Dr. Kuwahara received the B. Eng., M. Eng., and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, in 2002, 2004, and 2008, respectively. He also received a Mastere Specialise degree from Ecole Centrale de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from Ecole Centrale Paris, Chatenay-Malabry, France, in 2008.