CV

Soichiro (Sol) Yoshida
E-Mail address	solyoshida@yoshida-ks.co.jp
Summary of curriculum vitae(May 05）
	Education:
1968	B.A. – Keio University, Japan (Major: Economics)
1969	M.A. in Economics – Michigan State University, U.S.A.
1993	Honorary Ph.D. in Humane Letters - Schiller International University, U.K.
Sept 2004	Doctorate in Material Engineering,Ph.D. -Shinshu University, Faculty of Engineering
	Writing Awards:
1988	Nihon Keizai Sangyo Shinbun 15th Anniversary Essay Award Industrial Society in the 21st Century
1988	Toyo Keizai ShinposhaTakahashi Kamekichi Essay Award Concerns About the "Crescent Moon Lake Effect" at the Local Level - Creating a Spiritual Infrastructure
1991	Toyo Keizai ShinposhaTakahashi Kamekichi Essay Award Japan and the Japanese, Unaware of Their Happiness Today
1995	Toyo Keizai ShinposhaTakahashi Kamekichi Essay Award Focusing on Asia-Japan Relationships in the 21st Century - Guidance to Asia and Learning from Asia
	Other Major Publications etc.
1999	The Economics of Nagano's Bid for the Olympic Games Essay in the book, "Hatsugen-sha" published by Nishibe Susumu Jimusho
2001	The Vision for Evolution　1-423　（Shinmai Publication）
2002	(with Toshihide Baba) Manufacturing and Properties of Biodiesel Petrotech, 25, 204-208
2003	(with Yukio Kawanami and Toshihide Baba) Addition of Silanes to Benzaldehyde Catalyzed by KF Loaded on Alumina Catal. Commun., 4, 455-459
2003	(with Toshihide Baba, Hiroko Yuasa, Fumihiko Toriyama, Yukio Kawanuma) Synthesis of alkoxy- and aminosilanes over solid-base catalysts Catal. Lett., 91, 31-34
2004	(with Akio Ishikawa, Kazuhito Murai, Toshihide Baba) Effect of Biodiesel as an additive to Gas, Oil, and Kerosene Japan Petroleum Institute, 47, (4), 293-296
Sep 2004	Synthesis and Utilization of Biodiesel (doctoral thesis)

Synthesis of alkoxy- and aminosilanes over solid-base catalysts

Effect of Biodiesel as an additive to Gas, Oil, and Kerosene