[Professor, Ph.D.] Graduated from Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
仭Specialty: Materials for aerospace and advanced science, Theory of phase transformation, Amorphous materials, Intelligent materials, Superconductors, Mover materials, Materials processing
仭Research Subjects: 1: Reliability technology for aerospace materials. 2: Mover materials driven by magnetostriction, electrostriction, shape memory, hydrogen storage and superconductor. 3: Strengthening and mist resistance of thin glasses applied to medical endoscope and liquid-crystal TV. 4: New high torque momentum hybrid magnetic motor for motorbikes. 5: Basic materials research for automobile.
仭Important Publications: Physical Review B丗1: Solid-Liquid interfacial energy of Ni40Pd40P20 alloy glass, 34 (1986) 1792, 2: Effect of peening on structure and volume in a liquid-quenched Pd0.835Si0.165 glass, 37 (1988) 2855, 3: Compressive stress induced Tc increase of the low Tc Bi1.6Pb0.4Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox phase, 41 (1990)6520, 4: Recovery of YBa2Cu3O7-y etched by helium ions, 46 (1992) 454).
仭Important Scientific Memberships: SAS, MRS, SAMPE, Japanese Institute of Metals, Japan Applied Physics Society, Japanese Cast society, Japanese society for Heat treatment
仭Research Content: Based on the physics and chemistry, materials (metals, ceramics, polymer and composites) applied to aerospace and related advanced science, which are automobile, IT, robots and biomedical technology, have been developed. By efforts of researches for 30 years, current research activities (2004-06) is as follows: [Journal: 47/3years, Proceedings: 47/3years, Prize;3/3years, Key note lectures: 3/3years, Invited lectures: 12/3years, News paper appearance: 6/3years]. In addition, the number of papers per year of J.Jpn. Institute of Metal;s (I.F.=0.5) is the Top of the university research groups for five years from 2006 to 2008 <11(04), 15(05), 13(06), 6 (07) & 13 (08)>. In addition, the current ranking of university patent number, which strongly contributes to industrial research, is also 9th of university research groups-2006 in Japan.
仭Labaratory Homepage URL丗 http://pubweb.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp/am026429/
[Chairman & Professor, Ph.D.] Graduated from Department of Materials Science &
Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Toyota Technological Institute, Japan
仭Specialty: Ceramics processing, materials reaction engineering
仭Research subjects: 1. Prototype manufacturing of ceramics, 2. Materials reaction
engineering based on reaction mechanism, 3. Characterization of ceramic properties
仭Important publications:丂"Introduction to ceramics"乮single author, Baifukan, 2002乯, "
Ceramics processing handbook 乮2nd Edition乯"乮various authors丄Gihodo Publisher, 2002乯, "
Chemistry of ceramics"乮co-author, Maruzen, 2005乯
仭Important scientific memberships: Ceramic Society of Japan, Japan Powder and Powder
Metallurgy, Materials Research Society
仭Research Content: Various ceramic materials exist, each with excellent properties, such
as high hardness, heat-resistance, high dielectric constant, electric conductivity,
piezoelectricity, or safe bio-compatibility, respectively. New ceramics with new properties
are subject of research and development. For the research of ultra-high temperature
environment ceramics a research grant application was successfully accepted by the
ministry of science and education. Also, prototype production of the next generation of
ceramics for space applications and renewable energy sources, namely novel non-oxidic
ceramic prototypes based on Boride, a high temperature oxidation process using the
reaction mechanism and high temperature characterization are research themes. At a
research project on bioceramics based on a sabbatical in University of Cambridge
University, UK, excellent conformity with the living body and high mechanical properties
were achieved. Furthermore, research on functional ceramics and their applications with the
feasibility check for possible industrialization, for example in fluorescence, non-electrostatic
charging, absorption and so on, is also one of studied themes.
仭Laboratry Homepage URL丗 http://pubweb.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp/jmatsu/
[Professor, Ph.D.] Graduated from from Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
仭Specialty: Research on superconducting materials and their applications
仭Research Subjects: 1) High-Temperature superconducting (HTSC) materials for use as current leads or electric power cables.2) Improvement of the critical current of MgB2 materials for use in liquid hydrogen technology.
仭Important Publications: 1. Y. Yamada, M. Nakatsuka, A. Nitta, K. Tachikawa and H. Kumakura, Superconducting Properties and Structure of In-situ MgB2 Tapes with SiC and TiC Addition Prepared by Hot Pressing, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 17 (2007) 2911-2914.
2. Y. Yamada, K. Tachikawa et.al. Transport Performance and Structures of Bi2212 Superconductors Prepared by Diffusion Process (in Japanese), Japanese Institute of Metals, 71 (2007) 972-976.
仭Important Scientific Memberships: Japanese Institute of Metals, Japan Institute of Electric Engineers, Cryogenic Association of Japan, Japan Welding Society
仭Research content: Transportation with linear motor cars, electric power storage and electricity transmission, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in medicine, computer information and communication science are some of the wide fields, in which research of the superconductors is being expected to play an important role as future key technology, especially after the recent discovery of ceramics with high critical field and high critical temperature (Tc). Research activities focused on the relations between processing and fundamental properties of the high-Tc superconducting ceramics have greatly increased, compared to the conventional metallic superconductors. In other words, the difficult; processing for ceramics for bulk, as well as for wires, has been performed and the relationship between micro-structure, composition and superconducting properties and their influence are evaluated aiming for possible applications. Especially the critical electric current density, that is the value of maximum electric current, which can flow through the unit area of the superconductor at zero electric resistance, is considered as the key factor for realization devices. Recently JR Central announced that the linear motor car connection in about 40 min between Tokyo and Nagoya will be realized in 2025. This will be worldwide the first large-scale application of zero-resistance electric wires and will be a considerable contribution to save the environment.
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[Associate Professo, Ph.D.] Graduated from Department of Metal Science, University
Stuttgart, Germany
仭Specialty: Materials development, Materials physics
仭Research Subjects: 1. Development of thermoelectric materials, 2. Interface
characterization of diffusion bonded metal compounds, 3. Development of perovskite based
functional ceramics
仭Important Publications: 乽Increase of effective mass of Nb-doped SrTiO3 for
thermoelectric applications乿乮arxiv/condmat-0510013乯, 乽Improvement of interfaces at nano
-ceramics乿乮J. Cer. Proc. Res., 4 (2003) 10, 5(2004) 30乯丄乽Mobile misfit dislocations at TiAl/
Ti3Al Interfaces乿乮Acta Mat., 41(1993) 1791乯
仭Important Scientific memberships: Japanese Institute of Metals (JIM), Japan Physical
society (JPS), German Physical Society (DPG), German Material Society (DGM)
仭Research Content: 1. For future energy support, thermoelectric materials, which convert
waste heat into useful electric energy will play an important role. The most important
factors for high efficiency of semiconductors or semi-metal alloys are carrier concentration
and the effective mass. According to calculations based on this principle, the promising
intermetallic phases with Half-Heusler crystal structure are manufactured and
characterized. 2. For application as in robots, strength and light-weight materials are
important. The composition, microstructure, dislocation, and other defects on atomic level
have a large influence on the interface strength. The interface structure is characterized by
transmission electron microscopy (TEM).3. Superlattices based on the perovskite crystal
structure show extraordinary functional properties due to their interface structure, such as
piezoelectric, dielectric, semiconducting and superconduting properties and, when
understanding the underlying principle, even better materials can be manufactures.
仭Laboratory Homepage URL丗 http://www.angelfire.com/wi/wunder/jpleb2.html
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