Kenji Uchino, the pioneer in “piezoelectric actuators”, was Director of International Center for Actuators and Transducers, and is currently Academy Professor of Emeritus Academy Institute at The Pennsylvania State University. He was President of Micromechatronics, PA and also Navy Ambassador to Japan from US Office of Naval Research. Uchino received Ph. D. degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, then became Research Associate at this university (1976). He joined Sophia University, Japan as Associate Professor (1985), then was recruited from The Penn State in 1991. Uchino is a Life Fellow of American Ceramic Society and IEEE, and also a recipient of 34 awards, including Japan Ceramics Grand Prix from Japan Ceramics Society, Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE UFFC Society, International Ceramic Award from Global Academy of Ceramics, IEEE-UFFC Ferroelectrics Recognition Award. He has authored 584 papers, 87 books and 33 patents in the ceramic actuator area, leading to his h-index 81