Chief Professional Engineer (Catalyst research), Advanced Material Engineering Div.
2018 General Manager, Advanced Material Engineering Div.
1996-2018 Responsible for R&D of automotive exhaust gas purification catalyst
2011-2018 Research Leader of automotive exhaust gas purification catalyst
2018- Research Leader of materials for automobile (Catalyst, Battery, Magnet, Semiconductor etc.)