Personal History Name: Yutaka Miyamoto Born: January 1, 1944; Sunagawa, Hokkaido, Japan Son of M. Miyamoto and H. Miyamoto. Education: Graduated from the Engineering Department, Hokkaido University, March 31 1966; Completed the Doctoral Program of Engineering Department, Hokkaido University, March 31 1971. 0ccupation: Lecturer at lwate University since April, 1971; Associate Professor at lwate University since July, 1974; Professor at lwate University since September, l983. Degree: Doctor of Engineering (March 25, 1971) 0ther Affiliations: Member of Japan Society of Civil Engineering; Member of Architectural lnstitute of Japan; Member of Japan Society for Computationa1 Methods in Engineering. Experience: Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Federa1 Republic of Germany from 0ctober, 1981 to September, 1982. Books: Shizukuishi Gawa River and 0hta Bashi Bridge (Kumagai−insatsu June, 1977); Time History Response Analysis for Structure (Gihodo, 0ctober, 1985); Foundation and Application of Structural Mechanics (Gihodo, March, 1991); Cultural History of Bridges (Kajima Publishing, June, 1991); Bridge Engineering (Gihodo, March, 1997); Information Literacy (Gihodo, March, 2000). Address: (Business) Ueda 4-3-5, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8551 Japan (Home) Kita-yugaose-cho, Morioka, Iwate, 020-0031 Japan