Yasuaki Okita

Professor

Affiliations

Centre for Advanced Materials Joining
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
University of Waterloo

Contact Information

Phone: (519)-888-4567, ext. 35625
Fax: (519)-888-6197
Office: E3-E3110
Email: okita@uwaterloo.ca

Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada

Biographical Information

Since 2003: Senior Researcher, Joining & Strength Research Department, JFE Steel Corporation, Japan

1999: Researcher, Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Japan

1999: MEng, Material Processing, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

1997: BEng, Material Processing, Tohoku University, Japan

Research Projects

Resistance spot welding of Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS)

Project Supervisor(s)

  • Professor Y. Norman Zhou

Research Interests

  • Resistance spot welding of AHSS
  • Metallurgical behaviour of AHSS
  • Mechanical properties of weld joints of AHSS