Yutaro Ohashi graduated from the
Graduate School of Media and Governance at Keio University. Later, he
was awarded the Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD) and worked
for Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and served as a visiting
scholar at the University of Helsinki. He currently holds professorship
in the Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Faculty
of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology. Throughout his career,
Yutaro Ohashi has been actively involved in English and information
media education. He is particularly interested in learning environments
designed by learners, and he has received numerous awards for his work
in non-traditional learning environments (e.g., zoos, aquariums, and
architectural schools for children). His wide-ranging interests span
from pedagogical aspects of the information society to information and
game design and how education continues to evolve in an advanced
information society. Recently, he has authored several papers addressing
the evaluation of creative learning processes in university education,
with an emphasis on engineering education. These research
accomplishments have earned him recognition and awards, such as the
encouragement and research presentation awards from the Japanese Society
for Engineering Education.