Hiroshi Tada (engineer)

Dr. Hiroshi Tada is a mechanical engineer with highly notable works in the field of fracture mechanics. He is also well known as a performer of a Japanese style of top spinning known as koma-mawashi.

Hiroshi Tada
Born1939 (age 81–82)
Kyushu, Japan
OccupationProfessor of Mechanical Engineering
Notable work
Stress Analysis of Cracks Handbook

Koma-mawashi performances

Although koma-mawashi (駒回し) is traditionally a children's play activity in Japan, Tada performs this art at an expert level and includes in his act elements of juggling, yo-yo and magic, with some comedy thrown in. He is a regular performer at many festivals in the St. Louis, Missouri area, such as the Missouri Botanical Garden's Japanese Festival, Missouri History Museum's International FunFest, Queeny Park's International Folk Fest, and Tower Grove Park's Festival of Nations.[1]

Personal and professional life

Hiroshi Tada was born in Kyushu, Japan, but lives in St. Louis, Missouri, in the USA.[2] Tada is an affiliate professor of mechanical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis[1] and co-author of Stress Analysis of Cracks Handbook.[3]

References
  1. "Far East Meets Midwest: The Performers". Circus Day Foundation. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
  2. Steinbacher, Michele (August 12, 2007). "Professor Spins Some Magic at Museum". The Pantagraph.
  3. "Stress Analysis of Cracks Handbook, Third Edition". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
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