Dr. Hitomi Yamaguchi Greenslet
Professor and Associate Chair for Faculty and Staff Development
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Florida
Dr. Greenslet is a professor and the Associate Chair for Faculty and Staff Development in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida. Her research interests include manufacturing, abrasive technologies, surface functionalization, and medical-device development. Her work has been published in over 110 refereed journal papers, and she has been granted 13 patents. She has received many awards, including the 2021 JSPE Numata Memorial Paper Award. She is currently a member of the Editorial Committee of the Annals of CIRP (International Academy for Production Engineering). She has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), CIRP, and SME.
Education
Ph.D in Engineering, Department of Production and Information Science, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan, March 1996
M.S. in Engineering, Department of Precision Engineering, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan, March 1993
B.S. in Engineering, Department of Precision Engineering, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan, March 1991
Appointments
2025–present Professor and Associate Chair for Faculty and Staff Development, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2021–2025 Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2019 Short-term Visiting Professor, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil
2017–2022 Visiting Professor (courtesy), Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Nonoichi, Japan
2007–2021 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2002–2003 Visiting Researcher, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
2000–2007 Associate Professor, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
2000 Visiting Researcher, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
1998–2000 Research Associate, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
1997–1998 Research Engineer, Extrude Hone Corporation, Irwin, PA
1996–1997 Research Associate, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
1994–1996 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Utsunomiya, Japan
1991 Intern, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
Honors
Fellow, CIRP, 2023
Fellow, SME, 2016
Fellow, ASME, 2015
• 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year Award, MAE Department, University of Florida, April 2024.
• JSPE Numata Memorial Paper Award, Japan Society for Precision Engineering, Control of Short-Pulsed Laser Induced Periodic Surface Structures with Machining -Picosecond Laser Nanotexturing with Magnetic Abrasive Finishing-, 2021
• Anderson Scholars Faculty Honoree, University of Florida, December 2019.
• Champion for Supporting and Inspiring Women Engineers, Engineering Student Advisory Council and the Empowering Engineers Support Group, University of Florida, March 2019.
• Anderson Scholars Faculty Honoree, University of Florida, November 2014.
• Best Paper Award (2nd runner-up), 2010 International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering (MSEC2010), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering Division, 2010, Magnetic Field Assisted Finishing of Silicon MEMS Micro-pore X-ray Optics, 2010.
• Certificate of Merit for Excellent Paper of the Conference, 3rd JSME/ASME International Conference on Materials and Processing (ICMP2008), Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2008, Study of Magnetic Field Assisted Finishing of Quartz Wafers, 2008.
• Best Paper Award, 2006 International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing Engineering Division, Study of Internal Finishing of Austenitic Stainless Steel Capillary Tubes by Magnetic Abrasive Finishing, 2006.
• Best Proceeding Award, Machine Tool Engineering Foundation, Japan, Study of Magnetic Field Assisted Finishing Process for Micro Grooves, 2006.
• Outstanding Young Engineer (Research) Award, Japan Society for Abrasive Technology, In recognition of significant achievement and leadership in Abrasive Technology, 2003.
• John T. Parsons Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, In recognition of significant achievement and leadership in Manufacturing Engineering, 2000.
• Best Paper Award, Japan Society for Abrasive Technology, A New Process for Internal Finishing of Nonferromagnetic Vessels by the Application of Magnetic Field Assisted Machining, 1997.
• Outstanding Young Engineer (Research) Award, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, In recognition of significant achievement and leadership in Mechanical Engineering, 1995.
• Outstanding Presentation Award, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing and Machine Tool Division, Study on the New Internal Finishing of Non-ferromagnetic Tubing by Magnetic Abrasive Machining Process, 1993.