Biography

2017 - present Project Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo
January - March, 2019 Visiting Scientist, Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, USA
April - October, 2017 Project Researcher, Postdoc, The University of Tokyo
March, 2017 Dr. Eng., Tokyo Institute of Technology
March, 2014 M. Eng., Tokyo Institute of Technology
March, 2012 Bs. Eng., Tokyo Institute of Technology
April, 2005 - March, 2010
National Institute of Technology, Kagawa College

Social Activity

2021    Technical Co-Chair, Technical Program Committee, Organizing Committee,The 20th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS 2021 Virtual)
2022    Technical Program Committee,The 21st International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS 2022)
2023    Awards Committee, Technical Program Committee,The 22nd International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS 2023)
2023    Research Coach, Poster reviewer, Science Castle 2023 Kanto Regional Competition
2024    Technical Program Committee, The 23rd International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS 2024)
2025    Lecturer, Inquiry Based Learning, Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School
2025    Technical Program Committee, The 24th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS 2025)

Awards

2022 Silver prize, Ferroelectric Nematics Application Challenge, Merck KGA
2019    Micro-Nano Engineering Excellent Presentation Certificate of Merit, The 10th Micro-Nano Engineering Symposium, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
February, 2019   
Excellent paper award, the 9th Symposium on Micro-Nano Science and Technology, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
December, 2017   
PowerMEMS Best Poster Award
(K. Hakamata, T. Miyoshi, C. Itoga, Y. Tanaka, Y. Suzuki)
October, 2014   
JFPS Best Conference Paper Award
March, 2010    JSME Hatakeyama Award

Research Interests

Membership in Societies

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