Dr. Yugo Ashida

• Communicator - facilitating/coordinating communications at personal, organizational, and technical levels, participating and taking a leading role in professional and international organizations.
• Problem solver - a leader and problem solver always from the industrial perspective.
• Engineer - professional work experience as an engineer in both Japan and the United States.
• Research Scientist - at a top-notch research institution, the Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences department at the University of Michigan.
• Entrepreneur - with technical background of mechanical engineering, materials science, and nuclear engineering, actively promoting think and work together with top-tier experts.

Dr. Yugo Ashida is the Founder and President of JOINLU International Inc. Upon attaining a Doctor of Philosophyin machine intelligence and systems engineering from Tohoku University in Japan in 1999, Dr. Ashida has built an illustrious career in engineering and education. In 2014, he founded JOINLU International Inc. based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company was restructured in 2021, providing services of research intelligence, expert network, and technical communication support, to promote project-directed intellectual collaboration between academia and industry, link international business partners, and bring together experienced professionals and young innovators. Yugo is now focusing his efforts on closing the gap between professionals of multiple engineering fields, including carbon neutrality, mobility & automotive, nuclear decommissioning & advanced reactors, and corrosion & protection. He is working to achieve goals on a global scale through active leadership of his company and taking a management role at the University of Michigan.