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Kazuhiro Saitou

Engineering · University of Michigan

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Established · publishing since 1991
Manufacturing Process and OptimizationProduct Development and CustomizationTopology Optimization in EngineeringDesign Education and PracticeAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

Publications

250

Citations

4,568

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

36

Publishing since 1991

In context
Among 1,507 established Engineering PIs within our index
Citations: 4,568cohort median 1,834
Publications / year (recent): 1.8cohort median 4.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 58% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 18 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 8 publications182019: 12 publications12192020: 4 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242025: 2 publications252026: 2 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 1 collaborator2018: 2 collaborators2019: 4 collaborators2020: 1 collaborator2021: 0 collaborators2022: 0 collaborators2023: 2 collaborators2024: 1 collaborator2025: 0 collaborators1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization×5
  • Journal of Mechanical Design×3
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×3
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering×2
  • Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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