Dr. Tetsuo Tomiyama has been Professor of Life Cycle Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands since July 2002. Prior to this appointment, he was Professor of Service Engineering (April 2002-June 2002) and of Intelligence Science (April 1998-March 2002) at the Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE) and was Associate Professor at theDeparment of Precision Machinery Engineering (July 1987-March 1998) both of the University of Tokyo in Japan. Hisresearch fields cover a variety of topics in design engineering and life cycle engineering, including design theory, design methodology for innovative artifacts (such as self-maintenance machines and cellular machines), knoweldge intensive engineering, manufacturing paradigm, life cycle simulation, and service engineering. He obtained his PhD from the University of Tokyo in 1985.